Democracy Now! 2014-08-18 Monday

Democracy Now! 2014-08-18 Monday

  • Headlines for August 18, 2014
  • Missouri Deploys National Guard to Ferguson; Autopsy Shows Police Shot Michael Brown 6 Times
  • St. Louis Pastor: Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson Should Resign
  • Institutional Racism in Ferguson? First Black School Chief Speaks Out After Forced Resignation
  • "A Human Rights Crisis": In Unprecedented Move, Amnesty International Sends Monitors to Ferguson
  • Ferguson Protests Erupt Near Grave of Ex-Slave Dred Scott, Whose Case Helped Fuel U.S. Civil War
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08/18/2014 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2014-08-13 Wednesday

Democracy Now! 2014-08-13 Wednesday

  • Headlines for August 13, 2014
  • The Rise of ISIS: US Invasion of Iraq, Foreign Backing of Syrian Rebels Helped Fuel Jihadis' Advance
  • Glenn Greenwald on Iraq: Is U.S. "Humanitarianism" Only Summoned to Control Oil-Rich Areas?
  • Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Intel Agencies Provide "Key Ingredient" in Enabling Israeli Aggression in Gaza
  • Glenn Greenwald Criticizes NPR for Relying on CIA-Linked Firm in Report on Impact of Snowden Leaks
Published: 
08/13/2014 - 8:00am

Two Detention Centers for Migrant Women And Children Open On 5th Anniv. of End to Family Detention

Five years ago immigration advocates praised the Obama administration for closing down the only large-scale detention center for immigrant women and children. Now, in response to the surge of Central American migrants caught at the border after seeking asylum, it has quietly opened two new family detention facilities that have more than 1,200 beds, and cribs.

While unaccompanied migrant children have largely been placed with family members already in the country, those who were stopped at the border with their mothers are being treated differently.

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Published: 
08/08/2014 - 1:07pm

Noam Chomsky: Israel's Actions in Palestine are "Much Worse Than Apartheid" in South Africa

Part 2 of our conversation with famed linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky on the crisis in Gaza, U.S. support for Israel, apartheid and the BDS movement. "In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid," Chomsky says. "To call it apartheid is a gift to Israel, at least if by 'apartheid' you mean South African-style apartheid. What's happening in the Occupied Territories is much worse. There's a crucial difference. The South African Nationalists needed the black population. That was their workforce.

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Published: 
08/08/2014 - 10:40am

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