Democracy Now! 2015-05-04 Monday

• Headlines for May 04, 2015
• "Our Time is Now": Baltimore State's Attorney Mosby Charges Six Baltimore Cops in Freddie Gray Death
• Baltimore Reacts to Charges in Freddie Gray's Death: "Strange Fruit Still Grows in Our Community"
• Relatives of 43 Missing Students: U.S.-Backed Drug War Fights Organized People, Not Organized Crime
• "The Army Knew": New Investigation Unravels Mexican Govt. Account of How 43 Students Disappeared

As independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont announces his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, we continue our conversation with former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, author of the new book, "Return to Sender: Unanswered Letters to the President, 2001-2015."

Watch Pt. 1 of interview here

Watch full press conference by Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby when she announced charges against six police officers, including one with murder, in the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old African-American man who was arrested and suffered a fatal neck injury while riding in a moving police van.

"To the people of Baltimore and the demonstrators across America," Mosby said, "I heard your call for 'no justice, no peace.'"

Mosby said the officers failed to provide medical attention to Gray even though he asked for help on at least two occasions.

Democracy Now! 2015-05-01 Friday

• Headlines for May 01, 2015
• Massive Earthquake Leaves Trail of Destruction in Nepal, But Aid is Slow to Arrive
• "This Did Not Begin with Freddie Gray": As Baltimore Awaits Answers, A Call for Long-Term Solutions
• Ralph Nader on Bernie Sanders, the TPP "Corporate Coup d'État" & Writing to the White House

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It was 40 years ago today, April 30, 1975, that the Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon, today known as Ho Chi Minh City. North Vietnamese tanks smashed through the gates of the presidential palace in the South Vietnamese capital, and Communist soldiers hoisted their flag atop the building. Meanwhile, March marked the 50th anniversary of the first teach-in against the Vietnam War called "End the War Against the Planet.” The 1965 event brought together professors and activists at the University of Michigan to discuss what they called the truths and mistruths of the U.S.

As protests continued in Baltimore over the police custody death of Freddie Gray, relatives of some of the 43 students missing since a police attack in Guerrero, Mexico, marched to the United Nations in New York on Sunday. As they demanded justice over the forced disappearances of their loved ones seven months ago, the relatives drew parallels between state violence in Mexico and the United States. "We see that it's the same police brutality, it's the same system of government everywhere," said Anayeli Guerrero de la Cruz, sister of a missing student.

Democracy Now! 2015-04-30 Thursday

• Headlines for April 30, 2015
• History Repeats? Activist Tom Hayden on Police Brutality Protests from the 1960s to Baltimore
• "History Is Finally Moving On": Tom Hayden on Thawing of U.S.-Cuba Relations Despite GOP Opposition

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Democracy Now! 2015-04-29 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 29, 2015
• "You Can Replace Property, You Can't Replace a Life": Voices of the Unheard in the Baltimore Streets
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Marks 100th Anniversary as War Rages on Worldwide
• Japan Agrees to New Military Cooperation Plan with United States Despite Its Pacifist Constitution
• From Police Violence to Boko Haram, African Activist Says Fundamentalism Must Be Addressed Globally

Democracy Now! 2015-04-28 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 28, 2015
• National Guard Deployed as Baltimore Erupts After Years of Police Violence, Economic Neglect
• Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Nuclear Deal, Islamic State, Women's Rights

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