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TBTF, TBTJ: Too Big to Exist

Mike Lux | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Standards and Poors, Wal-Mart, Sherrod Brown, Wages, Doj, Frontline, Manufacturing, Lanny Breuer, Too Big to Fail, Infrastructure, Mortgages, JP Morgan, Robber Barons, Wall Street, Libor, Capital Gains, Politics News
Mike Lux

I remain troubled by the fact that fundamental economic issues seem to be the last thing on anybody's minds in D.C. And looming over these economic problems is the elephant in the room: these Too Big To Fail, and apparently Too Big To Jail, Wall Street financial conglomerates.

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By Their Responses, Ye Shall Know Them

William K. Black | Posted 03.30.2013 | Business
Read More: PBS Frontline, Frontline, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Business News
William K. Black

Recent scandals have shown that the Justice Department is ruthless, even lethal, at using threats to prosecute such releases of information in a manner that brings great disgrace onto the prosecutors' special ethical duty to always seek "justice."

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The OCC's Tragic Response to the Frontline Expose: The Untouchables

William K. Black | Posted 03.28.2013 | Business
Read More: Frontline, Banking Crisis, Banks, Fraud, Bankers, Liar's Loans, Business News
William K. Black

The Frontline documentary begins the process of explaining what we have been saying for years -- neither the Bush nor the Obama administration has been willing to conduct a real investigation of the elite banksters whose frauds made them wealthy and drove the financial crisis and the Great Recession.

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WATCH: 'Frontline' Producer Previews Wall Street Fraud Investigation

HuffPost Live | John Stephens | Posted 01.22.2013 | HuffPost Live 321
Read More: PBS Frontline, HuffPost Live, Frontline, The Untouchables, Video, Wall Street Prosecutions, Live Video, Mortgage Backed Securities, Frontline the Untouchables, Martin Smith, Financial Crisis, PBS Producer, Investigative Journalism, Wall Street Fraud, HuffPost Live 321 News

Martin Smith, producer of the new PBS Frontline episode, "The Untouchables," joined HuffPost Live Tuesday to discuss his investigation into the lack o...

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Are Charter Schools Good For Kids? Michelle Rhee Advisor Argues Yes

Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.11.2013 | Home
Read More: Frontline, Education News, Michelle Rhee Democrats, Florida Schools, Education, Michelle Rhee, Charter Schools, Diane Ravitch, Teachers, Education Reform, Joy Resmovits, Hari Sevugan, Rhee, Rhee Michelle, Home News
Joy Resmovits

Several sources suggested that the move spoke to a broader change in StudentsFirst: a group once extremely self-conscious about its positioning as a bipartisan organization is now more interested in being purist and ideological in implementing its ideas.

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Behind Frontline's Michelle Rhee Documentary

| Alexander Russo | Posted 01.08.2013 | Home
Read More: Frontline, Michelle Rhee, Dcps, Adell Cothorne, Washington D.C. Schools, Alexander Russo, Adell Cothorne Frontline Documentary, DC Public Schools, Michelle Rhee Frontline, This Week in Education, Standardized Testing, d.c. Schools, Dc Schools Cheating, Frontline Michelle Rhee, Video, Home News

This piece comes to us courtesy of This Week In Education. How fascinating to wake up and find out that Adell Cothorne (pictured), the Noyes Elemen...

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'Green News Report' - November 13, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.13.2013 | Green
Read More: Frankenstorm, Floods, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Gmos, Cato Institute, Chris Christie, Fema, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Hurricane Sandy Re-Politicizes Climate Change

Anne Zeiser | Posted 01.01.2013 | Green
Read More: All of the Above Energy Strategy, Azure Media, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, President Obama, 2012 Presidential Election, 350.Org, Climate Change, Frontline, Mitt Romney, Hurricane Sandy, Extreme Weather, Endorsement, Anne Zeiser, Global Warming, Green News
Anne Zeiser

For the last several presidential elections, climate change has been an integral part of the dialogue. The topic's frame has evolved from the greenhouse effect to global warming to climate change, but it's been a significant theme. Not this time.

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'Green News Report' - November 1, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.01.2013 | Green
Read More: Frankenstorm, Floods, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Gmos, Cato Institute, Chris Christie, Fema, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - October 30, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.30.2012 | Green
Read More: Floods, Frankenstorm, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Andrew Cuomo, Video, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Chris Christie, Fema, Cato Institute, Gmos, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - October 30, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.30.2012 | Green
Read More: Floods, Frankenstorm, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Andrew Cuomo, Video, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Chris Christie, Fema, Cato Institute, Gmos, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - October 30, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.30.2012 | Green
Read More: Floods, Frankenstorm, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Andrew Cuomo, Video, Gasoline Prices, Hurricane Sandy, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Chris Christie, Fema, Cato Institute, Gmos, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - October 25, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.25.2012 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Pesticides, Green Jobs, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Presidential Debates, Green Energy, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Gasoline Prices, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Cato Institute, Gmos, Fukushima, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Earthquake, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Frankenstorm, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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'Green News Report' - October 23, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.23.2012 | Green
Read More: Pesticides, Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Video, Gasoline Prices, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Pollution Regulation, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Climate, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Keystone XL Pipeline, Oil, Green News, Sustainability, Hillary Clinton, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Wind Power, Michael Mann, Elections 2012, Nuclear, Presidential Debates, Coal, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Americans for Prosperity, Colony Collapse Disorder, Gmos, Cato Institute, Fukushima, Earthquake, Frontline, Koch Brothers, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

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Frontline's 'Dropout Nation' Shows What It Really Takes to Turn Around Schools

John Thompson | Posted 12.03.2012 | Home
Read More: Terry Grier, School Reform, Standardized Testing, Pbs Documentary, School Turnarounds, Dropout Nation, Houston ISD, Roland Fryer, Frontline, Pbs, Education Reform, Apollo 20, Dropout Epidemic, High School Dropouts, Dropout Rates, Home News
John Thompson

PBS showed a reality that is lost on data-driven "reformers." Social scientists have documented the primary importance of socio-emotional factors and the need to build trust before academics can improve. And that takes patience.

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Let's Build Schools Worthy of American Democracy

John Thompson | Posted 09.23.2012 | Home
Read More: Frontline, Pbs, Fast Times at West Philly High, School Reform, John Merrow, Standardized Testing, Progressive Automotive X Prize, Van Jones, Home News
John Thompson

To build an education system for the 21st century, we must get back to our roots and visualize schools that are worthy of American democracy.

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WATCH: Is The End Of AIDS In Sight?

The Huffington Post | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 07.13.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Pbs, Magic Johnson, Bv-Life, HIV Testing, HIV Cure, AIDs Epidemic, Hiv Infections, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Hiv, AIDS Orphans, AIDS Prevention, Frontline, HIV/AIDS, PBS Frontline, Video, Phil Wilson, Julian Bond, Aids, HIV Prevention, Aids in Black America, Pbs Documentary, Earvin Magic Johnson, Endgame, PBS Documentaries, Magic Johnson HIV, World AIDS Day, Black Voices News

In the time it takes to read this article, someone in the United States will contract HIV and, according to recent statistics, there's a 50 percent ch...

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Can't afford to see a dentist? Ask our reporters about America's dental care crisis

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 08.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Health and Medical and Pharma, Frontline, Health Care, Restorative Dentistry, Dentist, Center for Public Integrity, Dentistry, Home News
The Center for Public Integrity

Reporters David Heath (Center for Public Integrity) and Miles O'Brien (FRONTLINE) found flaws in the U.S. dental system -- like poor reimbursement rat...

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WATCH: Up Close With Al Qaeda

Posted 05.30.2012 | World
Read More: Frontline, Al Qaida Yemen, PBS Frontline, Yemen, Video, Al Qaeda Yemen, Al Qaida, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Al Qaeda, Frontline Al Qaeda Yemen, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Al Qaeda, World News

Yemen has taken center stage in the war against Al Qaeda, with President Barack Obama recently describing the country as a hub for foreign terrorists....

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Do Doctors Die Like the Rest of Us?

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 03.25.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: How Doctors Die, Dr. Linda Ganzini, Barbara Coombs Lee, Aid in Dying, Frontline, Dr. Ken Murray, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Barbara Coombs Lee

In November, Dr. Ken Murray published a blog called "How Doctors Die." It's been reverberating through the Web ever since, prompting a continuous stream of comments and inspiring others to offer their own essays and input.

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"Lost in Detention" Shows Broken System

Voto Latino | Posted 12.23.2011 | Latino Voices
Read More: Cecilia Munoz, Obama, Immigration, Detentions, Deportations, Ice, Frontline, Immigration Reform, Latino Voices News
Voto Latino

It appears the administration will continue doing "the stuff they've asked for," and get nothing in return, except for even more broken families and scorn from the congressmen they're trying to appease.

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Alex Crawford: Making History in Libya

John Mair | Posted 10.30.2011 | UK
Read More: Reporting, Frontline, Libya, Green Square, Rts, Alex Crawford, Skynews, Media, John Mair, Journalism, UK News
John Mair

She trended worldwide on Twitter on Sunday August 21st. Alex Crawford of Sky News was one of the first three journalists -- all women -- entering Green Square Tripoli with the Libyan rebels.

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Japan and Being There

Marco Werman | Posted 09.25.2011 | World
Read More: The Atomic Artists, Frontline, Ikitiki Jukyu, Fukushima, Japan, The World, World News
Marco Werman

In Japan, 3-11 and its ensuing nuclear crisis have prompted soul-searching, and that is itself a debate about Japanese national identity. That is a revolution, but it likely won't be televised. And yet its impact could be massive.

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Palliative Care Information Act at the Bedside: Achieving Truly Informed Consent

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 09.20.2011 | New York
Read More: Barbara Coombs Lee, Advance Directive, Facing Death, New York, Palliative Care Information Act, Frontline, New York News
Barbara Coombs Lee

New York has a new law, called the Palliative Care information Act (PCIA). It's simple, and short, and outlines a specific standard for doctors who ca...

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Libyan Rebels Battle for Brega

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2011 | World
Read More: Sirte, Loyalists, Al Jazeera, Brega, Income, Nato, Siege, Benghazi, Supply, Attrition, Ajdabiya, Resupply, Stalemate, Money, Qaddafi, Bombs, War, Rebels, Tanks, Frontline, Airstrikes, Misrata, Army, Ras Lanuf, Chris Weigant, Ragtag, Oil, Libya, Air Support, Gadhafi, Tripoli, Ghaddafi, World News
Chris Weigant

Whoever controls Brega will control the oil the town can ship out, which would be a huge source of income for the rebels. In the end, this war may wind up being one of attrition.

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