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August 2011 Archive
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
- Headlines for August 31, 2011
- ATF Whistleblower: U.S. Gun Sting "Fast & Furious" Has Left Trail of "Crime Scenes and Dead Bodies"
- As Grim Details Emerge, Guatemalan Victims Seek Justice for U.S. Medical Experiments in 1940s
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
- Headlines for August 30, 2011
- Vermont Radio Station Provides Crucial Details for Flooded Residents amidst Historic Devastation
- Ex-Bush Official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: "I am Willing to Testify" If Dick Cheney is Put on Trial
- Army Ranger Widow Confronts Rumsfeld over His Lies that Convinced Her Husband to Join the Military
Monday, August 29, 2011
- Headlines for August 29, 2011
- "We Are Still Under Siege": Vermont Gov. Shumlin on Catastrophic Flooding & Climate Change
- Bill McKibben: Will Hurricane Irene Be a Wake-Up Call about Climate Change?
- Shored Up: Debate over Development on Barrier Islands Intensifies After Hurricane
- NYC Criticized for Failing to Evacuate Prisoners at Rikers Island Ahead of Hurricane
- Global Warming & War: New Study Finds Link Between Climate Change and Conflict
Friday, August 26, 2011
- Headlines for August 26, 2011
- MLK National Monument Inspires Calls to Continue Civil Rights Leader’s Work to End Poverty and War
- “Poverty Is the Problem”: Efforts to Cut Education Funding, Expand Standardized Testing Assailed
Thursday, August 25, 2011
- Headlines for August 25, 2011
- With CIA Help, New York Police Secretly Monitored Mosques, Muslim Communities Post-9/11
- "Terrorists for the FBI:" How the FBI Uses Informants to Surveil and Entrap Americans
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
- Headlines for August 24, 2011
- The One Billion Dollar Question: Who Are the Libyan Rebels?
- The 9/11 TV News Archive: 3,000 Hours of Video News Coverage of 2001 Attacks Posted Online
- Pioneering Internet Archivists Brewster Kahle and Rick Prelinger on Preservation in the Digital Age
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
- Headlines for August 23, 2011
- As Fighting Continues in Tripoli, A Look at Role of the U.S., NATO and Oil Firms in Libya Uprising
- Over 160 Arrested in Ongoing Civil Disobedience Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
- Covering Up Wall Street Crimes: Matt Taibbi Exposes How SEC Shredded Thousands of Investigations
Monday, August 22, 2011
- Headlines for August 22, 2011
- Report from Libya: Gaddafi Regime on Brink of Collapse as Rebels Storm Tripoli
- "Libya Has Reignited the Flame of Liberty in the Arab World": Juan Cole, Khaled Mattawa on Uprising
- West Memphis Three Freed from Jail 18 Years After Being Convicted amid "Wave of Satanic Hysteria"
Friday, August 19, 2011
- Headlines for August 19, 2011
- Violence Spikes in Iraq as U.S. Considers Ways to Extend Occupation Past December Deadline
- A Debate: Should the U.S. Approve TransCanada’s Massive Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline?
- The Verizon Labor Battle: As Strike Continues, Customers Report Delays and Disruptions to Service
Thursday, August 18, 2011
- Headlines for August 18, 2011
- Juan Gonzalez: Verizon Workers’ Strike "Most Important Labor Battle Going on Today"
- Undocumented Student Fanny Martinez Arrested Protesting Controversial Secure Communities Program
- Should U.S. End Secure Communities? Sheriff Adrian Garcia Debates Immigrant Advocate Chris Newman
- As Biden Visits China, Author David Wise on "Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China"
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
- Headlines for August 17, 2011
- Human Rights Watch: Abuses by All Sides Fueling Crisis in Somalia
- Rick Perry Stirs Ire for Fed Threat, "Economic Miracle" Claim & Calling Entitlements "Ponzi Scheme"
- Ex-Evangelical Denounces Michele Bachmann & Calls Christian Reconstructionist Politics "Anti-American"
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
- Headlines for August 16, 2011
- Bay Area Rapid Transit Accused of Censorship for Blocking Wireless Services to Foil Protests
- Disguised Member of Hacktivist Group "Anonymous" Defends Retaliatory Action Against BART
- Hacktivism’s Global Reach, From Targeting Scientology to Backing WikiLeaks and the Arab Spring
Monday, August 15, 2011
- Headlines for August 15, 2011
- Bachmann’s Iowa Straw Poll Win Signals Early Tea Party Role in Shaping GOP Primary
- Syria Attacks Protesters with Tanks, Naval Bombardment: "The Regime Has Made War Against the People"
- Investigation Finds U.S. Drones Strike Pakistan Every Four Days, Killing 775 Civilians Since 2004
Friday, August 12, 2011
- Headlines for August 12, 2011
- AIDS-Afflicted U.S. Citizen Urges Obama Admin to Reverse Deportation of Australian Husband
- Bipartisan "Super Committee" Turns to Cutting Deficit with "Extraordinary" Powers
- As Texas Gov. Rick Perry Enters GOP Race, New Exposé Reveals His Close Ties to Radical Evangelicals
Thursday, August 11, 2011
- Headlines for August 11, 2011
- U.S. Navy Vet Sues Donald Rumsfeld for Torture in Iraq, Court Allows Case to Move Forward
- Verizon Workers Strike over "Full-Scale Attack" on Wages, Benefits at Telecom Giant
- Haiti: WikiLeaks Cables Expose How U.S. Blocked Aristide’s Return After 2004 Coup
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
- Headlines for August 10, 2011
- Over 1,000 Arrested in U.K. as Anger over Inequality, Racism Boils Over into "Insurrection"
- Anti-Union Law Fuels Massive Voter Turnout for Historic Wisconsin Recall
- WI Recall Marks Labor Win; Election Money Raises Question of U.S. as "Democracy or Dollar-ocracy?"
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
- Headlines for August 09, 2011
- Atomic Cover-Up: The Hidden Story Behind the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- "A Declaration of War on the Poor": Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on the Debt Ceiling Agreement
- Cornel West & Tavis Smiley on Obama: "Many of Us Are Exploring Other Possibilities in Coming Election”
Monday, August 08, 2011
- Headlines for August 08, 2011
- “Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America”: Barbara Ehrenreich on the Job Crisis & Wealth Gap
- The Battle for Egypt’s Media: Video Report on Press Freedom After the Revolution
Friday, August 05, 2011
- Headlines for August 05, 2011
- Cargill Meat Recall Heightens Fears Budgets Cuts Will Weaken Oversight, Threaten Public Health
- Secretive Corporate-Legislative Group ALEC Holds Annual Meeting to Rewrite State Laws
- New Exposé Tracks ALEC-Private Prison Industry Effort to Replace Unionized Workers with Prison Labor
- Jury Still Out on New Orleans Police Accused of Shooting Unarmed Katrina Survivors on Danziger Bridge
Thursday, August 04, 2011
- Headlines for August 04, 2011
- Women Hurt Most by Debt Deal Cuts to Medicare, Social Security, Tuition
- Guatemalan Soldiers Sentenced to 6,060 Years in Prison for Role in 1982 Massacre
- Video Report from Cairo: Egyptians Celebrate as Mubarak Stands Trial for Murder, Corruption
- Failed Education Reform in Chile Prompts Hunger Strikes, Protests by Thousands of Students
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
- Headlines for August 03, 2011
- Rep. Donna Edwards on Why She Voted Against Debt Deal: “A Bad Framework for the Future”
- Economist Dean Baker Predicts A "Really Bad Deal or No Deal" from Deficit "Super Committee"
- Syrian Forces Attack Civilians in Hama as U.N. Security Council Wavers on Condemning Crackdown
- Thousands Protest Widening Inequality in Israel, But Calls Ignore Occupation and Palestinian Rights
- Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Opening of Mubarak Trial is "Defining Moment in Egypt’s History"
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
- Headlines for August 02, 2011
- After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street & Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal
- As Ramadan Begins, Assad Regime Intensifies Deadly Crackdown on Syrian Protesters
- Syrian Activist Razan Zaitouneh: Assad Regime the Lone "Terrorist Group" Inside Syria
- Ahead of Mubarak Trial, Egyptian Forces Forcibly Remove Protesters from Tahrir Square
Monday, August 01, 2011
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]
