On August 14, The Nation’s Peter Dreier sat down with Air America’s Jack Rice to discuss the fractured, collapsing state of labor unions in the US which he discussed in his recent Nation article on the messy dissolution of the UNITE HERE union merger.  On Rice’s show, Dreier shared his thoughts on the wide reaching implications of the situation, warning, “If the labor movement is divided amongst itself…over internal politics, that just makes it less likely for a progressive agenda to succeed.”

You can listen to the full interview here:

In his August 4 Nation article “Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder,” Jeremy Scahill broke the explosive news that Blackwater’s Erik Prince “may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company.”  Scahill, who has extensively covered the corrupt military contractor for The Nation throughout the Iraq war, brought to light reports and affidavits accusing Prince of smuggling illegal weapons, facilitating child prostitution, and “intentionally us[ing] excessive and unjustified deadly force” to kill innocent Iraqi civilians.  The revelations ignited a mainstream media firestorm with FOX News, CNN and ABC calling attention to the story throughout the week.

ABC News cited Scahill’s piece in their August 5 report on the civil suit filed against Prince. On August 8, CNN published a report extensively quoting Scahill’s article.  That same day FOX News released this typically skeptical report, emphasizing the “alleged” nature of Prince’s crimes.

After filing the article on August 4, Scahill sat down with Countdown’s Keith Olbermann to discuss the chilling accusations against Prince.

You can watch the entire interview here: