Watch our extended interview with Evan Young, 2015 valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School in Longmont, Colorado. His principal prevented him from delivering his graduation speech in which he planned to out himself as gay. On Sunday night, Young finally gave what would have been his graduation speech, and was recognized by Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colorado), whose district includes Boulder and Longmont. Polis is also openly gay and the first openly gay member of Congress to become a parent.

Democracy Now! 2015-06-01 Monday

• Headlines for June 01, 2015
• Glenn Greenwald: As Bulk NSA Spying Expires, Scare Tactics Can't Stop "Sea Change" on Surveillance
• Exclusive: Gay High School Student Delivers Valedictorian Speech He Was Barred from Giving

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Democracy Now! 2015-05-29 Friday

• Headlines for May 29, 2015
• The Enron of Sports: FIFA's Upheaval, from Corruption Arrests to Rising Death Toll in Qatar
• As GOP Candidates Question Climate Change, Texas & Oklahoma Hit by Devastating Floods Killing 23
• Code Blue: U.N. Accused of Giving Immunity to Peacekeepers Who Commit Sexual Abuse

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Democracy Now! 2015-05-28 Thursday

• Headlines for May 28, 2015
• "Pretrial Punishment": Julian Assange Remains in Ecuadorean Embassy Fearing Arrest If He Leaves
• WikiLeaks Releases 500K U.S. Cables from 1978 on Iran, Sandinistas, Afghanistan, Israel & More
• The Kill List: ICWatch Uses LinkedIn Account Info to Out Officials Who Aided Assassination Program
• Assange on the Untold Story of the Grounding of Evo Morales' Plane During Edward Snowden Manhunt

Democracy Now! 2015-05-27 Wednesday

• Headlines for May 27, 2015
• Julian Assange: Despite Congressional Standoff, NSA Has Secret Authority to Continue Spying Unabated
• Julian Assange on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Secretive Deal Isn't About Trade, But Corporate Control
• Julian Assange: British Nuclear Sub Whistleblower William McNeilly Revealed Major Security Lapses
• WikiLeaks' Julian Assange on Europe's Secret Plan for Military Force on Refugee Boats from Libya

Democracy Now! 2015-05-26 Tuesday

• Headlines for May 26, 2015
• 137 Shots, No Convictions: Cleveland Cop Acquitted in Killing of Unarmed African-American Pair
• Ireland's Social Revolution: Traditionally Catholic Nation Makes History with Marriage Equality Vote
• 300,000 Celebrate Beatification of Salvadoran Archbishop Romero, 35 Years After U.S.-Backed Murder

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Democracy Now! 2015-05-25 Monday

• SDS Leader Tom Hayden on Vietnam: We Must Challenge the Pentagon on the Battlefield of Memory
• "I Never Wanted to Hurt Any Vietnamese": Former Combat Medic Recalls Antiwar Resistance Within Army
• Former Rep. Pat Schroeder: The Peace Movement Made "Huge Difference" in Ending Vietnam War
• Former Congressman Ron Dellums: Organizing for Peace Forces Us to Challenge All Forms of Injustice

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Democracy Now! 2015-05-22 Friday

• Headlines for May 22, 2015
• Indicted: Grand Jury Brings Charges Against Baltimore Police Officers Tied to Freddie Gray Death
• Neil Young Premieres New Anti-GMO Song "Rock Starbucks" from Forthcoming "The Monsanto Years" Album
• State of Emergency in California as Santa Barbara Cleans Up from Another Major Oil Spill
• Legendary Native American Singer-Songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie on Five Decades of Music, Activism