Egypt Election: Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Could Face...
Shows featuring Katherine Eban
Investigative reporter and writer for several national publications. Her July 2007 article for Vanity Fair, "Rorschach and Awe."
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The Story of Mitchell Jessen & Associates: How a Team of Psychologists in Spokane, WA, Helped Develop the CIA’s Torture Techniques
We broadcast from Spokane, Washington, less than three miles from the headquarters of a secretive CIA contractor that played a key role in developing the Bush administration’s interrogation methods. The firm, Mitchell Jessen & Associates, is named after the two military psychologists who founded the company, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen. Beginning in 2002, the CIA hired the psychologists...April 21, 2009 | 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]
