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Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Headlines
- 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”
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich Takes on Democratic Leaders with Insistence on Public Option, Call for Afghan Withdrawal
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- Headlines
- 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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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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Web Exclusive
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.
Filed under D.N. in the News
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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.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Podcasting & Torrents
Tuesday, July 6, 2004
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Judge Grants Pakistani Immigrant Faisal Ulvie Green Card After Narrowly Avoiding Deportation
A New York judge granted Pakistani immigrant Faisal Ulvie a green card last week after his post-911 detention followed by his two-year battle to stay in the U.S. with his American wife and their children.
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Kerry Picks Edwards as Running Mate
After much speculation, Sen. John Kerry has selected Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina to be his vice presidential running mate. We speak with The Nation correspondent John Nichols about the selection. [includes rush transcript]
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Saddam in the Dock: Counsel Denied, Hearing Censored, Calls Bush “Criminal”
We speak with Saddam Hussein’s lawyer Curtis Doebbler about the controversial pretrial hearing last week and political analyst Sam Husseini discusses how the only people granted the opportunity to clearly condemn U.S. policy in the Middle East are criminals themselves. [includes rush transcript]
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Nadia McCaffrey on Her Son’s Death in Iraq: “We Cannot Ignore Anymore What Is Going On In Iraq…I am Speaking as a Mother and as a Human Being”
Two weeks after her son, Patrick, was shot dead in an ambush in Iraq, Nadia McCaffrey joins us to discuss Patrick’s last days in Iraq, his disillusionment with the occupation and requesting the media photograph his returning casket. [includes rush transcript]
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Embedded Filmmaker Who Shot “Fahrenheit 9/11” Footage Describes Young U.S. GIs Committing Abuses
Swedish-Iraqi filmmaker Urban Hamid, who was embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq for two and a half months, describes how young, American soldiers are driven to abusing and humiliating Iraqi detainees. [includes rush transcript]
