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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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Headlines
- Thousands Feared Dead in Massive Haiti Earthquake
- Witnesses: NATO Troops Kill Afghan Protesters
- 16 Killed in US Drone Attack in Afghanistan
- Report: Obama to Request $33B for Wars
- Insurance Firms Funded Anti-Healthcare Reform Ad Blitz
- Obama Received Over $20M from Health Industry in ’08
- FDIC Calls for Penalizing Risky Compensation
- 1 in 8 Americans Receiving Food Stamps
- Study Links Monsanto GM Corn to Organ Failure
- Activists Protest Carbon Trading Summit
- Google to End China Censorship
- Japan Delays Decision on Moving US Base
- Israel Arrests Anti-Wall Activists
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Haiti Devastated by Largest Earthquake in 200 Years, Thousands Feared Dead
Haiti has been devastated by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake, the largest to strike the Caribbean nation in more than two centuries. Buildings have collapsed. Fires rage in the streets. The extent of the disaster is still unknown, but there are fears thousands of people may have died and tens of thousands homeless. We get the latest on Haiti, a country rocked by natural as well as political crises. We speak with journalist Kim Ives of Haiti Liberté and Haitian American novelist Edwidge Danticat, her family at the epicenter of the quake. [includes rush transcript]
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ICE Officials Accused of Covering Up Immigrant Deaths in Detention
The Obama administration has promised to overhaul immigration detention. But a scathing report in the New York Times last weekend reveals that federal officials used their role as overseers to prevent media from reporting deaths and abuses inside the nation’s immigration prisons. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, now admits 107 immigrants died in ICE custody since October 2003, but for years the deaths went uncounted in the public record. [includes rush transcript]
