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Big Tobacco & the Historians: Nation 2/25

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Forty historians testify for Big Tobacco when they are sued by smokers with cancer; two testify against.  Why the disparity?
A story about seduction — and intimidation — featuring charges of witness tampering, witness intimidation, and subpoenas for unfinished book manuscripts — examples of how Big Tobacco can spend virtually unlimited money when they are challenged [...]

KFPK Wed. 2/24: Fund Drive/Guest Host

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For the record: the KPFK fund drive will feature a guest host at 4pm today.

KFPK Wed. 2/17: Fund Drive/Guest Host

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For the record: the KPFK fund drive will feature a guest host at 4pm today.

Amy Wilentz: Back from Haiti — KPFK Wed. 2/10

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AMY WILENTZ has returned from a week in Haiti. “the problem is this,” she writes: “will people care about Haiti the way they did about New Orleans?  for the next three or four years, until the job gets done?”   She’ll talk about lessons from the streets [...]

KPFK Wed. 2/3: Fund Drive/Guest Host

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For the record: the KPFK fund drive will feature a guest host today at 4pm.