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In the north east pacific ocean, covering an area more then twice the size of Texas, there is a huge deposit of floating plastic. But what is being done about it?
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America's descent into fascism as described in Naomi Wolf's recently published book 'The End of America: Letters of Warning to a Young Patriot'.
The recent release of the new Bin Laden video has sparked some controversy over its authenticity. Collateral takes a look at the old bin laden video and questions it's origins.
In April of 2004 Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan by what the United States then called accidental friendly fire. Now, three years later, new evidence is showing that Tillmans death may not have been an accident.
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Now that their Wall Street scheming has threatened to bankrupt them, the big investment houses have come crying to Congress to bail them out to the tune of untold trillions of dollars of YOUR money (so much for the free market when it's the rich who get soaked).
There's a growing trend in the U.S.A. toward privatizing disaster relief. In light of the government's failures during and after Katrina, one may be inclined to welcome this. But look closer, and you see that the long-term results can be devastating.
collateral looks into the horror that is mountain top removal. Large coal industries are destroying the environment through strip mining and mountain top removal where they literately blow a mountain to pieces to get the coal and leave the landscape devastating.
July 4th was Independence Day. But just how much independence do you have from the most powerful social force there is? This week, we take a look at one of the most controversial psychological experiments of the 20th century and ask: do you have what it takes to resist a malignant authority?
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Sarah Palin likens her previous experience as small town mayor to that of community organizers "except that you have actual responsibility". In a country with a strong tradition of community organizing we felt it necessary to point out what some of those organizers have accomplished ... like founding this country.
John McCain, the son of a Navy admiral and commander of the US forces in the Pacific, endured terrible treatment as a Vietnam POW, and for that he is revered by many as a war hero. But he also repeatedly collaborated with the enemy during his captivity, something for which many others who were not 'fortunate sons' were never forgiven.
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