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Debbie Almontaser has won a victory in her battle against discrimination. She was the founding principal of the first Arabic-language public school in the United States, until a campaign of hate forced her out.
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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.
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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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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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The Huffington Post’s Kimberly Butler interviewed Amy Goodman and others in this two part online video series.
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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.
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Mike Markham of Colorado has an explosive problem: His tap water catches fire.
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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.
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Tune in to Democracy Now! tomorrow November, 3rd for a special two-hour special the morning after the 2004 election. Please alert your local station.
Today is D-Day, Election Day 2004. The polls are open and millions are lining up to cast their votes in an election that many feel is the most important of their lifetime. With fears of a repeat of the 2000 election, the eyes of the nation focus on the simplest of issues: The right to vote. [includes rush transcript]
John Kerry received an endorsement from what many thought was an unlikely source: The American Conservative magazine. We speak with the author of the magazine’s editorial, Scott McConnell. [includes rush transcript]
While all eyes are focused on the presidential race, voters today will also be deciding on a number of different initiatives, referendums and recalls. We get an overview of the some of the propositions on ballots across the country. [includes rush transcript]
Reports of voter suppression, intimidation and confusion are pouring in from battleground states around the country. We go to Florida to speak with State Senator Tony Hill in Jacksonville and we go to Philadelphia to speak with Janet Ryder, a Voter Protection Coordinator in Philadelphia. [includes rush transcript]
We speak with Ralph Neas president of the People for the American Way Foundation and Barbara Arnwine executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. [includes rush transcript]
In the 2000 election four years ago, the major news networks helped trigger chaos when they called the pivotal state of Florida a little too early. To avoid repeating the mistakes of 2000, the networks have replaced the Voter News Service–a consortium of media outlets that conducted the exit polling and vote counting–with a new system called the National Election Pool. [includes rush transcript]