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Is a New Orleans-based independent journalist who has been in the courtroom following the Danziger Bridge trial. His latest book is Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six.
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Jury Still Out on New Orleans Police Accused of Shooting Unarmed Katrina Survivors on Danziger Bridge
This week federal prosecutors in New Orleans finished presenting their case against police officers involved in the infamous Danziger Bridge shooting in the days after Hurricane Katrina. Four police officers are charged with shooting six unarmed civilians, killing two. A fifth officer is accused of helping them cover up their...August 05, 2011 | Story -
Community & Resistance After Katrina: Jordan Flaherty and Tracie Washington on the Fight to Save New Orleans
President Obama visited New Orleans on Sunday and praised the recovery of the city and the resilience of its people five years after Hurricane Katrina. We talk to lifelong New Orleans resident and civil rights attorney, Tracie Washington, and Jordan Flaherty, a community organizer and author of Floodlines: Community and Resistance...August 30, 2010 | Story -
Nearly Two Million Flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav Approaches
Nearly two million people have evacuated their homes as Hurricane Gustav heads towards the Gulf Coast. The Category 3 storm is expected to make landfall by midday today, with winds at 115 miles per hour. The evacuations come just days after New Orleans marked the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Gustav has also jeopardized this week’s Republican National Convention in...September 01, 2008 | Story -
"Afghan Journey": Fact and Fiction
The movie Kandahar who’s star is accused of assassinating an Iranian dissident on U.S. soil in 1980 is afictional story about an Afghan-Canadian who travels to Afghanistan in search of her suicidal sister.January 04, 2002 | Story
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Life and Work of Allen GInsberg (continued)
Anne Waldman talks about how she met and got to know Allen Ginsberg. She remembers her experiences in co-founding with Allen of Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Boluder Colorado.June 03, 1997 | Story
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China and Most Favored Nation Trade Status
President Clinton yesterday began a campaign to renew most favored
nation trade status with China. The move comes as no surprise
following yet another lobbying blitz of what is now referred to as
the China lobby — major corporations like Boeing, Coca-Cola and
Motorola.But most favored nation trade status must be approved by Congress
and opponents of the measure have vowed a tough fight. Human...May 20, 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]
