DN!: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:10:09 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST March 21, 2008 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! has immediate job openings for: TV Producer/Editor For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming * Dr. James Hansen is widely regarded as the leading climate change scientist in the country. For the past twenty-five years, he has headed NASAšs Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Just over a year ago, Dr. Hansen went public with a charge that made headlines around the world‹that the Bush administration had been trying to silence his warnings about the urgent need to address climate change. Dr. Hansen joins us in our firehouse studio. His story is detailed in a new book by author Mark Bowen titled Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming. Mark Bowen joins us from Massachusetts. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/21/censoring_science_inside_the * Al-Arian Enters 19th Day of Hunger Strike in Protest of "Government Harassment" * Jailed Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian has entered the nineteenth day of a hunger strike to protest what he calls continued government harassment. He was brought before a third grand jury Thursday, but did not testify. We speak with Al-Arianšs eldest daughter, Laila, and his local counsel in Virginia, Will Olson. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/21/al_arian_enters_19th_day_of * Headlines for March 21, 2008 * Rise in Staple Prices Outpacing Luxury Goods Gov. Richardson to Endorse Obama State Dept. Employees Fired for Obama File Breach Obama, Clinton, McCain Address War Iraqi Families Turn Down Blackwater Compensation Offer for Nisour Slayings Soldier Deaths Lead to Probe of KBR US Toll in Iraq Approaches 4,000 Dalai Lama Calls for China Talks on Tibet Crisis Italian Judge Orders Resumption of CIA Kidnap Trial Ex-SLA Member Released from Jail Fruit Giant Chiquita Sued for Colombia Deaths US Immigration Agent Arrested for Sexual Blackmail Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/21/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, March 21, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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