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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman joined a panel of journalists, analysts and academics on MSNBC’s "Up w/ Chris Hayes" to discuss topics of the day, ranging from the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Planned Parenthood reversal to the Republican Primaries.
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In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
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Iraq Journal: As the United Nations Security Council Prepares to Ok the New U.S.-Drafted Iraq Resolution, Citizens in Basra Prepare for the Worst
If and when the US decides to carry out a massiveattack on Iraq, the southern port city of Basra willbe one of the major frontlines. In many ways italready is. Basra lies within the so-called no flyzones imposed by the US and Britain and the peoplelive under regular US bombing. George W Bush touts theShi’ites of the south as potential U.S. allies in afuture U.S. attack, but it is this area of the countrythat has suffered the most from US policy. Basra hasbeen one of the most fought-over territories in theworld and was at the frontlines of both the Iran-Iraqwar and the Gulf War. Once again its citizens arebracing for the worst. Democracy Now! correspondentJeremy Scahill and filmmaker Jacquie Soohen filed thisreport in the latest installment of Democracy Now!’sexclusive Iraq Journal.
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