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Showing videos filed under: american news project
Rebuilding New Orleans, Claude Thomas, and How Fiji Water Became Cool
September 2, 2009Four years on from Hurricane Katrina and with a new president in the White House has anything changed? We look at recovery and rebuilding on the gulf coast. Claude Anshin Thomas discusses his new book, At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey From War to Peace. And the story of Fiji water. How'd it become so cool?How Safe is Atrazine?
September 2, 2009The American News Project and The Huffington Post Investigative Fund on how a weed killer, Atrazine, is polluting our water. The second most widely used pesticide in the US, Atrazine is commonly found in groundwater. The corn and ethanol industries depend on it. But what are the risks? The entire EU has banned the use of Atrazine, produced by Syngenta in Switzerland, but in the United States it's still widely used.Lindsey Graham Debates Himself on Torture
May 21, 2009Senator Lindsey Graham was a passionate critic of the Bush Justice attorneys during this past summer's Armed Services Committee hearings on interrogation. Lately, however, Graham seems to have had second thoughts on the matter. At a recent Judiciary subcommittee hearing investigating the torture memos, Graham mounted a feisty defense of Jay Bybee, John Yoo and the lawyers who provided legal cover for detainee abuse.The Real Torture Story, Eric Boehlert, and Taking on Starbucks
May 20, 2009We all know that in the run up to the war in Iraq the media ran with the Bush administration’s claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Now the question of torture, and specifically the possible use of torture to establish a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq, has been drowned out by the Washington drama of what Nancy Pelosi knew and when.David Sirota, Clean Energy in Colorado, and Witness Against Torture
May 4, 2009A state's eye view of stimulus spending. David Sirota and others on how Colorado plans to spend its federal dollars. The battle for clean energy in Colorado goes up against the Governor. And anti-torture protest in D.C. ends in the arrest of more than 50 people.The Jay Bybee Problem
April 29, 2009Jay Bybee, infamous for signing memos that provided legal cover for CIA agents involved in torture, was appointed to the Federal Appeals Court in 2003. And not a single democrat questioned him at the session. How did it happen? TheAmerican News Project brings us this important report on the Jay Bybee Problem.Evo Morales, Durban II and Race in America, and The Jay Bybee Problem
April 28, 2009An exclusive interview with Bolivia's President, Evo Morales. Durban II and race relations in America. And the Jay Bybee Problem. Bybee, infamous for signing memos that provided legal cover for CIA agents involved in torture, was appointed to the Federal Appeals Court in 2003. At his hearing not a single democrat questioned him. The ANP finds out why.The Nonprofit Crisis, Crackdown on Eco-Activists in England, and Populism in America
April 15, 2009Tax day becomes protest day but is it populism or a top down GOP strategy? Arun Gupta and Zephyr Rain Teachout on opposition to Obama’s budget and tax policies and why populist pressure is missing the mark. Environmental activists arrested in England. And the fate of nonprofits. Can they weather the financial storm?A Landmark in Washington: Credit Card Industry Defeated
April 15, 2009The American News Project reports: Hidden penalties, sudden interest rate hikes, and deceptive language are just a few of the questionable tactics used by credit card companies to extract money from increasingly stressed consumers. Now, some on Capitol Hill are trying to regulate the more abusive practices.David Harvey and Alexander Cockburn, US Trade Policy, and Women's Rights in Afghanistan
April 13, 2009David Harvey, a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York and the author of The Limits to Capital and Alexander Cockburn, co-editor of Counterpunch, on the end (or future) of capitalism. Lori Wallach on US trade policy. And Nasrine Gross, President of the Roqia Center for Women's Rights in Afghanistan, talks about the role of women in Afghan politics.
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