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Niger Faces Major Food Emergency The African country of Niger is rarely mentioned in this country. Among the only times you hear Niger mentioned is in relation to the Wilson/Plame/Rove scandal. But today in Niger, 3.3 million people, including almost a million children, are facing starvation after a drought and locusts wiped out last year’s … Continued
Roberts’ Record on Civil Rights Enters Battle Over Supreme Court Nomination In the ongoing controversy over the Supreme Court nomination of John Roberts, questions are being raised over Roberts’ role in the civil rights debates of the 1980s. During his tenure as Deputy Assistant General under Reagan, Roberts advocated a narrow interpretation of a variety … Continued
AFL-CIO Convention Results in Major Split The AFL-CIO labor convention in Chicago this week has seen the largest rupture in the US labor movement for more than fifty years. Democracy Now! co-host and New York Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez talks about the implications. Subway Shakedowns: Necessary Security or Unconstitutional Violation? New York City police … Continued
Latin America’s "Bin Laden" Denied Bail, Judge Cites Posada’s Terror Record Leading anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is denied bail in his Texas immigration trial. We speak with a U.S. immigration lawyer who has been retained by the Venezuelan government to represent it in the case as it continues to demand his extradition as well … Continued
The Federalist (Society) Papers: John Roberts and the Right’s Move to Take Control of the Judiciary There is growing focus on an organization that Supreme Court justice nominee John Roberts claims he cannot remember if he joined or not: the Federalist Society. We speak with Alfred Ross of the Institute for Democracy Studies who uncovered … Continued
Two Unions Expected to Quit AFL-CIO in One of the Largest Shakeups Ever in the American Labor Movement Four of the nation’s largest labor unions have announced they will boycott the AFL-CIO convention this week to protest the direction of the federation. Two of these unions – the Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union … Continued
Will the AFL-CIO Split? A Debate on the Future of Organized Labor As the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor organization, heads to its convention, we host a debate on the future of organized labor. We speak with Karen Ackerman, political director of the AFL-CIO, Chris Chafe, Chief of Staff at UNITE HERE as well as … Continued
Day of Protest Decries Deaths in Haiti In Haiti violence continues two weeks after a UN raid in Cite Soleil may have left as many as 23 people dead. Today there are coordinated protests in Brazil and ten cities throughout North America. We go to Port-au-Prince to hear from Lavalas leader Father Gerard Jean-Juste. What’s … Continued
Bush Taps Conservative Appeals Court Judge John Roberts For Supreme Court President Bush has chosen appeals court judge John Roberts as his first nominee to the Supreme Court. Roberts is 50 years old and a solidly conservative Republican who has served in the administrations of George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan. For years, he worked … Continued
Seymour Hersh: Bush Authorized Covert Plan to Manipulate Iraqi Elections Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports that President Bush authorized covert plans last year to support the election campaigns of Iraqi candidates and political parties with close ties to the White House. Hersh cites unidentified former military and intelligence officials who said the administration … Continued
