DN!: Studs Terkel at 95: "Ordinary People Are Capable of Doing Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:24:37 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 16, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Give 'Em Hell, Mr. Terkel" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070515_give_em_hell_mr_terkel/ note that this news site, Truthdig, allows readers to post comments. Consider posting your own. Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Democracy Now Seeks Full-time Outreach Organizer We're looking to add an experienced organizer to our outreach team who is committed to making Democracy Now! a household name and bringing the program to new stations. visit http://democracynow.org/jobs.shtml for more information. TV News Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Studs Terkel At 95: ³Ordinary People Are Capable of Doing Extraordinary Things, and Thatıs What Itıs All About. They Must Count!² * Celebrations and tributes are taking place across the country to mark the 95th birthday of Studs Terkel, the legendary radio broadcaster, oral historian and author. The Chicago History Museum is hosting a party today in honor of Studs and a skywriter will fly over the city to spell out happy birthday wishes. WFMT - the local station Studs long called his radio home and where he is known as the "resident free spirit" - will devote the entire day's programming to him. Studs Terkel joins us from a studio in Chicago for a wide-ranging conversation about his life, his work and his thoughts on the past century. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/140218 * Headlines for May 16, 2007 * - Bush Taps General To Be "War Czar" - Ex-Dept Justice Office: Ashcroft Opposed Wiretapping Program - 41 Palestinians Killed in Internal Fighting - UN Official Blocked From Visiting NJ Immigration Jail - Christian Evangelical Leader Jerry Falwell, 73, Dies - Prosecutors Want Environmental Activists Sentenced as Terrorists - U.S. Urges Ethiopia To Keep Troops in Somalia Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/140212 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Wednesday, May 16, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/1811233 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Thursday, May 17, 2007: TBA = = = = = = = = = DN! AT 10! 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