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Shows featuring Brad Olson
Assistant Research Professor at Northwestern University. He is a founding member of the Psychologists for an Ethical APA.
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Referendum on Torture: Debate Over Role of Psychologists in Military Interrogations Comes to a Head at APA Annual Convention
The debate over the role that psychologists should play in military interrogations heated up this weekend at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. After years of back-and-forth discussion and several resignations from the association, APA members are now voting on a referendum that could make any participation in coercive prisoner interrogations a violation of their code...August 18, 2008 | Story -
Life and Work of Allen GInsberg
Poet and political activist Allen Ginsberg died earlier this year
at the age 70.Ginsberg was perhaps best known for his lifelong political activism
and his work with the Beat poets and writers in the 1950s and
1960s, including Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and William Borroughs.Ginsberg’s 1956 poem "Howl!" captured — for many —the sentiment
of the post-World War II period and...June 03, 1997 | Story
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]
