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2009
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Time Magazine is reporting that there “was little surprise among Afghanistan experts” at the recent New York Times report claiming that Afghan President Karzai’s brother is on the CIA payroll. It has been referred to in Afghanistan as an “open secret.” Now some members of Congress are asserting that the Central Intelligence Agency may have lied to them at …
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Oct
29
2009
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Several weeks ago, in response to a major campaign by conservative groups and Fox News against the community group ACORN, Congress voted to temporarily stop federal funding. The ban on funding expires this Saturday, October 31st, and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and its supporters are calling on the government not to renew the ban. …
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Oct
29
2009
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The Execution of Leon Czolgosz
Back in the day on October 29th, 1901, Leon Czolgosz was executed by the electric chair for the murder of President William McKinley. The self-proclaimed anarchist assassin had wrapped a .32 caliber revolver in a handkerchief on September 6th, 1901 as he waited for his target. President McKinley was receiving greeters at the …
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Oct
29
2009
“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.” — Hubert H Humphrey …
Oct
28
2009
South Asian history expert Vijay Prashad will analyze this week’s dramatic dual bombings in Pakistan and Afghanistan by the Taliban and what it means in the context of US war. And we’ll hear from human rights lawyer John Sifton on some new findings of the CIA’s secret prisons and detainee torture. And, progressives call on Congress to stop the witchhunt against ACORN – we’ll hear sound from a new video by Brave New Films. …
Oct
28
2009
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In a press conference on Monday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced proposed health care legislation that included a public option. Ending weeks of speculation, the Democrat from Nevada explained his decision this week by stating, “I believe that a public option can achieve the goal of bringing meaningful reform to our broken system.” Immediately after the …
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Oct
28
2009
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When the Disney company made claims years ago that its line of Baby Einstein videos would make infants and toddlers smarter, parents lined up to buy them. The marketing of the DVDs implied that they were educational despite no evidence to support it. In fact today pediatricians recommend absolutely no television for children under the age of 2. In …
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Oct
28
2009
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The multiple award winning independent feature film, Skin, directed by Anthony Fabian, tells the real-life story of Sandra Laing, a South African woman with dark skin and black curly hair, born to white Afrikaner parents in Apartheid South Africa, unaware of their own black ancestry. Skin is a reflection on the devastation of institutional racism exemplified by South …
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Oct
28
2009
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The Death of Camilo Cienfuegos
Back in the day on October 28th, 1959, Cuban revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos mysteriously died. The long bearded swashbuckler boarded an airplane flying from Camaguey to Havana fifty years ago when it disappeared over the ocean at night. The Cuban government immediately organized a massive search lasting days, but could not recover debris from …
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Oct
28
2009
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” — Nelson Mandela …
