by Burning Issues Video | Apr 22, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/WEXE6YK0SDg[/fve] The next president should heed the wisdom of an electorate that is "fed up" with the follies of military adventurism because of the fiascos in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, says Emira Woods, a foreign policy fellow at the...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 19, 2016 | Burning Issues, Climate
[fve]https://youtu.be/aGR1KS_HpVw[/fve] Given the threat of global climate change, the United States should not have a two-faced energy policy – encouraging green energy at home and encouraging fossil fuel exports abroad. Kyle Ash, senior legislative representative at...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 18, 2016 | Burning Issues, Climate
[fve]https://youtu.be/gUqFqDm3668[/fve] Hydraulic fracturing – "fracking" – to extract oil and gas deposits deep underground is rapidly becoming a global concern, says Jesse Coleman, a research investigator for Greenpeace, in this Burning Issues video segment. The...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 14, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/-gAE5NIft40[/fve] There is as much as $27 trillion hidden in shell companies around the world, outside of the reach of governments and public scrutiny, according to Porter McConnell, the director of the Financial Transparency Coalition. That has...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 13, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/FkVh3IlnMTU[/fve] The U.S. has "become, in essence, the new Rome," says Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell in the George W. Bush administration, in this Burning Issues video segment. Wilkerson, who...
by Burning Issues Video | Apr 12, 2016 | Burning Issues, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/k-2qPJ0Rytg[/fve] An estimated $1 trillion dollars annually is siphoned out of developing countries into hidden offshore bank accounts in tax havens around the world, says Tom Cardamone, managing director of Global Financial Integrity, in this...
