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Thursday, July 24, 2008
- Headlines
- Friend of Mexican Immigrant Beaten to Death in Pennsylvania Gives Eyewitness Account of Attack
- Death by Taser: Police Accused of Cover-Up in Death of African American Man Shocked Nine Times While in Handcuffs
- The Forgotten War: Sonali Kolhatkar on Why Afghanistan is “Just as Bad as Iraq”
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
- Headlines
- Former Arlington National Cemetery Public Affairs Director Says She Was Fired for Refusing to Limit Press at Funerals
- Performance Artist Laurie Anderson on War, Art and Her Latest Work, “Homeland”
- Suicide or Murder? Three Years After the Death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson in Iraq, Her Parents Continue Their Call for a Congressional Investigation
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
- Headlines
- Nudge: Cass Sunstein on Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness
- Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes
- Who’s Paying for the Conventions? Corporate Sponsors Pour Millions into Party Coffers
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Who’s Paying for the Conventions?”
The nominating conventions have become elaborate, expensive marketing events, but most people don’t know the extent to which major corporations fund them, pouring tens of millions of dollars into a little-known loophole in the campaign-finance system.
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“Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid”
While the presidential candidates trade barbs and accuse each other of flip-flopping, they agree with President Bush on their enthusiastic support for nuclear power.
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“Colombia: Celebrate the Release, Not the Regime”
It is fantastic to see Ingrid Betancourt free, but the celebration of her release should not be confused with celebration of the Colombian government.
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Democracy Now!–live from Aspen, CO
Democracy Now! and Free Speech TV team up with Aspen Public Access Channel, Grassroots TV, for historic national broadcast.
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“It’s Not the Man, It’s the Movement”
I was on a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado this week when Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter asked me, “Is Obama a sellout?” The question isn’t whether he is a sellout or not—it’s about what demands are made by grass-roots social movements of those who would represent them. The question is, who are these candidates responding to, answering to?
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“Funny Man in an Unfunny World”
The world lost one of its great comedians this week with the death at age 71 of George Carlin. Carlin had a career as a stand-up comic that spanned a half-century, in which he continually broke new ground, targeting those in power with his wit and genius.
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“Weather Reports Are Missing the Story”
While the TV meteorologists document “extreme weather” with their increasingly sophisticated toolbox, from Doppler radar to 3-D animated maps, the two words rarely uttered are its cause: global warming.
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Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews
Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball, discussing the women’s vote in the 2008 election.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Headlines
- Report: Admin Lawyers Discussed Destroying CIA Tapes
- Judge Orders Hearing on Whether Tape Destruction Defied Court
- FCC OKs Laxer Media Ownership Rules
- Senate Approves $70B in War Funding
- House Passes Energy Bill
- Fed Mortgage Plan Excludes Subprime Homeowners
- U.S. Denies Backing Turkish Raid on Kurds
- FARC to Release 3 Hostages to Venezuela
- Leaders Gather for MERCOSUR Summit
- UN Calls for Death Penalty Moratorium
- Huckabee Denies Equating Homosexuality, Necrophilia
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EXCLUSIVE...Blackwater Sued Again For Sept. 9th Attack, Five Iraqis Dead, Ten Wounded
The Center for Constitutional Rights is filing another lawsuit today against the private military firm Blackwater—this time for a shooting in Baghdad on September 9th that left five people dead and ten injured. The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of the family members of one those killed in the shooting. We speak with attorney Susan Burke. [includes rush transcript]
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TV BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE: Iraqi Witnesses, Victims Describe Blackwater Shooting in Harrowing Detail
Democracy Now! broadcasts, for the first time on television, graphic new details about Blackwater’s Sept. 16th shooting in Nisoor Square in Baghdad. We hear from three Iraqis who were caught up in the attack: a traffic policeman who witnessed the shootings up close and tried to help the victims, a computer technician on his way to buy a gift who was shot in the arm, and a doctor whose wife and son were shot and burned to death in the attack. [includes rush transcript]
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Military Contractor CACI Accused of Widespread Abuse in Suit Brought By 256 Prisoners Held in Iraqi Jails
256 prisoners held at prisons in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the private military contractor, CACI. The suit alleges the prisoners were repeatedly sodomized, threatened with rape, kept naked in their cells, subjected to electric shock, attacked by unmuzzled dogs and subjected to serious pain inflicted on sensitive body parts. The suit alleges that employees of CACI directed soldiers to mistreat the prisoners. [includes rush transcript]
