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Thomas Frank: A Wall Street Bailout Wouldn’t Help Anyone But Rich Investors
The free market didn't work. People bought when they should have sold, and they need to get spanked. Author Thomas Frank explains why. Posted on Sep 27, 2008
Susan Jacoby: How Anti-Intellectualism Is Destroying America
Sad but true: Intelligence is a political liability in the US. Author of The Age of American Unreason Susan Jacoby explains why.
Posted on Aug 15, 2008
Nina Hachigian: Can the U.S. Thrive As Other Powers Rise?
Author Nina Hachigian shows that some of the biggest threats to our security don't come from rival nations. They come from us.
Posted on Jun 18, 2008
Lester Brown: How Many Earth Days Do We Have Left?
Lester Brown, author of Plan B 3.0, shows us how we can change in enough time to save life on earth, as we know it.
Posted on Apr 22, 2008
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Paul Krugman, 11/12/03: The Professor Takes the Gloves Off
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman tells how he found his voice, why Bush makes him miss Nixon, and why he insults Fox News whenever he can.
Lewis Lapham, 3/21/06: Lapham’s Case for Impeachment
Harper's editor Lewis Lapham explains why he wrote his provocative essay arguing for the impeachment of George W. Bush.
Annie Leonard, 1/10/08: Consuming Our Way to Unhappiness
Our excessive consumption is trashing more than just the planet.
Susan Linn, 12/13/07: Born To Shop: How Marketers Brainwash Babies
Marketers are targeting kids at disturbingly young ages, compromising the nation's health, creativity and democracy.
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Bill Maher, 2/10/03: Riding with Bill Maher
The former host of "Politically Incorrect" talks about his new book, his new HBO show, war, sacrifice and the value of propaganda.
Irshad Manji, 4/8/05: Muslim Refusenik
Irshad Manji, author of 'The Trouble with Islam Today,' discusses the closemindedness and literalism of present-day Islam and her path to free thinking.
Lisa Margonelli, 5/12/07: America Has Oil on the Brain
Lisa Margonelli traveled thousands of miles from her local gas station to oil fields half a world away to try and understand how Americans can buy 10,000 gallons a second without giving it much thought.
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Joseph Stiglitz, 1/15/07: Globalization Has Increased the Wealth Gap
Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about what's gone wrong with globalization.
Mel Stuart, 9/6/05: The Atticus Finch of Hobart Elementary
In a stunning new documentary, a fifth-grade teacher at one of the nation's largest inner-city schools inspires his students to lead extraordinary lives, despite language barriers and poverty.
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Robert Reich, 11/28/07: Consumer-Driven Culture is Killing Our Democracy
Americans are split between wanting low prices and opposing the corporate behaviors that make them possible.
Frank Rich, 10/4/06: Frank Rich Reviews the Bush Follies
The New York Times op-ed writer explains how the White House propaganda machine replaced reality with "truthiness" to lead us into Iraq.
Arundhati Roy, 9/21/04:Finding Justice with Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy discusses her role as writer and activist, the importance of non-violent dissent, and the potential for finding justice in the world.
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Howard Zinn, 10/21/05: Howard Zinn: Vision and Voice
The author of 'A People's History of the United States' talks about falling into academia, his new book and the people making tomorrow's history today.
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Terry McAuliffe, 2/27/07: American Democracy from the Eyes of a Democratic Fundraiser
Terry McAuliffe, former head of the Democratic National Committee and chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, on the Democratic vision of America and why we have yet to achieve it.
George McGovern, 11/21/05: Come Home Again, America
George McGovern, subject of a new documentary, discusses the bright and shining moments of his 1972 presidential campaign and how it changed politics forever.
Mark Crispin Miller, 1/27/06: Election Theft Emergency
Mark Crispin Miller talks about how the right stole the 2004 presidential election -- and how they'll do it again unless we stop them.
Michael Pollan, 4/3/08: Nutrition ‘Science’ Has Hijacked Our Meals -- and Our Health
Much of what lines supermarket aisles is not food. It's merely foodlike, and it's making us sick.
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Deborah Tannen, 6/29/06: The Struggle Between Mothers and Daughters
Language guru Deborah Tannen explores the turbulent terrain of the mother-daughter relationship.
Scott Turow, 11/18/03: Crime and Unusual Punishment
Author and attorney Scott Turow tells why his first nonfiction book in 25 years had to be about the injustice of the death penalty.
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Cornell West, 9/29/04: Matters of Justice
Cornel West discusses what it is we need to confront in order to realize democracy, as well as our need for 'justice, justice, justice.'
Drew Westen, 10/24/07: Emotion Trumps Logic in the Voting Booth
All logic points to Republican losses in 2008. But logic doesn't vote -- and logic doesn't win elections.
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