Archive for ‘May, 2010’

13. Katrina’s Hidden Race War

13. Katrina’s Hidden Race War

Sources: The Nation, December 17, 2008 Title: “Katrina’s Hidden Race War” Author: A.C. Thompson The Nation, December 18, 2008 Title: “Body of Evidence” Author: A.C. Thompson Democracy Now! December 19, 2008 Title: “Katrina’s Hidden Race War: In Aftermath of Storm, White Vigilante Groups Shot 11 African Americans in New Orleans” Student Researcher: Aimee Drew Evaluator: [...]

12. Mysterious Death of Mike Connell—Karl Rove’s Election Thief

12. Mysterious Death of Mike Connell—Karl Rove’s Election Thief

Sources: The Raw Story, September 29, 2008 Title: “Republican IT consultant subpoenaed in case alleging tampering with 2004 election” Authors: Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane The Brad Blog, December 22, 2008 Title:  “OH Election Fraud Attorney Reacts to the Death of Mike Connell“ Author: Brad Friedman Democracy Now! December 22, 2008 Title: “Republican IT Specialist [...]

11. Private Corporations Profit from the Occupation of Palestine

11. Private Corporations Profit from the Occupation of Palestine

Sources: WhoProfits.org Title: “Who Profits? Exposing the Israeli Occupation Industry” Authors: The Coalition of Women for Peace Palestine News Network, August 26, 2008 Title: “US Tax Breaks Support Israeli Settlers” Workers World Newspaper, February 9, 2009, and Global Research, February 11, 2009 Title: “The Tunnels of Gaza, An underground economy and resistance symbol” Author: Sara [...]

10. Ecuador Declares Foreign Debt Illegitimate

10. Ecuador Declares Foreign Debt Illegitimate

Sources: Alternet, November 26, 2008 Title: “As Crisis Mounts, Ecuador Declares Foreign Debt Illegitimate and Illegal” Author: Daniel Denvir Utube, Fall 2008 Title: “Invalid Loans to Ecuador: Who Owes Who” Producer: Committee for the Integral Audit of Public Credit Foreign Policy in Focus, December 15, 2008 Title: “Ecuador’s Debt Default” Authors: Neil Watkins and Sarah [...]

9. US Arms Used for War Crimes in Gaza

9. US Arms Used for War Crimes in Gaza

Sources: Human Rights Watch, March 25, 2009 Title: “White Phosphorus Use Evidence of War Crimes Report: Rain of Fire: Israel’s Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza” Author: Fred Abrahams Consortium News, January 18, 2009 Title: “Is Israel’s Gaza War a New War Crime?” Author: Dennis Bernstein Flashpoint Radio ( KPFA) Gaza Special ( January [...]

8. Bailed out Banks and America’s Wealthiest Cheat IRS Out of Billions

8. Bailed out Banks and America’s Wealthiest Cheat IRS Out of Billions

Sources: Bloomberg, December 16, 2008 Title: “Goldman Sachs’s Tax Rate Drops to 1% or $14 Million” Author: Christine Harper The Huffington Post, February 23, 2009 Title “Gimme Shelter:  Tax Evasion and the Obama Administration” Author: Thomas B. Edsall Student Researcher: Valerie Janssen and Aimee Drew Faculty Evaluators: BC Franson, JD, SMSU and Robert Girling, PhD, [...]

7. Obama’s Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past

7. Obama’s Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past

Sources: ConsortiumNews.com, November 13, 2008 Title: “The Danger of Keeping Robert Gates” Author: Robert Parry Global Research, February 13, 2009 Title: “Obama’s Defense Department Appointees- The 3.4 Trillion Dollar Question” Author: Andrew Hughes Democracy Now! January 7, 2009 Title: “Obama Nominee Admiral Dennis Blair Aided perpetrators of 1999 church Killings in East Timor” Interviewee: Allan [...]

6. Lobbyists Buy Congress

6. Lobbyists Buy Congress

Source: Open Secrets.org Title: “Washington Lobbying Grew to $3.2 Billion Last Year, Despite Economy” Authors: Center for Responsive Politics Student Researchers: Alan Grady and Leora Johnson Faculty Evaluator: John Kramer, PhD Sonoma State University According to a study by The Center for Responsive Politics, special interests paid Washington lobbyists $3.2 billion in 2008—more than any [...]

5. Europe Blocks US Toxic Products

5. Europe Blocks US Toxic Products

Sources: Scientific American, September 30, 2008 Title: “European Chemical Clampdown Reaches Across Atlantic” Author: David Biello Environmental Defense Fund, September 30, 2008 Title: “How Europe’s New Chemical Rules Affect US” Democracy Now! February 24, 2009 Title: “US Lags Behind Europe in Regulating Toxicity of Everyday Products” Author: Mark Schapiro Student Researchers: Caitlin Ruxton (SSU), Annie [...]

4. Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina

4. Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina

Source: CounterPunch, August 9, 2008 Title: “Pools of Fire” Author: Jeffrey St. Clair Student Researchers: Krisden Kidd and Karene Schelert Faculty Evaluator: Heidi LaMoreaux, PhD Sonoma State University One of the most lethal patches of ground in North America is located in the backwoods of North Carolina, where Shearon Harris nuclear plant is housed and [...]

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