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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.
DN! in the News
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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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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Friday, January 9, 1998
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Nichols Jury
In a stunning rebuke earlier this week, the jury forewoman in the Terry Nichols Oklahoma City bombing case sharply criticized the FBI’s handling of the investigation, accusing the agency of arrogance and sloppiness. Niki Deutchman, a nurse, told a news conference Wednesday that she believed the government dropped the ball in looking for other conspirators besides Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh.
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Rebel in Zapatista Struggle–Bishop Ruiz
Since the Zapatista rebels marched into San Cristobal, Chiapas, on New Year’s Day in 1994, much of the world’s attention has fallen on masked Zapatista leader Subcommandante Marcos. Off camera, it is the son of two migrant farm workers who worked in the fields of the American southwest that has shaken up the Mexican and American political establishments.
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Women in Cuba
The Pope will arrive in Cuba in little over a week. In preparation for his visit host Amy Goodman went to Havavna over the holidays to see how people were preparing for the visit and to get a sense of people’s lives in Cuba.
