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Obama Holds Brief Q&A Before Thousands of Journalists of Color at UNITY Convention; How Chicago Shaped Obama: A Look at the Rise of a Politician; House Judiciary Committee Holds Historic Hearings on the Case for Impeachment. Today’s Headlines * Reversing Account, US Admits Killing Iraqi Civilians But Won’t Prosecute Soldiers * Obama Wraps Up … Continued
Death by Taser: Police Accused of Cover-Up in Death of African American Man Shocked Nine Times While in Handcuffs; Friend of Mexican Immigrant Beaten to Death in Pennsylvania Gives Eyewitness Account of Attack; The Forgotten War: Sonali Kolhatkar on Why Afghanistan is "Just as Bad as Iraq."Today’s Headlines * House OKs Housing Aid After … Continued
Former Arlington National Cemetery Public Affairs Director Says She Was Fired for Refusing to Limit Press at Funerals; Suicide or Murder? Three Years After the Death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson in Iraq, Her Parents Continue Their Call for a Congressional Investigation; Performance Artist Laurie Anderson on War, Art and Her Latest Work, "Homeland." Today’s Headlines … Continued
Who’s Paying for the Conventions? Corporate Sponsors Pour Millions into Party Coffers; Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes; Nudge: Cass Sunstein on Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness. Today’s Headlines * Iraq Gov’t Calls for US Withdrawal by 2010 … Continued
First All-Women-of-Color Presidential Ticket in US History: Green Party Nominee Cynthia McKinney and Running Mate Rosa Clemente on War, Democracy and Hip Hop; and Maryland State Police Spied on Peace, Anti-Death Penalty Groups. Today’s Headlines * Maliki Supports Obama’s Troop Withdrawal Plans * US Forces Kill Son of Iraqi Governor * Obama: Afghanistan Is … Continued
The Dark Side: Jane Mayer on the Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals. Today’s Headlines * Court Rejects Delay to 1st Gitmo Military Trial * Ashcroft Questioned on Approving Torture * Probe Finds Widespread Abuse at Chicago Prison * Shoddy Contractor Work Blamed for Spike … Continued
Bailout for Mortgage Giants, IndyMac Bank Collapse, Dollar Hits New Low, Inflation at 26-Year High, Dow Falls Below 11K…A Look at the Financial Crisis; Nelson Mandela Turns 90; Spike Lee to Film Tony Award-Winning Musical "Passing Strange" as Show Comes to a Close on Broadway. Today’s Headlines * 8 Afghan Civilians Killed in US … Continued
Fomer Chief Guantanamo Prosecutor Says Military Commissions "Not Justice"; Amory Lovins: Expanding Nuclear Power Makes Climate Change Worse; Singer-Songwriter Simone White Performing Live On Democracy Now! Today’s Headlines * Court: US Can Jail Civilians Indefinitely * Video Footage Shows Weeping Gitmo Prisoner * Israel, Hezbollah Begin Prisoner Exchange * US Envoy to Take Part … Continued
KPFA broadcasts a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on the role that Bush Administration lawyers played in creating and implementing interrogation policies that have resulted in the widespread abuse of detainees in US custody. Scheduled witnesses include Douglas Feith, former Undersecretary of Defense. Host Larry Bensky and his guest experts will provide analysis and … Continued
Embedded Photojournalist Accuses US Military of Censorship After Being Barred for Publishing Photo of Dead Marine; Court Interpreter Breaks Confidentiality Code to Speak Out for Workers Rounded Up in Largest Immigration Raid in U.S. History. Headlines * Bush Administration Moves to Bail Our Mortgage Companies * IndyMac Bank Collapses; Second Largest Bank Failure in … Continued
