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Iraq: A Captain's Return

By Davin Hutchins on May 15, 2008

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After returning from two tours of duty in Iraq, Capt. Luis Montalvan is the highest ranking member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Despite post-traumatic stress disorder, he is campaigning to expose the Iraq War's grim realities. He has been branded a coward and traitor, but this recipient of the Purple Heart is on a mission to expose what he calls "incompetent" leadership in the highest ranks of the military.

Keywords: Army, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq War, news, occupation, protest, soldier, veteran, war, winter soldier

Iraq: One Winter Soldier's Tale

By Garland McLaurin on May 30, 2008

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In the spring of 2008, a conference was held on the outskirts of Washington, DC. Entitled Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan, it harkened back to the Winter Soldier testimonies held three decades ago during the Vietnam War. Of the testimonies we filmed, this one, by Iraq War vet Jon Michael Turner, was the most compelling and intense.

Keywords: Afghanistan, Iraq, murder, news, soldier, testimony, veteran, war, winter soldier

How Clean Is Clean Coal?

By Davin Hutchins on May 15, 2008

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In a single year, less than one in 100,000 Americans contract a rare form of blood cancer. In Pennsylvania coal country, the rate is nearly five times higher. Many suspect "clean" coal is the cause. As the 2008 presidential candidates promote the potential of clean coal as an alternative fuel source, and as Congress prepares to debate energy legislation, ANP takes a look at the controversial practice of coal-ash dumping. An investigation brought to you in conjunction with our partner The Washington Independent.

Keywords: blood, cancer, clean coal, coal, coal ash, EPA, epidemic, heavy metals, leukemia, Pennsylvania, poison, polycythemia vera, regulation

The $300 Billion Betrayal

By Nick Penniman on Jun 10, 2008

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The Pentagon spends hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons systems, but our troops still aren't getting what they need. It's a scandal of enormous proportions that involves deceptive corporations and complacent government officials. But the biggest problem of all is that the people in Washington who could fix it continue to ignore it.

Keywords: Bush, Defense Department, defense spending, Duncan, F-22, GAO, Jenkins, Joint Strike Fighter, Larry Korb, McCaskill, Nick Penniman, overruns, Patterson, Pentagon, Rumsfeld, Sullivan, Ted Roach, Waxman, weapons systems, Winslow Wheeler, Wolfowitz

Greening the Evangelicals

By Tala Dowlatshahi on Jun 05, 2008

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How solidly Republican will Christian evangelicals be in 2008? As the country enters the next phase in this historic election season, concern about the state of God's earth may be the issue that draws many believers into the Democratic camp. Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals estimates that perhaps 40% of evangelicals will be "up for grabs" in November.

Keywords: Barbara Boxer, climate change, creation care, Dowlatshahi, Earth Day, environment, EPA, evangelicals, faith-based groups, global warming, Lieberman-Warner bill, National Association of Evangelicals, religion, Republican, Reverend Richard Cizik, Sojourners

Drop Weapons

By David Murdock on Jun 02, 2008

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Several soldiers who have returned from combat zones talk with the American News Project about what they say is the widespread practice of using "drop weapons" to cover up the killing of innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. We feature five veterans and current members of Iraq Veterans Against the War, plus retired Lieutenant Colonel Gary Solis, a Vietnam War veteran and legal scholar who taught "Law of War" at West Point.

Keywords: Afghanistan, AK-47, drop weapons, Iraq, IVAW, Kershogan, Murdock, Penniman, planting evidence, Reppenhagen, Solis, veterans, Washburn

Immigrant Laborers in Limbo

By Garland McLaurin on May 15, 2008

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One hundred Indian guest workers marched hundreds of miles from New Orleans, LA, to Washington, DC, to protest their treatment by their employer, Signal International. Brought here under the auspices of the H2B visa program, the workers were promised much and given little in return. As concerns about immigration continue to hold the national spotlight, theirs is a cautionary tale.

Keywords: George Bush, gulf coast, h2b visa, illegal immigration, indentured servitude, Indian embassy, Jobs for Justice, labor, New Orleans Center for Racial Justice, Signal International, slave labor, Southern Poverty Law Center, temporary guest workers, visa