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Speech by President Obama in Israel on March 21, 2013. The full transcript can be read here.

On Earthday, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig sank creating the worst oil spill in history. According to the global media, the story ended when the well was capped – but that’s when the real story began. By exposing the root causes of the oil spill and what really happened after the news cameras left the Gulf states, filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell uncover a vast network of corruption. Movie home page is here.

From a Pulitzer Prize--winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important, how we can fight back. Based on the book Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us.

OurFuture.org interviews author Peter Dreier about his latest book, The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame, in advance of a talk Feb. 1 before the AFL-CIO in Washington. The book looks at the impact of 100 progressive leaders on America and the lives of ordinary people. The talk was co-sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future.

If Bill O'Reilly is now pro-gay marriage, then back when he said gay marriage was like marrying a goat, he was really saying that he's pro-goat marriage.