Democracy Now! 2013-12-19 Thursday

• Headlines for December 19, 2013
• Vindication for Snowden? Obama Panel Backs Major Curbs on NSA Surveillance, Phone Record Data Mining
• NSA Whistleblower Kirk Wiebe Details Gov't Retaliation After Helping Expose "Gross Mismanagement"
• Morsi Charged with Terrorism as Egyptian Military Widens Crackdown on Journalists, Activists

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Kerry and Leslie join Billie in making "Southern" wreaths.

Cast: Billie Bivins

Democracy Now! 2013-12-18 Wednesday

• Headlines for December 18, 2013
• Geneva Talks "Already Dead" as Syria Faces Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis, Imploding Opposition
• Patrick Cockburn: U.S. Turns Blind Eye as Saudis Fund Jihadists in Syrian Conflict
• Debate: Is Academic Group's Boycott of Israel a Victory or Setback for Justice in Middle East?

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Democracy Now! 2013-12-17 Tuesday

• Headlines for December 17, 2013
• As Judge Rules NSA Surveillance "Almost Orwellian," Obama Prepares to Leave Spying Program Intact
• The Selling of ADHD: Diagnoses, Prescriptions Soar After 20-Year Marketing Effort by Big Pharma

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Kerry and Leslie join Billie to share holiday memories and make "Southern"wreaths.

Cast: Billie Bivins

Democracy Now! 2013-12-16 Monday

• Headlines for December 16, 2013
• "Makes Absolutely No Sense": David Cay Johnston on Budget Deal That Helps Billionaires, Not the Poor
• Nikki Giovanni on 1 Year Since Newtown: Where is the Political Leadership on Gun Control?
• Nikki Giovanni on Poetry, Grief and Her New Book, "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid"
• Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom" Ends with Burial in Home Village of Qunu

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Democracy Now! 2013-12-13 Friday

• Headlines for December 13, 2013
• Labor Leader Eliseo Medina on Fasting for Immigration Reform, Organizing with Cesar Chavez
• Polaroid & Apartheid: Inside the Beginnings of the Boycott, Divestment Movement Against South Africa
• "One of Our Greatest Coups": The CIA & the Capture of Nelson Mandela

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