For nearly fifteen years, Robert Dreyfuss has worked as an independent journalist who specializes in magazine features, profiles, and investigative stories in the areas of politics and national security. In 2001, he was profiled as a leading investigative journalist by the Columbia Journalism Review, and two of his articles have won awards from The Washington Monthly. In 2003, Dreyfuss was awarded Project Censored’s first prize for a story on the role of oil in U.S.

At 10:30 Art Focus takes a break. Instead we’ll hear about the Clothesline Project, a visual display by women survivors of violence.  Guests will also discuss Women’s Equality Day coming up on Tuesday, August the 26th.

On August 7th the United States government completed it's first war crimes tribunal since World War II. Host Linda Olson Osterlund speaks with Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison, to take a closer look at the Tribuanl of Salim Hamdan and it's implications for the Rule of Law in the United States.

Scott Forrester presents part 2 of an interview with Dean Larry Velvel of the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover and organizer of the Conference on War Crimes and the law-breaking of the Bush Administration. He discusses  war  crimes  in history and related issues.

Host Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks with Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.