Exxon Threatens to Arrest Reporters for Entering Arkansas Oil Spill Site – Truthdig : ExxonMobil is sure doing its best to prevent journalists from covering the recent oil spill from its Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas. Some reporters say the oil giant has even threatened to have them arrested for merely entering the spill site.
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New Bird Flu Jumps to Humans, Kills 6 in China – Truthdig
New Bird Flu Jumps to Humans, Kills 6 in China – Truthdig : Chinese officials have closed poultry markets and ordered a mass slaughter of birds in Shanghai amid an outbreak of a type of avian flu that has not been seen in humans.
Warming ‘Increases Antarctic Ice’ – Truthdig
Warming ‘Increases Antarctic Ice’ – Truthdig : LONDON—The Arctic may be shrinking as the world warms but Antarctic sea ice is expanding. Blame global warming for that, too, say Dutch scientists.
More Than Half of U.S. Rivers in Trouble – Truthdig
More Than Half of U.S. Rivers in Trouble – Truthdig : More than half of the country’s rivers and streams are unable to support healthy populations of aquatic insects and other creatures, a survey of nearly 2,000 locations by the Environmental Protection Agency reported Tuesday.
Flamenco Is ‘A Bird With Very Long Legs’ (Video) – Truthdig
Flamenco Is ‘A Bird With Very Long Legs’ (Video) – Truthdig : Aging Spanish flamenco artist Manuel Molina gives sensitive, forceful expression to the common things of life: singing with the voice one has, learning trust and mistrust, being hungry, and enjoying the company of friends.
Men Who Kick Down Doors – Truthdig
Men Who Kick Down Doors – Truthdig : Picture this. A man, armored in tattoos, bursts into a living room not his own. He confronts an enemy. He barks orders. He throws that enemy into a chair. Then against a wall. He plants himself in the middle of the room, feet widespread, fists clenched, muscles straining, face contorted in a scream of rage.
Bush Officials Should Be Prosecuted for Iraq War, Michael Moore Says – Truthdig
Bush Officials Should Be Prosecuted for Iraq War, Michael Moore Says – Truthdig
Juan Cole: What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like? – Juan Cole’s Columns – Truthdig
Juan Cole: What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like? – Juan Cole’s Columns – Truthdig
Chris Hedges: The Shame of America’s Gulag – Chris Hedges’ Columns – Truthdig
Chris Hedges: The Shame of America’s Gulag – Chris Hedges’ Columns – Truthdig : If, as Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, “the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” then we are a nation of barbarians. Our vast network of federal and state prisons, with some 2.3 million inmates, rivals the gulags of totalitarian states. Once you disappear behind prison walls you become prey. Rape. Torture. Beatings. Prolonged isolation. Sensory deprivation. Racial profiling. Chain gangs. Forced labor. Rancid food. Children imprisoned as adults. Prisoners forced to take medications to induce lethargy. Inadequate heating and ventilation. Poor health care. Draconian sentences for nonviolent crimes. Endemic violence.