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Democracy Now! – September 14, 2012
Could Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Help Romney Win Race? Up to 1 Million Voters Face Disenfranchisement; In Controversial Death Row Case, Pennsylvania Prepares to Execute Man Who Killed His Sexual Abusers; Pittsburgh Ban on Natural Gas Fracking Faces Challenge From State Authorities. HeadlinesSeptember 14, 2012 Protests over Anti-Islam Film Continue to Flare Across the … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 13, 2012
Middle East Protests at U.S. Embassies Spread in Uproar over Anti-Muslim U.S. Film; Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan on the Growing Mideast Protests and “Islam & the Arab Awakening”; As U.S. Inequality Widens, Scholar Cornel West and Broadcaster Tavis Smiley Launch Poverty Tour 2.0. HeadlinesSeptember 13, 2012 Protests Spread Across Middle East over Anti-Islam Film … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 12, 2012
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Killed as Anti-Islam Film Inflames “Repressed Social Forces” Post-Gaddafi; “500 Days”: Author Kurt Eichenwald’s New Account of How Bush Admin Ignored Warnings Before 9/11; Whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld Rewarded Record $104M for Exposing How UBS Helped Rich Evade Taxes. HeadlinesSeptember 12, 2012 U.S. Ambassador, 3 Staffers Killed in Libya in Outburst … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 11, 2012
Ex-Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman Speaks Out on Karl Rove, Witch Hunt Hours Before Returning to Jail; Thousands Rally in Chicago Teachers’ Strike, Pushing Back Against Corporate-Backed Education Reform; Chris Hedges: Dems Owe Chicago Public Teachers Support for “Most Important Labor Action in Decades”; Chris Hedges on 9/11, Touring U.S. Economic Disaster Zones in “Days of … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 10, 2012
Chicago Public Teachers Stage Historic Strike in Clash with Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Education Reforms; Striking Teachers, Parents Join Forces to Oppose “Corporate” Education Model in Chicago; Chicago Teachers Strike Could Portend Referendum on Obama Admin’s Approach to Education Reform; Infiltrating Occupy: Austin Activists Face Charges for Equipment Provided by Undercover Police; Disabled Athlete, Advocate … Continued