The Real IRS Scandal: Urgent Need for Campaign Finance and Tax Code Reform; Campaign to Stop the Koch Brothers’ Takeover of the Tribune Newspaper Company; Monsanto Supreme Court Victory on GMO seeds, Provokes Concerns on Corporate Patenting of Life May 24, 2013 | 9:00 am

Alex Seitz-Wald; Timothy Karr ;Bill Freese
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Wiretapping, Gitmo Detainees, Mountaintop Removal May 17, 2013 | 9:00 am

Obama Administration Wiretaps Associated Press Reporters, Seeks New Rules to Make Internet Surveillance Easier. Guantanamo Defense Lawyer Says White House Action Can End Detainee Hunger Strike and Close the Controversial Prison Camp. U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms EPA’s Authority to Revoke Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Permit
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Ralph Nader; Sarah Anderson; Gar Alperovitz May 10, 2013 | 9:00 am

U.S. Drone Program and the Damage to America's National Security; Corporate CEOs Advocating Austerity Policies Receive Millions in Taxpayer Subsidized Stock Options; Economic Alternatives to Our Current Failing System "What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution"
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Bangla Desh Sweatshops, Reproductive Rights, & Torture in the post 9-11 World May 3, 2013 | 9:00 am

Garment Industry Sweatshop Conditions Led to Tragic Loss of Lives in Bangladesh Building Collapse
Anti-Abortion Activists Pass Dozens of Laws Restricting Reproductive Rights in GOP State Legislatures Across the U.S.
Bipartisan Panel Finds U.S. Officials Authorized Torture of Post-9/11 Detainees
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BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS APRIL 15, 2013 – TAX DAY and “PATRIOT’S DAY”, April 19, 2013 | 9:00 am

Boston's Annual Civic Holiday Commemorating the 1st Battles of the American Revolutionary War in Lexington and Concord, Mass.
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Chained CPI, Indefinite Detention, & Obama’s Social Security Cuts April 12, 2013 | 9:00 am

"The chained-CPI cuts the (Social Security and Medicare) cost-of-living adjustment each year by three-tenths of a percentage point. ... This is $28,000 if you live to the age 95, out of the pockets of beneficiaries. ... They're trying to say is that people with disabilities, older people, veterans ... are getting too large a cost-of-living adjustment."

– Eric Kingson, co-director of the Strengthen Social Security campaign on why he believes President Obama and other lawmakers who have made campaign promises not to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits are being disingenuous about making a "little tweak" with the chained CPI. This year, the cost of living adjustment was 1.7 percent; none in previous years.
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As Supreme Court Considers 2 Landmark Same Sex Marriage Cases, LGBT Activists Consider Their Response April 5, 2013 | 9:00 am

This week's edition of Between the Lines will feature an interview with Thalia Zepatos, director of public engagement with Freedom to Marry, conducted by Scott Harris.
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President Obama’s Israel/Palestine Visit Will Yield Little Unless U.S. Pressures Israel to Halt Settlement Expansion March 29, 2013 | 9:00 am

This week's installment of Between the Lines features an interview with Josh Ruebner, national advocacy director with the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
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Ralph Nader Campaigns to Increase Federal Minimum Wage to 1968 Level March 22, 2013 | 9:00 am

Ralph Nader Campaigns to Increase Federal Minimum Wage to 1968 Level, and more
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Assessing the Legacy of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez March 15, 2013 | 9:00 am

Assessing the Legacy of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

Austerity Budget Cuts Disproportionately Affect Women

New Documentary Film Investigates the Influence of Big Oil on U.S. Climate Policy
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Obama’s Second Term Agenda Falls Short on Addressing U.S. Economic Inequality, XL Pipeline Protest, and 10 years After the World’s largest Demonstration February 22, 2013 | 9:00 am

Interview with Sam Pizzigati, labor journalist, conducted by Scott Harris.
Report on Keystone XL pipeline protest with activist Van Jones, Texas rancher Eleanor Fairchild and others, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus.
Interview with peace and justice organizers Leslie Cagan and Bill Fletcher Jr., recorded and produced by Scott Harris
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Drones, NDAA, and Gun Laws February 15, 2013 | 9:00 am

Interview with Brett Kaufman, national security fellow at the ACLU's National Security Project, conducted by Scott Harris

Interview with Carl J. Mayer, attorney representing journalist Chris Hedges and six other plaintiffs in lawsuit over indefinite detention provision, conducted by Scott Harris

nterview with Marty Isaac, president of Connecticut Against Gun Violence Education Fund, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
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Immigration Reform, Moral Injury, and Why No Banksters Have Been Prosecuted February 8, 2013 | 9:00 am

A critical look at some immigration reform proposals being made, with concern about the punitive nature of the measures and the political motives in play;

a condition known as "moral injury" is likely one of the most important factors in military suicide rates;

why the federal government has failed to prosecute any Wall Street or bank executives for the mortgage fraud that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
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Israeli Elections, Canadian Tar Sands Protest, and Anti-Austerity Politics in Greece, Europe, and Beyond February 1, 2013 | 9:00 am

Status quo Wins in Israeli elections: Prospects Dim for Revival of Israeli- Palestinian Peace ; Jan 26th Protest to Stop Canadian Tar Sands Oil from being pumped to Maine; Anti-Austerity Politics in Greece, Europe and Beyond. Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, Coalition of the Radical Left, Greece's Main Opposition Party Producer
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U.S. Drone Strikes Breed Hatred; Serve as Recruitment Tool for America’s Enemies January 25, 2013 | 9:00 am

Interview with Medea Benjamin, co-founder Code Pink and author of “Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control”, conducted by Scott Harris
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Obama Concedes to Tea Party, Keystone Protests, and Chavez Absent from his own Inauguration January 18, 2013 | 9:00 am

Progressive Caucus Yields to Obama concessions to Tea Party GOP;

Keystone XL Pipeline Protests Part of Anti-Extractive Movement Solidarity Anti-Extractive Fossil Fuel;

Recovering from Cancer Surgery, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Unable to Attend his Inauguration
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Fiscal Cliff, Violence Against Women, and FBI Spies on Occupy January 11, 2013 | 9:00 am

White House - Congressional Fiscal Cliff Deal, Comes at a High Price;

Violence Against Women: Stigmatization of Victims Persists Across Cultures;

FBI Documents: Government Collaborated with Big Banks to Spy on Occupy Wall Street Movement
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership January 4, 2013 | 9:00 am

"The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an agreement that actually formalizes the priority of corporate power over government. It allows any foreign investor to go to a United Nations or World Bank-based tribunal of three private sector attorneys and sue our governments for our taxpayer-compensation over any domestic policy or action that the foreign investor thinks undermines their expected future profits."

– Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, on a leaked draft chapter of the TPP, an agreement she describes as "NAFTA on steroids."
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Civil Liberties and Labor Under Attack December 14, 2012 | 9:00 am

In Obama's Second Term, Civil Liberties Remains Under Attack;

350.org Fossil Fuel Company Divestment Campaign;

Labor Rights Under Attack Again: This Time in Michigan, the Birthplace of the U.S. Labor Movement
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Palestine, the Fiscal Cliff, and One Mother’s Journey to Climate Change Activism December 7, 2012 | 9:00 am

Palestine Wins Non Member Observer State Status at United Nations;

Progressive Groups Draw Line in Sand to Protect Social Safety Net in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations;

Motivated by her Children's Future: Louisiana Mother of 6 makes Journey to Climate Change Activist
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Gaza Patriot Coal, and Walmart November 30, 2012 | 9:00 am

Observations of Life in Gaza before the most recent eruption of violence between Israel and Hamas;

Patriot Coal Company Enters Agreement to Phase Out Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining;

Nationwide Strike by Walmart Workers Could Signal Effective New Challenge to the Store's Anti-union Intimidation Tactic
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Under Assault November 23, 2012 | 9:00 am

Understanding the Context for Israel's Latest Assault;

Social Security and Medicare Role in Fiscal Cliff Negotiations;

Occupy Wall Street Movement Mobilizes to Aid Hurricane Sandy Victims
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Progressive Gains in U.S. Senate Defies Pronouncement of “Status Quo” Election; November 9, 2012 | 9:00 am

Progressive Gains in U.S. Senate Defies Pronouncement of "Status Quo" Election;

The Record Breaking Corrupting Influence of Money in U.S. Politics;

Examining the Effect of Economic Sanctions on the Civilian Population of Iran.
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Wealth Goes Off Shore While Extreme Weather Comes On Shore November 2, 2012 | 9:00 am

How the super rich around the world have avoided paying taxes;

The problem of rising economic inequality in the U.S...;

The worsening weather and environmental conditions connected with climate change.
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BTL 10-19-12 October 19, 2012 | 9:00 am

Foreign Policy Debate in 2012 Presidential Election Campaign;

"Koch Brothers Exposed";

The Life and Activism of Larry Gibson, Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Opponent
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Hugo Chavez, Rachel Corrie, & Rocky Anderson October 12, 2012 | 9:00 am

Hugo Chavez Election Victory Consolidates Left Trajectory in Latin America; The ongoing struggle for justice in the case of Rachel Corrie; Justice Party Presidential Campaign Targets Plutocracy and Corruption
This Program will start later this week, due to pitching during Democracy Now!
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What the Election Means for the Supreme Court; Open Debates; Civil Obedience to stop Keystone XL Pipeline October 5, 2012 | 9:00 am

Much At Stake in Presidential Election for Future Ideological Composition of U.S. Supreme Court; Critics Call for Full Disclosure of Secret Contracts governing Presidential Debates; Civil Disobedience Protest to Stop Texas to Oklahoma leg of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
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Iran, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Coslty Prison Phone Calls September 28, 2012 | 9:00 am

As U.S. Election Nears, Rising Tensions with Iran Pose Risks of War; Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement - Critics Decry Unprecedented Secrecy; Campaign Launched to Roll Back Exhorbitant Expense of Prison Phone Calls
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Chris Toensing, Marjorie Cohn, Ann Wright September 21, 2012 | 9:00 am

Anti-Islamic film triggers protest, violence in Muslim world; federal court strikes down National Defense Authorization Act provision on govt right to indefinitely detain terrorist suspects & those accused of supporting terrorism; Occupy Wall Street 1-year anniversary
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Disappointment in Obama’s foreign Policy & GOP candidate Mitt Romney’s throwback to the Bush era September 14, 2012 | 9:00 am

Disappointment in Obama's foreign Policy & GOP candidate Mitt Romney's throwback to the Bush era; Democrats and their Aversion to Confronting Rising Levels of Poverty; Study Ignores Reasons Why People Buy Organic Foods.
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8-24-12 August 24, 2012 | 9:00 am

Romney pick of Paul Ryan as VP Running mate Pushes his plan to end Medicare into public debate; The CEO Hands in Uncle Sam's Pocket; Millstone Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Due to High Ocean Temperatures.
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Pre-Election Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Research Centers? August 17, 2012 | 9:00 am

Is a Pre-Election Attack on Iran's Nuclear Research Centers Imminent?; A Community Divided: Mtntop Removal Coal Mining in Appalachia, Jobs vs the Environment; Transform Now Plowshares Direct Action at Oak Ridge TN, Advocates for Nuclear Disarmament
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Monsanto, Where Science Meets Politics, and Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein August 10, 2012 | 9:00 am

Monsanto's Claims Extolling Benefits of Genetically Engineered Crops Challenged. The Intersection where Science and Politics Meet Paul Anastas. Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein
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Between the Lines’ for the Week Ending July 27, 2012 July 20, 2012 | 9:00 am

Un-Charged U.S. Held Guantanamo Detainees Remain in Legal Limbo, With Little Hope for Release; Israeli Panel Declares their West Bank Settlements "Legal" Calls for Expansion Combatants for Peace; Republicans Defeat of Disclose Act Hobbles Effort for more Transparency in U.S. Elections
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July 13 July 13, 2012 | 9:00 am

Sanjeev Bery; Mark Hertsgaard; Robert Scheer
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