Tune in to channels 8 (Comcast) or 28 (Verizon) for live coverage of the League of Women Voters' Warrant Briefing to be held in the Beech Street Center starting at 7pm. Download the slide presentation HERE from the BMC website.

Democracy Now! 2014-11-06 Thursday

Democracy Now! 2014-11-06 Thursday

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  • Obama & McConnell Pledge Cooperation; Will Fast-Tracking Secretive TPP Trade Deal Top Their Agenda?
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  • Maui v. Monsanto: Hawaii County Voters Defy Agri-Giant's Spending to OK Landmark Ban on GMO Crops
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  • Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder on Knowing Your GMOs: Changing a Label Costs \"Essentially Nothing\"
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  • Midterm Voters Reject U.S. Drug War with Victories for Marijuana Legalization & Sentencing Reform
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11/06/2014 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2014-11-05 Wednesday

Democracy Now! 2014-11-05 Wednesday

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  • The Citizens United Senator: After GOP's Midterm Rout, Mitch McConnell Likely Next Majority Leader
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  • A Big Win for Climate Change Denial: Republicans to Target EPA Regulations After Taking Senate
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  • Grassroots Activism Helped Elect Obama in 2008 — Will It Resurface to Push Him in Next 2 Years?
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  • Sen. Bernie Sanders: The United States is on the Verge of Becoming an Oligarchy
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11/05/2014 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2014-11-04 Tuesday

Democracy Now! 2014-11-04 Tuesday

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  • 40,000 Voters Missing in Georgia? After Registration Drive in Areas of Color, Names Left off Rolls
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  • New Voter Suppression Laws Could Decide Key Races, and Turn Back the Clocks for Years to Come
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  • The Priciest Midterms Ever, Brought to You by \"Dark Money\" and Election Finance Out of Control
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  • GOP Threatens a Senate Takeover, But State Votes Could Bring Rejection of Right-Wing Agenda
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11/04/2014 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2014-11-03 Monday

Democracy Now! 2014-11-03 Monday

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  • Angélique Kidjo: Don't Let the Ebola Crisis Dehumanize Africa and Don't Let Hate Consume America
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  • Honoring Mama Africa: Angélique Kidjo Pays Tribute to South African Singer, Activist Miriam Makeba
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  • Jim Crow Returns: Interstate \"Crosscheck\" Program Could Strip Millions of the Right to Vote
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11/03/2014 - 8:00am

"The GMO Deception": Sheldon Krimsky on How BigAg & the Government Is Putting Your Food at Risk

Watch part 2 of our conversation with Sheldon Krimsky, editor of The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk. He is a professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University, as well as an adjunct professor in the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts School of Medicine. Professor Krimsky is also a board member of the Council for Responsible Genetics.

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10/31/2014 - 10:41am

Part 2: Eric Lichtblau on "The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men"

We continue our conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau about his new book detailing how America became a safe haven for thousands of Nazi war criminals. Many of them were brought here after World War II by the CIA, and got support from then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

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10/31/2014 - 10:32am

Democracy Now! 2014-10-31 Friday

Democracy Now! 2014-10-31 Friday

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  • Public Health vs. Civil Liberties: Debate over Ebola Quarantines Harkens Back to AIDS Panic in 1980s
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  • How to Buy a City: Chevron Spends $3 Million on Local California Election to Oust Refinery Critics
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  • Gubernatorial Candidate Howie Hawkins Calls for a \"Green New Deal for New York\"
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  • The Nazis Next Door: Eric Lichtblau on How the CIA & FBI Secretly Sheltered Nazi War Criminals
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10/31/2014 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2014-10-30 Thursday

Democracy Now! 2014-10-30 Thursday

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  • Showdown over Ebola: Will Quarantines of Healthcare Workers Harm the Fight Against Epidemic?
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  • \"The Red Cross' Secret Disaster\": Charity Prioritized PR over People After Superstorm Sandy
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  • Is Your Judge for Sale? Dark Money Groups Pour Millions into Judicial Races to Reshape Courts
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10/30/2014 - 8:00am
The Foundation for Belmont Education presents the Annual Youth Spelling Bee. This program will air live on BMC channels 8 (Comcast) and 28 (Verizon) this Saturday at 3:00 PM and will also stream on the Gov't & Ed TV watch page. The Spelling Bee will re-air every Saturday and Sunday throughout...

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