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U.S. Ambassador to Libya Killed as Anti-Islam Film Inflames “Repressed Social Forces” Post-Gaddafi; “500 Days”: Author Kurt Eichenwald’s New Account of How Bush Admin Ignored Warnings Before 9/11; Whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld Rewarded Record $104M for Exposing How UBS Helped Rich Evade Taxes. HeadlinesSeptember 12, 2012 U.S. Ambassador, 3 Staffers Killed in Libya in Outburst … Continued
Ex-Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman Speaks Out on Karl Rove, Witch Hunt Hours Before Returning to Jail; Thousands Rally in Chicago Teachers’ Strike, Pushing Back Against Corporate-Backed Education Reform; Chris Hedges: Dems Owe Chicago Public Teachers Support for “Most Important Labor Action in Decades”; Chris Hedges on 9/11, Touring U.S. Economic Disaster Zones in “Days of … Continued
Chicago Public Teachers Stage Historic Strike in Clash with Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Education Reforms; Striking Teachers, Parents Join Forces to Oppose “Corporate” Education Model in Chicago; Chicago Teachers Strike Could Portend Referendum on Obama Admin’s Approach to Education Reform; Infiltrating Occupy: Austin Activists Face Charges for Equipment Provided by Undercover Police; Disabled Athlete, Advocate … Continued
Obama Accepts Democratic Nomination for Re-Election with Appeal for More Time to Bring Change; “Effective Evil” or Progressives’ Best Hope? Glen Ford vs. Michael Eric Dyson on Obama’s Presidency; Accepting Democratic Nomination, Obama Pledges to Revive U.S. Economy While Protecting the Environment; South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool on Obama, Miners and Confronting Islamophobia in the … Continued
Sandra Fluke Takes Fight for Women’s Health to DNC After Being Insulted for Contraception Advocacy; Lilly Ledbetter, Namesake of Fair Pay Act: From Discrimination Victim to Champion of Wage Equality; NAACP’s Ben Jealous on the Voting Rights Battles That Could Roll Back Gains and Decide 2012 Election; As DNC Pushes Through Jerusalem Vote, Critics Ask … Continued
DNC Begins with Fair Pay Advocate Lilly Ledbetter, Mayor Julián Castro and First Lady Michelle Obama; Undocumented Activists Arrested Outside DNC After Cross-Country Journey for Immigration Reform; Political Party Time: Corporations, Donors With Billions at Stake Fund Lavish Events at DNC; At DNC, Ex-Presidential Hopefuls Jesse Jackson and Dennis Kucinich on 2012 Race, Obama’s First … Continued
Ahead of Charlotte DNC, Hundreds Protest Corporate Giants in “March on Wall Street South”; Grassroots Leader Rev. Dr. William Barber on the Fight for Voting, Civil Rights in North Carolina; Baldemar Velasquez Draws on Years of Farm Worker Organizing to Continue Struggle in Anti-Union South; Bright Lights of Charlotte’s DNC Cast Shadow Over City’s Poor … Continued
Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win–and Now Protect–Voting Rights in U.S.
Backed by Record Campaign War Chest, Romney Accepts GOP Presidential Nomination in Tampa; Top GOP Strategist Karl Rove Loses Cool Under Questioning from “Boss Rove” Author Craig Unger; Amy Goodman Questions Top GOP Donor David Koch: Does Concentration of Wealth Subvert Democracy?; Clint Eastwood Delivers Rambling RNC Speech Featuring “Invisible Obama” in Empty Chair; Glenn … Continued
Daughter of Billionaire GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson Pushes Democracy Now! Staff, Seizes Camera at RNC; Matt Taibbi: The Secret to Mitt Romney’s Fortune? Greed, Debt and Forcing Others to Foot the Bill; Inside the Convention: Questioning Republicans on Abortion, “Legitimate Rape” and Role of Government; GOP VP Nominee Paul Ryan Projects Folksy Appeal With Misleading … Continued
