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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.
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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Wednesday, April 28, 1999
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John Pilger On Yugoslavia
Once again, NATO is acknowledging that one of its bombs missed its target and landed in a residential neighborhood in Southern Serbia. According to Serb authorities, yesterday’s attack killed at least 17 people, destroyed 50 houses and damaged 600 others in the town of Surdulica. While NATO continues to insist that it fires only on targets that are part of President Slobodan Milosevic’s Kosovo "war machine", it has so far killed civilians on at least five separate bombings. Just this past Friday, 16 employees of Serbian television and radio were killed in a NATO strike on its headquarters.
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Racist Bombings in the UK
As the U.S. deals with the aftermath of the Columbine High School shooting in Denver Colorado, Britain is grappling with a campaign of racial violence that is targeting people of color.
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Racial Profiling in the US
New York City has agreed to pay $2.75 million to a man who said he was beaten on his way to work by at least five police officers because they said he fit the profile of a black suspect they were seeking. Despite the large settlement with the man, 42-year-old Harold Dusenbury, the city has admitted no wrongdoing in the 1996 case.
