DN!: Broadcast Exclusive: Ousted Arabic School Principal Speaks Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:02:38 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST April 29, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Amy Goodman on Tour - 12th Anniversary of Democracy Now! Standing Up to the Madness Tour * Amy Goodman has written her third book with her brother David, titled "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times" Upcoming events: Tues, 4/29 Phoenix, AZ WHEN: 1:30-3:00 PM WHERE: Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S McClintock Dr., Tempe, AZ 85283 DESCRIPTION: A talk by Amy Goodman, with book signing to follow. TICKETS: FREE Tues, 4/29 Fresno, CA WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Unitarian Church, 2672 Alluvial at Chestnut DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalist Amy Goodman. TICKETS: $10 General Admission, $5 Recession ticket. Call 559-233-2221 for ticket info. Sat, 5/03 Burlington, VT Sat, 5/03 Barre, VT Sun, 5/04 Manchester, VT Sun, 5/04 Albany, NY Find your event and use our "Email to a Friend" system to help spread the word. See http://tour.democracynow.org for details = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Outreach Director For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE...Ousted NYC Arabic School Principal Debbie Almontaser Speaks Out on the New McCarthyism & Rightwing Media Attacks * Debbie Almontaser was forced to step down in August 2007 as the founding principal of the Khalil Gibran School, New York City's first public school dedicated to the study of Arabic language and culture. Her resignation followed a rightwing campaign that painted her as an educator with a militant Islamic agenda. In a Democracy Now! exclusive, Debbie Almontaser joins us in her first national broadcast interview since stepping down and suing the city. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/29/broadcast_exclusiveousted_nyc_arabic * West Virginia Grandfather Takes on the Coal Industry: Ed Wiley on His Battle Against Mountaintop Removal Mining * It's been described as "the government-sanctioned bombing of Appalachia." The controversial coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal has been used widely in West Virginia. The technique involves blasting off the tops of mountains and dumping the rubble into valleys and streams. Its use has expanded under the Bush administration. We speak with Ed Wiley, one of the leading activists behind the grassroots effort to stop mountaintop removal in West Virginia. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/29/west_virginia_grandfather_takes * Headlines for April 29, 2008 * Supreme Court Upholds Voter ID Law House Democrats Prepare New War Funding Bill April Becomes Deadliest Month Since September for US Troops Mourners Bury Palestinian Family Killed in Bombing Rev. Wright Responds to Critics & Defends Sermons Blackwater to Build Facility Near Mexican Border UN Officals: Biofuels Are a "Crime Against Humanity" OPEC: Oil Prices Could Hit $200 a Barrel Shell & BP Report Record Profits Number of Vacant Homes in US Reach 18.6 Million Longshoremen to Shut West Coast Ports on May 1 to Protest War Antonin Scalia: Torture Is Not "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/29/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, April 29, 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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