LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Resumen de la Hora de Democracy Now! 17 de Noviembre 2006

  Luz interior en tiempos de oscuridad: Una conversación con la escritora y poeta Alice Walker

• La aclamada novelista chilena Isabel Allende habla sobre Michele Bachelet, inmigración, y Chile como un “país de poetas”
• US Air Strikes on Afghanistan Top 2,000 in Six Months
• Victims’ Families Reject Pinochet Meeting Request
• Peacekeeping Agreement Could Bring 27,000 Troops to Darfur
• Oaxaca Protest Leaders Dismiss Charges on Brad Will Murder
• Israeli Minister Calls for Broadening “Targeted Assassinations”
• Pelosi Chosen House Speaker, Hoyer Wins House Majority Leader
• Senate Approves US-India Nuclear Deal
• Audit: Virtual Fence Cost Could Far Exceed Estimates
• Pivotal Journalist in Al-Arian Case Romantically Involved With Prosecutor
• Bush Admin Plans Gitmo “Mini-City” for Military Commissions
• Ex-Gitmo Prisoner Alleges Torture
• Leading HMO Charged With Hospital Dumping
• Abortion Rights Groups Criticize New Family-Planning Appointee

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Inner Light in a Time of Darkness: A Conversation with Author and Poet Alice Walker

  
  

  A renowned author, poet and activist, Alice Walker is perhaps best known for her book "The Color Purple" for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. She was the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer for fiction. Alice Walker joins us in our firehouse studio to talk about her latest work, "We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For." [includes rush transcript]

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• Acclaimed Chilean Novelist Isabel Allende on Michele Bachelet, Immigration and Chile as a "Country of Poets"

  
  

  Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is a prolific writer with 15 books in just over two decades. Her works have been translated to more than 27 languages and have hit best-seller lists around the world. She joins us to discuss her latest work, "Ines of My Soul," the centuries-long struggle of the indigenous people of Chile, the significance of Chilean president Michele Bachelet, immigration and much more. [includes rush transcript]

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