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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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July 2009 Archive
Friday, July 31, 2009
- Headlines for July 31, 2009
- EXCLUSIVE: John Walker Lindh’s Parents Discuss Their Son’s Story, from Joining the US-Backed Taliban Army to Surviving a Northern Alliance Massacre, to His Abuse at the Hands of US Forces
Thursday, July 30, 2009
- Headlines for July 30, 2009
- EXCLUSIVE: Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Speaks from Nicaraguan Border on Who’s Behind the Coup, His Attempts to Return Home, the Role of the United States and More
- The Hell of War Comes Home: Newspaper Series Documents Murder, Suicide, Kidnappings by Iraq Vets
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
- Headlines for July 29, 2009
- Obama Admin Expands Law Enforcement Program 287(g), Criticized for Targeting Immigrants and Increasing Racial Profiling
- US Revokes Visas for Honduran Coup Officials; Human Rights Abuses Escalate
- Christopher Pyle, Whistleblower Who Sparked Church Hearings of 1970s, on Military Spying of Olympia Peace Activists
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
- Headlines for July 28, 2009
- Democracy Now! Broadcast Exclusive: Declassified Docs Reveal Military Operative Spied on WA Peace Groups, Activist Friends Stunned
Monday, July 27, 2009
- Headlines for July 27, 2009
- National Exclusive...Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, Wife of Ousted Honduran President, Calls on US to Aid Her Husband’s Return Home: "We Want Justice, We Want Peace, We Demand the Return to Democracy"
- Tensions Rise in Latin America over US Military Plan to Use Three Bases in Colombia
- Parole Hearing to Be Held Tuesday for Imprisoned Native American Activist Leonard Peltier
Friday, July 24, 2009
- Headlines for July 24, 2009
- Defying Coup Regime, Zelaya Attempts Return to Honduras
- US-India Nuke Deals Raise Fears of Escalated Indo-Pakistan Arms Race
- Fmr. Iranian Political Prisoners, Relatives of Iran’s Jailed Protesters Lead Three-Day Hunger Strike Outside UN
Thursday, July 23, 2009
- Headlines for July 23, 2009
- Obama: Cambridge Police "Acted Stupidly" in Arrest of Harvard Scholar Henry Louis Gates
- Promoting Healthcare Reform, Obama Admits US Can’t Insure All Americans Without Single Payer
- Watchdog Group Sues for Disclosure of White House Meetings with Healthcare Execs
- Court Rules New York Fire Department Discriminates Against Black, Latino Applicants
- "The Yes Men Fix the World": In New Film, Anti-Corporate Pranksters the Yes Men Continue to Jolt Polluters and Profiteers
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
- Headlines for July 22, 2009
- President Obama’s Longtime Physician Opposes White House Health Plan, Advocates Single Payer
- Uninsured Travel from Across US for Free Healthcare from Relief Group Remote Area Medical
- Cornel West and Carl Dix on Race and Politics in the Age of Obama
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
- Headlines for July 21, 2009
- Despite Pledge to Cut Military Ties to Coup Regime, US Continues to Train Honduran Soldiers at School of Americas
- "From Arbenz to Zelaya: Chiquita in Latin America"
- As Obama Continues Push for Healthcare Reform, House Committee Approves Kucinich-Sponsored Measure to Keep Single-Payer Option Alive
- Frank McCourt (1930-2009): Late Author’s Younger Brother Malachy Remembers Childhood Poverty Depicted in "Angela’s Ashes"
Monday, July 20, 2009
- Headlines for July 20, 2009
- Walter Cronkite (1916-2009): Legendary CBS Anchorman Was Critical of Media Consolidation, Wars in Vietnam and Iraq
- NAACP Turns 100: The History and Future of the Nation’s Oldest and Largest Civil Rights Organization
Friday, July 17, 2009
- Headlines for July 17, 2009
- GOP Won’t Filibuster Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Vote
- Howard Dean on His Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform
Thursday, July 16, 2009
- Headlines for July 16, 2009
- "They Dump the Sick to Satisfy Investors": Insurance Exec Turned Whistleblower Wendell Potter Speaks Out Against Healthcare Industry
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
- Headlines for July 15, 2009
- Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Answers GOP Critics on Prior Remarks
- Review of Sotomayor’s Record Belies GOP Charges of Biased Judicial Practice
- As Goldman Sachs Posts Record Profits, Matt Taibbi Probes Role of Investment Giant in US Financial Meltdown
- US Lobbyists with Clinton Ties Hired to Defend Honduran Coup Regime
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
- Headlines for July 14, 2009
- Confirmation Hearings Open for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, First Latina Nominated to Supreme Court
- Former Sotomayor Law Clerk Jenny Rivera and Democracy Now!'s Juan Gonzalez on Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings
- Two Decades After His Rejection from Federal Bench for Racial Bias, Sen. Jeff Sessions Leads GOP Opposition to Sotomayor
- Story of Wrongfully Convicted Prisoner Denied Appeal by Sotomayor Excluded from Confirmation Hearings
Monday, July 13, 2009
- Headlines for July 13, 2009
- Obama Calls for Probe into 2001 Massacre of at Least 2,000 Suspected Taliban POWs by US-Backed Afghan Warlord
Friday, July 10, 2009
- Headlines for July 10, 2009
- President Obama Heads to Ghana on First Official Trip to Sub-Saharan Africa
- "China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing’s Expansion in Africa"
- Costa Rica Hosts Talks over Honduras Coup
- Greenpeace Activists Hang Banner on Mt. Rushmore
- 27 Arrested for Erecting Anti-Logging Blockade in Oregon
Thursday, July 09, 2009
- Headlines for July 09, 2009
- In Rare US Broadcast, Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Discusses Coup, Costa Rica Talks, US Role and More
- Report from Urumqi: Thousands of Chinese Troops Enter City Torn by Ethnic Clashes
- Stella D’Oro Workers End 11-Month Strike After NLRB Victory, But Owner Threatens to Close Factory
- Obama’s War: Thousands of Marines Battle in Helmand in Major US Offensive
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
- Headlines for July 08, 2009
- World Leaders, Protesters Gather in Italy for G8; Global Financial Crisis & Climate Change Top Agenda
- Declassified Docs Implicate Indonesian President Yudhoyono in Cover-Up of 2002 Murders of American Teachers in West Papua
- Fmr. Congressmember Cynthia McKinney Back in US After Being Detained and Deported from Israel
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
- Headlines for July 07, 2009
- Uyghur Protests Widen as Xinjiang Unrest Flares
- Obama-Medvedev Nuclear Stockpile Deal "Disappointing," Says Leading Disarmament Advocate
- Vietnam War Architect Robert McNamara Dies at 93: A Look at His Legacy with Howard Zinn, Marilyn Young & Jonathan Schell
Monday, July 06, 2009
- Headlines for July 06, 2009
- Honduran Coup Regime Blocks Ousted President Zelaya’s Return; Troops Open Fire on Supporters at Airport, Killing Two
- John Pilger on Honduras, Iran, Gaza, the Corporate Media, Obama’s Wars, and Resisting the American Empire
Friday, July 03, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
- Headlines for July 02, 2009
- Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail Cell After Arrest on Boat Delivering Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
- Zelaya Vows to Return to Honduras Despite Threats of Arrest by Coup Leaders
- "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City"
- Up in Smoke: How the Tobacco Industry Shaped the New Smoking Bill
- John Pilger Calls UK National Health Service a Treasure, Blasts US Lawmakers for Being "in Bed with Powerful Interests" and Neglecting "Their Own People’s Basic Human Rights"
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
- Headlines for July 01, 2009
- "Change to Win is Dead"–Juan Gonzalez on Labor Movement Struggle
- Military Using "Brutal" Force Against Anti-Coup Protests in Honduras
- Generals Who Led Honduras Military Coup Trained at the School of the Americas
- What’s Behind the Honduras Coup? Tracing Zelaya’s Trajectory
- How Can We Have Sovereignty When We Don’t Have Electricity or Water to Bathe? Iraqi Reporter on US Troop Pullback
