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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Thursday, April 13, 2006
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Headlines
- 65,000 Iraqis Displaced By Violence
- Patrick Cockburn on Iraq: “I Have Never Seen the Situation So Grim”
- Car Bombing Near Baquba Kills 25
- U.S. Death Toll in April At 35; Already Higher Than March
- Fourth Retired General Calls For Rumsfeld to Resign
- AT&T Seeks Return of Leaked Documents Exposing NSA Spying
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Village Voice Shakeup: Top Investigative Journalist Fired, Prize-Winning Writers Resign Following Merger with New Times Media
We focus on the shakeup at the Village Voice, where one of the paper’s top investigative reporters was fired and two of its prize-winning writers resigned following a merger with the New Times Media–a chain of weekly newspapers based in Phoenix. In this week’s issues, about 20 staffers wrote an open letter protesting the dismissal of James Ridgeway–the paper’s Washington correspondent and one of its chief investigative reporters covering national news. Ridgeway had written for the paper for over 30 years. We speak with Ridgeway as well as Village Voice reporters Nat Hentoff, Tom Robbins, Sydney Schanberg–who recently resigned from the paper–and two reporters who have been following the story closely, Mark Jacobson and Tim Redmond. [includes rush transcript]
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The End of the Internet? Net Neutrality Threatened by Cable, Telecom Interests
The vital concept of net neutrality–universal and non-discriminatory to the Internet–is at risk. Phone and cable companies are lobbying Congress for legislation that would permit them to operate Internet and other digital communications services as private networks, free of policy safeguards or governmental oversight. We speak with Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy. [includes rush transcript]
