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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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, March 5, 2010
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- Students, Teachers Take Part in Nationwide Protests Against Education Cuts
- Gunman Dies After Wounding Two Police Officers at Pentagon
- White House Hosts Insurance Execs, Dems on Healthcare
- House OKs $15B Jobs Bill
- House Panel Votes to Recognize Armenian Genocide
- Levin Questions Blackwater Bid for $1 Billion Deal in Afghanistan
- Study: 1 in 3 US Drone Victims in Pakistan is a Civilian
- Aftershock Hits Chile as Gov’t Lowers Death Toll
- Clinton: US to Restore Honduras Aid
- Suit: Energy Giants’ Emissions Worsened Katrina Impact
- Utah Rep. Revises Sweeping Anti-Abortion Bill
- Va. GOP Lawmaker: Disabilities Are God’s Punishment for Abortions
- AIG Units Settle Allegations of Discriminatory Lending
- Report: Admin to Scrap Civilian Trial for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind
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String of Election-Related Bombings Fuels US Talk of Delayed Iraq Withdrawal
At least fourteen people have been killed and nearly sixty wounded in a string of attacks in Baghdad on the first day of voting in Iraq’s parliamentary elections. Iraq opened its polls on Thursday for early voting, including for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, police officers and prisoners. We speak to Nir Rosen, an independent journalist who has covered the Iraq war since 2003. [includes rush transcript]
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Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public Education
Students and teachers held hundreds of demonstrations on Thursday as part of the National Day of Action to Defend Public Education. Hundreds of thousands took part in what was the largest day of coordinated student protest in years. We get a roundup of the action on the streets, from California to New York. [includes rush transcript]
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Leading Education Scholar Diane Ravitch: No Child Left Behind Has Left US Schools with Legacy of "Institutionalized Fraud"
As the Obama administration touts No Child Left Behind and the "Race to the Top" competition for school grants, we speak to leading education scholar and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch. She’s long been known as an advocate of No Child Left Behind, charter schools, standardized testing, and using the free market to improve schools. But she’s had a radical change of heart, as chronicled in her latest book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Ravitch says, "The evidence says No Child Left Behind was a failure, and charter schools aren’t going to be any better." [includes rush transcript]
