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Democracy Now! – April 16, 2014

Was Kansas Shooting Avoidable? White Supremacist Was Ex-Informant With Criminal Past & Hateful Views; New York Drops Police Unit that Spied on Muslims, But Will it End Broader Profiling & Surveillance? Killing Nature’s Defenders: Study Finds Global Surge in Murders of Environmental Activists. HeadlinesApril 16, 2014     Ukraine, Pro-Russian Separatists Clash on Eve of Talks    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – April 15, 2014

Who Goes to Jail? Matt Taibbi on American Injustice Gap from Wall Street to Main Street; War Tax Resisters Mark April 15 With Call to Stop Military Spending. HeadlinesApril 15, 2014     Ukraine Says Anti-Separatist Operation Underway; U.S. Threatens New Sanctions on Russia    Nigeria Bus Bomb Toll Jumps to 71, 124 Wounded    Ex-Klan Member Charged … Continued


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Democracy Now! – April 14, 2014

“This Award is for Snowden”: Greenwald, Poitras Accept Polk Honor for Exposing NSA Surveillance; “We Won’t Succumb to Threats”: Journalists Return to U.S. For First Time Since Revealing NSA Spying; Polk Winner on Afghanistan: Slain Journalists, Ghost Polls & Unresolved U.S. Ties to Deaths, Torture. HeadlinesApril 14, 2014     Ex-KKK Member Shoots Dead 3 at … Continued


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Democracy Now! – April 11, 2014

Momentum on Fossil Fuel Divestment Grows as Harvard Professors, Desmond Tutu Call for Action; “Years of Living Dangerously”: James Cameron, Matt Damon, Harrison Ford in TV Climate Change Serie; “Imagine Living in a Socialist USA”: New Book Envisions Greater Democracy, World Without Capitalism. HeadlinesApril 11, 2014     Senate Report Finds CIA Exceeded Legal Authority, Misled … Continued


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Democracy Now! – April 10, 2014

As Deportations Top 2 Million, Should Activists Push For Executive Order or Congressional Action? Wall Street’s Land Grab: Firms Amass Rental Empire, Ousting Tenants & Threatening New Housing Crisis; Not a Bug Splat: Artists Confront U.S. Drone Operators With Giant Picture of Pakistani Child. HeadlinesApril 10, 2014     Pennsylvania High School Stabbing Victims in Critical … Continued


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Democracy Now! – April 9, 2014

Is India on a Totalitarian Path? Arundhati Roy on Corporatism, Nationalism and World’s Largest Vote. HeadlinesApril 9, 2014     Eastern Ukraine Standoff Continues; U.S.-Russia to Join New Talks    Kerry, McCain Spar over Obama’s Handling of Ukraine    Drought, Funding Gap Threaten Worsening Hunger Crisis in Syria    Pillay: Assad Regime Behind Bulk of Atrocities in Syria Conflict    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – April 8, 2014

All the Presidents’ Bankers: Nomi Prins on the Secret History of Washington-Wall Street Collusio; “We Can’t Just Give a Blank Check”: Lawmakers Call for Ending Secrecy of U.S. Intel’s Black Budget; “Science Does Not Exist on Capitol Hill”: Rep. Peter Welch on House GOP’s Climate Change Denial; Can Any Court Hold U.S. Accountable For Killing … Continued


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Democracy Now! – April 7, 2014

Sy Hersh Reveals Potential Turkish Role in Syria Chemical Strike That Almost Sparked U.S. Bombing; 20 Years Later, Rwanda Commemorates Genocide the World Ignored; Refusing to Call it Genocide: Documents Show Clinton Administration Ignored Mass Killings in Rwanda. HeadlinesApril 7, 2014     Nationwide Protests Call for End to Mass Deportation    Obama Criticizes GOP Budget; ACA … Continued