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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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]
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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Headlines
- Dozens of Afghan Civilians Killed in US Bombings
- Justice Dept. Torture Memo Probe Rules Out Prosecution
- Report: Torture Backers Lobby to Sway Investigation
- US: Bank of America Needs $34B
- AIG Bonuses Higher than Previously Disclosed
- Doctors, Activists Confront Senate Panel for Ignoring Single-Payer Healthcare
- Biden Criticizes Israeli Settlements, Checkpoints at AIPAC Meeting
- Hamas Leader Renews Acceptance of Palestinian State in ’67 Borders, Says Rocket Attacks Ceased
- UN Asks Israel for Reparations in Gaza Attacks
- 40,000 Flee Swat as Pakistani Leaders Arrive in US
- Obama Proposes $63B for Global Health
- Supreme Court Ruling Prompts Calls for Dropping Postville Charges
- Maine, DC Near Gay Marriage Approval
- Pentagon Withdraws Exoneration of Iraq War Propaganda Program
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Up to 150 Afghan Civilians Killed in US Attack on Western Province
Dozens of Afghan civilians have been killed in what may be one of the deadliest US bombings of Afghanistan to date. We go to Kabul to speak with Jessica Barry of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kabul. [includes rush transcript]
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Augusto Boal, Founder of the Theater of the Oppressed, Dies at 78
Augusto Boal, the legendary Brazilian political playwright and popular educator, died Saturday at the age of seventy-eight. He was the founder of the Theater of the Oppressed, a popular international movement for a participatory form of theater as a means of promoting knowledge, democratic forms of interaction, and transformation. We play a never-before-aired interview on his life and work. [includes rush transcript]
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"The Crusade for a Christian Military": Are US Forces Trying to Convert Afghans to Christianity?
The military is denying it allows its soldiers to proselytize to Afghans, following the release of footage showing US soldiers in Afghanistan discussing how to distribute Bibles translated into Pashto and Dari. We speak to Air Force veteran and former Reagan administration counsel Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and journalist Jeff Sharlet, author of a Harper’s Magazine article on "The Crusade for a Christian Military." [includes rush transcript]
