March 2, 2015 On February 27, 2014, Belmont Police Detective Michael Pugliese along with his fellow partners on the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force arrested 34 year old Harrinson Soto-Zuazo of Jamaica Plain and charged him with Trafficking Heroin. After receiving several complaints that...

Democracy Now! 2015-03-02 Monday

Democracy Now! 2015-03-02 Monday

  • Headlines for March 02, 2015
  • Noam Chomsky: Opposing Iran Nuclear Deal, Israel's Goal Isn't Survival -- It's Regional Dominance
  • Noam Chomsky: Despite Iran Spat, U.S. Support for Israeli Occupation Continues Without Pause
  • Noam Chomsky: After Dangerous Proxy War, Keeping Ukraine Neutral Offers Path to Peace with Russia
  • Noam Chomsky on How the Iraq War Birthed ISIS & Why U.S. Policy Undermines the Fight Against It
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03/02/2015 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2015-02-27 Friday

Democracy Now! 2015-02-27 Friday

  • Headlines for February 27, 2015
  • "A Historic Decision": Tim Wu, Father of Net Neutrality, Praises FCC Vote to Preserve Open Internet
  • Antiquities Scholar: Islamic State's Destruction of Museum & Library is Cultural & Ethnic Cleansing
  • 17 Shots: Police Killing of Unarmed Mexican Farmworker in Washington State Sparks Protest
  • Republican Presidential Contender Scott Walker Compares ISIS Fighters to Wisconsin Protesters
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02/27/2015 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2015-02-25 Wednesday

Democracy Now! 2015-02-25 Wednesday

  • Headlines for February 25, 2015
  • Could a Former Activist Unseat Mayor 1%? Rahm Emanuel Faces Chicago Runoff Despite Vast Outspending
  • Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Bill, But Fight over Climate-Threatening Oil Pipeline Isn't Over
  • Climate Deniers Exposed: Top Scientist Got Funding from ExxonMobil, Koch Brothers, Big Coal
  • Spy Cables: Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo Targeted by Intelligence Agencies as "Security" Threat
  • Students Launch Historic Debt Strike, Refusing to Pay Back Predatory College Loans
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02/25/2015 - 8:00am

Part 2: 50 Years After Murder, Malcolm X Remembered by Daughter Ilyasah Shabazz & A. Peter Bailey

As Democracy Now! continues to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, we are joined by his daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, and friend, A. Peter Bailey. Both were inside the Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965, the day Malcolm X was shot dead. Shabazz was just two years old, while Bailey was among the last people to speak with Malcolm X that day.

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02/24/2015 - 2:35pm

WATCH Pablo Iglesias of Podemos: "Hope is Changing Sides: Understanding Spain's Political Change"

Watch a recent address by Spain's Podemos Secretary General Pablo Iglesias, a political science professor and activist who could become the country's next prime minister if his anti-austerity party wins the national elections later this year. Last May, Podemos surprised many when it received 1.2 million votes and five seats in the European Parliament elections. Iglesias spoke February 17, at The Center for Place, Culture and Politics at CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.

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02/20/2015 - 11:16pm

Jailed for Speaking to the Press Part 2: Peter Maass on the Case of State Dept. Expert Stephen Kim

In Part 2 of our conversation with Peter Maass, an investigative reporter at The Intercept, he continues discussing the Obama administration’s prosecution of former North Korea expert Stephen Kim for violating the Espionage Act. Kim is one of nine such cases under the Obama administration — twice as many as all previous presidents combined. The former State Department contractor was accused of discussing classified documents on North Korea with Fox News reporter James Rosen. Last year, he was sentenced to 13 months in prison. But Kim always maintained his innocence.

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02/20/2015 - 12:11pm

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