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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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]
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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- CIA: Keep Documents from Bush Era Sealed
- Shell Pays $15.5 Million in Niger Delta Case
- Peruvian Indigenous Leader Seeks Asylum
- Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell"
- Supreme Court Justices Delay Sale of Chrysler
- Court: Judges Must Avoid Appearance of Bias
- Court Declines to Hear Case to Save Arizona’s San Francisco Peaks
- Former Guantanamo Prisoner Describes Being Abused
- NY Times Criticized over Report “1 in 7 Detainees Rejoined Jihad”
- First Guantanamo Inmate Transferred to US for Trial
- FBI Defends Use of Informants Inside Mosques
- Cuba Rejects Offer to Rejoin Organization of American States
- Top UN Official Calls for Global Ban on Plastic Bags
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Shell to Pay Out $15.5 Million to Settle Landmark Lawsuit over Death of Nigerian Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay a $15.5 million settlement to avoid a trial over its alleged involvement in human rights violations in the Niger Delta. The case was brought on behalf of ten plaintiffs who accused Shell of complicity in the 1995 executions of Nigerian writer and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others. We speak to Ken Wiwa, the son of Ken Saro-Wiwa, and attorney Judith Brown Chomsky. [includes rush transcript]
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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Nurses Union Leader Rose Ann DeMoro Urge Obama to Embrace Single-Payer Healthcare System
President Obama is expected to host a group of Democratic Congress members at the White House later today. The meeting comes one week after Obama said he would consider supporting a mandate-based approach to healthcare and the creation of a public insurance option. [includes rush transcript]
