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"Between the Lines" is a national, half-hour program that provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media.
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Culture of Impunity a Toxic Element Contributing to Police Violence
Interview with Matthew Fogg, retired chief deputy U.S. Marshal, conducted by Scott Harris
Over the past week, the nation has witnessed three incidents of grossly excessive police violence, which in two instances, resulted in the death of unarmed African-American men. In an April 2, sting operation gone wrong in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an untrained 73-year-old white reserve deputy police officer, Robert Bates, shot and killed suspected gun trafficker Eric Courtney Harris as he fled the scene of the undercover operation. Bates has since been charged with manslaughter. Several days later on April 5, Walter Scott who was stopped in North Charleston, S.C. for a broken tail light, was shot to death by white policeman Michael Slager as Scott ran away from the officer. Slager is charged with murder and has been fired by the police department. In another incident on April 9, Francis Pusok, an unarmed white man who fled police officers serving a warrant, first in a car – and then on horseback, was severely beaten by ten San Bernardino, California sheriff’s deputies after he had surrendered. The ten deputies involved have been placed on paid administrative leave. Story continues
Yale Climate Activists Launch Direct Action Protests to Press for Fossil Fuel Divestment
Report on Yale University protest with student activist Chelsea Watson, Maya Jenkins and Phoebe Chatfield, produced by Melinda Tuhus
Forty-eight Yale University undergraduate students with the group Fossil Free Yale conducted a sit-in on April 9 outside Yale’s president’s office the action was organized to pressure the university to reconsider its decision not to divest fossil fuel stocks from its $24 billion endowment portfolio. Story continues
Deep Tax Cuts for Corporations and the Rich Create Unfair Tax System for Poor and Working Families
Interview with Matthew Gardner, executive director, conducted by Scott Harris
With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, the party leadership is moving to adopt legislation in keeping with its long-held support for trickle-down economics, a belief that giving the nation’s wealthiest citizens and giant corporations ever larger tax breaks will incentivize investment and result in a stronger economy and the creation of new jobs. But most mainstream economists have long ago debunked this theory, promoted largely by the super wealthy, the politicians they fund and paid lobbyists. Story continues
This week’s summary of under-reported news
Compiled by Bob Nixon
- Months after Scotland’s Independence referendum failed, the pro-independence Scottish National Party, the SNP, is in position to be a kingmaker in the upcoming British general election on May 7. (“Britain’s election: rise of Scottish and English nationalists threaten old order,”Guardian, April 7, 2015; “Why the SNP is poised to win Scotland,”538.org, April 9, 2015; “Out of steam? UKP support falls as Farage eyes defeat in general election bid,” rt.com, April 7, 2015)
- After decades of war, newly independent South Sudan is enduring one of the worst teacher shortages in Africa and the world. (“Determined to teach in South Sudan, Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 18, 2015; “South Sudan’s food crisis leaves people of Ganyiel desperate for peace deal,”Guardian, March 27, 2015)
- Over the last decade, Clayton Homes, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway, has emerged as the king of low-cost mobile homes and America’s largest homebuilder. In the process, Clayton Homes has been accused of employing dubious lending practices that have harmed low-income homebuyers. (“Warren Buffett’s mobile home empire preys on the poor,” Center for Public Integrity, April 3, 2015)
