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Could Michigan and Florida Decide the Democratic Presidential Race?; McCain Embraces Endorsement from Anti-Catholic, Anti-Gay, Anti-Muslim Televangelist John Hagee; Irish Activist Deirdre McAliskey on International Women’s Day & Role of Women in Irish Peace Process. Headlines * Palestinian Gunman Kills Eight Israeli Seminary Students * Libya Blocks UN Resolution for Not Citing Gaza Deaths … Continued
FCC Launches Probe of Alabama TV Station Accused of Censoring a 60 Minutes Expose on the GOP’s Prosecution of Alabama’s Imprisoned Former Gov. Don Siegelman; The FCC & Censorship: Legendary Media Activist Everett Parker on the Revocation of WLBT’s TV License in the 1960s for Shutting Out Voices of the Civil Rights Movement; Retired Military … Continued
As Clinton Stages Comeback, Democracy Now! Hosts Debate Between Vermont’s Former Governor Madeleine Kunin and Obama Superdelegate Chuck Ross; Democrats Prepare to Grant Telecoms Immunity for Illegal Spying; Iran Contra 2.0: How the Bush Admin Lied to Congress and Armed Fatah to Provoke Palestinian Civil War Aiming to Overthrow Hamas.Today’s Headlines * Clinton Wins … Continued
With US Assistance, Colombian Troops Attack and Kill 20 FARC Rebels Inside Ecuador; Super Tuesday II: Today’s Primaries and Caucuses Could Decide the Democratic Nominee; We Get Reports from Texas, Ohio and Vermont. Today’s Headlines * Voters Head to Polls in Texas, Ohio, Vermont & Rhode Island * McCain Could Secure GOP Nomination Tonight … Continued
Over 112 Palestinians Killed in Five-Day Israeli Attack, Mohammed Omer Reports from Gaza; Stephen Kinzer on US-Iranian Relations, the 1953 CIA Coup in Iran and the Roots of Middle East Terror. Today’s Headlines * 112 Palestinians Killed in Five-Day Israel Attack * Mahmoud Abbas Suspends Contacts with Israel * Israeli Peace Activists Protest Gaza … Continued
EXCLUSIVE – The Three Trillion Dollar War: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard Economist Linda Bilmes on the True Cost of the US Invasion and Occupation of Iraq. Headlines * Israeli Minister Threatens Gaza “Holocaust” * Iraqis Protest US Raids * Funeral Held for Slain Iraqi Journalist * US Deploys Warships Off Lebanon Coast … Continued
Jeremy Scahill: Despite Antiwar Rhetoric, Clinton-Obama Plans Would Keep US Mercenaries, Troops in Iraq for Years to Come; Ex-Speechwriter, Confidante Dr. Vincent Harding on Dr. Martin Luther King’s Courageous -and Overlooked – Antiwar and Economic Justice Activism; William F. Buckley Dies at 82; A Look Back at his 1969 Debate with Noam Chomsky on Vietnam. … Continued
Clinton, Obama Hold Final Debate Before Pivotal Votes Next Week; Holes in the Wall: Texas Border Wall Bypassing Wealthy Residents with Bush Admin Ties; Blue Covenant: Maude Barlow on the Global Movement for Water Justice. Today’s Headlines * Obama, Clinton Hold Final Debate Before Key Primaries * Senate Votes to Debate Iraq Withdrawal * … Continued
"Taxi to the Dark Side": Exposé on US Abuses in "War on Terror" Wins Oscar for Best Documentary; Noam Chomsky: Why is Iraq Missing from 2008 Presidential Race?Today’s Headlines * Turkish PM Briefed Bush Prior to Iraq Attack * Palestinians Form Human Chain to Protest Gaza Siege * In Indonesia, Gates Promotes Increased US … Continued
U.S.-Backed Turkish Invasion of Northern Iraq Continues; Barack Obama’s Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Samantha Power on Obama’s Call to Increase the Pentagon’s Budget, Hugo Chavez, Funding the Iraq Occupation and Attacking Pakistan; Samantha Power on “Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World" Pt. II Today’s Headlines * … Continued
