“Pardon me brother, as you stand in your glory. I hope you don’t mind, if I tell the whole story.”
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield playing the “Save the Children” benefit concert in Chicago 1972.
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- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It was a bad week for dictators, and a good one for international justice. Two brutal, U.S.-backed dictators who ruled decades ago were convicted for crimes they committed while in power. Hissene Habre took control of the northern African nation of Chad in 1982, and unleashed a reign of terror against his own people, killi […]
- Dave Zirin & Jules Boykoff on the 2016 Rio Olympics & Brazil’s Collapsing Political System June 1, 2016We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics." In early August, more than 10,000 athletes across the world will convene in Rio de Janeiro's […]
- "I Want the World to Wake Up": Hiroshima Survivor Criticizes Obama for Pushing New Nuclear Weapons May 27, 2016Extended interview with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing, about the bombing of 1945 and her push to eliminate nuclear weapons. On August 6, 1945, Thurlow was at school in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on a civilian population. She has been an anti-nuclear activist for decades. Watch Part 1
- Peace Activist and Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein Dies at 91 May 27, 2016Holocaust survivor and peace activist Hedy Epstein has died at the age of 91. Epstein was born in Germany and left in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England. Her parents died in Auschwitz. She later returned to Germany to work as a research analyst for the prosecution during the Nuremberg trials. She was involved in civil rights and antiwar movements throughou […]
- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention to a New Level May 26, 2016By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Thursday, Jan. 28, was a cold morning in Durham, North Carolina. Wildin David Guillen Acosta went outside to head to school, but never made it. He was thrown to the ground and arrested by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ). He has been in detention ever since. Wildin, now 19 years old, fled his home […]
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- Banking On Busy Summer Travel Season, Airlines Add More Flights And New Routes May 7, 2021Amid a sudden surge in demand for domestic travel, especially to beach destinations and national parks, decimated airlines are adding service to new markets as they try to inch back to profitability.David Schaper
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- Vaccination Against COVID 'Does Not Mean Immunity' For People With Organ Transplants May 7, 2021For most people, COVID-19 vaccines promise a return to something akin to normal life. But for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have a transplanted organ, it's a different story.Maria Godoy
- Keisha Lance Bottoms Won't Run For Reelection As Atlanta Mayor May 7, 2021Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, 51, will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. Friday on her decision not to run for reelection as the city's leader.Jaclyn Diaz
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- Florida and Texas Join the March to Restrict Voting Access May 7, 2021The efforts in two critical battleground states with booming populations and 70 Electoral College votes between them represent the apex of the Republican effort to roll back access to voting.Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein
- Arizona Election Results Review Is Riddled With Flaws, Says Official May 7, 2021Arizona’s top election official said the effort ordered by Republican state senators leaves ballots unattended and lacks basic safeguards to protect the process from manipulation.Michael Wines
- F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women May 7, 2021The case had examined whether Donald Trump violated election law with a $130,000 payment shortly before the 2016 election to a pornographic-film actress by his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.Shane Goldmacher
- Stefanik Moves to Oust Cheney, Resurfacing False Election Claims May 6, 2021Republicans say Liz Cheney, their No. 3, is being targeted because she won’t stay quiet about Donald J. Trump’s election lies. Her would-be replacement is campaigning on them.Catie Edmondson and Luke Broadwater
- Baltimore Vaccine Plant’s Troubles Ripple Across Africa, Europe and Canada May 6, 2021Millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine produced by Emergent BioSolutions have been held back in Europe, South Africa and Canada as a precaution.Chris Hamby, Sharon LaFraniere and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
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- A Remote Work Revolution Is Underway — But Not For EveryoneIt's not just tech companies embracing work-from-home for the post-pandemic era. But manufacturers like Ford also have to consider the huge swathes of their workforce that simply can't work remotely.Camila Domonoske
- 'TCM Reframed' Looks At Beloved Old Movies Through Modern EyesTurner Classic Movies' Reframed series aims to provide context and conversation around canonical films that have been revealed as problematic by contemporary standards.Audie Cornish
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- The NBA Season That WasThis week we speak to the Athletic’s national NBA columnist about the 2018-2019 NBA season that has come and gone and whether anyone has a chance to upset the set up against the Warriors. We talk the Washington Wizards troubles, Lebron’s first year in Los Angeles, and MVP picks. We also have ‘Choice Words’ on the plan to demolish the San Jose State track and […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- The Wild and Crazy USFLThis week we speak to NY Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman about his book Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL. We go into the league’s history, why it went under, and lessons to be learned from its eventual demise. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about proposed cuts to the Special Olympics and we have the same person getting t […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- NCAA Exploitation Word AssociationThis week we speak to DC-based sports journalist and editor Patrick Hruby about the rot that envelops the NCAA, more visible than ever this March. We do all this through the prism of word association, talking coaches, players, apparel companies, and the NCAA. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Mike Trout’s mega contract. We then got ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- The Attack on Trans AthletesThis week we speak to Katie Barnes of ESPNW about the right wing movement against trans athletes particularly trans women, recent comments by tennis legend Martina Navratilova, and we get their thoughts about the future of the struggle as well. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Russell Westbrook’s confrontation with a so-called fan in Utah. Also we’ve got ‘ […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
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- Covid: Concern increases over India variant in UKHealth experts want the version B.1.617.2 to be made a "variant of concern", the BBC has been told.
- 'They have guns but we have people': Inside Myanmar's Spring RevolutionA musician and his sister in Yangon have been filming for the BBC in Myanmar in the aftermath of a coup.
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- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
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- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
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- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. The House Majority Leader has said that his expenses on a 2000 trip were paid by a nonprofit organization, and that the financial arrangements for it were proper.R. Jeffrey Smith
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- DNC Is Told Where to Move Into Bush Bloc April 24, 2005Howard Dean's Democratic National Committee has been studying the electorate, and the party's problem with voters of faith is both worse and better than he feared.Dan Balz
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