http://newsproject.org Teen pregnancy is on the rise in America for the first time since 1991. One in three teenage girls in the US becomes pregnant. Recent media hype and movies like Juno give teen pregnancy a certain kind of treatment. ANP went to one health center in the Northeast of Washington, DC to explore the real thing.
http://newsproject.org Two former KBR electricians described mismanagement, inadequate equipment, and a "good old boy network" that puts soldiers' lives at risk.
Barack Obama says closing down the detainee camp in Guantanamo Bay will be a top priority of his new administration. David Cole, author of Justice at War: The Men and Ideas That Shaped America's War on Terror, discusses the challenges he'll face.
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Barack Obama Wins Election - Commemorative Time Capsule
Forty-five years after the Rev. Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech, many Americans feel that dream has been realized with the election of Barack Obama as 44th president of the United States. Enjoy this cinematic look back on this election season as we trace Obama's footsteps in Colorado, Alabama, California, Virginia, Illinois and Washington D.C.
A new national study by the Pew Research Center shows that 12 percent of the country still believes Sen. Barack Obama is a Muslim. ANP looks into how this myth has been perpetuated in the media.
It's the taboo subject you're not supposed to talk about - Barack Obama's safety in light of the rise of white supremacists in America. ANP investigates in Memphis, Tennessee, where our cameras infiltrate the Stormfront.org Euro Conference. We probe the minds of the Anti-Defamation League, the Racist Skinhead Project and David Duke to assess legitimate threats to the next U.S. presidency.
http://newsproject.org Marine Corporal James Jenkins, a decorated veteran of the Iraq invasion and the Battle of Najaf, took his life after serving for 22 months. His mother shares his story with ANP - a tragedy repeated 15 times a day in the US.
Economist Dean Baker shares his thoughts on the looming economic crisis. Dr. Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC, and a columnist for The Washington Post and Atlantic Monthly.
Crime in the United States has slowed since the nineties, but a disturbing trend is taking place as waves of violence are increasing across many American cities. Homicide is now five times higher in the U.S. than the international average.
http://newsproject.org On June 26, 2008, John Yoo and David Addington, two leading architects of the Bush administration's policies on torture, testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Even seemingly simple questions yielded evasive answers.
http://newsproject.org An Independence Day look back at the radical influence of Thomas Paine, the often-overlooked founding father whose words sparked the American Revolution.
http://newsproject.org Hagee is back, thanks to friends like William Kristol, Joe Lieberman, and the PR firm W5, which also represents Snoop Dogg. Hagee's organization, Christians United for Israel, brought together five thousand supporters in DC.
Many experts point to the 1999 Financial Modernization Act as a cause of our current financial crisis. Senator Byron Dorgan opposed the act then and predicted our current crisis. More recently he has questioned the $700 billion bailout plan.
http://newsproject.org They hide about $100 billion a year from the IRS, but the Senate is cracking down on super-rich tax cheats -- people like Peter Lowy (son of Australia's second richest man) and toy importer Steven Greenfield.
In the fervor surrounding the McCain - Palin presidential ticket, 'values voters' concoct 'Obama Waffles' in an effort to rally the conservative base to reject Barack Obama. The question is: is it in good taste?
Washington's neocons are alive and well and are advising both John McCain and President Bush. Now many are saying Bush should permit Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities but a new report says the whole plan could backfire. Keywords:
For the first time in eight years, the White House will have new tenants. And for the first time ever, the occupants will be African Americans. A crowd of people gathered at the White House on election night to witness history as it was being made.
The financial crisis seems as if it emerged from nowhere. How did so many financial institutions crumble with so little warning? There are many reasons, but one that has not been given much attention is how tax havens helped enable the mess.
With newfound bailout money in their wallets, big banks have been rushing to gobble up smaller ones. At the center of these mergers is the Treasury Department, led by Goldman Sachs alums Henry Paulson and Neel Kashkari. While neglecting struggling homeowners they have created major incentives for widespread bank consolidation, which could lead to a host of new problems. And, as members of Congress recently noted, Treasury officials seem to be making the rules up as they go.
Some soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are still being given a controversial drug called Chantix to help them quit smoking, even though the FDA has found the drug to have a host of dangerous side effects, including suicidal behavior.
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