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Juan González: Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores; U.S. Prepares to Strike Syria Over Alleged Chemical Weapons as British Vote Not to Back Int’l Action; NFL Reaches Settlement With Former Players Who Suffer From Brain Injuries, Alzheimer’s, Depression; Feds Say They Won’t Try to Reverse State Laws … Continued
Syria Debate: Does U.S. Have the Evidence and Authority to Hit Assad for Alleged Chemical Attack? Historian Taylor Branch on the March on Washington and the Kennedys’ Aversion to Dr. King’s Struggle. HeadlinesAugust 29, 2013 U.S. Faces New Hurdles to Military Intervention in Syria Obama: U.S. Believes Assad Regime Behind Chemical Attack Ban: U.N. … Continued
As Strikes on Syria Loom, Is U.S. Ignoring a Diplomatic Track That Could Prevent More Violence? In Victory for Activists, Entergy to Close Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant; Will More Follow? As Fukushima Raises Severity Level, Nuclear Expert Warns Radioactive Leaks Will Only “Get Worse”; 50 Years After March on Washington, 1970 Documentary “King: A Filmed … Continued
Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson, 91, on How Women Were Silenced at 1963 March on Washington. HeadlinesAugust 27, 2013 Report: U.S. Weighs Military Strike on Syria U.N.: Still Time for Inspectors to Probe Chemical Allegations in Syria U.N.: Bulk of Syria’s 1 Million Child Refugees Displaced in Past Year U.N. to Ask Obama Admin … Continued
50 Years After March of Washington, Tens of Thousands Say Struggle for MLK’s “Dream” Continues. HeadlinesAugust 26, 2013 U.N. Inspectors Come Under Fire after Syrian Regime OKs Visit U.S. Says Syria Inspection “Too Late” as Obama Weighs Military Options Tens of Thousands Mark 50th Anniversary of March for Jobs and Freedom NSA Spied on … Continued
Syrian Activist on Ghouta Attack: “I Haven’t Seen Such Death in My Whole Life”; “Empowering, So Brave”: Trans Activists Praise Chelsea Manning, Raise Fears over Prison Conditions; Exclusive: As Judge OKs Force Feeding, California Prisoner on 47-Day Hunger Strike Speaks Out. HeadlinesAugust 23, 2013 U.N. Seeks Syria Chemical Weapons Probe “Without Delay” U.N.: Syrian … Continued
Bradley Manning: “Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society”; “He Wanted To Help America”: Manning Attorney in First Extended Interview After 35-Year Sentence; “I Am Chelsea Manning. I Am a Female”: Bradley Manning Announces Gender Transition. HeadlinesAugust 22, 2013 Manning Seeks Presidential Pardon for 35-Year Prison Term … Continued
50 Years Later, the Untold History of the March on Washington & MLK’s Most Famous Speech. HeadlinesAugust 21, 2013 Opposition Claims Hundreds Killed in Syria Chemical Attack Japan Increases Severity Level at Fukushima Nuclear Plant U.S. Denies Suspension of Military Aid to Egypt Bradley Manning Faces Sentencing at Military Trial Report: NSA Surveillance Covers … Continued
Pacifica Radio Archives Special
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: In Modern Egypt’s Bloodiest Period, “New Horrors Are Brought Every Day”; Ahdaf Soueif: Amidst Egypt’s Bloodshed, “We Are Trying Keep the Discourse of the Revolution Alive”; Editor of The Progressive Arrested Covering Solidarity Singers’ Protest of Wisconsin Gov. Walker. HeadlinesAugust 19, 2013 Egypt Toll Approaches 900 in 6 Days; Mubarak Set … Continued
