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Friday, May 7, 2010
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- BP Oil Slick Reaches La. Shores
- US Imposes 3-Week Freeze on New Offshore Drilling Permits
- Labor, Civil Rights Groups Urge Arizona Boycott
- Senate Defeats Amendment to Break Up Banks
- Study: Americans "Bombarded" with Cancer Causes
- Pentagon Bans 4 Reporters from Gitmo Trials
- Fmr. Guatemalan Soldier Involved in 1982 Massacre Arrested in Florida
- Greek Lawmakers Approve New Austerity Measures
- Burmese Opposition Party Dissolves
- 2 Palestinian Civil Rights Activists Jailed
- Biden Urges EU to Provide Passenger, Financial Data
- Filmmaker Ordered to Hand Ecuador Footage to Chevron
- Ohio Police Raid Home of Foreclosure Activist
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Juan Gonzalez: Big Banks Making a Bundle on New Construction as Schools Bear the Cost
"Wealthy investors and major banks have been making windfall profits by using a little-known federal tax break to finance new charter-school construction," Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez write in the New York Daily News. "The program, the New Markets Tax Credit, is so lucrative that a lender who uses it can almost double his money in seven years." [includes rush transcript]
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Government Exempted BP from Environmental Review
Newly released documents show government regulators exempted BP from a comprehensive environmental review of the project that resulted in the spill. The Minerals Management Service granted BP a “categorical exclusion” from a full review before approving the project just over a year ago. We speak with Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity. [includes rush transcript]
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Lieberman, Brown Proposal to Strip Terror Suspects of US Citizenship Is "Constitutional Buffoonery," Says Attorney
Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts introduced a measure Thursday to strip Americans charged with terrorism of their US citizenship. We speak with Shayana Kadidal, senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, who says the proposal is "constitutional buffoonery." [includes rush transcript]
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"Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps"
It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday. We pay tribute to moms everywhere with award-winning radio producer Dave Isay, editor of the new book Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps. Isay is the founder of StoryCorps, one of the largest oral history projects in US history. [includes rush transcript]
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]
