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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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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Headlines
- Castro Steps Down as Cuban Leader
- Musharraf’s Party Loses Seats in Pakistani Elections
- U.S. Recognizes Independent Kosovo
- 36 Die in Afghan Suicide Bombing
- Wisconsin, Hawaii Hold Primaries
- Bush: No Link Between Economy, Iraq War
- “Dossier” Author: Britain Was “Wrong” on Iraq
- U.S. to Keep AFRICOM in Germany
- St. Paul Orders Taser Weapons Ahead of RNC
- U.S. Court Shuts Down Whistleblower Site
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Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuban President
Fidel Castro announced today he is resigning as Cuban president, ending forty-nine years in office. In a statement, the eighty-one-year-old Castro wrote, “It would betray my conscience to take up a responsibility that requires mobility and total devotion, that I am not in a physical condition to offer.” We speak to Peter Kornbluh, director of the Cuba Documentation Project at the National Security Archive. [includes rush transcript]
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Democratic Race Heats Up as Wisconsin Holds Deadlocked Primary
John Nichols of The Nation magazine joins us from Wisconsin, where voters go to polls today in possibly the tightest contest in the Democratic race since Super Tuesday. Sen. Hillary Clinton is hoping to end Sen. Barack Obama’s string of eight straight victories over the past two weeks. [includes rush transcript]
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Outspoken Niece of Benazir Bhutto Accuses Aunt's Party of Fraud in Pakistani Elections
In Pakistan, voters have handed President General Pervez Musharraf’s ruling party an overwhelming defeat in the country’s parliamentary elections. We go to Pakistan to speak to columnist Fatima Bhutto, the niece of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Fatima has been critical both of Bhutto’s party, which she says committed fraud in Monday’s vote, and of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. [includes rush transcript]
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Kosovo's Independence: Genuine Liberation or Front for US-NATO Expansion?
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Monday. The move was welcomed by the United States, Turkey and some European Union countries Monday, even as it was sharply condemned by Serbia, Russia, China and Spain. While supporters have welcomed the decree as an act of liberation, critics call the move a front for advancing US-NATO aims. We host a debate between George Szamuely, a New York-based writer and longtime commentator on the Balkans, and Isa Blumi, professor of Middle East and Balkan history and a former member of the Kosovar provisional government. [includes rush transcript]
