DN!: Dr. Paul Farmer Challenges Profit-Driven Medical System While Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 14:20:52 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 28, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Commit your tax rebate to peace media - donate to Democracy Now! * Your support makes it possible to continue this broadcast and train a new generation of independent journalists. Please give today at http://www.democracynow.org/contribute/donate_money = = = = = = = = = * Jobs at DN! * Democracy Now! is hiring for the following positions: Archivist Manager for Spanish Programming & Outreach Outreach & Publicity Director For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs = = = = = = = = = * 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." The "Standing Up to the Madness" tour continues. Upcoming events: Fri, 5/30 Los Angeles, CA Amy Goodman will do an in-booth signing Friday, May 30, 2008, 11 am to noon, at the BookExpo America in Los Angeles at the Haymarket Books booth (Booth 2108). Haymarket Books will be giving away a sample CD of Amy and David Goodman's 10-disc audio book: The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them (Unabridged Audio CD), forthcoming from Haymarket Books via CBSD: http://www.cbsd.com/inventory.aspx?id=1653635 For more details on the Book Expo visit: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/ Fri, 5/30 Grass Valley, CA WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Grass Valley Veteran's Memorial Hall (Vet's Hall), 255 South Auburn Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945 DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalist Amy Goodman. TICKETS: $10 KVMR Members, $15 General Sat, 5/31 Davis, CA WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Sciences Lecture Hall, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616. DESCRIPTION: Amy Goodman will interview a group of former Guantanamo prisoners live before a large Davis audience. The interview will be carried out through video conference (the former prisoners will be in their native Sudan). The event is a benefit for the Guantanamo Testimonials Project. TICKETS: $10 tickets can be purchased online (tickets.com), by phone (753 752 1915) or in person (UC Davis Freeborn Hall or the Davis Farmers Market). Thu, 6/5 Minneapolis, MN Fri, 6/6 Minneapolis, MN Sun, 6/8 Minneapolis, MN Find your event and use our "Email to a Friend" system to help spread the word. See http://tour.democracynow.org for details = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Dr. Paul Farmer Challenges Profit-Driven Medical System While Bringing Healthcare to Poor Communities Worldwide * Paul Farmer is not your ordinary doctor. In going to the poorest places on earth, he is not only treating patients, but challenging whole healthcare systems. More than twenty year ago, Dr. Farmer co-founded the charity Partners in Health to provide free medical care in central Haiti. Today, Partners In Health provides healthcare for people with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other conditions in Haiti and eight other countries around the world. We spend the hour with Dr. Farmer on his work, his remarkable background and the challenges of pursuing healthcare with a social justice perspective. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/28/dr_paul_farmer_challenges_profit * Headlines for May 28, 2008 * Nepal to Abolish Monarchy, Declare Republic PTSD Rises 46% Among US Troops Ex-Press Secretary: White House Manipulated Public on Iraq Grand Jury Hears Iraqi Witnesses in Blackwater Case 20 Burmese Arrested Protesting Suu Kyi Detention Group: Children in Conflict Zones Face Sexual Abuse from Peacekeepers, Aid Workers McCain Distances from Bush on Policy, Joins Him at Fundraiser Obama Accepts Clinton Explanation on RFK Comment Archbishop Tutu Visits Gaza to Begin Killing Probe Palestinians, Israelis Protest Expansion of Separation Wall Ex-Diplomat: US Planning Iran Strike Trial Begins for Ex-Argentine Army Chief Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/28/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, May 28, 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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