Steve Horn

Steve Horn is a longtime freelance investigative reporter based in Madison, Wisc., Horn is also a research fellow at DeSmogBlog and contributing editor at CounterPunch. His work has appeared in The Nation, The Guardian (UK), In These Times, TruthOut, AlterNet and other publications. His writing focuses on energy, energy geopolitics, primary and higher education, civil liberties and U.S. foreign policy.

INVESTIGATION: The Flip Side Of Obama’s Keystone XL Delay

Even as President Obama cast a veneer of caution over the Keystone pipeline’s northern half, he quietly expedited dozens of similar projects.

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By Steve Horn

Large segments of the environmental movement declared a win on Jan. 18, 2012, the dawn of an election year in which partisan fervor reigned supreme. On that day President Barack Obama kicked the can down the road for permitting TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline’s northern half until after the then-forthcoming November 2012 presidential

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What The US, Russia Are Really Quarreling Over: Pipelines

For both countries, the Snowden affair is just another ho-hum spat in the greater imperial rivalry.

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By Steve Horn
John Kerry, Sergei Lavrov

Nearly two months ago, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden handed smoking-gun documents on the international surveillance apparatus to The Guardian and The Washington Post in what’s become one of the most captivating stories in recent memory. Snowden now lives in Russia after a Hollywood-like nearly

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The EPA Censored A Key Pennsylvania Fracking Water Contamination Study

A new report shows the Obama administration put the kibosh on a key EPA study on groundwater contamination from fracking.

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By Steve Horn

A must-read Los Angeles Times story by Neela Banerjee demonstrates that -- once again -- the Obama administration put the kibosh on a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") groundwater contamination, this time in Dimock, Pennsylvania. Though EPA said Dimock's water wasn't contaminated by fracking in

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How To Win The Media War Against Grassroots Activists: Stratfor’s Strategies

The playbook: isolate the radicals, “cultivate” the idealists and “educate” them into becoming realists. Then co-opt the realists.

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By Steve Horn

Part 1 of this exclusive Mint Press News investigation examined the strategies employed by Stratfor precursor Pagan International. So named for its founder Rafael Pagan, corporate clients hired the company with the aim of defusing grassroots movements mobilized against them around the world. Part 2 takes a closer look at how Pagan International’s

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Chicago School Closings And The Joyce Foundation: The Obama Connection

An investigation into the major players behind Mayor Emanuel’s push to privatize public education reveals the president’s ties to the issue.

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By Steve Horn

The Windy City is is undergoing a tumultuous historical moment, with the uprising of the Chicago Teachers Union occurring alongside the ongoing restructuring and privatization of the Chicago Public Schools system. Most recently, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel oversaw the closing of 50 public schools, many of which will be replaced by charter schools.

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