Democracy Now! – December 25, 2012
Dr. Gabor Maté on the Stress-Disease Connection, Addiction and the Destruction of American Childhood.

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Dr. Gabor Maté on the Stress-Disease Connection, Addiction and the Destruction of American Childhood.
Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win, and Now Protect, Voting Rights in U.S.
New Report Sheds Light on Bin Laden Murder, As Pakistan Faces Fallout from U.S.-Led Vaccination Plot; As the ANC Votes to Support BDS, A New Film Compares Life in Palestine to Apartheid South Africa; “End of the World”: Apocalypse or Shopocalypse? Reverend Billy on Consumerism and Climate Change. HeadlinesDecember 21, 2012 Victims of Sandy … Continued
Domestic Abuse Survivor Goldie Taylor on Giving Up Her Gun & the Unseen Plague of National Violence; Louisiana TV Station Fires Black Meteorologist for Responding to Viewer’s Barb About Her Hair; The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Bribe Its Way Through Expansion in Mexico. HeadlinesDecember 20, 2012 6 Massacre Victims Laid to … Continued
“We Have to Do Something”: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy on the Growing Push for Gun Control After Newtown; Rep. Raúl Grijalva Rejects Obama “Fiscal Cliff” Plan to Cut More from Social Security than Military; Michael Moore’s Poetic Plea to Obama: “Dear Mr. President, Please Let Leonard Peltier Come Home”; Exclusive: Leonard Peltier Speaks Out From Prison … Continued
As Newtown’s First Victims Are Buried, Washington Shows Signs of Life in Taking on Gun Lobby; New Town to Newtown: How ’96 Massacre Spurred Gun Laws in Australia — and No Mass Shootings Since; “Americans Kill People”: Michael Moore on Newtown, Mass Shootings, and the U.S. Culture of Violence; As NRA Hides From Public After … Continued
“We Can’t Tolerate This Anymore”: Obama Vows Action After Worst Grade School Massacre in U.S. History; Debate: After Newtown, Will Nation’s Worst-Ever Grade School Shooting Spur Tougher Gun Control?; Egypt’s Referendum Clears 1st Round, But Critics Seek Revote After Charges of Rigged Polls. Headlines First Funerals Held for Victims of Newtown Massacre Obama Vows … Continued
Matt Taibbi: After Laundering $800 Million in Drug Money, How Did HSBC Executives Avoid Jail?; Matt Taibbi on the Unfolding Libor Scandal and What Sen. DeMint’s Departure Means for Fractured GOP; Exclusive: Native American Activist Leonard Peltier’s Jailhouse Plea for Long-Denied Clemency; After Rebuff by Clinton, Actor Peter Coyote Joins New Push to Sway Obama … Continued