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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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Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman joined a panel of journalists, analysts and academics on MSNBC’s "Up w/ Chris Hayes" to discuss topics of the day, ranging from the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Planned Parenthood reversal to the Republican Primaries.
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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Tuesday, February 24, 2004
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Headlines
- U.S. Sends in 50 Antiterrorism Marines to Haiti
- Education Head Calls Teachers Union "Terrorist"
- UN: Iraq Elections & Caucuses Can Not Be Held Before 2005
- Pentagon Opens Halliburton Criminal Probe
- CIA Given Name of 9/11 Hijacker in March 1999
- U.S. Denies Human Rights Groups Access to Military Trials
- More Headlines…
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The White House vs. Science
During its years in power, the Bush administration has been accused of infiltrating and politicizing the hallowed area of academia, particularly in the field of science. Today we take an in-depth look at science and the White House.
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Leading Scientists Accuse Bush of Politicizing Science
A group of scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates, last week signed a petition condemning the White House for deliberately and systematically distorting scientific fact in the service of policy goals on the environment, health, biomedical research and nuclear weaponry at home and abroad. [includes transcript]
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Pentagon Report: Climate Change Could Result In Global Catastrophe
A Pentagon-commissioned report concludes the effects of climate change over the next 20 years could result in global catastrophe that leads to millions of deaths from war and natural disasters. [includes transcript]
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Publishers Face Prison For Editing Articles from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya or Cuba
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control recently declared that American publishers cannot edit works authored in nations under trade embargoes which include Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya and Cuba. [includes transcript]
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Over 200 Civilians Massacred In Ugandan Refugee Camp
Suspected members of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda massacred more than 200 civilians living in a refugee camp. We go to Uganda to hear from a coordinator with Doctors Without Borders which is treating the wounded and we speak with a researcher on Africa for Human Rights Watch. [includes transcript]
