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Democracy Now! – May 21, 2014

The Guantánamo “Suicides” Revisited: Did CIA Hide Deaths of Tortured Prisoners at Secret Site? Facing Senate Uproar, Obama Admin to Release Memo Justifying Drone Killings of Americans Overseas; Koch Brothers Exposed: The Chilling New Documentary Republicans Don’t Want You to See; Behind the Koch Brothers: New Book Spills the Secrets of Nation’s Most Powerful & … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 20, 2014

Sen. Al Franken: Media Mega-Mergers and FCC Rollback of Net Neutrality Threaten Democracy; Too Big To Jail? Credit Suisse Bank Pleads Guilty to Decades of Tax Evasion, But Execs Avoid Prison; As Another Major Bank Avoids Jail, Occupy Wall Street Protester Cecily McMillan Gets 3-Month Term; Snowden Docs Reveal NSA, DEA Teamed Up to Record … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 19, 2014

“The Most Important Journalist You’ve Never Heard Of”: Remembering William Worthy (1921-2014). HeadlinesMay 19, 2014     Dozens Killed, Thousands Displaced in Record Balkans Flooding    Renegade Forces Launch Attacks in 2 Libyan Cities    West African Countries Declare “War” on Boko Haram    Funerals Held for Slain Palestinian Nakba Demonstrators    California Gov. Expects “Worst” Ever Drought Following Wildfires    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 15, 2014

Debate: As FCC Votes on Internet’s Future, What’s the Best Way to Protect Net Neutrality? “We Have to Stop This Inequality”: Fast-Food Worker Strike Spreads to Dozens of Cities; Walmart & Contractor Settle $21M Wage Theft Suit, Days After Obama Praises Penny-Pinching Retailer. HeadlinesMay 15, 2014     Nigeria Rules Out Boko Haram Prisoner Swap    U.S. … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 14, 2014

“Right Out of a Spy Movie”: Glenn Greenwald on First Secret Meeting with NSA Leaker Edward Snowden;Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Corporate Media is “Neutered, Impotent and Obsolete.” HeadlinesMay 14, 2014     Nigeria Opens Door to Talks with Boko Haram on Kidnapped Girls    Over 200 Killed in Turkish Mining Blast    U.N. Envoy for Syria Resigns After 2 … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 13, 2014

“Collect It All”: Glenn Greenwald on NSA Bugging Tech Hardware, Economic Espionage & Spying on U.N.; “The Stuff I Saw Really Began to Disturb Me”: How the U.S. Drone War Pushed Snowden to Leak NSA Docs. HeadlinesMay 13, 2014     U.S. Flies Surveillance Planes over Nigeria to Search for Missing Girls    Nigeria Rejects Prisoner Swap … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 12, 2014

After Chaotic Autonomy Votes, Negotiations Could Be Sole Path to Prevent Ukraine’s Disintegration; Did CIA’s Fake Polio Vaccination Program in Pakistan Help Fuel a Global Health Emergency?With First Images Since Kidnapping, Boko Haram Offers to Swap Nigerian Schoolgirls for Prisoners. HeadlinesMay 12, 2014     Boko Haram Offers Prisoner Swap for Kidnapped Girls    Nigerian President: Girls … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 9, 2014

Marijuana Refugees: Virginia Family Moves to Colorado to Treat Epileptic Child with Cannabis Oil; As Marijuana Refugees Flock to Colorado, Will Medical Community Force Rewriting of U.S. Drug Laws? HeadlinesMay 9, 2014     U.N., Amnesty Find Mass Atrocities in South Sudan    U.S. Officials Arrive in Nigeria to Aid Search for Kidnapped Girls    Witnesses: Ethiopian Forces … Continued


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Democracy Now! – May 8, 2014

As UN Torture Committee Probes Vatican, Sex-Abuse Survivors Urge Church to End Decades-Long Cover-up; Protestant Church Faces New Sex-Abuse Scandal as Victims Defy Threats, Censorship to Speak Out; After Abuse Under State Supervision, Transgender Connecticut Teen Held in Solitary Without Charge. HeadlinesMay 8, 2014     Over 300 Killed in New Massacre by Boko Haram    “Bring … Continued