Former Bank of America employee Chris Feener says that little has changed at BoA since the company received billions of dollars in tax-payer money. A number of former workers have accused the company of pressuring its employees to burden consumers with debt and enroll in high fee programs. Feener tells us his story. Then, efforts to bring aid to Gaza face increasing resistance from the Israeli military. Is the Free Gaza Movement effective? Finally, the first amendment battle of Bay Area journalist Josh Wolf.

Just how many reporting errors can you cram in a story celebrating great reporting? The New York Times put that question to the test when the so-called “most trusted man in America” died last week. The paper issued a three-page obituary with so many errors of fact that the correction itself takes up an entire column.

Healthcare is dominating domestic politics this week, as Congress and President Obama outline their visions for reform. The president is pushing Congress to pass a bill that keeps healthcare costs in check before the August deadline. Obama must have been disappointed when the non-partisanCongressional Budget Office (CBO) announced last week that the Dem’s healthcare bills won’t cut spending.

Bank of America workers have leveled damning accusations against their employer, claiming that the Bank pressures its employees to burden consumers with debt and enroll in high fee programs. The SEIU’s Stephen Lerner, Former BoA employee Chris Feener, and Max Fraad Wolff on the bank’s unsavory practices.

Andrea Batista Schlesinger, author of The Death of Why?: The Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy, says that the inquisitive mind is an endangered species. And contrary to what many would like us to believe, Google and the Internet are not actually encouraging critical inquiry.

How’s your stimulus? The Obama administration has been getting a lot of flack lately for a so-called jobless recovery. Only about 10 percent of the stimulus money has actually been distributed and some are getting impatient. But those who are keeping an eye on the stimulus money at the state level say that it’s having a real impact and that there's more to come.

How’s your stimulus? The Obama administration has been getting a lot of flack lately for a so-called jobless recovery. Only about 10 percent of the stimulus money has actually been distributed and some are getting impatient. But those who are keeping an eye on the stimulus money at the state level say that it’s having a real impact. Andrea Batista Schlesinger on her new book, The Death of Why. And Physicians for Human Rights documents US efforts to cover up a massacre in Afghanistan in 2001.

Roberto Lovato, Contributing Associate Editor at New America Media, and Andres Thomas Conteris, the founder of Democracy Now! en Espanol on the political impasse in Honduras and the US role in negotiations to reach a deal between the coup leaders and ousted president Manuel Zelaya. Obama may be paying lip service to the fact that the coup is illegitimate but the actions of the US State Department speak otherwise.

Now that trillions of taxpayer dollars have been pumped through the financial system, Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are reporting record profits—and giving out record bonuses. Goldman is planning to pay out $11.4 billion in compensation “earned” with our money. Even worse, attempts to regulate reckless financiers or empower ordinary workers are still being stymied by influential corporate lobbyists.

Will natural gas solve our energy problems? The oil and gas industry has been making their case that natural gas is a clean alternative to fossil fuels, that it will reduce our dependency on foreign oil, and create jobs. What the industry doesn’t mention is the highly controversial practice required to extract the oil known as hydraulic fracturing. Josh Fox and others on the other side of the story. Roberto Lovato and Andres Thomas Conteris on political turmoil in Honduras and why the US isn't doing more to resolve the standoff. And the Spirit of Humanity in Gaza.