Special Broadcast from Opening of Cuban Embassy in Washington as U.S.-Cuban Diplomatic Ties Restored; Danny Glover and Medea Benjamin on Assata, Guantánamo and Trade as Cuban Flag Rises in Washington.

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Special Broadcast from Opening of Cuban Embassy in Washington as U.S.-Cuban Diplomatic Ties Restored; Danny Glover and Medea Benjamin on Assata, Guantánamo and Trade as Cuban Flag Rises in Washington.
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
Former Iran Ambassador: Nuclear Deal is Model for Closing Path to Militarization and Weaponization;Mass Graves of Immigrants Found in Texas, But State Says No Laws Were Broken;Protests Erupt Outside of Greek Parliament as It Approves Harsh Austerity Measures in Bailout Deal
Juan González: Martin O’Malley Puts Forth Broadest Immigration Reform Plan of 2016 Campaign;Strange Bedfellows: Why Are the Koch Brothers & Van Jones Teaming Up to End Mass Incarceration?;PETA: SeaWorld Employee Infiltrated Animal Rights Group, Called for Grabbing “Pitchforks & Torches”
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
Psychologists Collaborated with CIA & Pentagon on Post-9/11 Torture Program, May Face Ethics Charges;With Historic Iran Nuclear Deal Expected, Can President Obama Sell It to Congress and the Public?
Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag;Mother of Eric Garner Praises New York’s Appointment of Special Prosecutor to Probe Police Killings;”A Hostage Situation”: Greece Yields to Austerity Demands Just Days After Historic “No” Vote
A Mounting Humanitarian Catastrophe in Yemen: War Death Toll Tops 3,000, Fear of Famine Grows;”A Sea Change”: With 100 Women in Congress, Lawmakers Go on Offensive with Landmark Pro-Choice Bill;The Next Steps on Cuba: Rep. Barbara Lee Pushes for End to Embargo & U.S Travel Restrictions;”These Should Not Be in America”: Democrats Aim to Remove … Continued
Matt Taibbi: Eric Holder Back to Wall Street-Tied Law Firm After Years of Refusing to Jail Bankers;The End of Encryption? NSA & FBI Seek New Backdoors Against Advice from Leading Security Experts;Has the World Abandoned Gaza? Region Remains in Ruins a Year After Deadly Israeli Assault
“A Europe of Equals”: Report from Athens as Greek Voters Seek Alternatives to Austerity;Economist Richard Wolff on Roots of Greek Crisis, Debt Relief & Rise of Anti-Capitalism in Europe;A Socialist Surge in the U.S.? Bernie Sanders Draws Record Crowds, Praises Greek Anti-Austerity Vote