Wangari Maathai: A US Resource War? Wangari Maathai: A US Resource War?
Wangari Maathai makes the relationship between needs and wars so clear that even the Nobel committee (which awarded her the peace prize in '04) got it. Violent di...
Sep 24, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Where’s the Norma Rae of Healthcare? Where’s the Norma Rae of Healthcare?
Crystal Lee Sutton died last week. You might know her by her "other" name. It was Sutton's story that inspired the film Norma Rae, starring Sally Field who won an...
Sep 17, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Will Drones Make General Atomics the next Blackwater? Will Drones Make General Atomics the next Blackwater?
A US drone firing missiles into a village in northern Pakistan killed at least 19 people over the weekend. The targets were militants, said the US military. The victims i...
Aug 26, 2009 / Laura Flanders
MSNBC & FOX: Posing Divided, United They Stand MSNBC & FOX: Posing Divided, United They Stand
There are days when one's reminded why one works in independent media. August 1st was one of those days, when the New York Times ran a front page media story th...
Aug 4, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Beer is Nice but Equal Protection’s Better Beer is Nice but Equal Protection’s Better
The National Council of La Raza, a top Latino civil rights group, is taking a shot at RNC chair Michael Steele and several prominent GOP figures for skipping its ongoing an...
Jul 30, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Misused TARP Funds Shocker Misused TARP Funds Shocker
Told to make more loans, TARP banks made fewer, gambled on the stock market and bought other banks. Will we "tell" them to go to their rooms? Or at least cut their allowa...
Jul 21, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Of Breadlines & Banks Of Breadlines & Banks
President Obama was elected with a large enough mandate for fundamental change that he could forge a fresh social compact, lock in place a new set of mutual obligations and...
Jul 14, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Obama Hushes Healthcare Advocates? Obama Hushes Healthcare Advocates?
Don't like the way the Wall Street bail-out turned out? It looks as if we're in for something similar regarding healthcare. With popular fury at the status quo rising and ...
Jul 7, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Michael Jackson: Trans Man. Michael Jackson: Trans Man.
Michael Jackson. Dead at 50, with over 750 million albums sold. A genius, a freak, a trail blazer, a victim. Jackson's been called all that and more – sometimes i...
Jul 1, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Novartis Wants to Profit off Pandemic Novartis Wants to Profit off Pandemic
While the Obama administration's getting serious about healthcare reform, it's time for a rather pointed reading comprehension test. Consider the following story and find,...
Jun 17, 2009 / Laura Flanders