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- As UC Regents Approve Major Tuition Hike, Students, Faculty Decry Erosion of Public Education in CA and Nationwide
- On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by US-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest “School of the Assassins” at Ft. Benning
- Israel Under Widespread International Criticism for Settlement Expansion Plan
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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- Shunning Dissidents, Obama Leaves China Without Firm Pledges on Trade, Climate
- Iraq Vote in Limbo with Veto of Election Law
- As Wall Street Posts Record Profits and US Hunger Rate Grows, Robert Scheer Asks: “Where Is the Community Organizer We Elected?”
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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- EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Responds to Court Ruling Upholding Conviction and Ordering Her to Prison
- Amidst California Fiscal Crisis and Political Gridlock, Scholar and Activist George Lakoff Proposes Ballot Measure to End 2/3 Rule in State Legislature
- “The Card Game”–New Doc Investigates History of Credit Card Industry and Proposals for Reform
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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- Why Are We Destroying Public Education? University of California Students and Staff Prepare for System-Wide Strike to Protest Cuts
- Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative
- Raj Patel on America’s Growing Hunger Crisis and the UN Summit to Fight Hunger in Rome
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Hungering for a True Thanksgiving
“Over 1 billion people are chronically hungry,” says the U.N., yet it would take only $44 billion per year to end hunger globally.
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Lou Dobbs Resigns From CNN
The controversial TV anchor has resigned from CNN amid a campaign to force him off the air due to his reporting on Latinos and immigrants. Past Democracy Now! Coverage of Lou Dobbs:
- Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez’s 2007 interview with Lou Dobbs
- Amy Goodman’s column ‘The Dubious Mr. Dobbs’
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The Man Who Put the Rainbow in ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of “The Wizard of Oz.” The 70-year-old film classic bears close watching this year, perhaps more than in any other, for the message woven into the lyrics, written during the Great Depression by Oscar-winning lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg.
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The Tortured Logic Continues
“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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The War Condolences Obama Hasn’t Sent
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
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Trick or Treat for Climate Change
Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country
Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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Christian Parenti responds to Kevin Bales
Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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Friday, December 7, 2001
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News Vs. Propaganda, the Gatekeeper's Dilemma
The U.N. yesterday convened an emotionally charged panel on bias in the media called “News vs. Propaganda: The Gatekeepers’ Dilemma.” Representatives from CNN, The New York Times, Al-Jazeera, the BBC World Service, a London Arabic-language daily paper, and the South African Broadcasting Corporation were all present. They were joined via satellite by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General for Afghanistan, and High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson.
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CNN, Al-Jazeera Debate the Bin Laden Tapes; Arabic Newspaper Editor Asks the U.N. Why It Refused to Take Taliban Prisoners -- Hundreds Were Massacred
We pick up our coverage of yesterday’s U.N. panel “News vs. Propaganda” where discussion turned to the question of the bin Laden video tapes.
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Democracy Now! in Exile Asks CNN and the New York Times Why They Don't Cover the Anti-War Movement
The panel allowed a few minutes or so of questions from the floor.
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Ashcroft Hearings
Attorney General John Ashcroft resolutely defended the Justice Department’s anti-terrorism tactics yesterday, telling a Senate committee the measures are necessary to prevent future attacks and suggesting that criticism of them aids the terrorist cause. Ashcroft defended Bush administration measures declaring the nation must not let down its guard against threats that present “a daily chronicle of the hatred of Americans by fanatics.”
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Muslim Feminists Have Been Denouncing Islamic Fundamentalism for Years, But the World Pays Them No Heed
In an op-ed piece in the New York Times last month, acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie tells the world that “highly motivated organizations of Muslim men” whom he labels “Islamists” have been engaged in radical political movements all over the Islamic world, that have been systematically destroying their own societies, with much of their venom focused on the female citizenry. In a parenthetical aside, Rushdie sighs, “Oh, for the voices of Muslim women to be heard!”
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Privatizing Disaster: New York City Has Begun Secret Negotiations to Hand the Project Over to One of the World's Largest, Most Infamous, and Politically Connected Construction Companies: Bechtel Corpo
As the World Trade Center cleanup continues, New York City has begun secret negotiations to hand the project over to one of the world’s largest, most infamous, and politically connected construction companies: Bechtel Corporation. With barely a word of explanation, Mayor Giuliani has moved to appoint the San Francisco-based colossus to take over the lucrative job. In the process, he has brushed aside three local firms that have been heading the cleanup since September 11th. Though no specific dollar amount has yet been cited, it is estimated that Bechtel would reap an estimated $27.5 million from the deal. It would be the largest emergency contract ever granted to an American corporation.
