May 24, 2012, New York -- Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a petition requesting the Army Court of Criminal Appeals to order th...
HuffingtonPost.com | James Gerken | Posted 04.23.2012
"Usually, people who care about the community, who care about the Earth, think that they're by themselves," Rebuild the Dream's founder Van Jones told...
The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 04.20.2012
Grace Lee Boggs is approaching the ripe old age of 97, but she doesn't seem to be tiring a bit these days It could be argued that there hasn't been a...
Democracy Now! | Posted 03.31.2012
Newt Gingrich's attacks on reporters who have asked him tough questions is nothing new.
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 01.05.2012
This Sunday, people will have the chance to hold hands surrounding the White House, and to ask President Obama to live up to his campaign promise to "end the tyranny of oil," by saying no to Tar Sands.
The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 12.26.2011
"Democracy Now" host Amy Goodman and progressive journalist Chris Hedges appeared on Tuesday's "Charlie Rose" to talk about the Occupy Wall Street mov...
Posted 12.03.2011
Journalist Amy Goodman's federal lawsuit over her arrest at the 2008 Republican National Convention will finally come to an end on Monday. Goodman...
The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 08.25.2011
The progressive radio and television show "Democracy Now!" discovered that it had turned up in one of the classified State Department cables released ...
Pearl Korn | Posted 08.07.2011
At PBS's recent annual gathering it was announced that the number and frequency of promotions for corporate sponsors would increase during a few noted programs as an experiment.
HuffingtonPost.com | Buck Wolf | Posted 11.16.2011
To Oprah Winfrey fans, the end of her show is like the end of the world. But the fear of Doomsday is what inspired one artist to turn Oprah's imag...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.23.2011
In an in-depth interview, independent Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster investigator J. Davitt McAteer discussed his new report on Massey Energy's "systematic failure to comply with the law" on numerous levels.
The Media Consortium | Posted 06.12.2011
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama reached an eleventh hour budget deal on Friday night,...
Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011
What will it take for our world to recognize the dangers that nuclear scientists and even Albert Einstein were warning about at the "dawn" of the nuclear age?
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Tens of thousands of people continue their peaceful occupation of the Wisconsin state capital to prote...
Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011
The official U.S. response to events unfolding in Egypt remains mixed. And over the weekend, the Obama administration distanced itself from U.S. "crisis envoy" to Egypt, Frank Wisner.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger According to Robin Marty of Care2.org, today's young whippersnappers are snorting bath salts and pl...
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The Republicans won control of the House and picked up seats in the Senate in the midterm election on ...
Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011
Remember "freedom fries"? That's what Republicans renamed french fries after France refused to support the invasion of Iraq. This year, renaming fries might be the extent of food regulation that Congress is willing to support.
Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011
These Santas will turn around and use your money to create gifts greater than anything I could ever make in my workshop.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger This year's round of the United Nations-led climate change negotiations, ongoing in Cancun, Mexico, for the ...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011
Rather than focus on the substance of the leaked diplomatic cables, American journalists tend to either frame the story as being about the "over-classification" of documents or the personal motivations and private life of Julian Assange.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011
No wonder the conventional wisdom in Washington holds, without evidence, that the United States is a "center-right" country. Those making that argument might not be real, informed commentators -- but they play them on TV.
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.25.2011
As a result of all the media coverage surrounding the recall, countless Americans have been shocked to discover just how hideously chickens are treated in this country.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger The crazy conservative assault on government spending has become one of the most irrational economic policy d...
Center for Constitutional Rights | Posted 05.24.2012