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Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
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Democracy Now! |
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Democracy Now!
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A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 800 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
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Federal Probe into Post-Katrina Shootings by Police Widens
We get an update on the investigations into a spate of police shootings in New Orleans that took place in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In recent weeks, two former members of the New Orleans police have admitted to participating in a cover-up of the Danziger Bridge shootings of September 4, 2005, when police SWAT units opened fire on a group of unarmed civilians, killing two and wounding four. Meanwhile, federal investigators have widened their probe into the New Orleans Police Department and are now looking into the circumstances surrounding four other incidents that include three deaths and one non-fatal shooting. [includes rush transcript]
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Report: Petraeus Warns Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mullen that Israel Is Jeopardizing US Security Interests
Veteran military and foreign affairs analyst and author Mark Perry reports that CENTCOM commander General David Petraeus dispatched a team of senior military officers in January to brief Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Michael Mullen on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Perry reports that the briefers told Mullen that "Israeli intransigence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was jeopardizing US standing in the region." [includes rush transcript]
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Rep. Alan Grayson's "Medicare You Can Buy Into Act" Attracts 50 Co-Sponsors
With the Democrat-led push for healthcare reform in its final stages, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) introduces "The Public Option Act," a measure that would allow people under sixty-five to buy into Medicare. The bill has attracted fifty co-sponsors. Grayson joins us to discuss the measure and healthcare reform overall, his own family's experience with private insurance companies and more. [includes rush transcript]
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Headlines for March 17, 2010
10 Palestinians Seriously Wounded in Israeli Crackdown on Jerusalem Protests, Rejecting US Criticism, Israel Announces New Settlement Construction, Palestinians Name Ramallah Street After Slain US Activist Rachel Corrie, 9 Killed in US Drone Attacks in Pakistan, ACLU Sues US for Disclosures on Drone Attacks, Report: US Sending "Bunker Buster" Bombs to Diego Garcia, Ex-PM Holds Slight Lead in Iraqi Elections, Ban: Haiti in "Race Against Time" Before Rainy Season, Afghanistan Confirms Amnesty Law for War Crimes, NZ Peace Activists Acquitted for Antiwar Protest, 5 Dems Announce Opposition to Healthcare Bill, Penn. Nearly Doubles Cost of Low-Income Insurance Program, Top Economic Officials Foresee "Elevated" Unemployment Rate, Admin Threatens Veto of Intel Funding over Oversight Provisions, US Military: Sexual Assaults Up 11% in 2009, University of Florida Students Protest Police Shooting of African Graduate Student, Irish Activist, Rendition Critic Has US Visa Revoked
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Charles Bowden on "The War Next Door"
In the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, a US consular employee and her husband were shot dead on Saturday while driving in their SUV. In a separate incident nearby, the husband of a Mexican employee at the US consulate was shot dead. The shootings are believed to be the first deadly attacks on US officials and their families by Mexico’s powerful drug organizations. We go to the US-Mexico border to speak with reporter Charles Bowden. "There is no serious War on Drugs," Bowden writes. "Rather, there is violence, nourished by the money to be made from drugs. And there are U.S. industries whose primary lifeblood comes from fighting a war on drugs." [includes rush transcript]
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Dem Leadership in Final Push on Healthcare Reform, House Considers Passing Bill Without Direct Vote
The Democrat-led push for healthcare reform is in its final stages as lawmakers prepare for a congressional vote as early as this weekend. On Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is considering using a tactic that would avoid a direct House vote on the less popular Senate version of the healthcare bill. We speak with Ryan Grim, senior congressional correspondent for the Huffington Post. [includes rush transcript]
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Federal Panel Finds NY Dept. of Education Discriminated Against Arabic School Principal
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled the New York City Department of Education discriminated against the founding principal of an Arabic-language school in Brooklyn by forcing her to resign in 2007. In a non-binding ruling, the commission said the city had discriminated against the principal, Debbie Almontaser, “on account of her race, religion and national origin.” We speak with Almontaser and her attorney, Alan Levine. [includes rush transcript]
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Headlines for March 16, 2010
US Raid Kills Two Pregnant Women and Teenage Girl in Afghanistan, Federal Auditors Block New Blackwater Contract, House Might Pass Healthcare Bill Without Direct Vote, Dodd Unveils Financial Reform Legislation, Mitchell Delays Trips to Israel over Settlement Dispute, Israel to Close Off Palestinian Village on Days of Wall Protests, UN Munitions Team Finds 84 Unexploded White Phosphorus Shells in Gaza, UN: More Money Needed for Haiti Humanitarian Aid Fund, Thai Protesters Plan to Splatter Blood on Thai Gov't HQ, Ex-Sri Lankan Military Chief Faces Court-Martial, Six More Iranian Protesters to be Executed, German and Irish Churches Face Sexual Abuse Scandals, Study: Black and Latinos Face Longer Prison Sentences, Officials Urge Participation in 2010 Census, Hundreds of Students Protest Cuts in Atlanta, 23,000 California Teachers Receive Layoff Notices
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Noam Chomsky on Obama's Foreign Policy, His Own History of Activism, and the Importance of Speaking Out
We spend the hour with world-renowned linguist and dissident, Noam Chomsky. In a wide-ranging public conversation at the Harvard Memorial Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Chomsky talks about President Obama's foreign and national security policies, the lessons of Vietnam, and his own activism. "You just can’t become involved part-time in these things," Chomsky says. "It’s either serious and you’re seriously involved, or you go to a demonstration and go home and forget about it and go back to work, and nothing happens. Things only happen by really dedicated, diligent work." [includes rush transcript]
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Headlines for March 15, 2010
White House Predicts Passage of Healthcare Bill, Ambassador: US-Israeli Relations Face Worst Crisis in 35 Years, Report: Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants, 35 Die in Kandahar Bombings, 3 with Ties to US Consulate Killed in Mexico, FCC to Unveil High-Speed Internet Plan, Unemployment Rate for Young Veterans Reaches 21.1 Percent, Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas Creates Tea Party-Linked Lobbying Group, Texas Conservatives Approve Changes to School Curriculum, Fed Panel: NY Discriminated Against Arab Principal, Study Finds Link Between Childhood Obesity and School Lunch, Air Force Sergeant Discharged After Being Outed by Local Police
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Judge Instructs Fed Agencies to Resume ACORN Funding
A federal judge has reaffirmed her earlier ruling blocking the congressional effort to defund the anti-poverty group ACORN. On Wednesday, Judge Nina Gershon cemented a decision from last year that such action amounted to an unconstitutional “bill of attainder.” Judge Gershon has asked all federal agencies to allow ACORN funding without delay. We speak with National Housing Institute president John Atlas, author of Seeds of Change: The Story of ACORN, America's Most Controversial Anti-Poverty Community Group. [includes rush transcript]
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Part II: Michelle Alexander on “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”
Part II of our interview with legal scholar, civil rights advocate and author Michelle Alexander. Her book is The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Alexander argues that although Jim Crow laws have been eliminated, the racial caste system it set up was not eradicated. It’s simply been redesigned, and now racial control functions through the criminal justice system. [includes rush transcript]
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Study: Median Wealth for Single Black Women: $100, Single Hispanic Women: $120, Single White Women: $41,000
The Insight Center for Community Economic Development released a report on the gender wealth gap to mark International Women's Day. The report found nearly half of all single black and Hispanic women have zero or negative wealth, meaning their debts exceed all of their assets. The median wealth for single black women is only $100; for single Hispanic women, $120. This compares to just over $41,000 for single white women. We speak with the chief author of the report, Mariko Lin Chang and C. Nicole Mason, Executive Director of the Women of Color Policy Network. [includes rush transcript]
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Headlines for March 12, 2010
Ground Zero Workers, NYC Reach Settlement on Toxic Exposure, 39 Killed in Pakistan Bombings, Israel Imposes West Bank Closure Hours After Biden Departure, British Journalist Freed in Gaza, UN: Millions Face Starvation in Yemen, Scores Killed in Somalia Clashes, Greeks Hold National Strike Against Austerity Program, Aftershock Hits Chile as New President Sworn In, Ex-Wife Criticizes Nelson Mandela for Deal Ending Apartheid, Reid Informs GOP of Healthcare Reconciliation Plans, House Dems Shun Anti-Abortion Provisions, Dodd to Unveil Regulatory Overhaul Without GOP, Obama Unveils Trade, Export Plan, Senate Panel OKs Weakened Drug Sentencing Proposal, Second NOLA Officer Pleads Guilty in Bridge Shooting Cover-up, Mississippi School Cancels Prom over Lesbian Student
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Legal Scholar Michelle Alexander on "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"
A new book by legal scholar and civil rights advocate Michelle Alexander argues that although Jim Crow laws have been eliminated, the racial caste system it set up was not eradicated. It's simply been redesigned, and now racial control functions through the criminal justice system. [includes rush transcript]
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Doris "Granny D" Haddock (1910-2010): Remembering Legendary Campaign Finance Reform Activist
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, one of the leading fighters for campaign finance reform in the United States, died on Tuesday at the age of 100. In 1999, just shy of her ninetieth birthday, Granny D walked 3,200 miles across the country to promote campaign finance reform. She is widely credited for galvanizing the public support that helped pass the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Act in 2002. We replay an excerpt of a 2004 interview with Granny D in the midst of her campaign for the US Senate against New Hampshire incumbent Judd Gregg. [includes rush transcript]
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich Takes on Democratic Leaders with Insistence on Public Option, Call for Afghan Withdrawal
Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich joins us to discuss two House debates in which he's played a central role this week. The Ohio Democrat is threatening to vote against his party's healthcare reform package because it does not contain a robust public option. Meanwhile, Kucinich's bill to force the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan was taken up on Wednesday. After a rare three-and-a-half-hour debate on the war, the majority of House Democrats joined with Republicans to defeat the measure. [includes rush transcript]
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Headlines for March 11, 2010
PA Rejects Talks with Israel in Settlement Row, Report: Israel Plans 50,000 New Units in West Bank, Civil Trial Begins over Israeli Army Killing of Rachel Corrie, Gates Pledges Weapons Aid to Saudi Arabia, Préval: US Lawmakers Rejecting Direct Aid to Haitian Gov't, Burma Bars Political Opponents from Elections, Labor Dept: Unemployment Increases in 30 States, Senate OKs $138B Jobs Measure, Proposed Consumer Agency Won't Regulate Major Lenders, White House Faces Opposition to Overhauling Student Loans, Dems to Bar Federal Earmarks for Corporations, Judge Instructs Fed Agencies to Resume ACORN Funding, Kansas City Announces Major School Closures, Layoffs, UN Rapporteur: Obama Admin Should Probe Torture, State Dept. Awards 10 with International Women of Courage Award
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7 Years After Killing, Family of Slain US Peace Activist Rachel Corrie Heads to Israel for Wrongful Death Suit Against Israeli Gov't
Rachel Corrie, a twenty-three-year-old student from Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington, was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza seven years ago as she stood before a Palestinian home facing demolition. Today, a trial opens in Israel in a lawsuit brought by Corrie's family against the Israeli government. The eyewitness testimony is expected to challenge Israel's version of events with evidence that she was clearly visible to the soldiers, standing before the bulldozer in her florescent orange jacket. We spend the hour with Rachel Corrie's family: her father Craig, her mother Cindy, and her sister Sarah. [includes rush transcript]
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Headlines for March 10, 2010
Israel Announces Major Settlement Expansion Amid Biden Visit, NY Activists Protest Israeli Military Chief, Préval in US Ahead of Aid Request, EU: Climate Proposals Could Increase Emissions, India Advances Historic Measure on Women Lawmakers, Ex-UK Intel Chief: US Misled Allies on Treatment of Prisoners, Thousands Protest Insurers in DC , Utah Gov. Signs Anti-Abortion Measure, Study: Number of US Millionaires Increased 16% in 2009, Bank of America to End Overdraft Fees on Debit Purchases, 1st Gay Marriages Performed in DC, Veteran Activist Doris "Granny D" Haddock Dies at 100
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105,000 Tattoos: Iraqi Artist Wafaa Bilal Turns His Own Body into a Canvas to Commemorate Dead Iraqis & Americans
The official death toll from the war is 100,000, but it is widely estimated to be much higher, perhaps even as high as one million. In his latest piece of artwork, Iraqi American artist Wafaa Bilal tries to grapple with the enormity of these numbers. It's a twenty-four-hour live tattooing performance called "...and Counting" that began at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts gallery in New York Monday night. By tonight Bilal's back will be tattooed with the names of Iraqi cities, 5,000 red dots representing dead American soldiers and 100,000 dots in invisible ink representing the official death toll for Iraqis. The dots representing the Iraqi death toll will only be visible under ultraviolet light. [includes rush transcript]
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The Real Climategate: Conservation Groups Align with World's Worst Polluters
Major environmental groups are coming under criticism from within their own ranks for taking positions that some say are antithetical to their stated missions of saving the planet. In the latest issue of The Nation magazine, the British journalist Johann Hari writes, "As we confront the biggest ecological crisis in human history, many of the green organizations meant to be leading the fight are busy shoveling up hard cash from the world's worst polluters -- and burying science-based environmentalism in return…In the middle of a swirl of bogus climate scandals trumped up by deniers, here is the real Climategate." [includes rush transcript]
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Headlines for March 9, 2010
Obama Campaigns for Healthcare Reform, Former Rep. Massa Claims He Was Forced Out over Healthcare Bill, Protests Planned Outside Health Insurance Company Meeting, Gates: “More Dark Days” Ahead in Afghanistan, Claim: Pentagon Peddled Misinformation about Attack on Marjah, Nigerians Bury Dead After Massacre, Greek PM Calls for Crackdown on Financial Speculators, Biden: US Ties to Israel Are “Unshakable”, Burmese Refugees in Bangladesh Face Starvation, UN Official Warns Against Full Body Airport Scanners, Midwestern Towns Sue Manufacturer of Atrazine Weedkiller, Interior Dept. Puts Off Listing Sage Grouse as Endangered Species, Obama Criticized for Adding Just Two Species to Endangered List, Conservationist Edgar Wayburn, 103, Dies
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Bloody Sunday: Thousands Mark Anniversary of 1965 Selma-Montgomery March
On Sunday, March 7th, 1965, Alabama state troopers and local police attacked a peaceful march by 600 civil rights demonstrators from Selma to Montgomery. The day would be remembered as Bloody Sunday. The marchers were just a few blocks into their planned route when they were tear-gassed and beaten by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River. Bloody Sunday was the first of three attempted marches from Selma to Montgomery, which was finally completed under federal protection and led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is widely credited with helping pass the 1965 Voting Rights Act. [includes rush transcript]
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During Oscar Acceptance Speech, Mo'Nique Cites Hattie McDaniel, First African American Academy Award Winner
Sunday was an historic day in Hollywood. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in history to win the best director award at the Oscars. Bigelow's film The Hurt Locker won a total of six Oscars, including best picture and best screenplay. And Geoffrey Fletcher became the first African American to win an Oscar for best writing. He won best adapted screenplay for the film Precious. Meanwhile, Mo'Nique won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role as Mary Jones in Precious. Mo'Nique is only the fifth black woman to win an acting Oscar. In her acceptance speech, she cited Hattie McDaniel, who won the same honor for Gone with the Wind seventy years ago. Hattie McDaniel was the first Academy Award ever given to a black performer. [includes rush transcript]
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