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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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February 2010 Archive
Friday, February 26, 2010
- Headlines for February 26, 2010
- Healthcare Summit Ends in Deadlock; Single-Payer Advocates Excluded
- V-Day Founder Eve Ensler on "I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World"
- As Obama Pushes "Clean Coal," Jeff Biggers Tracks History of Destructive Mining in "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland"
Thursday, February 25, 2010
- Headlines for February 25, 2010
- Juan Gonzalez: Eva Moskowitz Has Special Access to Schools Chancellor Klein
- Glenn Greenwald: Dems Hiding Behind Filibuster to Justify Political Inaction on Public Option
- FBI, US Attorney Investigating Penn. School District’s Computer Spying on Young Students
- Author Shane Harris on "The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State"
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
- Headlines for February 24, 2010
- In Historic Vote, Vermont Poised to Shut Down Lone Nuclear Reactor
- Anti-Nuclear Activists Mobilize to Oppose Obama-Funded Construction of Georgia Nuke Plants
- "The Media-Lobbying Complex": Investigation Exposes Undisclosed Corporate Ties of Network Political Pundits
- Juan Gonzalez Receives 2010 Justice in Action Award
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
- Headlines for February 23, 2010
- Phyllis Bennis on Ending the US War in Afghanistan
- Congress to Investigate Safety of Natural Gas Drilling Practice Known as Hydraulic Fracturing
- Robert Manning: "Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America’s Addiction to Credit"
Monday, February 22, 2010
- Headlines for February 22, 2010
- Peter Hallward on "Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment"
- After Decades-Long Wait, US Navy to Study Health Effects of Water Contamination at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in North Carolina.
- Malcolm X: "By Any Means Necessary"
Friday, February 19, 2010
- Headlines for February 19, 2010
- Obama Holds White House Meeting with Dalai Lama Over Chinese Protest
- As Dalai Lama Visits White House, an Excerpt of His 2003 Criticism of Iraq War
- Israel Accused of Stealing Identities, Using Fake Passports in Killing of Hamas Commander in Dubai
- Welfare Recipients Forced to Sell Food Stamps to Buy Basic Necessities
Thursday, February 18, 2010
- Headlines for February 18, 2010
- Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Obama’s Stimulus Plan, Debt, Climate Change, and "Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy"
- "A Bad Day for America": Anti-Nuclear Activist Harvey Wasserman Criticizes Obama Plan to Fund Nuclear Reactors
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
- Headlines for February 17, 2010
- Mothers of Jailed US Hikers Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd Urge Iran to Release Their Children
- Group: NATO Forces Blocking Movement of Wounded Afghan Civilians
- George Monbiot: UK Inquiry "Toothless" and "Feeble" in Probing Origins of Iraq War
- "In the Loop": Oscar-Nominated Comedy Satirizes Lead-Up to US-UK Invasion of Iraq
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
- Headlines for February 16, 2010
- Civilian Casualties Mount During US Offensive in Afghanistan
- "Haiti–The Politics of Rebuilding": A Video Report from Avi Lewis of Al Jazeera
- Thomas Geoghegan on the Case for Busting the Filibuster
Monday, February 15, 2010
- Headlines for February 15, 2010
- Olympic Resistance: Indigenous Groups, Anti-Poverty Activists, and Civil Liberties Advocates Protest 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver
- Vancouver Community Activist Am Johal Condemns Use of Public Money to Subsidize International Olympic Committee at Expense of Basic City Services
- Dr. Gabor Maté: "When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection"
Friday, February 12, 2010
- Headlines for February 12, 2010
- Climate Scientist: Record-Setting Mid-Atlantic Snowfall Linked to Global Warming
- Vancouver Activists Greet Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony with People’s Summit, Protest
- Author Steven Hill on "Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope for an Insecure Age"
- "China’s Unnatural Disaster": Oscar-Nominated Doc on Sichuan Earthquake Brings World Attention to Chinese Crackdown on Dissidents
Thursday, February 11, 2010
- Headlines for February 11, 2010
- As Toyota Recall Surpasses 10 Million Cars, Federal Regulators Faulted for Slow Response to Early Warnings
- Study: Charter Schools Increasing Racial Segregation in Classrooms
- Roundtable: Do Charter Schools Worsen Inequality of Two-Tiered Education System, or Help Address It?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
- Headlines for February 10, 2010
- As Haiti Toll Revised to 230,000, Journalist Reed Lindsay Reports on Scarcity of Aid in Devastated Port-au-Prince
- Actor, Activist Danny Glover: Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide "Mystified" at US Resistance to His Return
- "Haiti: Killing the Dream": Excerpt of Documentary on Centuries of Western Subversion of Haitian Sovereignty
- Palestinian Families Appeal to UN Over Israeli Construction of "Museum of Tolerance" on Jerusalem’s Historic Mamilla Cemetery
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
- Headlines for February 09, 2010
- Obama Administration: US Forces Can Assassinate Americans Believed to Be Involved in Terrorist Activity
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich v. Glenn Greenwald on the Supreme Court’s Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling on Corporate Money
- Rep. John Murtha, Iraq War Critic, Dies at 77
- David Price: "The CIA Is Welcoming Itself Back onto American University Campuses"
- Eamon Javers on the Secret World of Corporate Espionage and Moonlighting CIA Operatives
Monday, February 08, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
- Headlines for February 05, 2010
- 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
- Headlines for February 04, 2010
- Ignoring Torture Claims and Questionable Evidence, New York Jury Convicts Pakistani Scientist Aafia Siddiqui
- Robert McChesney and John Nichols on "The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again"
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
- Headlines for February 03, 2010
- In Historic First, Military Leaders Call for Repeal of Ban on Openly Gay Servicemembers
- "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts": Dr. Gabor Maté, Physician at Vancouver Safe-Injection Site, on the Biological and Socio-Economic Roots of Addiction and ADD
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
- Headlines for February 02, 2010
- "America’s Secret Afghan Prisons": Investigation Unearths New US Torture Site, Abuse Allegations in Afghanistan
- Backtracking on Earlier Findings, Justice Dept. Said to Clear Bush Admin Attorneys of Authorizing Torture
- Bill Quigley: "Disgraceful" Suspension of Medical Evacuations Captures US Indifference to Magnitude of Haitian Suffering
- Torture, Rendition Victim Maher Arar Asks Supreme Court to Allow Suit Against US Gov’t
- Despite Non-Proliferation Pledge, Obama Budget Request Seeks Additional $7B for Nuclear Arsenal
Monday, February 01, 2010
- Headlines for February 01, 2010
- The Freedom Riders: New Documentary Recounts Historic 1961 Effort to Challenge Segregated Bus System in the Deep South
