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August 2010 Archive
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
- Headlines for August 31, 2010
- Draft UN Report Accuses Rwandan Troops of Committing Genocide in the Congo
- Slain Latino Journalist Rubén Salazar, Killed 40 Years Ago in Police Attack, Remembered as Champion of Chicano Rights
Monday, August 30, 2010
- Headlines for August 30, 2010
- "The Big Uneasy"–In New Doc, Harry Shearer Makes the Case that Katrina Was an Unnatural Disaster
- Remembering Hurricane Katrina: Voices from the Storm
- Community & Resistance After Katrina: Jordan Flaherty and Tracie Washington on the Fight to Save New Orleans
- Displaced New Orleans Poet Sunni Patterson: I Will Be a "Cultural Ambassador to Bring a Light to Every Injustice"
Friday, August 27, 2010
- Headlines for August 27, 2010
- EXCLUSIVE...Zeitoun: How a Hero in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina Was Arrested, Labeled a Terrorist and Imprisoned
Thursday, August 26, 2010
- Headlines for August 26, 2010
- Colleague of NYC Taxi Driver Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack Describes What Happened
- Swimming Upstream: Eve Ensler Marks Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with Performances of New Play
- Eve Ensler Reads "Congo Cancer: My Cancer Is Arbitrary. Congo’s Atrocities Are Very Deliberate"
- UN Slow to Respond to Gang Rape of Almost 200 Women in the Congo
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
- Headlines for August 25, 2010
- Judge Rejects Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis’s Innocence Claim
- As Five States Hold Primaries, a Look at the Role of Money in Politics
- The New Yorker: Billionaire Brothers Charles & David Koch Have Quietly Given More Than $100 Million to Right-Wing Causes
- Shirley Sherrod, Ousted from Agriculture Department, Rejects Offer to Return
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- Headlines for August 24, 2010
- Largest Egg Recall in US History Brings Renewed Attention to Dangers of Industrial Farming
- David Kirby on "The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy and Poultry Farms on Humans and the Environment"
- Report: Global Food Security and Sovereignty Threatened by Corporate and Government "Land Grabs" in Poor Countries
- Judge Blocks Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Monday, August 23, 2010
- Headlines for August 23, 2010
- Exclusive: US Journalist Deported from Turkey After Reporting on Plight of Kurds
- Scientist Accuses Obama Administration and BP of Underestimating Amount of Oil Left in Gulf of Mexico
- Fishing Industry in Gulf Still Worried About Levels of Toxins in the Water and the Impact on Marine Life
Friday, August 20, 2010
- Headlines for August 20, 2010
- Obama Admin Claims End to Combat Operations in Iraq, But Iraqis See Same War Under a Different Name
- Iraq War Vet Camilo Mejía: US Withdrawal Plan Marks "Privatization of Military Occupation"
- Debate: Is DREAM Act a Solution for Millions of Undocumented Youth or a Funnel for Military Recruitment?
Thursday, August 19, 2010
- Headlines for August 19, 2010
- US Activist Lori Berenson and Baby Son Returned to Peruvian Prison Just 3 Months After Release on Parole
- With 28,000 Killed Since 2006, Movement for Drug Legalization in Mexico Takes Hold
- Obama Signs $600M Bill to Increase Militarization of US-Mexico Border
- Filipina American Torture, Abduction Survivor Melissa Roxas: Graphic Torture Video a Rare Glimpse into Widespread Abuses in the Philippines
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
- Headlines for August 18, 2010
- As GOP and Some Top Dems Unite in Opposing NY Islamic Community Center, a Roundtable Discussion with Mother of 9/11 Victim, Rabbi, Muslim Lawmaker and Islamic Scholar
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
- Headlines for August 17, 2010
- UN Humanitarian Chief John Holmes: The Magnitude of the Pakistan Floods Is Unprecedented
- Thousands of Haitians Face Risk of Forcible Evictions from Temporary Camps
- France Urged to Pay $40 Billion to Haiti in Reparations for "Independence Debt"
Monday, August 16, 2010
- Headlines for August 16, 2010
- Journalist Exposes How Private Investigation Firm Hired by Chevron Tried to Recruit Her as a Spy to Undermine $27B Suit in Ecuadorian Amazon
- Filmmakers, Activists Try to Save Dolphins from Slaughter in Oscar-Winning Doc The Cove
Friday, August 13, 2010
- Headlines for August 13, 2010
- After Over Four Decades, Justice Still Eludes Family of 3 Civil Rights Workers Slain in Mississippi Burning Killings
Thursday, August 12, 2010
- Headlines for August 12, 2010
- As Gibbs Attacks Progressive Critics, ACLU Says Obama White House Enshrining Bush-Era Policies
- "I Fear for My Country": Muslim Leader Daisy Khan on Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque and Others Nationwide
- "Gaming the System": Study Details How Big Banks Are Avoiding Lending Obligations Under Community Reinvestment Act
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
- Headlines for August 11, 2010
- Gagged for 6 Years, Nick Merrill Speaks Out on Landmark Court Struggle Against FBI’s National Security Letters
- David Sirota: Democratic Party Establishment Helps Defeat Progressive Challenger in Colorado Primary
- Legendary Activist Dolores Huerta Celebrates 80th Birthday with Call for "Weaving Movements Together"
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
- Headlines for August 10, 2010
- Meterologist: Record Heat Wave in Russia Could Kill Tens of Thousands
- Bolivian UN Ambassador: Despite Extreme Weather, US and Other Developed Countries Failing to Make Serious Pledges to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Latin American Historian Greg Grandin on Colombia After Álvaro Uribe
Monday, August 09, 2010
- Headlines for August 09, 2010
- Fatima Bhutto: Pakistan’s Devastating Floods Are President Zardari’s Katrina
- Rwanda Holds Presidential Election Amid Crackdown on Opposition Candidates
- Nagasaki 65 Years Later: A Look Back at the Censored Dispatches of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist George Weller
- Historian Tony Judt, 62, Dies After Battle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Friday, August 06, 2010
- Headlines for August 06, 2010
- Verizon & Google Enter Reported Deal for Tiered Internet Use, Is Net Neutrality in Jeopardy?
- With Military Suicides on the Rise, Parents of Two Soldiers Who Took Their Own Lives Say Obama’s Words Ring Hollow
- US Attending Hiroshima Memorial "Enormously Important," Says Robert Jay Lifton
Thursday, August 05, 2010
- Headlines for August 05, 2010
- Federal Judge Strikes Down California Same-Sex Marriage Ban in Major Victory for Gay Rights Advocates
- EXCLUSIVE...Emily Henochowicz Speaks Out: Art Student Who Lost Her Eye After Being Shot by Israeli Tear Gas Canister in West Bank Protest Discusses Her Life, Her Art, and Why She Plans to Return
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
- Headlines for August 04, 2010
- "I Have No Regret to Anybody in the Military. This Is Clearly a Failure of Our Government"–Iraq War Vet Dan Choi Discharged Under "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell"
- Environmental Activist Jerry Cope on "The Crime of the Century: What BP and US Government Don’t Want You to Know"
- Antonia Juhasz: BP’s "Missing Oil" Washes Up in St. Mary’s Parish, LA
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
- Headlines for August 03, 2010
- End of Iraq Combat Operations or Beginning of Downsized, Rebranded Occupation Relying Heavily on Private Military Contractors?
- Julian Assange Responds to Increasing US Government Attacks on WikiLeaks
Monday, August 02, 2010
Job Openings
Columns
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
Web Exclusives
In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]
