Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

05.10.13 - 9:00am

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05.09.13 - 9:00am

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Did Police Negligence & Suspect Ariel Castro’s Unpunished Domestic Abuse Prolong Victims’ Captivity? Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, A Culture of “Toxic Masculinity” & Gender-Based Violence; Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation; Prosecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt in Genocide Trial. HeadlinesMay 9, 2013     … Continued

05.08.13 - 9:00am

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Pentagon Study Finds 26,000 Military Sexual Assaults Last Year, Over 70 Sex Crimes Per Day; Eduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Latin America’s “Open Veins,” on His New Book “Children of the Days.” HeadlinesMay 8, 2013     Neighbors: Police Ignored Warnings About Ohio Home Where Captives Were Freed    Ohio Kidnapping Victims Reunited with Family Members    Pentagon: Military … Continued

05.07.13 - 9:00am

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Robert Fisk on Syria’s Civil War, Chemical Weapons “Theater” & Obama’s Backing of Israeli Strikes; Mississippi to Execute Willie Manning Tonight After Rejecting DNA Tests & FBI’s Admission of Error; “Over the Line”: U.S. Agents Shooting Dead Innocent Mexicans Across the Border With Impunity. HeadlinesMay 7, 2013     Report: 196 Died Each Day in Syria … Continued

05.06.13 - 9:00am

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Michael Pollan on How Reclaiming Cooking Can Save Our Food System, Make Us Healthy & Grow Democracy. HeadlinesMay 6, 2013     Syria Calls Apparent Israeli Strikes “An Act of War”    Report: U.S., Allies Discussed Syria Strikes    U.N. Investigator: Syrian Rebels Likely Using Nerve Gas    Bangladesh Toll Hits 645; Murder Probe Begins    7 U.S. Troops Killed … Continued

05.03.13 - 9:00am

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Assata Shakur in Her Own Words: Rare Recording of Activist Named to FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List; Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorist List; As Migrant Toll Mounts, Mexicans Urge Obama to Put Human Rights at Center of Immigration Reform. HeadlinesMay 3, 2013     Bangladesh Garment Building … Continued

05.02.13 - 9:00am

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As U.S. Moves to Arm Syrian Rebels, Questions Raised About Reports of Chemical Weapons Attack; Punishing Vieques: Puerto Rico Struggles With Contamination 10 Years After Activists Expel U.S. Navy; Rep. José Serrano: Critical Latino Vote Has Changed the Equation in Washington’s Immigration Debate. HeadlinesMay 2, 2013     May Day Rallies Nationwide Back Immigrant, Labor Rights    … Continued

05.01.13 - 9:00am

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Obama Vows to Seek Guantánamo Closure, But Immediate Action Could Prevent Hunger Strikers’ Deaths; As Bangladesh Toll Hits 400, Calls Grow to Grant Workers the Same Protections as Labels They Make; Tennis Star Martina Navratilova, Among First “Out” Pro Athletes, Congratulates NBA’s Jason Collins. HeadlinesMay 1, 2013     Obama Renews Guantánamo Closure Vow, Defends Force-Feeding    … Continued

04.30.13 - 9:00am

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Isabel Allende on “Maya’s Notebook,” Drug Addiction, 1973 Chilean Coup & Death of Poet Pablo Neruda; Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of 4, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq. HeadlinesApril 30, 2013     Israeli Air Strike Kills Palestinian in Gaza    Explosion Rocks Syrian Capital Damascus    U.N. Seeks Firmer Evidence on Alleged Use … Continued

04.29.13 - 9:00am

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A Desperate Situation at Guantánamo: Over 130 Prisoners on Hunger Strike, Dozens Being Force-Fed; Forgotten Women of the War on Terror: Author Victoria Brittain on the Wives and Families Left Behind; Country Musician Willie Nelson Turns 80: “One Person Carrying a Message Can Change the World.” HeadlinesApril 29, 2013     Military Admits 100 Prisoners on … Continued