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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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- Fox News seeks to silence one of its own over $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit March 21, 2023The network says it had to seek a restraining order against producer Abby Grossberg after she threatened to reveal what it calls "privileged information" in a case brought by Dominion Voting Systems.David Folkenflik
- The Supreme Court wrestles with questions over the Navajo Nation's water rights March 20, 2023Almost a third of the reservation's 170,000 residents lack access to clean, reliable drinking water. The tribe wants to be able to represent itself in litigation over the Colorado River.Becky Sullivan
- What France's revolt over raising the retirement age says about the attitude to work March 20, 2023France is in turmoil over President Emmanuel Macron's move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.Manuela López Restrepo
- U.S. aid worker and French journalist freed after years in captivity in West Africa March 20, 2023Jeff Woodke, an American missionary and humanitarian aid worker, was kidnapped by militants in 2016. Olivier Dubois, who was a correspondent for French news outlets, was kidnapped in 2021.Juliana Kim
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- A Looming Trump Indictment Takes Center Stage for the GOP March 21, 2023Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida spoke on Monday about Donald Trump’s expected indictment, as Republicans weighed whether to heed the former president’s call to protest.Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Annie Karni
- Alvin Bragg Appears Poised to Indict Trump, Touching Off a Political Storm March 20, 2023Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, appears poised to indict former President Donald J. Trump, and the political firestorm has already begun.Jonah E. Bromwich
- DeSantis Breaks Silence on Trump and Criticizes Manhattan D.A. March 20, 2023The Florida governor, who had refrained for days from weighing in on the potential indictment of his likely 2024 rival, accused the Manhattan district attorney of political motivations.Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
- Trump Grand Jury Hears From Lawyer Who Assails Cohen’s Credibility March 20, 2023Robert J. Costello, a former legal adviser to Michael Cohen, said after testifying, “I told the grand jury that this guy couldn’t tell the truth if you put a gun to his head.”Ben Protess, Sean Piccoli and Kate Christobek
- Putin and Xi Celebrate Ties Unbroken by Russia’s War in Ukraine March 20, 2023President Vladimir V. Putin welcomed Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, to Russia, briefly noting Beijing’s peace plan for Ukraine but stressing Moscow and Beijing’s enduring partnership.Valerie Hopkins, Chris Buckley and Anton Troianovski
- A Looming Trump Indictment Takes Center Stage for the GOP March 21, 2023
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- Her case ended in a joyful airport reunion, but the future of asylum is uncertainAfter years of separation, the woman once known only as Ms. A.B. has reunited with her children. It's the latest twist in a legal case that is deeply intertwined with the asylum debate in the U.S.Joel Rose
- The memories of the start of the U.S. war in Iraq remain alive for eyewitnessesTwenty years have passed since the U.S. invaded Iraq. Four people who witnessed it firsthand share their impressions.(STATIONS NOTE: Story includes descriptions of trauma and violence.)Linah Mohammad
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- US urges Xi to press Putin over 'war crimes' in UkraineThe Chinese and Russian leaders meet again on Tuesday during Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow.
- Ukraine says Russian missiles destroyed in CrimeaIf confirmed as a Ukrainian attack, it would be a rare foray into the occupied region.
- Met Police: Women and children failed by 'boys' club', review finds.The Met is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic, Baroness Casey's damning report finds.
- Zhao Weiguo: Chinese regulator accuses chip tycoon of corruptionZhao Weiguo formerly headed Tsinghua Unigroup, which was one of China's leading chipmakers.
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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
- Panel to Start Writing Social Security Bill April 24, 2005Five months after President Bush launched his drive to overhaul Social Security, the difficult, if not impossible, task of drafting legislation begins Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee holds the first hearing on options to secure Social Security's future.Jonathan Weisman
- 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
- U.S. Loan Proposed to Rescue Alaska Power Plant April 24, 2005Years ago, the federal government spent $117 million on an experimental "clean coal" power plant in Alaska designed to generate electricity with a minimum of air pollution -- but the project never got up and running.Justin Blum
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