DN!: Two Years After Katrina//Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu Urge Stay of Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:47:50 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST August 29, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Abu Ghraib: One of Al's Claims to Fame" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070828_the_tortured_tenure_of_gonzales / 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 * Full-Time Senior TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * The Path to Destruction: Two Years After Katrina, Cleanup and Recovery Far From Complete * Today marks the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The storm ravaged the Gulf coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and left over 1,600 people dead. More than 300,000 homes were destroyed and over 770,000 people displaced. It was the most powerful and expensive natural disaster to hit the country and one of the deadliest hurricanes recorded in US history. We speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, John McQuaid. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/29/1514234 * Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu Urge Texas to Stay Execution of Kenneth Foster * Former President Jimmy Carter and South African archbishop Desmond Tutu have urged Texas to stop Thursday's scheduled execution of death row prisoner Kenneth Foster. Meanwhile, Foster's attorney has filed a last minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles meets today to decide Kenneth Foster's fate. We speak with Liliana Segura of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/29/1514242 * "The APA Has Long Been a Clan" - Psychologist, Author Mary Pipher Returns APA Award Over Interrogation Policy * "I think that the APA has long been a clan," said Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist and author of "Reviving Ophelia" among several other books. She returned her Presidential Citation award from the America Psychological Association in protest over the group's policy on military and CIA interrogations. "The top leadership, the people on the council have been there for decades. It's a very ingrown group of people and I think we probably need some new leadership in APA." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/29/1514245 * Headlines for August 29, 2007 * - Report: Admin to Request $50B More for Iraq War - Bush Threatens Iran Over ³Murderous Activities² - Lone Accused Officer Cleared of Abu Ghraib Abuse - Taliban, South Korea Reach Deal on Freeing Hostages - Ailing Palestinian Infant Dies Waiting at Israeli Crossing - Ex-Chilean Secret Police Chief Sentenced to Life in Prison - Number of Medically Uninsured Rises to 47 Million - U.S. Most Heavily Armed Country - GOP Sen. Craig Blames Media for Guilty Plea Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/29/1514222 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Wednesday, August 29, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ 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, August 30, 2007: * Democracy Now! broadcasts live from New Orleans on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina = = = = = = = = = DN! AT 10! TOUR DATES Amy and David Goodman and the DN! team are on tour. Visit http://tour.democracynow.org for more information. Forward tour dates to your friends & family! 9/05: Stanford, CA 9/08: San Francisco 9/10: New York, NY For more tour information: http://tour.democracynow.org/ = = = = = = = = = * Fall Internships * Democracy Now! is looking for interns for this fall in New York City. 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