US Climate Bomb Is Ticking: What the Gas Industry Doesn't Want You to Know Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: There is another climate bomb in the United States, shale gas hydraulic fracking, which emits methane, more dangerous than CO2. While many rhetorically call natural gas a bridge to the clean energy future, new information is showing the opposite. Read the Article EXCLUSIVE: Mystery Behind Guantanamo Prisoner's Suicide Endures, Despite Release of Autopsy Report Jason Leopold, Truthout: The US government detained at Guantanamo a prisoner who was hospitalized for auditory hallucinations he suffered as a teenager and had twice attempted suicide in 2009 while imprisoned at the detention facility. Read the Article The Militarization of the National Security State Mark Karlin, Truthout: Karlin interviews Melvin Goodman, who speaks about our huge military-industrial complex, the power of the Pentagon and presidents intimidated by the military. Read the Interview If the Dalai Lama Were Pope Valerie Tarico, AwayPoint: The Vatican claims to promote a "comprehensive culture of life," but it is the Church's comprehensive culture of corruption that refuses to die. Read the Article Informing Our Consent: On the 25th Anniversary of Manufacturing Consent Jeremy Mohler, Truthout: There are serious, in-your-face issues with the structure of our mass media that have reproduced and consolidated since 1988. And if we are going to do all of the positive things we talk about online and at protests, our media must be free. Read the Article What the McCarthy and Moniz Nominations Really Say About Obama's Climate Policy Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Obama's final Keystone decision is still weeks away, so the nominations quickly sparked mixed reactions from environmentalists, who are eager to see how Obama will attempt to make good on his pledge to address climate change in his second term. Read the Article Vaya con Dios, Hugo Chavez, Mi Amigo Greg Palast, Truthout: Chavez once asked me why the US elite wanted to kill him. My dear Hugo: It's the oil. And it's the Koch Brothers - and it's the ketchup. Read the Article Guantanamo Hunger Strike "Potentially Life-Threatening," Attorneys Allege in Letter to Prison Officials Jason Leopold, Truthout: For the past three weeks, nearly all of the 166 prisoners detained at Guantanamo have been engaging in a hunger strike to protest the conditions of their confinement, which they claim have worsened as many enter their eleventh year of captivity. Read the Article Right Wing Crazies Aren't Crazy Anymore The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: For once, Senator Rand Paul is absolutely right. We need to undo parts of the National Defense Authorization Act and the PATRIOT Act that give extrajudicial killing powers to the executive branch. Read the Article Why You Don't Frack With John Lennon's Farm Lisa Mullenneaux, YES! Magazine: When fracking hits close to home, Mark Ruffalo, Debra Winger, Yoko Ono, and other big names find common ground with small towns. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Passes the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, and More In today's On the News segment: Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act to regulate the Wall Street banksters; the Obama administration says it has the right to kill you, and in response, Senator Rand Paul is mounting a real-live talking filibuster; minimum-wage workers in New York State could be getting a raise, and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript |
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