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"Between the Lines" is a national, half-hour program that provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media.
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The Failure of Military Solutions Haunts President’s Push for New Congressional War Authorization
Interview with Matthew Hoh, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, conducted by Scott Harris
Atrocities committed by ISIS terrorists continue to be the focus of world attention. After a succession of beheadings of western hostages and the burning alive of a captured Jordanian fighter pilot, ISIS released a new video documenting the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in Libya. The next day, Egyptian fighter jets bombed ISIS targets in Libya that included militant training sites and weapons storage areas. ISIS now reportedly has a presence in nine nations beyond its area of operations in Syria and northern Iraq. Story continues
Study Finds Accelerating Rate of Species Mass Die-Offs Around the Globe
Interview with Samuel Fey, post-doctoral fellow in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Yale University, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
A new report published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, documents a likely future increase in mass mortality events; that is, the death in a short period of large numbers of a species, sometimes in the millions and on occasion wiping out an entire local species. Story continues
Leaked Documents Reveal HSBC Bank’s Dirty Dealings with Tax Dodgers, Drug Traffickers and Arms Dealers
Interview with James S. Henry, senior fellow at Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable International Investment, conducted by Scott Harris
A team of journalists from 45 nations who investigated documents leaked by a former systems engineer working for banking giant HSBC’s Geneva, Switzerland branch, found HSBC managed secret bank accounts for criminals, drug traffickers, tax dodgers, politicians and celebrities. The documents, covering the period from 2005 to 2007 revealed, according to the Guardian newspaper, that HSBC “aggressively marketed schemes likely to enable wealthy clients to avoid European taxes” and “provided accounts to international criminals, corrupt businessmen and other high-risk individuals.” Story continues
This week’s summary of under-reported news
Compiled by Bob Nixon
- Even after an increase in the number of Ebola cases in West Africa, President Obama announced a dramatic cut in U.S. troops deployed to Liberia to battle the deadly disease, which has killed over 9,000 people in the last year. (“U.S. troops fighting Ebola to leave Liberia by end of April,” BBC, Feb. 12, 2015; “New Ebola cases show rise for second week in a row,” BBC, Feb. 12, 2015; “Less than half of $2.9 billion Ebola money reached affected countries,” Guardian, Feb. 3, 2015)
- Taking a page out of the political playbook of Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker, newly-elected Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, a former private equity manager, issued an executive order ending the legal requirement for Illinois state workers who are not members of unions to pay agency or “fair share” fees to cover the costs to the union of bargaining on their behalf. (“Billionaire Gov. Bruce Rauner declared war on Illinois state unions through executive order,” In These Times, Feb. 9, 2015; “Illinois Gov. to curb power of public sector unions,” New York Times, Feb. 10, 2015)
- According to the Center for Public Integrity, nationally, juvenile courts adjudicated over 1.2 million cases of young people charged with delinquency in 2011. At the same time, nearly 4 million children across the U.S. were reported to have suffered abuse or neglect. (“Dual status kids endure another kind of double jeopardy,” Center for Public Integrity, Jan. 18, 2015)
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