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Dr. Paul Farmer Challenges Profit-Driven Medical System While Bringing Healthcare to Poor Communities Worldwide. Today’s Headlines * Nepal to Abolish Monarchy, Declare Republic * PTSD Rises 46% Among US Troops * Ex-Press Secretary: White House Manipulated Public on Iraq * Grand Jury Hears Iraqi Witnesses in Blackwater Case * 20 Burmese Arrested Protesting Suu … Continued
The "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest": Legendary Folk Musician, Activist Utah Phillips, 1935-2008. Headlines * IAEA Criticizes Iran on Nuclear Disclosure * Carter: Israel Has 150 Nukes * Pentagon, House to Investigate Propaganda Program * Top Military Commander Warns Troops on Political Speech * Officers Won’t Be Charged in Marine Killings of Afghan … Continued
Memorial Day Special…Winter Soldier on the Hill: War Vets Testify Before Congress.
Johns Hopkins University Responds to Allegations Toxic Sludge Tested as Lead Poisoning Fix in Poor Black Neighborhoods; Juan Gonzalez on the Puerto Rico Primaries and a NYC Middle School’s Student Uprising Against Standardized Testing; "War, Inc.": John Cusack’s New Film Satirizes the Corruption, Profiteering and Hubris Behind the Iraq War. Headlines * Senate OKs … Continued
Mary Tillman, Mother of Slain Army Ranger and former NFL Star Pat Tillman, on Her Four-Year Quest to Expose the Military Cover-Up of Her Son’s Death by Members of His Own Unit. Headlines * 8 Iraqi Civilians Killed in US Attack * Iraq Boosts Purchases of US Arms * US Defends Imprisonment of Iraqi … Continued
Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix on the US Rush to War in Iraq, the Threat of an Attack on Iran, and the Need for a Global Nuclear Ban to Avoid Further Catastrophe. Today’s Headlines * Obama: Democratic Nomination “Within Reach” * Sen. Kennedy Diagnosed with Malignant Brain Tumor * Iran Renews Diplomatic … Continued
US Skips International Conference to Ban Cluster Bombs; As US Threatens Iran Over Enriching Uranium, Bush Promises to Give Enriched Uranium to Saudi Arabia; "A Jihad for Love": New Film Explores Challenges Facing Gay Muslims Worldwide; "Meet Gus Puryear: Bush’s Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship." Headlines * Sen. Obama Projected to Win … Continued
Spies for Hire: Carlyle Group to Become Owner of "One of America’s Largest Private Intelligence Armies"; Clive Stafford Smith: U.S. Holding 27,000 in Secret Overseas Prisons; Transporting Prisoners To Iraqi Jails To Avoid Media & Legal Scrutiny; Malcolm X, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965. Today’s Headlines * China Declares Three Days of … Continued
Israeli Writer-Activist Tikva Honig-Parnass, Who Fought for Israel’s Founding in 1948, on 60 Years of Palestinian Dispossession and Occupation; As Israelis Celebrate Independence and Palestinians Mark the "Nakba," a Debate with Benny Morris, Saree Makdisi and Norman Finkelstein. Headlines * China Earthquake Toll Tops 21,500 * California Supreme Court Overrules Gay Marriage Ban * … Continued
1968, 40 Years Later: Student, Worker Protests Sweep France, Leaving Indelible Mark on the Country and the World; Legendary Author Gore Vidal on the Bush Presidency, History and the "United States of Amnesia" Today’s Headlines * China Quake Toll Hits 15,000 * Amidst Desperate Recovery Effort, Burma Could Face New Storm * 60 Killed … Continued
