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- Rep. John Murtha, Iraq War Critic, Dies at 77
- David Price: “The CIA Is Welcoming Itself Back onto American University Campuses”
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Monday, February 08, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
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- Pro-Choice Advocates Criticize CBS for Accepting Anti-Abortion Super Bowl Ad
- Dave Zirin on Super Bowl Fever in New Orleans and the Militarization of Sport’s Biggest Spectacle
- How to Get Our Democracy Back: Lawrence Lessig Says “If We Want to Change, We Have to Change Congress”
- Yemeni Journalist Nasser Arrabyee: US Involvement Undermines Sound Response to Yemen-Based Militants
Thursday, February 04, 2010
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Catch Amy Goodman with Naomi Klein and Raj Patel on C-SPAN’s Book TV this Sunday and Monday
Tune in to C-SPAN’s Book TV on Sunday, February 7th at 3pm ET and Monday, February 8th at 5am ET for a discussion on the economy, the earthquake in Haiti, and other topics.
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Democracy Now! Makes Lily Tomlin’s Short List
Lily Tomlin gave Democracy Now! a shout out in Time Magazine’s “Short List of Things To Do.”
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Oscar Nominees Include Docs on China Earthquake, Burma and Pentagon Papers
Nominations have been announced for the 82nd annual Academy Awards. In the documentary category, three films featured on Democracy Now! in the past year received nods:
* The Most Dangerous Man in America
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Howard Zinn: The People’s Historian
Howard Zinn, legendary historian, author and activist, died last week at the age of 87. His most famous book is “A People’s History of the United States.”
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Let the Haitians In
The devastating toll of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti continues to mount. Most efforts to rescue people from the rubble have ended. More than 150,000 people have been buried, some in makeshift graves near the ruins of the homes where they died, but many in unmarked, mass graves at Titanyen, the site of massacres during previous dictatorships and coups.
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Amy Goodman on Riz Khan: “The Role of Media in the USA”
Has the mainstream media in the US replaced serious coverage with “junk news” and tabloidism? Especially in foreign affairs, are Americans less informed than ever? Who is shaping their perceptions of the rest of the world? And who is policing US foreign policy?
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Tè Tremblé—The Haitian Earth Trembled
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Tè tremblé is Haitian Creole for “earthquake.” Its literal translation: “The earth trembled.” After the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, the stench of death is everywhere.
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Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! Reporting From Haiti
Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Elizabeth Press from Democracy Now are in Haiti reporting on the devastating earthquake. Tune in Tuesday for a report from Amy. For the latest updates visit the Democracy Now! Twitter page and Sharif’s Twitter page.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Headlines
- Scores Killed in Iraq Bombing
- Deadly Blast Hits Pakistan Hotel
- Clinic of Slain Abortion Provider to Close
- Court Rulings Advance Pending Chrysler Sale
- Admin Drops Salary Caps for Bailed-out Firms
- 10 Firms Cleared to Repay Bailout Loans
- Transferred Gitmo Prisoner Pleads Not Guilty in US Court
- Uyghur Prisoners to Be Resettled in Palau
- Nicaragua Grants Asylum to Peruvian Indigenous Leader
- UN: Over 117,000 Displaced in Somalia
- Report: Arab States Give Obama Deadline on Peace Offer
- US Suspends Deportations of Widows
- West Virginia State Court OKs Coal Silo Near School
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“Anti-Abortion Violence and Terrorism Has to Stop”–One of Last Doctors to Practice Later-Term Abortions Blasts Murder of His Friend George Tiller
The family of murdered abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has announced the permanent closure of his Wichita, Kansas clinic, eliminating one of the few medical practices in the country that performed late-term abortions. We speak with a close friend of Dr. Tiller’s, Dr. Warren Hern, who is one of the last doctors in the country to perform late-term abortions. [includes rush transcript]
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Genetic Counselor Blasts National Society of Genetic Counselors For Not Putting Out a Public Statement Condemning Dr. Tiller’s Murder
We speak with a genetic counselor who has been a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors for the past three years. She is critical of the NSGC for not putting out a public statement condemning Dr. Tiller’s murder.
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As Tensions Flare in Peruvian Amazon, Award-Winning Actor Q’orianka Kilcher Heads to Peru to Support Indigenous Rights
Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango has been granted asylum in Nicaragua after leading protests against oil and mining projects in the northern Peruvian Amazonian province of Bagua. Over the weekend, an estimated sixty people died after police tried to break up a blockade. We speak to actor Q’orianka Kilcher, of part Indigenous Quechua descent, who is heading to Peru to support the Amazonian protest. [includes rush transcript]
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Hungry for a Better Education: Teachers, Parents Lead Hunger Strike Protesting Cuts, Layoffs at LA Schools
Teachers, parents and community members are on a hunger strike protesting cuts and layoffs at Los Angeles schools, which have come as part of a statewide effort by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to reduce education funding by nearly $1 billion. We speak to LA high school teacher and “Hungry for a Better Education” participant Sean Leys, now on his fifteenth day of the hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]
