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Democracy Now! – April 17, 2014
“We Are Not Beginning a New Cold War, We Are Well Into It”: Stephen Cohen on Russia-Ukraine Crisis; Fixing the Electoral College: New York Joins Pact to Elect President by Popular Vote; Former Drone Operators Reveal Air Force Plays Key Role in Secret CIA Assassination Campaign. HeadlinesApril 17, 2014 Ukraine, Separatists Clash as Geneva … Continued
Democracy Now! – April 16, 2014
Was Kansas Shooting Avoidable? White Supremacist Was Ex-Informant With Criminal Past & Hateful Views; New York Drops Police Unit that Spied on Muslims, But Will it End Broader Profiling & Surveillance? Killing Nature’s Defenders: Study Finds Global Surge in Murders of Environmental Activists. HeadlinesApril 16, 2014 Ukraine, Pro-Russian Separatists Clash on Eve of Talks … Continued
Democracy Now! – April 15, 2014
Who Goes to Jail? Matt Taibbi on American Injustice Gap from Wall Street to Main Street; War Tax Resisters Mark April 15 With Call to Stop Military Spending. HeadlinesApril 15, 2014 Ukraine Says Anti-Separatist Operation Underway; U.S. Threatens New Sanctions on Russia Nigeria Bus Bomb Toll Jumps to 71, 124 Wounded Ex-Klan Member Charged … Continued
Democracy Now! – April 14, 2014
“This Award is for Snowden”: Greenwald, Poitras Accept Polk Honor for Exposing NSA Surveillance; “We Won’t Succumb to Threats”: Journalists Return to U.S. For First Time Since Revealing NSA Spying; Polk Winner on Afghanistan: Slain Journalists, Ghost Polls & Unresolved U.S. Ties to Deaths, Torture. HeadlinesApril 14, 2014 Ex-KKK Member Shoots Dead 3 at … Continued
Democracy Now! – April 11, 2014
Momentum on Fossil Fuel Divestment Grows as Harvard Professors, Desmond Tutu Call for Action; “Years of Living Dangerously”: James Cameron, Matt Damon, Harrison Ford in TV Climate Change Serie; “Imagine Living in a Socialist USA”: New Book Envisions Greater Democracy, World Without Capitalism. HeadlinesApril 11, 2014 Senate Report Finds CIA Exceeded Legal Authority, Misled … Continued
Democracy Now! – April 10, 2014
As Deportations Top 2 Million, Should Activists Push For Executive Order or Congressional Action? Wall Street’s Land Grab: Firms Amass Rental Empire, Ousting Tenants & Threatening New Housing Crisis; Not a Bug Splat: Artists Confront U.S. Drone Operators With Giant Picture of Pakistani Child. HeadlinesApril 10, 2014 Pennsylvania High School Stabbing Victims in Critical … Continued
Democracy Now! – April 9, 2014
Is India on a Totalitarian Path? Arundhati Roy on Corporatism, Nationalism and World’s Largest Vote. HeadlinesApril 9, 2014 Eastern Ukraine Standoff Continues; U.S.-Russia to Join New Talks Kerry, McCain Spar over Obama’s Handling of Ukraine Drought, Funding Gap Threaten Worsening Hunger Crisis in Syria Pillay: Assad Regime Behind Bulk of Atrocities in Syria Conflict … Continued
Democracy Now! – April 8, 2014
All the Presidents’ Bankers: Nomi Prins on the Secret History of Washington-Wall Street Collusio; “We Can’t Just Give a Blank Check”: Lawmakers Call for Ending Secrecy of U.S. Intel’s Black Budget; “Science Does Not Exist on Capitol Hill”: Rep. Peter Welch on House GOP’s Climate Change Denial; Can Any Court Hold U.S. Accountable For Killing … Continued
Democracy Now! – April 7, 2014
Sy Hersh Reveals Potential Turkish Role in Syria Chemical Strike That Almost Sparked U.S. Bombing; 20 Years Later, Rwanda Commemorates Genocide the World Ignored; Refusing to Call it Genocide: Documents Show Clinton Administration Ignored Mass Killings in Rwanda. HeadlinesApril 7, 2014 Nationwide Protests Call for End to Mass Deportation Obama Criticizes GOP Budget; ACA … Continued