June 19, 2002
Download MP3 A Reparations Bill Before the New York City Council “Forty acres and a mule” was the unkept promise made to African Americans during the Reconstruction Period, following the Civil War. More than...
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June 18, 2002
Download MP3 Sharon Responds to Suicide Bombing with Call for Repression (4:10) A Palestinian Human Rights Attorney, Shawqi Issa was arrested yesterday by Israel. Issa is the executive director of a Palestinian human rights group...
June 17, 2002
Download MP3 Bush to CIA: Oust Hussein (3:42) The Washington Post reported yesterday that earlier this year, President Bush signed an intelligence order directing the CIA to conduct covert operations to topple Iraqi President...
June 14, 2002
Download MP3 G8 Meeting in Alberta (3:43) For the last two days, foreign ministers from the G8–the group of 8 most-industrialized nations–met in Whistler, British Columbia to prepare for the G8 summit in Alberta. Their...
June 13, 2002
Download MP3 Karzai Declared President Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed leader of the interim Afghan administration, can now call himself the victor of Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga. Karzai won the presidency after all his serious challengers...
June 12, 2002
Download MP3 Earth First! Wins FBI Suit (3:40) The verdicts are in and they add up to four-point-four million dollars for plaintiffs Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari in their lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland...
June 11, 2002
Download MP3 Karzai Could Remain President in Afghanistan (4:30) The Reuters news agency is reporting that interim leader Hamid Karzai has declared himself the President Elect of Afghanistan. Reuters quotes Karzai as saying “It...
June 10, 2002
Download MP3 Supposed “Dirty Bomber” The United States government has arrested Jose Padilla, a Chicago man on his return from a trip to Pakistan, alleging that he a member of Al Qaeda, and was...
June 07, 2002
Download MP3 Bush Announces Permanent Office of Homeland Security (6:09) In a ten-minute speech last night, President Bush told a national televised audience that he proposes to form a permanent Office of Homeland Security....
June 06, 2002
Download MP3 Justice Department Aims to Fingerprint Arab and Muslim Visitors to America Yesterday, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Justice Department regulations that would require 100,000 foreign students, tourists and other visitors to be...
