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105,000 Tattoos: Iraqi Artist Wafaa Bilal Turns His Own Body into a Canvas to Commemorate Dead Iraqis & Americans
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March 9, 2010 - 6:37 am
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The official death toll from the war is 100,000, but it is widely estimated to be much higher, perhaps even as high as one million. In his latest piece of artwork, Iraqi American artist Wafaa Bilal tries to grapple with the enormity of these numbers. It’s a twenty-four-hour live tattooing performance called “…and Counting” that began at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts gallery in New York Monday night. By tonight Bilal’s back will be tattooed with the names of Iraqi cities, 5,000 red dots representing dead American soldiers and 100,000 dots in invisible ink representing the official death toll for Iraqis. The dots representing the Iraqi death toll will only be visible under ultraviolet light. [includes rush transcript]
The Real Climategate: Conservation Groups Align with World’s Worst Polluters
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March 9, 2010 - 6:12 am
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Major environmental groups are coming under criticism from within their own ranks for taking positions that some say are antithetical to their stated missions of saving the planet. In the latest issue of The Nation magazine, the British journalist Johann Hari writes, “As we confront the biggest ecological crisis in human history, many of the green organizations meant to be leading the fight are busy shoveling up hard cash from the world’s worst polluters — and burying science-based environmentalism in return…In the middle of a swirl of bogus climate scandals trumped up by deniers, here is the real Climategate.” [includes rush transcript]
Headlines for March 9, 2010
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March 9, 2010 - 6:00 am
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Obama Campaigns for Healthcare Reform, Former Rep. Massa Claims He Was Forced Out over Healthcare Bill, Protests Planned Outside Health Insurance Company Meeting, Gates: “More Dark Days” Ahead in Afghanistan, Claim: Pentagon Peddled Misinformation about Attack on Marjah, Nigerians Bury Dead After Massacre, Greek PM Calls for Crackdown on Financial Speculators, Biden: US Ties to Israel Are “Unshakable”, Burmese Refugees in Bangladesh Face Starvation, UN Official Warns Against Full Body Airport Scanners, Midwestern Towns Sue Manufacturer of Atrazine Weedkiller, Interior Dept. Puts Off Listing Sage Grouse as Endangered Species, Obama Criticized for Adding Just Two Species to Endangered List, Conservationist Edgar Wayburn, 103, Dies
Bloody Sunday: Thousands Mark Anniversary of 1965 Selma-Montgomery March
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March 8, 2010 - 6:53 am
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On Sunday, March 7th, 1965, Alabama state troopers and local police attacked a peaceful march by 600 civil rights demonstrators from Selma to Montgomery. The day would be remembered as Bloody Sunday. The marchers were just a few blocks into their planned route when they were tear-gassed and beaten by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River. Bloody Sunday was the first of three attempted marches from Selma to Montgomery, which was finally completed under federal protection and led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is widely credited with helping pass the 1965 Voting Rights Act. [includes rush transcript]
During Oscar Acceptance Speech, Mo’Nique Cites Hattie McDaniel, First African American Academy Award Winner
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March 8, 2010 - 6:50 am
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Sunday was an historic day in Hollywood. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in history to win the best director award at the Oscars. Bigelow’s film The Hurt Locker won a total of six Oscars, including best picture and best screenplay. And Geoffrey Fletcher became the first African American to win an Oscar for best writing. He won best adapted screenplay for the film Precious. Meanwhile, Mo’Nique won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role as Mary Jones in Precious. Mo’Nique is only the fifth black woman to win an acting Oscar. In her acceptance speech, she cited Hattie McDaniel, who won the same honor for Gone with the Wind seventy years ago. Hattie McDaniel was the first Academy Award ever given to a black performer. [includes rush transcript]
