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Baltimore
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Activist Tom Hayden on Police Brutality Protests in 1960s vs. Baltimore
Post date:In 2015, "Democracy Now!" spoke to civil rights and anti-war activist Tom Hayden, who died this week at age 76, about the protests in Baltimore and around the country over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.
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The 1% Economy: The World's Richest 62 People Now Have as Much as Poorest 3.6 Billion
Post date:A new report from Oxfam on global inequality finds the world's richest 62 billionaires now own as much wealth as half the world. The report singles out deregulation, privatization and offshore tax havens that have let trillions of dollars go untaxed.
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How the Kochs Tried to Discredit Reporter Jane Mayer After She Exposed Their Operations
Post date:In 2010, Jane Mayer published an extensive profile of the billionaire Koch brothers in The New Yorker, exploring their quiet effort to funnel more than $100 million to right-wing causes. Six years later, Mayer reveals her subjects responded by hiring a...
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Former U.S. Captive in Iran Hails Prisoner Exchange Just as Nuclear Deal Eases Crippling Sanctions
Post date:The United States and Iran have conducted a prisoner exchange just as the historic nuclear deal took effect this weekend. "Democracy Now!" is joined by Shane Bauer, a journalist who spent 26 months in Tehran's Evin Prison, to discuss the exchange
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As California Methane Leak Displaces Thousands, Will U.S. Regulate Natural Gas Sites Nationwide?
Post date:Today is day 84 of a runaway natural gas leak above L.A. that has emitted more than 150 million pounds of methane. Nearly 3,000 families in the community of Porter Ranch have been relocated into temporary housing, and the leak has raised concerns about...
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Amid Armed Oregon Standoff, Report Finds 'Skyrocketing' Number of Anti-Gov't Militia Groups
Post date:The armed occupation of a federally owned wildlife outpost in remote Oregon has entered its fourth day. The occupation stems from a fight over public lands in the West and comes as a new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found the number of mil...
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Saudi Arabia Executes 47 People Including Shiite Cleric
Post date:After Saudi Arabia executed Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday along with 46 others, protesters in the Iranian capital of Tehran responded by torching part of the Saudi Embassy.
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Erin Brockovich: California Methane Gas Leak is Worst U.S. Environmental Disaster Since BP Oil Spill
Post date:In the nation's biggest environmental disaster since the BP oil spill, a runaway natural gas leak above L.A. has emitted more than 150 million pounds of methane. Thousands of residents in the community of Porter Ranch have been evacuated. The company r...
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police violence
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New Study Shows Police Have Killed At Least 1,152 in 2015
Post date:A year-end report from the Mapping Police Violence research project says police nationwide killed at least 1,152 people in 2015. In 14 cities, every single police victim was African-American.
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How Climate Inequality Hurts the Most Vulnerable and Least Responsible
Post date:A new report by Oxfam has found the richest 10 percent of the world's population produce half of the Earth's climate-harming fossil fuel emissions. "Democracy Now!" speaks with the report's author, Tim Gore, on food, land rights, and climate change.
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Paris
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France: Protests Remain Banned Outside of 21st U.N. Climate Change Summit
Post date:Outside the summit facilities, protests continued to be banned across France. French President François Hollande has condemned the protests, calling it "scandalous" that they would protest at the Place de la Republique.
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Naomi Klein: Leaders' Inaction on Climate Crisis is 'Violence' Against the Planet
Post date:Ahead of the 21st UN climate change conference in Paris, more than 170 nations submitted plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. "Democracy Now!" discusses what's at stake in Paris and how activists are responding with bestselling author Naomi Klein.
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Hostage Situation at Hotel in Bamako
Post date:Suspected Islamist militants stormed a luxury hotel in the Mali capital of Bamako, and took over 180 people hostage.
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Human Rights Watch Decries Efforts to Reject People Fleeing Wars in Syria & Iraq
Post date:Friday's deadly attacks in Paris have set off a storm of calls to close borders and reject refugees fleeing Syria, where over 4 million people have already left the war-torn country.
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France: 7 Detained, 2 Killed in Raid Seeking Paris Attack Suspect
Post date:In France, at least seven people have been detained and two have been killed after a series of gun battles and a police raid on an apartment in a northern suburb of Paris.
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California State University
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Cousin of CSU Long Beach Student Killed in Paris Attacks Speaks Out
Post date:On Sunday more than 1,000 people overflowed a ballroom at California State University, Long Beach to honor Nohemà González, the 23-year-old student who was shot dead on Friday during the Paris attacks. "Democracy Now!" speaks with González' cousin, ...
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Beirut Bombings: Dozens Killed in ISIL Attack on Thursday
Post date:The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for one of the worst attacks to hit Beirut in years. On Thursday, at least 43 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in a double suicide attack on a civilian neighborhood in Beirut.
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In Nationwide Student Revolt over Campus Racism, NY's Ithaca College is Latest School to Erupt
Post date:On Wednesday, thousands of faculty, students, and staff staged a walkout to call for the resignation of President Tom Rochon, who protesters accuse of responding inadequately to racist incidents.
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Iraq
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Iraq: Kurdish Forces Launch Offensive Against ISIL
Post date:Up to 7,500 Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by U.S.-led warplanes have launched an offensive against the self-proclaimed Islamic State in northern Iraq.
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U. of Missouri President Resigns amid Protests over Campus Racism
Post date:University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe has resigned after mass protests over his handling of racism on campus. For weeks, African-American students staged demonstrations over what they called a lax response to racial slurs and vandalism.