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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, February 12, 2009
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Headlines
- Senate and House Agrees to $789 Billion Stimulus
- Bank CEOs Testify on Capitol Hill
- Merrill Lynch Gave $1M Bonuses to 700 Employees in 2008 Despite $27B Loss
- Congress Probes Peanut Salmonella Outbreak
- Pakistan Admits Mumbai Attacks Were Partly Planned in Pakistan
- Report: US Failed to Track 87,000 Arms Shipped to Afghanistan
- ICC to Issue Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President
- Senate Panel Approves DC Housing Voting Rights Bill
- Senate Approves Ex-Raytheon Lobbyist to Top Pentagon Post
- Latin American Commission Blasts US Drug War
- NYPD Makes Record 530,000 Stop-and-Frisks
- Fresno Police Officers Videotaped Beating Homeless Man
- Hampshire College Becomes First US College to Divest from Israel
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Former Speaker of the Israeli Parliament Avraham Burg: "The Holocaust Is Over: We Must Rise from its Ashes"
As Israeli leaders continue talks on assembling a coalition, we’re joined now by a former Israeli politician who’s emerged as one of his government’s biggest critics. Avraham Burg is a former Speaker of the Israeli Parliament and former Chairman of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization. His new book is called The Holocaust Is Over: We Must Rise from its Ashes. [includes rush transcript]
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Harry Lewis: "Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion."
Almost everything we now do on a regular basis, from sending emails, taking photographs, writing text messages, calling on our cell phones, downloading music, typing on our computers, and using our credit and ATM cards, all of it generates information. And every single day the endless information generated by our ever-expanding digital footprints is recorded, tracked, searched through, sold, analyzed, and saved forever. Some might call this hyper-networked digital explosion and its potential for collaboration and innovation a kind of utopia. But others warn that it also raises important concerns about privacy, identity, freedom of expression, accountability, and the future of democracy. [includes rush transcript]
