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Znet Article Goodman: Chevron, Shell and the True Cost of Oil

Znet Article, June, 01 2009 Amy Goodman
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The economy is a shambles, unemployment is soaring, the auto industry is collapsing. But profits are higher than ever at oil companies Chevron and Shell. Yet across the globe, from the Ecuadorian jungle, to the Niger Delta in Nigeria, to the court...

Znet Article Goodman: Yoo's Views Make Philly News

Znet Article, May, 21 2009 Amy Goodman
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, one of that city's two major daily newspapers, is in the news itself these days after hiring controversial former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo as a monthly columnist.

Znet Article Goodman: Baucus’ Raucous Caucus

Znet Article, May, 14 2009 Amy Goodman
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Still absent from the debate are advocates for single-payer, often referred to as the “Canadian-style” health care. Single-payer health care is not “socialized medicine.” According to Physicians for a National Health Program, single-payer ...

Znet Article Goodman: Pete Seeger Carries Us On

Znet Article, May, 07 2009 Amy Goodman
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It was some garden party. Eighteen-thousand people packed into Madison Square Garden Sunday night to celebrate the first 90 years of Pete Seeger’s life.

Znet Article Goodman: Disclosure of "Secrets' in the '70s Didn't Destroy the Nation

Znet Article, April, 29 2009 Amy Goodman
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President Barack Obama promised “more transparent ... more creative” government. His release of the torture memos, and the Pentagon's expected release of more photos of detainee abuse, is a step in the right direction. Yet he assured the CIA t...

Znet Article Goodman: On Anniversary of 1937 Guernica Bombing, Basque Community in Idaho Looks Back

Znet Article, April, 24 2009 Amy Goodman
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Seventy-two years ago this Sunday, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, on April 26th, 1937, the Basque town of Guernica was carpet bombed by Fascist Italian and Nazi German forces. Three-quarters of Guernica was destroyed, and as many as 1,600 ...

Znet Article Goodman: Torturers Should Be Punished

Znet Article, April, 22 2009 Amy Goodman
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According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the OLC under Bush “became a facilitator for illegal government conduct, issuing dozens of memos meant to permit gross violations of domestic and international law.”

Znet Article Goodman: Pacifica Radio at 60: A Sanctuary of Dissent

Znet Article, April, 15 2009 Amy Goodman
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Pacifica Radio, the oldest independent media network in the United States, turns 60 years old this week as a deepening crisis engulfs mainstream media. Journalists are being laid off by the hundreds, even thousands. Venerable newspapers, some more...

Znet Article Goodman: U.S. Muslims Still Under Siege

Znet Article, April, 09 2009 Amy Goodman
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As President Barack Obama made his public appearance with Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Monday as part of his first trip to a Muslim country, U.S. federal agents were preparing to arrest Youssef Megahed in Tampa, Fla. Just three days earlier, ...

Znet Article Goodman: Supreme Court Denies Appeal for Death Row Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal

Znet Article, April, 07 2009 Amy Goodman
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The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from the journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal. On Monday, the court rejected without comment Abu-Jamal's bid to overturn his conviction for the 1981 killing of a white police officer following ...

Znet Article Goodman: Seattle’s Lessons for London

Znet Article, April, 01 2009 Amy Goodman
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Protests dominate the news as world leaders gather in London for the Group of Twenty meeting. War, the economy, corporate globalization and grass-roots opposition to financial bailouts are at the forefront.

Znet Article Goodman: Lessons of the Exxon Valdez

Znet Article, March, 26 2009 Amy Goodman
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Twenty years ago, the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled at least 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska’s pristine Prince William Sound. The consequences of the spill were epic and continue to this day, impacting the environment and the economy. I...

Znet Article Goodman: Those Hit Hardest Get No Bailout

Znet Article, March, 20 2009 Amy Goodman
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Taxpayers’ bailout money for AIG bonuses has rightfully provoked a massive backlash against AIG, Wall Street, President Barack Obama and his economic advisers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers. The U.S. public now owns 80 pe...

Znet Article Chang: Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

Znet Article, March, 11 2009 Ha-joon Chang
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I think we are facing the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Now, it probably wouldn’t get as bad as the Great Depression, because, unlike in the Great Depression, governments are more willing to intervene with deficit spending ...

Znet Article Goodman: Put Single-Payer on the Table

Znet Article, March, 11 2009 Amy Goodman
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President Barack Obama promises health-care reform, but he has taken single-payer health care off the table. Single-payer is the system that removes private insurance companies from the picture; the government pays all the bills, but health-care d...

Znet Article Goodman: Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling

Znet Article, March, 05 2009 Amy Goodman
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U.S. policy in Afghanistan includes a troop surge, already under way, and continued bombing in Pakistan using unmanned drones. Escalating civilian deaths are a certainty. The United Nations estimates that more than 2,100 civilians died in 2008, a ...

Znet Article Goodman: Toxins ’R’ Us

Znet Article, February, 26 2009 Amy Goodman
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Is your lipstick laden with lead? Is your baby's bottle toxic? The American Chemistry Council assures us that "we make the products that help keep you safe and healthy." But U.S. consumers are actually exposed to a vast array of harmful chemicals ...

Znet Article Goodman: Jailing Kids for Cash

Znet Article, February, 18 2009 Amy Goodman
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As many as 5,000 children in Pennsylvania have been found guilty, and up to 2,000 of them jailed, by two corrupt judges who received kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities that benefited. The two judges pleaded guilty ...

Znet Article Goodman: Talking, rather than fighting, in Afghanistan

Znet Article, February, 14 2009 Amy Goodman
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President Obama held his first prime-time news conference Tuesday night. When questioned on Afghanistan, he replied, "This is going to be a big challenge."

Znet Article Chatterjee: "Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War”

Znet Article, February, 09 2009 Pratap Chatterjee
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