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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Thursday, February 24, 2000
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- Pelican Bay on Lockdown After Riot Where Guards Opened Fire on Inmates
- Anthony Bryan Executed in Florida
- Gov. Bush Back in Texas as State Gets Set to Execute Betty Lou Beets
- Torricelli to Introduce Resolution Condemning Bob Jones University
- Federal Authorities to Play Major Role in LAPD Corruption Investigation
- Black Secret Service Agents Seek to File Discrimination Suit
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Students Protest Sweatshop Labor
More than fifty anti-sweatshop protesters were arrested Sunday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ending a four-day sit-in in the chancellor’s office. The protesters, who had been occupying Chancellor David Ward’s office since last Wednesday, had listed seven demands, most designed to give manufacturers less sway in factory monitoring accords that universities agreed to a year ago. [includes rush transcript]
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G.W. Bush Returns to Texas for Execution of Betty Lou Beets
In Texas, a sixty-two-year-old woman faces execution tonight for fatally shooting her fifth husband and burying him outside their Dallas home. Betty Lou Beets would be only the second woman to be put to death in the state since the Civil War and the fourth in the nation since the US Supreme Court in 1976 allowed capital punishment to resume. Karla Faye Tucker, who became a born-again Christian on death row, was executed two years ago. [includes rush transcript]
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson is a Jamaican-born dub poet who grew up in London, where he currently resides. In his works, the political activist-lyricist tackles issues such as racism, economic injustice and police brutality. His recently released album is entitled More Time. [includes rush transcript]
