Category: 2009

Getting by in America´s Rustbelt:  Cleveland´s Evergreen Laundry Anti-mining activists and journalists face death threats in El Salvador FCC to investigate wireless communications companies Four years after Katrina, Gulf Coast leaders say government has...

  Senator Kennedy dies after battling brain cancer Congress member John Lewis discusses Ted Kennedy´s legacy Web extra: Leslie Proll from the NAACP-LDF says Kennedy championed civil rights FSRN visits the frontlines of the...

Download Audio HEADLINES Simultaneous car bombs kills dozens just after preliminary poll results released in Afghanistan In Afghanistan today, officials announced preliminary election as coordinated bomb blasts in Kandahar killed scores. Some observers say...

Democrats could pass health reform without Republican support Following DOJ report, Attorney General Holder reopens CIA torture cases Mexico decriminalizes possession of marijuana, cocaine and other drugs Amidst court battles same sex couples exercise...

US Drone attack kills a dozen people in Pakistan Afghanistan front runners claim victory in presidential election World Cup 2014 plans generate environmental controversy in Porto Alegre, Brazil PETA says US military violates its...

Afghans vote in Presidential elections marred by violent attacks Street Beat: FSRN speaks with Afghans at the polls Myanmar army displaces thousands of Shan people from their homes Groups fight mandatory arbitration rules Progressive...

Specialty doctors criticized for opposing health care reform Whole Foods CEO´s views on health care reform spark progressive boycott LA Taxi drivers demand better working conditions Afghan government tells journalists to stop covering pre-election...

Credit card interest rates go up as industry faces new regulations Prime Minister al-Maliki wants Iraqis to decide departure date for US troops Armed protestors attend President Obama´s Phoenix meeting South Korea mourns former...

Progressives concerned White House may exclude public option from health reform Student activists ask Secretary Clinton to support climate change refugees US Supreme Court delays execution of Troy Davis Groups say East Haven, CT...

The history of the US health insurance industry Government data tracking to expand under Obama Veterans demand expansion of VA mental heath care programs Iraqi journalists protest proposed restrictions on freedom of expression Pakistani...