June 18, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

This video was made by PSA contributor Kellen Rice. If you are wondering, the song in the background is called “Sanvean – I Am Your Shadow” by Lisa Gerrard.

June 15, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

The sea of people stretched for five miles. Untold numbers of people. Ten of thousands, hundreds of thousands,  millions marched synchrony, overflowing the streets, chanting, “‘No fear, No fear, we are with each other.’”
Their defiant leader, just hours before under house arrest, greeted his throngs like a returning general.
Still, masked gunmen, propped on rooftops–hired militia [...]

June 14, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

If you’re looking for American media reports out of Iran detailing the massive protests going on after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in their Presidential elections yesterday, you might be out of luck. Cell phone service has been shut down for a day now and they are kicking foreign journalists out of the country. In fact, [...]

June 12, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

Almost two months ago, I wrote about Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis blatantly lying to Leslie Stahl of 60 Minutes about the financial state of his bank and Stahl’s refusal to call him on it.
Well, Rep. Dennis Kucinich was not as kind to Lewis yesterday. In Congressional hearings over Lewis’s accusations that the Fed [...]

June 11, 2009 by Trevor Timm  

Back in January, I wrote a piece called “The Obama Domino Effect” where I described how Obama’s new conciliatory approach to the Muslim world, combined with the younger, more liberal Iranian population, and the general outrageousness of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will cause Iran to vote their fearless leader out of office in their summer election. [...]

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