Rapid Global Warming

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Cold, hard facts of global warming. MSNBC. 11/19/09. Rapid warming the embedded story in Greenland's ice.

More in extended entry


Crowd Behavior

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A Richmond, California high school student is gang raped in front of observers and no one called for help. The video below is from CNN on 10/29/09. The video is also available here.



Health Care Revolving Door

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This aired on 10/09/09 on Bill Moyers Journal, and is Moyers' essay on the revolving door of insurance and governement.



Kaptur and Johnson on the Financial System

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This discussion aired on 10/09/09 On Bill Moyers Journal. Speaking are Representative Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and Simon Johnson professor of Global Economics and Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management/

Andrea Mitchell Interviews Barney Frank on TARP

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This is an excerpted clip (2:36) of Andrea Mitchell interviewing Barney Frank on TARP on July 10, 2009. Full video (5:35) Partial transcript in extended entry.

U.S. Intervention in Iran

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CNN interview on CNN's Late Edition on 6/29/2008 with Seymour Hersh. The interview discusses the Bush administration's inventions and activities in Iran. Link to the YouTube video. (5:01)

Iran and the CIA

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This is a 5/24/2007 report by Brian Ross aired on ABC Now on the approval of $400 million CIA operations in Iran. The aim of the funding was to destabilize the government and thry to determine (and undermine) Iran's Nuclear plans. Link to YouTube video.(5:34)


Shell Oil in Nigeria - Video

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The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil' (8:33)

n May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including murder in Nigeria in the 1990s. This mini-documentary tells the story of the rise of an inspiring and nonviolent movement for human rights and environmental justice, and the lengths Shell was willing to go to stop it. For more information, visit: The Case Against Shell

Torturing Democracy

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Torturing Democracy. Documentary detailing the implementation and use of torture under the George Bush Administration. 2009.

This is an excellent recent source site that pulls together official documentation, interviews, and the video. The documentary (in three parts) is in the extended entry.

Jeremy Scahill on Obama and Private Contractors

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Bill Moyers Journal. Shown 6/05/2009. Jeremy Scahill on Obama and Private Contractors (17:56)

Transcript in the extended entry