Sandra Bland Laid to Rest; First Black Judge in Waller County Demands Sheriff Resign over Her Death; StoryCorps Remembers Horrific “Traffic Stop” and Police Beating That Nearly Killed Alex Landau; “Collective Healing” at Nat’l Black Lives Matter Convergence Ends with Police Pepper-Spraying Teen; Obama Visits Ethiopia and Kenya, Land of His Father, to Discuss Counterterrorism, … Continued


A Victory for the People in Havana: Former Cuban Parliamentary Speaker Hails Restoration of Ties; Secret Talks & Sperm Deals: Sen. Patrick Leahy Details Back Story to Renewed U.S.-Cuban Ties; Is the Era of U.S.-Backed Anti-Castro Terrorism Over? Reflections on Restored Ties Between Nations; “Africa’s Pinochet”: Former U.S.-Backed Chadian Dictator Hissène Habré Faces War Crimes … Continued


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Democracy Now – July 17, 2015

The War on Drugs is a War on Minorities: Former El Reno Prison Inmate Freed by Obama Speaks Out;Outrage Grows After Mysterious Death of #BlackLivesMatter Activist Sandra Bland in Texas Jail;Newly Released Dash Cam Video Shows California Police Shooting Unarmed Man with Hands Up;Mass Shootings on the Rise: 4 Marines Killed in Tennessee While Aurora … Continued


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Democracy Now – July 14, 2015

Could Historic Iran Nuclear Deal Transform the Middle East?;#ThisIsACoup: Greeks Denounce Bailout Deal That Calls for New Round of Austerity;The Austerity Candidate? Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Launches Presidential Bid on Anti-Union Record;”Something Big Is Happening”: John Nichols on Bernie Sanders’ Surge and Rising Power of Movements;”Another Chance at Life”: Man Granted Clemency Last Year Reacts … Continued