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Democracy Now! – August 8, 2011

“Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America”: Barbara Ehrenreich on the Job Crisis & Wealth Gap; The Battle for Egypt’s Media: Video Report on Press Freedom After the Revolution. Today’s Headlines     30 Elite U.S. Troops Killed After Helicopter is Shot Down in Afghanistan    Standard & Poor Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating for First … Continued


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Democracy Now! – August 5, 2011

Cargill Meat Recall Heightens Fears Budgets Cuts Will Weaken Oversight, Threaten Public Health; Secretive Corporate-Legislative Group ALEC Holds Annual Meeting to Rewrite State Laws; Secretive Corporate-Legislative Group ALEC Holds Annual Meeting to Rewrite State Laws; New Exposé Tracks ALEC-Private Prison Industry Effort to Replace Unionized Workers with Prison Labor; Jury Still Out on New Orleans … Continued


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Democracy Now! – August 4, 2011

Women Hurt Most by Debt Deal Cuts to Medicare, Social Security, Tuition; Guatemalan Soldiers Sentenced to 6,060 Years in Prison for Role in 1982 Massacre; Video Report from Cairo: Egyptians Celebrate as Mubarak Stands Trial for Murder, Corruption; Failed Education Reform in Chile Prompts Hunger Strikes, Protests by Thousands of Students. Today’s Headlines     Witnesses: … Continued


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Democracy Now! – August 3, 2011

Rep. Donna Edwards on Why She Voted Against Debt Deal: “A Bad Framework for the Future”; Economist Dean Baker Predicts A “Really Bad Deal or No Deal” from Deficit “Super Committee”; Syrian Forces Attack Civilians in Hama as U.N. Security Council Wavers on Condemning Crackdown; Thousands Protest Widening Inequality in Israel, But Calls Ignore Occupation … Continued


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Democracy Now! – August 2, 2011

After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street & Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal; As Ramadan Begins, Assad Regime Intensifies Deadly Crackdown on Syrian Protesters; Syrian Activist Razan Zaitouneh: Assad Regime the Lone “Terrorist Group” Inside Syria; Ahead of Mubarak Trial, Egyptian Forces Forcibly Remove Protesters from Tahrir Square. Today’s Headlines     House Backs Debt … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 28, 2011

Wealth Gap Between Minorities and White Americans Doubles After Housing Crisis, Recession; Richard Wolff: Debt Showdown is “Political Theater” Burdening Society’s Most Vulnerable. Today’s Headlines     United Nations Begins Emergency Aid Airlifts in Somalia    House GOP to Force Debt Ceiling Vote    IMF: Debt Deal Failure Would Have “Far-Reaching” Consequences    Constituents Flood Lawmakers with Concerns on … Continued


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Democracy Now! – July 27, 2011

Norwegian Shooting Suspect’s Views Echo Xenophobia of Right-Wing Extremists in U.S., Europe; Before Death, Acclaimed “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Author Stieg Larsson Lamented Right-Wing Extremism; Dave Zirin on NFL Players’ “Remarkable” Labor Victory and How the Bank Bailout Slam-Dunked the NBA. Today’s Headlines     U.N.: Horn of Africa Hunger Crisis to Worsen     Congressional … Continued


Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – July 26, 2011

Eyewitness to Norwegian Massacre: Survivor Recalls Attack at Island Youth Camp; Norway Attacks Reveal Growing Violent, Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Europe; Glenn Greenwald: Norway Attacks Expose U.S. Media’s Double Standard on “Terrorism”; EXCLUSIVE: Fired Army Whistleblower Receives $970K for Exposing Halliburton No-Bid Contract in Iraq. Today’s Headlines     U.N. Prepares to Airlift Food to Drought-Stricken Horn … Continued