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In Nod to Latino Voters, Obama Makes Historic Visit to Puerto Rico Ahead of 2012 Elections; New Report: U.S. Encouraged Gun Sales to Drug Cartels, 70% of Seized Mexico Guns Are from U.S.; Mexican Peace Caravan Arrives in U.S. to Call for End to Deadly Drug War Policy; CIA Building Secret Mideast Base to Launch … Continued
First Major Republican Presidential Debate Focuses on Obama, Jobs, Healthcare, Afghan War and Tea Party; FBI to Expand Domestic Surveillance Powers as Details Emerge of Its Spy Campaign Targeting Activists; Formaldehyde Added to “Known Carcinogens” List Despite Lobbying by Koch Brothers, Chemical Industry. Today’s Headlines * U.S., Afghan Officials Discuss Extending Military Presence for … Continued
Syrian Troops Pursue “Scorched Earth” Policy; Videos Document Children Tortured to Death; Maher Arar: My Rendition & Torture in Syrian Prison Highlights U.S. Reliance on Syria As An Ally; Former Miss USA, Ralph Nader, Privacy Advocates Fight Full Body Airport Scanners and Invasive Patdowns; Ralph Nader: Koch Brothers Led Fight to Defend Formaldehyde Despite Carcinogenic … Continued
Obama Hides Meeting with Top Bahraini Leader—And Mutes Criticism of Ongoing Crackdown; Critics Dub Planned Puerto Rico Pipeline the “Death Route” for Alleged Threat to Environment, Public Health; Annie Jacobsen on New Book, “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base”. Today’s Headlines * U.S. Increases Secret Yemen Bombings in Saleh’s … Continued
Bill Moyers on His Legendary Journalism Career: “Democracy Should Be a Brake on Unbridled Greed and Power” Today’s Headlines * Libya Claims 31 Dead in NATO Air Strikes * Defiant Gaddafi Vows Prolonged Fight * Obama Hosts Bahraini Crown Prince, Silent on Crackdown * Yemeni Gov’t Rejects Transition Talks * UNICEF Warns of Humanitarian … Continued
Trapped in Gaza: Rafah Crossing Closed to Palestinians Soon After Egyptian Pledge to Reopen It; “There is a Women’s Spring Beginning”: Playwright Eve Ensler and Congolese Activist Christine Schuler Deschryver on Gender Violence in Congo; Eve Ensler Responds to Sexual Assault Charges Filed Against Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn; Eve Ensler Responds to Sexual Assault … Continued
Yemenis Celebrate as President Saleh Flees to Saudi Arabia, Transfers Power to Vice President; Former Black Panther Leader, Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt, Wrongfully Imprisoned for 27 Years, Dies in Tanzania; Dr. Gabor Maté: Obama Admin Should Heed Global Panel’s Call to End “Failed” U.S.-Led Drug War. Today’s Headlines * Saleh Treated in Saudi Arabia After … Continued
Clashes Spread Across Yemen, Raising Fears of Civil War; “A Country of Dark Corners”: Freed Journalist Dorothy Parvaz on Her Syrian Detention and the Assad Regime Crackdown; “Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon”. Today’s Headlines * Yemen Fighting Continues, 15 Dead in Overnight Clashes * Gaddafi’s Oil Minister … Continued
