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- Rep. Dennis Kucinich Takes on Democratic Leaders with Insistence on Public Option, Call for Afghan Withdrawal
- Doris “Granny D” Haddock (1910-2010): Remembering Legendary Campaign Finance Reform Activist
- Legal Scholar Michelle Alexander on “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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- 7 Years After Killing, Family of Slain US Peace Activist Rachel Corrie Heads to Israel for Wrongful Death Suit Against Israeli Gov’t
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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- The Real Climategate: Conservation Groups Align with World’s Worst Polluters
- 105,000 Tattoos: Iraqi Artist Wafaa Bilal Turns His Own Body into a Canvas to Commemorate Dead Iraqis & Americans
Monday, March 08, 2010
- Headlines
- International Women’s Day Marked Around the World
- Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi Presses Iran on Human Rights and Warns Against International Sanctions
- During Oscar Acceptance Speech, Mo’Nique Cites Hattie McDaniel, First African American Academy Award Winner
- Bloody Sunday: Thousands Mark Anniversary of 1965 Selma-Montgomery March
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Rachel Corrie’s (Posthumous) Day in Court
An unusual trial begins in Israel this week, and people around the world will be watching closely. It involves the tragic death of a 23-year-old American student named Rachel Corrie. On March 16, 2003, she was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Midwestern Towns Sue Manufacturer of Atrazine Weedkiller
Sixteen Midwestern towns and cities have sued the manufacturer of a popular weedkiller over drinking water contamination. Atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004 but here in the United States about 80 million pounds of Atrazine is used each year. A recent study found that the weedkillers can turn male frogs into females.
See our earlier segment on Atrazine and the EPA
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Part II: Leading Education Scholar Diane Ravitch on "The Death and Life of the Great American School System"
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez interviewed Diane Ravitch in the Democracy Now! studios last week. You can see Part One of their conversation here. After the broadcast, they continued the conversation.
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WATCH: Is the Medium the Message? Corporatization of the Media
The Huffington Post’s Kimberly Butler interviewed Amy Goodman and others in this two part online video series.
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Domestic Violence: A Pre-Existing Condition?
March is Women’s History Month, recognizing women’s central role in society. Unfortunately, violence against women is epidemic in the United States and around the world.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Cracking Down on Fracking
Mike Markham of Colorado has an explosive problem: His tap water catches fire.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Catch Amy Goodman on C-SPAN2’s Book TV this Saturday for Howard Zinn Tribute.
Tune in to C-SPAN2’s Book TV on Saturday, February 27th at 1pm ET and midnight for a tribute to historian Howard Zinn with Ralph Nader, Amy Goodman, Marian Wright Edelman and Bernice Johnson Reagon and many others.
Filed under D.N. in the News
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Obama’s Nuclear Option
President Barack Obama is going nuclear. He announced the initial $8 billion in loan guarantees for construction of the first new nuclear power plants in the United States in close to three decades.
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Podcasting & Torrents
Friday, October 29, 2004
Headlines
- Bush Seeks to Limit Voting Rights Lawsuits
- New Evidence Emerges That Explosives Went Missing in Iraq
- Study: Iraq Invasion Has Killed 100,000 Civilians
- Reporters Without Borders Criticizes Press Freedom in U.S.
- FBI Launches Criminal Probe of Halliburton
- Arafat Arrives in France For Medical Care
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Ohio Lawmakers Call for Secretary of State Blackwell to Resign
As a federal judge in Ohio temporarily blocks the GOP from challenging the voting rights of 35,000 people ahead of the election, we go to Ohio to speak with State Sen. Teresa Fedor, one of the lawmakers leading the calls for Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to resign. [includes rush transcript]
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Bush Administration Attempts To Overturn Decades of Legal Precedents & Block Voting Rights Lawsuits From Voters
Bush administration lawyers are now attempting to overturn decades of legal precedence by claiming that under the Help America Vote Act only Attorney General John Ashcroft—and not individual voters–have a right to ask federal courts to enforce voting rights. [includes rush transcript]
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“Safe State” Debate: To Kerry or Not to Kerry?
As the attention of the nation focuses on battleground states, we look at different views on voting in the so-called “safe states” with two candidates running for office in New York: Green Party U.S. Senate candidate, Dave McReynolds and Frank Barbaro, Democratic congressional candidate. [includes rush transcript]
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VotePact.com Offers Alternative Way of Voting
We speak with Washington-based political analyst Sam Husseini about Votepact.com, a website he founded that encourages dissatisfied voters from either side of the two party divide to make a pact in pairs and cast their ballot for a third party candidate. [includes rush transcript]
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Israeli Peace Activist Uri Avnery: “Arafat is the Father of the Nation”
As Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in Paris to receive emergency medical treatment, we go to Tel Aviv to speak with Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery about the potential implications of Arafat’s death on the “peace process” and the Palestinian people. [includes rush transcript]
