Democracy Now! 2015-12-02 Wednesday

Democracy Now! 2015-12-02 Wednesday

  • Headlines for December 02, 2015
  • Is Oil & Gas the New Tobacco? Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Reaches New Milestone
  • As U.S. Congress Lags, California Leads Push to Divest From Fossil Fuels Linked to Climate Change
  • India's "The Hindu" Newspaper Stops Printing for the First Time in 137 Years Due to Massive Floods
  • As NY State Probes Exxon, Oil Giant Targets the Journalists Who Exposed Climate Change Cover-Up
Published: 
12/02/2015 - 8:00am
Belmont Historical Society presents Barbara F. Berenson now OnDemand: http://goo.gl/eFkFKw Berenson speaks about the topics in her new book: Boston's leading abolitionists and historic events here that shaped the conflict that became our Civil War.

Democracy Now! 2015-12-01 Tuesday

Democracy Now! 2015-12-01 Tuesday

  • Headlines for December 01, 2015
  • Pope Francis to World Leaders at U.N. Climate Summit: "We Are at the Limits of Suicide"
  • "The Fossil Fuel Era Must Draw to a Close": A Message from the Marshall Islands to the World
  • "The Paris Agreement Will See the Planet Burn": Former Bolivian Climate Negotiator Pablo Solón
  • Philippines’ Former Climate Negotiator Yeb Saño’s 900 Mile Pilgrimage to Paris Summit Ends with Fast
Published: 
12/01/2015 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2015-11-30 Monday

Democracy Now! 2015-11-30 Monday

  • Headlines for November 30, 2015
  • Global Protests Demand Climate Justice as World Leaders Open Pivotal Paris Summit
  • Thousands Defy Paris State of Emergency, Protest Ban to Sound the Alarm on Global Climate Crisis
  • "I Am Paris, I am Bamako, We Are Humanity": Memorial at Bataclan Theatre Honors Attack Victims
  • Indigenous Climate Activists: Paris "Police State" is the Reality Frontline Communities Live With
  • French Farmer-Activist José Bové on Paris Protest Ban: "We Are in Prison in Our Own Home"
Published: 
11/30/2015 - 8:00am

Science for the Public Lecture Series: What’s Up at the 2015 Large Hadron Collider

Episode ID: 
255330

In this presentation Dr. Bose explains how the collider works and what the collisions produce. The 2010-2012 run brought confirmation of the long-sought Higgs boson. This time, with nearly double the collision energy (13 TeV) scientists anticipate some entirely new discoveries.

Episode Program ID: 
Science for the Public Lecture Series
Episode Date: 
What’s Up at the 2015 Large Hadron Collider
Cloudcast Playlist: 
Public Science Lectures
Watch the America Hometown Thanksgiving Parade on channels 96 (Comcast) and 30 (Verizon) at 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm and 11:00pm.

Showdown on the Syrian Border: Vijay Prashad on Turkey's Downing of Russian Jet

We look at Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane near the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday–one of the most serious clashes between a NATO member country and Russia in half a century. Turkey says it repeatedly warned the Russian pilots they were violating Turkish airspace. Russia claims they plane never strayed from Syrian airspace. “There are some serious questions on the table about Turkey’s role in this conflict,” says journalist Vijay Prashad, in a web exclusive interview.

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Published: 
11/25/2015 - 12:08pm

Democracy Now! 2015-11-25 Wednesday

Democracy Now! 2015-11-25 Wednesday

  • Headlines for November 25, 2015
  • Chicago Police Officer Charged With Murder After Video Shows Him Shooting Laquan McDonald 16 Times
  • Eyewitness Recounts Shooting by Alleged White Supremacists at Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Protest
  • US Rep. Keith Ellison Demands Transparent, Aggressive Investigation of Police Killing of Jamar Clark
  • First Muslim Member of U.S. Congress: Restrictions on Syrian Refugees Driven by Fear, Xenophobia
Published: 
11/25/2015 - 8:00am

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