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Why Native Hawaiians Are Being “Pushed Out of Paradise” in Their Homeland
Adam Yamaguchi and Kerry Bree | CBS News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
4 Nov 2023 – Doreen Hall is among the thousands of native Hawaiians who decided to leave the state with her family because of rising prices. Each year, 15,000 native Hawaiians leave for the US mainland. There are fears that rebuilding from the wildfires from Maui will lead to even more displacement.
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On the History of the Black Power Movement in the USA
Mark Whitaker | CBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2023
Wallace: “Mr. Carmichael, if you had the chance to stand up in front of the white community and say to them, ‘Understand me, white man,’ what would you say?” Carmichael: “I would say, ‘Understand yourself, white man. You are the savages. Yes, it is you who have always been uncivilized. Civilize yourself.'”
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Leonardo Dicaprio’s Foundation Pledges $5 Million in Aid for Amazon Rainforest Fires
Christopher Brito – CBS News,
2 Sep 2019
26 Aug 2019 – Leonardo DiCaprio’s new environmental foundation, Earth Alliance, has made an initial pledge of $5 million to help fight the raging fires devastating the Amazon rainforest. The Oscar-winner’s organization, which made the announcement over the weekend, addresses urgent threats against the planet.
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Study Links Fukushima Disaster to Spike in Infant Heart Surgeries
Lucy Craft – CBS News,
25 Mar 2019
14 Mar 2019 — As Japan marks the eight-year anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that claimed some 22,000 lives, a new study suggests it could still be having a serious impact on the nation’s health. The disaster caused by the killer wave at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been linked by the research to a significant spike in infant heart surgeries.
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The Alzheimer’s Laboratory
CBS News | 60 Minutes – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2016
27 Nov 2016 – Colombia is home to the largest concentration of people in the world who carry a rare gene that makes them 100 percent certain to develop Alzheimer’s disease. It strikes when people are in their mid-40s and leads to demise a few decades later–generations on end.
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Syrian President Bashar al Assad Charlie Rose Interview
CBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2013
PBS’ Charlie Rose interviews Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, September 9 in a special presentation. In this global television exclusive, Assad gives his only television interview since President Barack Obama asked Congress to approve the use of force against the Syrian regime for alleged use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people.
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Margaret Brennan, CBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2013
“People cannot borrow. People do not have credit cards; people do not have a purchasing facility,” said Muhannad Hadi, the Regional Emergency Coordinator for the World Food Program. “We have gotten to the stage where people receive food from the World Food Program inside Syria or they don’t eat. It is very simple. There is no other way.”
→ read full articleA U.S. Double-Standard for Bahrain?
John Bentley – CBS News,
27 Feb 2012
At least 35 people were killed during protests in February-March 2011, according to Amnesty International. More than 20 have died since then in the ongoing protests; dozens of people have been reportedly tortured. Bahrain has cracked down on allowing foreign and independent journalists in the country, recently detaining reporters from CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press, and the BBC for several hours before letting them into the country. Unlike the rulers in Egypt, Libya and Syria, the U.S. has not called for King al Khalifa to step down. The State Department has instead issued a much milder rebuke, asking Bahrain to “exercise restraint and operate within the rule of law and international judicial standards.”
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Hillary Clinton on Gaddafi: ‘We Came, We Saw, He Died’ (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
CBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Oct 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared a laugh with a television news reporter moments after hearing deposed Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi had been killed. “We came, we saw, he died,” she joked when told of news reports of Qaddafi’s death by an aide in between formal interviews.
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CBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2011
Julian Assange appeared on 60 Minutes on 30 Jan 2011 in his longest televised interview while in house arrest in England. One of the most interesting aspects of the interview: behind-the-scenes shots of Assange and colleagues, mundanely sitting around a kitchen table on laptops that presumably contain some of the most explosive secrets on earth.
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CBS News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Mar 2011
Julian Assange appeared on 60 Minutes on 30 Jan 2011 in his longest televised interview while in house arrest in England. One of the most interesting aspects of the interview: behind-the-scenes shots of Assange and colleagues, mundanely sitting around a kitchen table on laptops that presumably contain some of the most explosive secrets on earth.
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