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Democracy Now! – June 10, 2013

“You’re Being Watched”: Edward Snowden Emerges as Source Behind Explosive Revelations of NSA Spying; Glenn Greenwald on How NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Helped Expose a “Massive Surveillance Apparatus”; “On a Slippery Slope to a Totalitarian State”: NSA Whistleblower Rejects Gov’t Defense of Spying. HeadlinesJune 10, 2013     NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Says He Acted to … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 7, 2013

 “A Massive Surveillance State”: Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails; EXCLUSIVE Nasser al-Awlaki to Obama: Why Did You Kill My U.S.-Born Son, Grandson in Drone Strikes? Inside the U.S. Dirty War in Yemen with Jeremy Scahill, Nasser al-Awlaki, Sheikh Fareed. HeadlinesJune 7, 2013     NSA Taps Into Google, Facebook, Apple Servers    Austria … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 6, 2013

NSA Whistleblowers: “All U.S. Citizens” Targeted By Surveillance Program, Not Just Verizon Customers; Obama-Backed Trans-Pacific Partnership Expands Corporate Lawsuits Against Nations for Lost Profits; Civil Rights Veteran Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Miss., Once a Center of Racial Abuses. HeadlinesJune 6, 2013     Verizon Handing over Millions of Phone Records in Broadest Gov’t Surveillance … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 5, 2013

As U.S. Deploys Patriot Missiles and F-16s to Jordan, Could Syrian Conflict Engulf the Middle East? Debate: Supreme Court OKs Unfettered DNA Collection — An Invasion of Privacy or a Blow to Crime? Jim Crow After Roe? How States Are Regulating Abortion Out of Existence & Widening Health Inequality HeadlinesJune 5, 2013     Turkey Protests … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 3, 2013

A Turkish Spring? Over 1,000 Injured as Anti-Government Protests Spread Outside of Istanbul; Bradley Manning Trial: After 3 Years, Army Whistleblower Begins Court Martial Shrouded in Secrecy. HeadlinesJune 3, 2013     Protests at Ft. Meade Ahead of Bradley Manning Trial    Guantánamo Prisoners Pen Open Letter to Military Doctors    13 Killed in Oklahoma Tornado    Fires Erupt … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 31, 2013

In Civil Rights Victory, Virginia Restores Voting Rights for Hundreds of Thousands Nonviolent Felons; As FBI Seeks Capture of Assata Shakur, NAACP Head Calls for U.S. Truth & Reconciliation Commission; Oscar López Rivera: After 32 Years in Prison, Calls Grow for Release of Puerto Rican Activist; our Years After Murder of Dr. George Tiller, His … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 30, 2013

Did Public Television Commit Self-Censorship to Appease Billionaire Funder David Koch? As Lawmakers Target Food Stamp Funding, New Report Finds 1 in 6 in U.S. are Going Hungry. HeadlinesMay 30, 2013     U.S. Soldier Reaches Plea Deal to Avoid Death Penalty for Afghan Massacre    U.K. Admits to Holding Dozens Without Charge in Afghanistan    Both Sides … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 28, 2013

Chicago to Shutter 50 Public Schools: Is Historic Mass Closure an Experiment in Privatization?; Obama Taps Billionaire Fundraiser Penny Pritzker for Commerce Despite Anti-Labor, Subprime Legacy; Poet, Author Alice Walker Meets the Inner Journey With Global Activism in “The Cushion in the Road.” HeadlinesMay 28, 2013     EU Ends Arms Embargo on Syria; McCain Visits … Continued