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Beyond Plan Colombia: Covert CIA Program Reveals Critical US Role in Killings of Rebel Leaders
A new report has exposed a secret CIA program in Colombia that has helped kill at least two dozen rebel leaders.
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Former Prosecutor Gets Arrested to See the Other Side of US Criminal Justice System
Bobby Constantino, a former prosecutor from privileged background, lays bare the racism and inequities of the US American criminal justice system.
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Kansas Board of Regents Undermine Academic Freedom at State Universities
Bill Black: Draconian measure enacted by Kansas Board of Regents that effectively ends tenure and limits academic freedom could be replicated at colleges nationwide.
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“If the Risk Is Low, Let Them Go”: Elderly Prison Population Skyrockets Despite Low Risk to Society
Even amidst a modest reduction in the US prison population, the number of aging men and women expected to die behind bars has skyrocketed in a system ill prepared …
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CIA Aiding Colombian Government in Assassinations of FARC Leadership
The Washington Post exposes how the CIA and NSA have transferred advanced tracking technology to the Colombian government to help eliminate FARC leadership, despite human right violations against its …
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Private Federal Contractors Cost Taxpayers Twice as Much as Civil Servants
Journalist and author David Cay Johnston says that private federal contractors need better oversight and should be banned from contributing to election campaigns.
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Scientists Link Spike in Thyroid Disease to Fukushima Disaster
Nuclear expert and researcher Joseph Mangano explains his research in connecting the increase of hyperthyroidism in newborns on the West coast to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Indigenous Groups Win Right to Seize Chevron’s Canadian Assets over $18 Billion in Amazon Pollution
A court in Canada has ruled Ecuadorean farmers and fishermen can try to seize the assets of oil giant Chevron based on a 2011 decision in an Ecuadorean court …
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Michelle Alexander on Bill Moyers: Locked Out of the American Dream
Michelle Alexander has traveled the country to meet advocates and everyday Americans working to end mass incarceration in America
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Three Days After Christmas, 1.3 Million Americans Will Lose Their Unemployment Benefits, and More
Three days after Christmas, 1.3 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits, and more.