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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Domestic Terrorism When it comes to terrorism, should we be more worried about North Carolina than Syria? U.S. citizens have committed 80 percent of terrorist attacks in this country since 9/11, according to a study by the New America Foundation. And a disproportionate number of homegrown religious extremists come from North and South Carolina. Memorial to the victims of the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015 Photo: The All-Nite Images
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
GMO Bill Passes the House The House passed a bill that blocks state and local governments from requiring labels on foods that contain GMOs—genetically modified organisms. Here in California, three years ago, Monsanto spent $46 million to beat back a ballot proposition requiring GMO labeling. How safe or unsafe are GMOs? And who should we listen to when it comes to deciding if they’re OK to eat?
To the Point
Another Mass Shooting in a Divided Country In Chattanooga today, a Marine general and a Navy admiral remembered the four Marines and one sailor killed by a Muslim gunman last week as "heroes." The FBI has 250 agents on the scene and others running down some 400 leads around the world. The shooter is being regarded as "a homegrown violent extremist, who acted on his own… with nobody assisting him on that day." When a self-described white supremacist gunned down nine black people in a Charleston church, official national mourning began immediately. When a young Muslim man killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, it took the President five days to lower the flags on government buildings. Military supporters are angry, calling it evidence of estrangement between the armed services and a society that takes them for granted. Call it "terrorism" or "an act of war," they expect more such incidents to come. What's the likely impact on a rapidly changing South?
Which Way, L.A.?
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Dismissed A judge in Manhattan today ordered the dismissal of all criminal charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn , though a civil lawsuit remains. The former head of the International Monetary Fund was accused of sexually assaulting a maid in a New York hotel three months ago. The case made headlines around the world, prompted a huge debate in France, where Strauss-Kahn had planned to run for president, and raised questions about the treatment of victims in sexual assault cases. Will Saletan is national correspondent for Slate magazine.
To the Point
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Dismissed A judge in Manhattan today ordered the dismissal of all criminal charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn , though a civil lawsuit remains. The former head of the International Monetary Fund was accused of sexually assaulting a maid in a New York hotel three months ago. The case made headlines around the world, prompted a huge debate in France, where Strauss-Kahn had planned to run for president, and raised questions about the treatment of victims in sexual assault cases. Will Saletan is national correspondent for Slate magazine.
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To the Point
What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
To the Point
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