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Sister Helen Prejean & Bill Pelke on Freeing the Death Row Prisoner Who Killed Pelke's Grandmother June 19, 2013
In a remarkable story on the journey from grief to forgiveness, Bill Pelke joins us along with renowned activist and "Dead Man Walking" author Sister Helen Prejean to discuss the latest victory for the movement against the death penalty. On Monday, the state of Indiana freed Paula Cooper, the Indiana woman convicted for the 1985 murder of Pelke […]
Mass Protests Sweep Brazil in Uproar over Public Services Cuts & High Costs of World Cup, Olympics June 19, 2013
Brazil is witnessing some of its largest protests in decades, after some 240,000 people protested Monday. Tens of thousands continue to take the streets. The demonstrations were initially sparked by an increase in bus fares in São Paulo, but the uprising soon spiraled nationwide amid outrage over government corruption, inequality, failing public services and […]
Defiant Turkish Demonstrators "Finding New Ways to Protest" in Face of Relentless State Crackdown June 19, 2013
The Turkish government is threatening to send armed troops into cities to quell the ongoing anti-government protests that have continued despite an increasingly violent state crackdown. On Tuesday, Turkish police arrested 87 people in a series of raids targeting those suspected of participating in weeks of anti-government rallies. The latest demonstrations i […]
Michael Hastings Dies at 33; Fearless Journalist Challenged Power & Exposed Myths of Afghan War June 19, 2013
The investigative journalist Michael Hastings has died at the age of 33 in a Los Angeles car crash. Reporting extensively from Iraq and Afghanistan, Hastings' widely read stories showed the grim realities of war. His 2010 Rolling Stone article on General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, sparked a political controversy after McChrys […]
Headlines for June 19, 2013 June 19, 2013
U.S., Taliban to Hold Direct Talks in Qatar, Karzai Suspends U.S. Talks over Taliban Concerns, Taliban Renounces Foreign Attacks, Opens Political Office in Doha, NATO Completes Transfer of "Security Control" to Afghan Forces, Intel Officials Tell Congress NSA Surveillance Helped Thwart Attacks, Obama Calls for Nuclear Weapon Reductions in Germany S […]
Glenn Greenwald: As Obama Makes "False" Surveillance Claims, Snowden Risks Life to Spark NSA Debate June 18, 2013
Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke the NSA surveillance story earlier this month, joins us one day after both President Obama and whistleblower Edward Snowden gave extensive interviews on the surveillance programs Snowden exposed and Obama is now forced to defend. Speaking to PBS, Obama distinguished his surveillance efforts from those of the […]