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Ryan Grim

Former Afghan Detainees Speak Out About U.S. "Acts Of Torture" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Bagram Prison, Bagram, Abdul Raqeeb, Brave New Films, Obama War Decision, President Obama, Afghanistan Prisoners, Afghanistan Decision, Politics News

Abdul Raqeeb, a former prisoner held for two years by US forces in Afghanistan, is speaking out against his brutalization at the hands of his captors....

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Matthew Hoh, Daniel Ellsberg Discuss Aghanistan, Vietnam Wars (VIDEO)

Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karzai, Afghanistan, President Obama, Vietnam War, Kabul, Obama, Daniel Ellsberg, Hamid Karzai, Afghan War, Pentagon Papers, White House, Brave New Films, Matthew Hoh, New York Times, Vietnam, US State Department, Politics News

Matthew Hoh and Daniel Ellsberg, recently sat down for a conversation about the war in Afghanistan. Matthew Hoh made headlines late last month when ...

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16 Deaths Per Day - The Crisis Of Unsafe Workplaces

David Dayen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Brave New Films, Regulatory Agencies, Workers, Osha, Workers Rights, Impact News
David Dayen

Every day in America, 16 people die at work from employer negligence. That's the backdrop behind a new video and website seeking to highlight the often-neglected issue of worker safety.

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R.I.P. Shane Ratliff, Halliburton Whistleblower

Kerry Candaele | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kbr, Blackwater, Caci, Halliburton, Brave New Films, Iraq for Sale, Halliburton/Kbr, War Profiteering, Robert Greenwald, Iraq War, Politics News
Kerry Candaele

His story sketched out the coordinates of greed that connected Houston to Baghdad, and ran through Washington D.C., during the Bush reign.

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The Dow and the Down and Out

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Brave New Films, Bernie Sanders, Dow Jones, Economy, Senator Sanders Unfiltered, Unemployment, Stock Market, Business News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

The top 1 percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

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Meet UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley: Rich, Powerful, Not Yet Famous

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unitedhealth, Stephen Hemsley, Hcan, Cory Alexander, St. Matthrew's Lutheran Church, Andrew Cuomo, Tom Strickland, Judah Sommer, Consumer Watchdog, Public Campaign, Jerry Brown, Rev. Grant Stevenson, Tom Daschle, Brave New Films, Wellpoint, American Medical Association, Health Cre for American Now, Minneapolis, Ingenix, Wayzata, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Business as usual for Hemsley and UnitedHealth is a chronic pattern of abuse and neglect of its policy-holders, along with a powerful political influence-peddling operation that involves costly campaign contributions.

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CIGNA and the Health Insurance Racket

Robert Greenwald | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brave New Films, Sick for Profit, Cigna, Healthcare Reform, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

The response to "The Health Insurance Racket" (which profiles CIGNA) was both unexpected and overwhelming. Our e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, and blog were flooded with stories from people hurt by CIGNA.

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Economic Crisis: One Year Later

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brave New Films, Financial Crisis, Bernie Sanders, Economy, Senate, Congress, Recovery, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

How do we make sure what happened in terms of the recklessness and irresponsibility on Wall Street doesn't happen again? I wish that I could tell you that Congress is now doing that investigation. It is not.

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Twitter Wars 2: Return of the Progressives!

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: #P2, Twitter, Public Option, #Tcot, Nancy Pelosi, tweetprogress.us, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Hashtag, Jim Gilliam, Young Voters, Republican Party, Harry Reid, Mike Huckabee, Brave New Films, Rahm Emanuel, New Media, Tim Pawlenty, Glenn Beck, Healthcare Reform, David All, Politics News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Today on the radio show, we've got Jim Gilliam, co-founder of Brave New Films and Chief Technology Officer of Business.com, who recently created Tweetprogress.us, a directory of progressive tweeters.

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ReThinking Charlie Wilson's War: the Afghan War that Keeps On Taking

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson, Jonathan Kim, War on Terror, Obama War in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Julia Roberts, Brave New Films, Charlie Wilson's War, Charlie Wilson's War Reviews, Rethink Afghanistan, Soviet Afghan War, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mujahideen, Afghanistan War, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The US will spend more on the war in Afghanistan next year than it will in Iraq. So I thought it would be interesting to take another look at Charlie Wilson's War.

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Senator Sanders Unfiltered: My New Online Show from Brave New Films

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Brave New Films, Corporate Greed, Unfiltered, Bernie Sanders, Home News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

I hope you'll join me for my new show, Senator Sanders Unfiltered, produced by Brave New Films. Follow my show on Twitter at SandersShow, join my Fac...

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450,000 Doctors Can't Be Wrong (VIDEO)

Robert Greenwald | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Brave New Films, Harry Reid, Universal Health Care, Herndon Alliance, Heal Healthcare Now, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Aafp, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

It's time to put our health back where it belongs, out of greedy insurance companies' grasp and back into your and your doctor's hands. It's time to stand with more than 450,000 doctors who support health care reform.

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Bombs will kill women in Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Humanitarian, Afghan WomenÂ’'s Mission, Afghanistan, Robert Greenwald, Rethink Afghanistan, Bombs, Rawa, Women's Rights, Brave New Foundation, Brave New Films, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

Self immolation is a method of suicide by lighting oneself on fire and has reached epidemic levels amongst women in Afghanistan.

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Jeff Muskus

Rethink Afghanistan: Women's Rights Have Barely Improved (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brave New Films, Women's Rights, Afghanistan, Bombing, Rethink Afghanistan, Politics News

The lives of Afghan women have improved only superficially since the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban in 2001, according to Afghan women and huma...

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Ryan Grim

New Film Chronicles Civilian Slaughter In Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Brave New Films, Afhganistan, Dr. Roshnak Wardak, War Wire, Brave New Films Afghanistan, Politics News

Civilians continue to be killed by American and coalition forces as the war in Afghanistan stretches into its eighth year with no end in sight. The ci...

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Under Mounting Pressure, Starbucks Settles Yet Another Labor Dispute

ZP Heller | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, Howard Schultz, Angel Gardner, Seattle, Erik Forman, Brave New Films, Minneapolis, Business News
ZP Heller

It's deceptive for Starbucks to pretend to offer workers adequate wages and benefits. Starbucks routinely prevents employees from working enough hours to qualify for the company's health insurance.

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Spilling the Beans About Starbucks' Union-Busting Tactics

ZP Heller | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard Schultz, Efca, Workers, Brave New Films, Starbucks, Employee Free Choice, Robert Greenwald, Unions, Rights, Politics News
ZP Heller

Turns out the coffee giant has a nasty history of being anti-barista, anti-union, and thus anti-Employee Free Choice Act as well.

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What Do Starbucks and Wal-Mart Have in Common?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Starbucks, Rights, Howard Schultz, Employee Free Choice, Efca, Workers, Brave New Films, Unions, Robert Greenwald, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

There are over 127,000 baristas in our country alone, many of whom are in dire need of better wages, health benefits, and hours. Shouldn't they have the right to be treated fairly?

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Lawrence Korb and I Debate Military Escalation in Afghanistan (Video)

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Lawrence Korb, The Nation, Brave New Foundation, Troops, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Afghan, Taliban, Center for American Progress, Gilles Dorronsoro, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Escalation, Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films, Robert Pape, Katrina Vanden Huevel, Robert Gates, Video, World News
Katrina vanden Heuvel

I believe the more responsible and effective strategy moving forward is to take US-led military escalation off the table, begin to withdraw US troops and support a regional diplomatic solution.

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Sam Stein

"Fire Ken Lewis": Robert Reich Backs Push (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fire Ken Lewis, Robert Reich, Brave New Films, Bank of America, Seiu Fire Ken Lewis, Seiu, Ken Lewis Fire, Reich Ken Lewis, Politics News

Former Labor Secretary and occasional adviser to the president Robert Reich, alongside a coalition of progressive organizations, has launched a new pu...

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The Cost of War in Afghanistan (VIDEO)

Rethink Afghanistan | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Brave New Foundation, Video, Kabul-Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Brave New Films, Taliban, Rethink Afghanistan, Security, Robert Greenwald, Advocacy, World News
Rethink Afghanistan

Everyone has a friend or relative who just lost a job. Do we really want to spend over $1 trillion on another war? Do we really want spend our tax dollars on a war that could last a decade or more?

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"We were trained to mislead borrowers"

Adam Lioz | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bankruptcy, Subprime Mortgages, Mortgage, Brave New Films, Progressive Future, Housing Crisis, Cram Down, Judicial Modification, Obama Housing Plan, Mortgage Bankers Association, Politics News
Adam Lioz

One every 13 seconds. That's how many families are losing their homes to foreclosure. More than 8 million families are at risk. And, this is no...

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Ryan Grim

Liberal Groups Pressure Congress On Foreclosure Bill (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Foreclosure Relief Plan, Moveon, Mortgage Relief, Brave New Films, Foreclosure Relief Campaign Video, Economy, MoveOn.Org, Congres, Liberal Interest Groups, Housing Crisis, John Conyers, Politics News

Liberal advocacy groups, including MoveOn.org and Brave New Foundation, are upping pressure on Congress over the next few days to act on a foreclosure...

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Brave New Foundation Releases New Film On Afghanistan Troop Surge (VIDEO)

Brave New Foundation | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Video, Brave New Films, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Afghanistan US Troops, Foreign Affairs, Rethink Afghanistan, Surge in Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, World News

President Obama has committed 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan. This decision raises serious questions about troops, costs, overall mission, and exit...

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Sam Stein

Brave New Films Tackles The Foreclosure Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Brave New Films Foreclosure, Brave New Films, Films Housing Market, Bnf, Politics News

Hoping to harness the power of viral videos outside of elections, Brave New Films is up today with the first of a series of documentaries raising awar...

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