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RealNews talks to Larry Wilkerson, a retired Army Colonel and former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson says, “Cheney’s support for pro-industry “regulators” maybe his main damage to America.” (9 min)

As the health care bill passed in the house of representatives with a final vote of 219 to 212, CBS reports on the historic win and sense of relief for democrats and President Obama. (3:41 min)

Episode 3 destroys the myth of free internet services such as Google, Ebay, web-mail etc. Illustrates how commerce has come to dominate virtually all aspects of the web. (49 min)

Matt Welch, editor of the libertarian magazine Reason.com, discusses health care with Paul Jay at The RealNews Network. (19 min)

RealNews discusses the state of U.S. journalism after decades of corporate consolidation then explores a possible golden future if the profession takes on a non-profit model, like the BBC or CBC. (19:30 min, 2 segments)

The indigenous communities of Ecuador are standing up and demanding Chevron-Texaco to clean up its toxic wastewater legacy in the worse environmental disaster since Chernobyl. (28 min)

RealNews analysis. Supreme Court ruling could magnify corporate role in US politics. (11:22 min)

The Future of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. (88 min)

Author of “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” John Perkins walks around Panama’s presidential palace, as he remembers how 3 decades ago he was unable to corrupt President Omar Torrijos. (4:12 min)

RealNews reports on the US/UK relationship with Uzbekistan in Central Asia before and after 9/11. (17 min)

Narrated by Sean Penn, War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the U.S. into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. (70 min, 8 segments)