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March 9, 2012- Report: U.S. Offers Israel Weapons to Stall Attack on Iran
- Iran Accused of Covering Up Alleged Nuclear Site
- Syrian Activists Reject Call for Assad Talks
- Greece Secures Debt Relief to Obtain Bailout
- Hundreds Rally for Palestinian Woman Prisoner on Hunger Strike
- Senate Rejects Bid to Speed Keystone XL Pipeline Approval
- DOJ Reviews NYPD Spying on Muslims
- Report: NYPD Spied on 3rd-Generation Muslim Americans
- Whistleblower: Bank of America Blocked Aid to Homeowners
- Georgia Senate Passes Bill Requiring Drug Tests for Welfare
- Haiti: Hundreds March to Demand Cholera Reparations
- Admin Orders Military Planning for Syria Intervention
- Syrian Minister Defects from Assad Gov’t
- U.N. Humanitarian Chief Visits "Completely Destroyed" Neighborhood in Homs
- 17 Killed in Iraq Attacks
- 6 U.K. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
- U.S. Probes Afghan Air Force for Drug, Weapons Trafficking
- Egypt: Court Cancels Death Penalty for Sole Policeman Tried in Protest Deaths
- Rollback of Reproductive Rights Advances in Multiple States
- Cuba to Avoid OAS Meeting Following U.S. Objection
- Report: Number of U.S. Hate Groups on the Rise
- Lawsuit Seeks Voting Rights for California Prisoners
- Stanford Convicted in $8 Billion Ponzi Scheme
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U.S. Faces Challenge to "Drug War" as Latin American Countries Mull Decriminalization, Legalization
As Vice President Joe Biden wraps up a trip to Central America insisting the drug war must continue, a growing number of Latin American leaders are calling for the decriminalization or legalization... -
"Beautiful Souls": Eyal Press on the Whistleblowers Who Risk All to "Heed the Voice of Conscience"
From corporate whistleblowers to Army refuseniks, a new book, "Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times," explores what compels... -
"El Librotraficante" Tony Diaz Defies Ethnic Studies Book Ban with Caravan to Arizona
Self-described book smuggler Tony Diaz, nicknamed "El Libro-Traficante," is set to launch a small caravan to bring carloads of controversial books into Arizona that were recently...
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Super Tuesday demonstrated the rancor rife in Republican ranks, as the four remaining major candidates slug it out to see how far to the right of President Barack Obama they can go. While attacking him for the high cost of gasoline, both sides are traveling down the same perilous road in their support of nuclear power.
Tomorrow we will interview New York Times reporter Nada Bakri, wife of recently deceased, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times foreign correspondent, Anthony Shadid. Before his tragic death last month, Shadid was set to release his new memoir, "House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East."
Amy Goodman interviews Joanne Griffith, the editor of "Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America," a new book partly inspired by some of the Pacifica Radio Archives’ historic recordings. [includes rush transcript]
