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Expert Views on Guantanamo Controversey: Journalist Andy Worthington and Attorney Jon Eisenberg

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As political leaders attack Obama for swap of Taliban prisoners and ignore important related issues, we talk with journalist Andy Worthington about the Bergdahl trade and lawyer Jon Eisenberg about the legal battle over force-feeding Gitmo hunger strikers. Continue reading Expert Views on Guantanamo Controversey: Journalist Andy Worthington and Attorney Jon Eisenberg

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PBC News & Comment: Guantanamo Tops the News, Mostly for the Wrong Reasons

As Guantanamo controversy builds, we get straight information from journalist Andy Worthington and attorney Jon Eisenberg on force feeding disputes…… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Guantanamo Tops the News, Mostly for the Wrong Reasons

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Medical Cannabis Activist Steve DeAngelo Comments on House Vote to Block Prosecutions of Legal Dispensaries


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Steve DeAngelo is co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit Harborside Health Center, and joins us to comment on the House amendment that blocks funding for prosecution of state-legal medical cannabis dispensaries. Continue reading Medical Cannabis Activist Steve DeAngelo Comments on House Vote to Block Prosecutions of Legal Dispensaries

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PBC News & Comment: Gen. Shinseki and Jay Carney Quit Obama Administration

Quittin’ Time in DC: no surprise, Shinseki resigns.  Unexpectedly, spokesman Jay Carney quits, to spend more time lying to his family…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Gen. Shinseki and Jay Carney Quit Obama Administration

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PBC News & Comment: Pressure Builds to Dump Gen. Shinseki, But That Won’t Fix the V.A.

Pressure builds on Obama to fire VA chief Gen. Shinseki, but the hypo-critics in Congress won’t cough up needed funding Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Pressure Builds to Dump Gen. Shinseki, But That Won’t Fix the V.A.

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Lesbian Professor Suzanna D. Walters Will Reshape Your Thinking About Gay Liberation

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Suzanna Danuta Walters is Director of Northeastern U.’s Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Professor of Sociology, and joins us to talk about her new book The Tolerance Trap.  Warning: the book and this interview may disturb conventional thinking, and mess with your mind! Continue reading Lesbian Professor Suzanna D. Walters Will Reshape Your Thinking About Gay Liberation

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PBC News & Comment: In West Point Speech, Obama Tries to Recalibrate Failed Foreign Policy

Obama derides Bush Doctrine as “naive and unsustainable” and articulates his own doctrine, which he mostly fails to follow…… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: In West Point Speech, Obama Tries to Recalibrate Failed Foreign Policy