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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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]
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Friday, February 12, 2010
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- Top Insurers Post Record Profits While Dropping 2.7M Policyholders
- Improved Corporate Profits Not Leading to Job Growth
- Survey: Quarter of Job Losses Will Be Permanent
- Labor Dept. Reverses Bush-Era Farmworker Regulations
- Legislation Seeks to Curb Supreme Court Ruling on Corporate Electioneering
- Ending Family Era, Rep. Kennedy Announces Retirement
- US Sets May 1st Target for Sheltering Haitians, Long After Rainy Season Begins
- US Dismisses Iranian Claims on Uranium Enrichment
- Iranian Forces Arrest Opposition Leaders, Disrupt Protests
- European Lawmakers Reject Financial Data-Sharing with US
- Report: 700 Military Bases in Afghanistan
- US Army to Discharge Single Mother Who Refused Deployment
- Poll: 75% Support Openly Gay Men and Lesbians in Military
- Iraq War Vet Faces Court-Martial for Song Criticizing Forced Redeployment
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Climate Scientist: Record-Setting Mid-Atlantic Snowfall Linked to Global Warming
As record snowfall crippled the mid-Atlantic this week, many Republicans used the blizzard-like conditions to argue that global warming is a hoax. We speak to climate scientist Brenda Ekwurzel of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who argues the extreme weather is in fact a part of global warming. [includes rush transcript]
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Vancouver Activists Greet Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony with People’s Summit, Protest
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are opening today in Vancouver. Large-scale protests are planned over the weekend. The Olympic Resistance Network has organized a people’s summit to coincide with the Games’ opening ceremonies. Franklin Lopez of the Vancouver Media Co-op filed this report. [includes rush transcript]
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Author Steven Hill on "Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope for an Insecure Age"
Despite fears of the euro’s future amidst Greece’s economic collapse, author Steven Hill of the New America Foundation argues the United States still has much to learn from Europe’s social and economic policies. We speak to Hill about his new book, Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope for an Insecure Age. [includes rush transcript]
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"China’s Unnatural Disaster": Oscar-Nominated Doc on Sichuan Earthquake Brings World Attention to Chinese Crackdown on Dissidents
Chinese courts are cracking down on dissident activists. Liu Xiaobo lost his appeal Thursday and now faces eleven years in prison for advocating political reform. Earlier this week, another prominent writer and activist, Tan Zuoren, was sentenced to five years in prison. Zuoren had been campaigning on behalf of thousands of parents whose children were killed when shabbily built schools collapsed in the massive Sichuan earthquake two years ago. To discuss China’s crackdown, we’re joined by two guests behind an Oscar-nominated film on the earthquake, China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province: co-director and DCTV founder Jon Alpert, and co-producer and Hunter College professor Peter Kwong. [includes rush transcript]
