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Universal Healthcare Solutions Fall Short
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 1:02 pm | Between The Lines
In 1993, President Bill Clinton, with then first lady Hillary Clinton coordinating the effort, attempted to cobble together a universal health coverage plan that retained a central role for the private insurance industry. In response, the well-funded insurance ... More >>
Global Warming Teach-In To Activate Students
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 4:28 pm | Between The Lines
"If we don’t act in the next two or three years, then a window will close for our children forever. And that window is: If we act aggressively now, then we can hold global warming to three or four degrees Fahrenheit." -- Eben Goodstein. More >>
Report Finds Homelessness Rising Across The U.S.
Saturday, 12 January 2008, 10:27 am | Between The Lines
It generally takes a year to two years before you exhaust all your resources -- family, friends, etc. -- and so it takes a couple years for that to happen, so we have not seen folks who have had their homes foreclosed on yet winding up at our shelters. More >>
Young People Storm DC For Action on Global Warming
Monday, 3 December 2007, 10:21 am | Between The Lines
The issue of global warming was again thrust into the spotlight with the Nov. 17 release of a report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report, written by hundreds of top scientists, warns that unless the world ends ... More >>
Kucinich Succeeds in Moving Impeachment Forward
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 11:45 am | Between The Lines
Kucinich Succeeds in Moving Impeachment Resolution Against Cheney Forward Interview with journalist David Lindorff, conducted by Scott Harris More >>
Washington Intensifies Verbal Attack on Iran
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 11:34 am | Between The Lines
Washington Intensifies Verbal Attack on Iran Interview with Reese Erlich, radio journalist and author, conducted by Scott Harris More >>
Bush/Cheney Succeedin Reviving Imperial Presidency
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 2:28 pm | Between The Lines
Before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney came to Washington determined to restore the power of the executive branch restrained by Congress in the aftermath of the ... More >>
Resistance Growing to U.S. Military Bases
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 11:25 am | Between The Lines
As members of Congress and various presidential candidates debate the war in Iraq and proposals for withdrawing American forces, most put forth the idea that the U.S. must leave military bases behind for the training of Iraqi troops and countering ... More >>
Patriot Act Revision Gives A-G Power on Death Row
Monday, 3 September 2007, 10:02 am | Between The Lines
Between the Lines Q&A A weekly column featuring progressive viewpoints on national and international issues under-reported in mainstream media for release Aug. 29, 2007 More >>
Between the Lines Interview with Ross Gelbspan
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 3:01 pm | Between The Lines
From the radio newsmagazine Between The Lines http://www.btlonline.org ************* Between the Lines Q&A A weekly column featuring progressive viewpoints on national and international issues under-reported in mainstream media for release June 12, ... More >>
SCOTUS Refuses to Review Gitmo Prisoner Petition
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 7:09 pm | Between The Lines
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Guantanamo Bay Prisoners' Petition for Fair Trials - Interview with Beth Gilson, attorney representing two Guantanamo Bay prison detainees, conducted by Melinda Tuhus More >>
New Orleans' Citizens Battle Industrial Polluters
Friday, 13 April 2007, 1:15 pm | Between The Lines
From the radio newsmagazine Between The Lines http://www.btlonline.org ---------------------------- Between the Lines Q&A A weekly column featuring progressive viewpoints on national and international issues under-reported in mainstream media for release April 12, ... More >>
Democracy Protection Act Counters "Authoritarians"
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 12:27 am | Between The Lines
Coalition Puts Forward Democracy Protection Act to Counter "New Authoritarians" - Interview with Mark Green, president of The New Democracy Project, conducted by Scott Harris More >>
Labor Law Passed But GOP & President Plan To Kill
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 6:53 pm | Between The Lines
Between the Lines Q&A A weekly column featuring progressive viewpoints on national and international issues under-reported in mainstream media for release March 12, 2007 More >>
Women Suffer Untold Violence & Repression In Iraq
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 12:42 am | Between The Lines
Women Suffer Untold Violence and Repression in U.S.-Occupied Iraq - Interview with Yifat Susskind, communications director with MADRE and author of a report on violence against Iraqi women, conducted by Melinda Tuhus More >>
School Of Americas Closure On Agenda For 2007
Monday, 5 March 2007, 8:02 pm | Between The Lines
Campaign to Close U.S. Army Latin American Training School Hopes to Succeed in 2007 - Interview with Maryknoll priest Father Roy Bourgeois, founder, School of the Americas Watch, conducted by Melinda Tuhus More >>
Reversal on Spying Shouldn't Derail Investigation
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 10:34 am | Between The Lines
White House Reversal on Domestic Spying Program Shouldn't Derail Congressional Investigation - Interview with Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, conducted by Scott Harris More >>
Iraq Activists to Enlist City, State Governments
Monday, 29 January 2007, 12:01 am | Between The Lines
Activists Opposing Iraq War Campaign to Enlist City, State Governments - Interview with Joel Barkin, executive director of the Progressive States Network conducted by Melinda Tuhus More >>
Bush's Iraq Escalation Provokes Growing Opposition
Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 5:10 pm | Between The Lines
Bush's Iraq War Escalation Provokes Growing Opposition - Interview with Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report, conducted by Scott Harris More >>
U.S. Iran Tensions Rise – 2nd Carrier To Gulf
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:33 pm | Between The Lines
U.S. Iran Tensions Rise as Second American Aircraft Carrier Heads to Persian Gulf - Interview with Trita Parsi, president of the Iranian-American Council, conducted by Scott Harris More >>