DN!: Obama Repudiates Rev. Wright//Politics of Rev. Wright Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:25:42 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST April 30, 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: Sat, 5/03 Burlington, VT Sat, 5/03 Barre, VT Sun, 5/04 Manchester, VT Sun, 5/04 Albany, NY Wed, 5/07 New York, 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!: * Obama Repudiates Ex-Pastor over Controversial Remarks * On Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama said he was "outraged" and "saddened" by "divisive and destructive" comments by his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Since the weekend, Reverend Wright has publicly defended himself after weeks of being lambasted by politicians and pundits for his sermons. We hear from both Obama's and Wright's speeches. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/30/obama_repudiates_ex_pastor * The Politics of the Rev. Wright Controversy: A Debate with Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Adolph Reed, Jr. * As the Reverend Wright controversy continues to dominate media attention, we host a debate with two guests. Melissa Harris-Lacewell is associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University. A Barack Obama supporter, she was a member of the Trinity United Church, and Reverend Wright was also her pastor. And Adolph Reed, Jr. is professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. He makes the case against voting for Senator Barack Obama in the latest issue of The Progressive magazine. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/30/the_politics_of_the_rev_wright * CorpWatch's Pratap Chatterjee and Ex-Titan Translator Marwan Mawiri on Corporate Cronyism and Intelligence Outsourcing in Iraq * CorpWatch Managing Editor Pratap Chatterjee has just returned from Iraq, where he was embedded with the US military and investigating the outsourcing of both military logistics and intelligence gathering. A new CorpWatch report offers a scathing assessment of intelligence contractors L-3 and Titan. 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