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Democracy Now! – June 16, 2014

As Obama Considers Drone Strikes in Iraq, Could U.S. Military Action Worsen Sectarian Conflict? Dave Zirin on the World Cup You Won’t See on TV: Protests, Tear Gas, Displaced Favela Residents. HeadlinesJune 16, 2014     U.S. Considers Talks with Iran over Widening Iraq Crisis    Manning Criticizes Limits on Media Coverage of U.S. Wars    Kenya: Gunmen … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 13, 2014

Children on the Run: U.S. Detains Thousands of Young Migrants Seeking Safety, Family Reunification; Report from Iraq: U.S. Invasion in 2003 Helped Set Path for Crisis Pulling Nation Apart. HeadlinesJune 13, 2014     Iraq Crisis Deepens as ISIS Militants Gain Ground    Letters Reveal Bergdahl’s Complaints About Conditions in Afghanistan    Brazil: Protests Erupt on Opening Day … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 12, 2014

Iraq in Crisis: Militant Advance Sparks Mass Displacement as “Failed” U.S. Experiment Disintegrates; In Sisi’s Egypt, Leading Dissident Gets 15-Year Term as Al Jazeera Reporter Languishes Behind Bars. HeadlinesJune 12, 2014     Iraq Faces Disintegration as Militants Seize More Towns    U.S. Resumes Drone Strikes in Pakistan, Killing 14    Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Sentenced to … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 11, 2014

Eric Cantor Suffers Historic GOP Primary Loss in Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Corporate Backlash; Debate: Is Human Rights Watch Too Close to U.S. Gov’t to Criticize its Foreign Policy? HeadlinesJune 11, 2014     Cantor Loses GOP Primary in Historic Upset    Graham Wins South Carolina Primary    Student, Gunman Dead in Oregon High School Shooting    Obama: Congress “Should Be Ashamed” … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 10, 2014

As Right-Wing Shooting Rampages Grow, U.S. Revives Domestic Terror Unit Shelved After 9/11; As Taliban Attacks Karachi Airport Again, Could Pakistan Fall Into Civil War With Militants? As Obama Moves to Cap Student Debt Payments, Activists Push For Broader Write-Off of Crushing Loans; Is College Worth It? New Doc “Ivory Tower” Tackles Higher Ed’s Unsustainable … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 9, 2014

Remembering Maya Angelou: Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey Pay Tribute to Legendary Poet; Freed From Prison, Bahraini Activist Nabeel Rajab Urges U.S. to Stop Backing Regime’s Crackdown. HeadlinesJune 9, 2014     Pakistani Taliban Claim Responsibility for Deadly Airport Attack    Ex-Military Leader Sisi Sworn-In as Egyptian President    5 Dead in Las Vegas Shooting Rampage    Bergdahl … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 6, 2014

The Inside Story of Bowe Bergdahl: Afghan War Vet Matthew Farwell on “America’s Last POW”; As U.S. Frees Five Taliban Members, Questions Remain Over Future of Guantánamo. HeadlinesJune 6, 2014     Report: Bergdahl Tried to Escape Taliban Captors Twice    Nigeria: Boko Haram Militants Slaughter Hundreds of Villagers    Canada: Man Kills 3 Police in Shooting Rampage    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 5, 2014

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s Idaho Hometown Cancels “Welcome Home” Celebration as Backlash Grows; Veteran: Politicians Using Freed POW Bowe Bergdahl as “Chess Piece to Win Political Matches”; Seattle’s Socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant Hails Historic Vote For $15/Hour Minimum Wage; EPA Moves to Cut Coal Pollution, But Critics Say Plan Falls Short on Real Emissions … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 4, 2014

“There Were No Good Options”: Bergdahl Should Get Honorable Discharge, Says Lawyer for Deserters; Is Bowe Bergdahl a Deserter? If Freed POW Left Post, He Joins Ranks of Soldiers Moved by Conscience; 5 Years After Dr. George Tiller’s Murder, A Doctor Braves Threats to Continue Abortions in Wichita. HeadlinesJune 4, 2014     Military to Probe … Continued


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Democracy Now! – June 3, 2014

Father of Freed U.S. Soldier: “Nobody Can Relate to Guantánamo Prisoners More Than Our Family”; Reporter: Bowe Bergdahl’s Fellow Soldiers Questioned Afghan War More Than He Did; Former Guantánamo Chief Prosecutor Defends American POW-Taliban Prisoner Swap; After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal, Will Obama Jail New York Times Reporter James Risen? HeadlinesJune 3, 2014     Obama … Continued