Headlines for February 6, 2007 - Senate Republicans Block Vote on Iraq Resolution - Iranian Diplomat Kidnapped In Baghdad - President Bush: "Good Signs" in Iraq - Video Shows US Pilot Bombing UK Convoy in Iraq - UN Closes Schools in Gaza - Tens of Thousands March in Oaxaca, Mexico - 10 Arrested in Peace Protest At Sen. McCain's Office - Kucinich Calls for Department of Peace |
Los Titulares de Hoy: Democracy Now!'s daily news summary translated into Spanish |
Hidden Costs of War: Long-Term Price of Providing Veterans Medical Care Could Reach $660 Billion Over 200,000 soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have been treated at Veterans Affairs medical facilities thus far, with 900,000 still deployed on active duty. A new study from Harvard University predicts that the cost of medical care and compensation benefits for returning veterans will skyrocket once those troops return home. [includes rush transcript] | |
Peace Activists Launch The Occupation Project: A Campaign of Sustained Nonviolent Civil Disobedience to End the Iraq War Kathy Kelly joins us hours after being released from jail. She was one of ten people arrested in Sen. McCain's office in Washington. Eight more were arrested in the Illinois offices of Senators Obama and Durbin. Kelly just returned from two months living and working with Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan. [includes rush transcript] | |
Two Longtime Chicago Journalists On The Rise of Sen. Barack Obama Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet and Salim Muwakkil, senior editor of In These Times, discuss how Obama rose from a community organizer in Illinois to a state legislator to a Senator to a presidential candidate. [includes rush transcript] | |
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Monday, February 5th, 2007 | Listen/Watch | Purchase Video/CD- Headlines for February 5, 2007
- Los Titulares de Hoy: Democracy Now!'s daily news summary translated into Spanish
- Ralph Nader on Why He Might Run In 2008, the Iraq War & the New Documentary "An Unreasonable Man"
- “American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion”
- Headlines for February 2, 2007
- Los Titulares de Hoy: Democracy Now!'s daily news summary translated into Spanish
- The Case of Ali al-Marri: Can the Bush Administration Indefinitely Detain Legal Residents Without Charge?
- German Arrest Warrants for CIA Kidnapping, Torture of Khaled El-Masri Come as US Extraordinary Rendition Scrutinized Around the Globe
- Former CIA Inspector General Calls for End to “Illegal”, “Immoral” Extraordinary Rendition Program
- Do Chavez’s New Decree Powers Undermine Venezuelan Democracy? A Debate
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