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- Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program
- As UC Berkeley Investigates Police Brutality Against Students Protesting Fee Hikes, a Report From Inside the Takeover of Wheeler Hall
- Portland’s Cannabis Cafe is the First Marijuana Coffee Shop of Its Kind in the Country
- Two Former Bagram Detainees Held Without Charge Describe Torture and Wrongful Imprisonment
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Monday, November 23, 2009
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- By 60-39 Vote, Senate Agrees to Open Debate on Healthcare Bill
- Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis.
Friday, November 20, 2009
- Headlines
- 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
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Mail Tribune of Southern Oregon news story on Amy Goodman’s stop in Ashland, OR
The Mail Tribune newspaper of Southern Oregon published a story on Amy Goodman’s tour stop in Ashland, Oregon.
Reporter Paris Achen wrote, "Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, told a crowd of about 300 people at Ashland’s Southern Oregon University Sunday night that print and TV media have failed to provide balanced and contextual coverage of the most critical issues facing Americans, including health care reform and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Next stops on the tour: Portland, Astoria, OR, Olympia, WA, Bellingham, WA, Vancouver BC, Victoria BC, Port Angeles WA, Bainbridge Island WA, Seattle, Everett, Boulder CO, Minneapolis, Wash. DC, Philadelphia, NYC See the tour site:
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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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February 2001 Archive
Wednesday, February 28, 2001
- Headlines for February 28, 2001
- Zapatistas March to Mexico City As World Economic Forum Meets in Cancun
- Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: WBAI the Coup On Wall Street
- Bush Addresses Congress
- Biographer Terry Bisson On His New Book “On a Move: The Story of Mumia Abu-Jamal”
Tuesday, February 27, 2001
- Headlines for February 27, 2001
- Zapatista Leaders Received An Exuberant Welcome Yesterday in Oaxaca, As They Headed Towardthe Nation’s Capital to Demand Civil, Economic and Cultural Rights
- Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All American Meal
- Satish Kumar’s Message to America
Monday, February 26, 2001
- Headlines for February 26, 2001
- Pardon Me and Pass the Checkbook
- Vandana Shiva Discusses the World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos, and How Technology Drives Corporate-Led Globalization
Friday, February 23, 2001
- Headlines for February 23, 2001
- As African-American History Month Continues, Today We Remember the Lynching Era
- Albanian Attacks Escalate in Southern Serbia
- State Sponsored Assassination: Israel, Colombia and the U.S.
- Afro-Colombians Face Military and Paramilitary Violence
Thursday, February 22, 2001
- Headlines for February 22, 2001
- The World Bank and IMF Do Africa
- Malcolm X Museum Fundraising Campaign Is Launched
- Malcolm X Speech Part II
Wednesday, February 21, 2001
- Headlines for February 21, 2001
- University of California Proposes An End to Testing-Based Admissions
- Speech By Malcolm X
Tuesday, February 20, 2001
- Headlines for February 20, 2001
- Accused Human Rights Violator, John Negroponte Nominated As UN Ambassador
- Prison Population Increased More Under President Clinton Than Under Reagan and Bush Combined
- Trust US, We’re Experts!: How Corporations Manipulate Public Opinion
Monday, February 19, 2001
- Headlines for February 19, 2001
- U.S. Bombing of Iraq Sparks Global Protest
- Fear & Favor: How Power Shapes the News
- Exploiting Migrant Labor: What the U.S., Israel and the Old South Africa Have in Common
Friday, February 16, 2001
- Headlines for February 16, 2001
- Snitch Culture, How Citizensare Turned Into the Eyes and Ears of the State
Thursday, February 15, 2001
- Headlines for February 15, 2001
- The Other Drug War: Pharmaceutical Companies and WTO Sue Brazil and South Africa to Protectprices and Patents
- One of the Angola Three Freed After 29 Years in Solitary Confinement
Wednesday, February 14, 2001
- Headlines for February 14, 2001
- V-Day: Vagina Monologue Author Eve Ensler, with Joan Osborne, Gloria Steinem and Betty’celebrate Valentine’s Day and Fight Violence Against Women
- Valentine’s Day Flowers and Chocolate? Think Again
Tuesday, February 13, 2001
- Headlines for February 13, 2001
- Human Genome Mapped Opens New Medical Frontier / Ethical Paradox
- U.S. Sinking of Japanese Boat Raises History of US Military Abuse of Japanese Civilians
Monday, February 12, 2001
- Headlines for February 12, 2001
- Homelessness and Poverty On the Rise, with Worse to Come
- 10,000 Protest IMF in Ecuador
Friday, February 09, 2001
- Headlines for February 09, 2001
- Columbia Journalism School Decision to Let Gore Teach Off the Record
- Clinton Put On the Record
- How the New York Times Frames Youth
Thursday, February 08, 2001
- Headlines for February 08, 2001
- New Technology Hones in On Privacy
- Edward Said On Palestinian Politics and the Search for Justice
Wednesday, February 07, 2001
- Headlines for February 07, 2001
- Albanian Militants Attack Motorcade Carrying U.S. Ambassador
- Fisk On the Sabra and Chetilla Massacres and the Israeli Election
- Noam Chomsky On Middle East Politics
Tuesday, February 06, 2001
- Headlines for February 06, 2001
- Albanian Rebels Press Continued Attacks Against Serbian Forces in Balkans Conflict
- Sex, Lies and Videotapes—Peruvian Style
- Rhoda Berenson Talks About Her Daughter Lori’s Continuing Imprisonment
- Ralph Nader On the State of Party Politics
- Security Officials Meet in Munich to Discuss National Missile Defense
Monday, February 05, 2001
- Headlines for February 05, 2001
- Hundreds Protest Justice Department Ruling and Police Misconduct in Diallo Case
- James Baldwin Speaks Out Against Police Violence
- Linking the U.S. to Colombia’s Death Squads
Friday, February 02, 2001
- Headlines for February 02, 2001
- Remembering Slavery: Voices of America’s Slaves
- Walden Bello Discusses the Growing Movement Against Corporate-Led Globalization
Thursday, February 01, 2001
