Mark Hertsgaard: Ignoring Climate Change Is a Crime Mark Hertsgaard: Ignoring Climate Change Is a Crime
As the US government continues to ignore the science on climate change, we are heading down the path towards an uninhabitable world.
Apr 18, 2011 / Press Room
Will Social Media Democratize the Arab World? Will Social Media Democratize the Arab World?
Al Jazeera English's Ahmed Shihab-Eldin explains how social media facilitates political movements in the Arab world.
Apr 18, 2011 / The Nation
Representative Ed Markey: In Defense of an Open Internet Representative Ed Markey: In Defense of an Open Internet
At the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform, Markey energized a crowd with talk of keeping the Internet open, fair and free.
Apr 18, 2011 / Edward Markey
A Young Woman’s Struggle With Southwest Airlines Shows Depth Of Islamophobia A Young Woman’s Struggle With Southwest Airlines Shows Depth Of Islamophobia
An American MA student, of Pakistani descent, was flagged by a Southwest Airlines crew member as “suspicious” and kicked off the plane, all for saying "I've got t...
Apr 18, 2011 / StudentNation / Maria Kari
They May Have Citizens United But We Have Netizens United They May Have Citizens United But We Have Netizens United
In this speech delivered at the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform in Boston, Representative Ed Markey calls on netizens to fight back against the threats posed by medi...
Apr 18, 2011 / Edward Markey
Bay of Pigs, 50 Years Later: The Lessons Kennedy Never Learned Bay of Pigs, 50 Years Later: The Lessons Kennedy Never Learned
JFK failed to defeat Fidel; then he needed to prove his “toughness” somewhere else.
Apr 18, 2011 / Jon Wiener
Mark Hertsgaard: Ignoring Climate Change Is a Crime Mark Hertsgaard: Ignoring Climate Change Is a Crime
As the US government continues to ignore the science on climate change, we are heading down the path towards an uninhabitable world.
Apr 18, 2011 / Democracy Now!
MSM Mirrors GOP’s Line on Paul Ryan’s Medicare-Killing Budget Plan: Don’t Hurt His Feelings! MSM Mirrors GOP’s Line on Paul Ryan’s Medicare-Killing Budget Plan: Don’t Hurt His Feelings!
Even the non-Fox mainstream media is reporting more on Obama’s criticism of Ryan than on what Ryan’s plan would do to the poor and middle-class.
Apr 18, 2011 / Leslie Savan
Obama to Thousands of Young Climate Activists: Push Me Obama to Thousands of Young Climate Activists: Push Me
PowerShift's green organizers descended on Washington this weekend and gave Obama some tough love.
Apr 18, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard