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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Friday, February 27, 2009
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Headlines
- $3.55T Obama Budget Repeals Bush Tax Cuts for Wealthy
- 50,000 US Troops to Remain in Iraq Under Withdrawal Plan
- Iraq Loosens Restrictions on Foreign Oil Companies
- Pentagon Lifts Media Ban on Soldiers’ Remains
- Obama to Charge Lone "Enemy Combatant" in US
- Senate Panel to Review CIA Treatment of Foreign Prisoners
- Palestinian Unity Talks Continue in Egypt
- Ex-CIA Exec Director Gets 3-Year Jail Term in Bribe Case
- Senate Backs D.C. Voting Rights
- GM Posts $9.6B 4th Quarter Loss
- Paterson Seeks Delay of Solitary Confinement Ban for Mentally Ill
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Rocky Mountain News Ends Publication in Latest Casualty of Ailing Newspaper Industry
The Denver-based Rocky Mountain News is publishing its last paper today. On Thursday, parent company E.W. Scripps announced the newspaper’s closure after saying it’s failed to find a buyer. The closure comes just two months before the Rocky Mountain News would have marked its 150th anniversary. [includes rush transcript]
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Can US Achieve Meaningful Healthcare Reform Within For-Profit System?
The Obama administration says its repeal of Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans will help pay for a $634 billion reserve fund for what it calls its top fiscal priority: healthcare reform. But can the US achieve real healthcare reform without adopting single-payer? We host a debate between Dr. David Himmelstein of Physicians for a National Health Program and Len Nichols of the New America Foundation. [includes rush transcript]
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Senate Backs D.C. Voting Rights, But Some Local Activists Call for Statehood
The District of Columbia has moved a step closer to getting a vote in the House of Representatives. On Thursday, the Senate voted 61-to-37 to expand the size of the House by two seats, giving Washington, D.C. a single seat and giving Utah a fourth seat. We host a debate between D.C. Vote’s Eugene Dewitt Kinlow, who calls the Senate’s vote as a historic victory, and Anise Jenkins of Stand Up! for Democracy in DC, who opposes the bill because it falls short of making Washington, D.C. the nation’s fifty-first state. [includes rush transcript]
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Sri Lankan Civilians Caught Between Worsening Military-Tamil Rebel Clashes
The United Nations estimates that 215,000 Tamil civilians are trapped in northern Sri Lanka as intense fighting continues between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. We speak to Nirmala Rajasingham, founder of Sri Lanka Democracy Forum. In the early 1980s she was an active supporter of the LTTE and was the first woman to be arrested under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act. She later left the LTTE over their serious human rights abuses. [includes rush transcript]
