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• September 07, 2010
• 8:44

  Elizabeth Warren Says Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, That She Might Head, Is Obama's "Strongest Financial Reform"

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  As a battle rages behind the scenes over who will head the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, we play a speech by bailout watchdog Elizabeth Warren, who has emerged as a frontrunner for the position. [includes rush transcript]

• 8:26

  Robert Scheer on _The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street_

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  We speak with veteran journalist and Truthdig editor, Robert Scheer, about his latest book, The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street. [includes rush transcript]

• 8:11

  Facing Poor Unemployment, Foreclosure & Bankruptcy Rates, Obama Campaigns on Economy in Lead-Up to Nov. Midterms

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  It’s the economy, stupid. As President Obama faces devastating unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy rates, with no end in sight, he’s begun a ten-week campaign around the country leading up the November midterm elections. We speak with John Nichols, the Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine, who says Obama should borrow a page from FDR and call for economic justice. [includes rush transcript]

• 8:00

  Headlines for September 7, 2010

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  • Obama Unveils $50B Infrastructure Proposal
  • Pakistani Towns Face New Flooding
  • Scores Killed in Pakistan Suicide Bombings
  • 7 Killed in Mozambique Food Protests; UN to Hold Summit on Rising Prices
  • Afghans Protest Church's Plan to Burn Quran
  • NATO Seeks 2,000 More Troops for Afghanistan
  • 12 Killed in US-Militant Gunfight in Baghdad
  • Bahrain Intensifies Crackdown on Opposition, Human Rights Groups
  • Israeli Foreign Minister: Peace Deal Impossible, Settlements to Resume
  • Castro Gives First Speech Since 2006
  • Blair Cancels London Book Signing over Antiwar Protests
  • Muslim Workers Accuse JBS Swift of Mistreatment, Discrimination
  • Regulators Exempted Mariner Wells from Environmental Review
  • Jefferson Thomas of Little Rock 9 Dies at 67
• September 06, 2010
• 8:30

  Michael Moore on His Life, His Films and His Activism

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  In a Democracy Now! special broadcast, we spend the hour with one of the most famous independent filmmakers in the world: Michael Moore. For the past twenty years, Michael has been one of the most politically active, provocative and successful documentary filmmakers in the business. His films include Roger & me; Fahrenheit 9/11; Bowling for Columbine, for which he won the Academy Award; and his latest, Capitalism: A Love Story.[includes rush transcript]

• September 03, 2010
• 8:51

  Flood Refugees in Karachi Relief Camp Complain of Government Corruption and Inefficiency

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  It’s been a month since torrential rains triggered the worst floods in Pakistan’s recent history. Nearly 20 million people are homeless or hungry, with one million people displaced in the past week alone. The official death toll is at 1,760 but is expected to rise as survivors are threatened by diseases. Madiha Tahir, a freelance journalist in Pakistan, files a report from the Razzaqabad relief camp in Karachi. [includes rush transcript]

• 8:45

  Study: CEOs Who Fired Most Workers Earned Highest Pay

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  A new study shows the CEOs who fired the most workers during the economic recession have also taken home the highest pay. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, the CEOs of the fifty corporations responsible for the worst layoffs were paid an average $12 million—42 percent more than the average for the Standard & Poor’s 500. [includes rush transcript]

• 8:22

  Educators Push Back Against Obama's "Business Model" for School Reforms

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  It’s back-to-school season. As millions of children around the country begin a new school year, the Obama administration is aggressively moving forward on a number of education initiatives, from expanding charter schools to implementing new national academic standards. We talk to Karen Lewis, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, and Lois Weiner, a professor of education at New Jersey City University. [includes rush transcript]

• 8:09

  Another Oil and Gas Rig Explosion in Gulf of Mexico Renews Calls for Offshore Drilling Ban

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  Another oil and gas rig exploded yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico, renewing calls for the government to impose a ban on offshore oil drilling. The fire broke out on a rig operated by Mariner Energy Thursday morning about 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast. The rig was anchored in 340 feet of water, relatively shallow compared to the BP Deepwater Horizon, which exploded in April setting off the worst oil spill in US history. [includes rush transcript]

• 8:00

  Headlines for September 3, 2010

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  • Another Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf of Mexico
  • BP: Denial of Drilling Permit Threatens Gulf Coast Claims
  • Calls Grow for Offshore Drilling Ban
  • US Accused of Killing 10 Afghan Civilians
  • Main Afghan Bank Faces Collapse
  • Slain US Army Chaplain Is First to Die in Combat Since Vietnam War
  • Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Agree to Further Talks
  • Settlers: "We Are Building" All Over West Bank
  • Companies Passing on More Healthcare Costs to Employees
  • 4 Accused of Coercing 400 Thai Workers into Forced Labor
  • LA Garment Factory to Pay Workers Unpaid Overtime, Allow Monitor
  • Environmentalist Sentenced to 4 Months for Accepting Facebook Friend Request