Democracy Now! 2014-11-13 Thursday

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• Mexico Burns as Outrage over Student Disappearances Sparks Protests Against State-Backed Violence

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• Are Mexico's Missing Students the Victims of U.S.-Backed Drug War?

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• As Dems Punt Vote on Loretta Lynch, Admin Faces Pressure to Include Girls in \"My Brother's Keeper\"

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Democracy Now! 2014-11-12 Wednesday

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• Obama Reaches Climate Deal with China — and GOP Congress May Not Be Able to Stop It

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• Obama Calls for Net Neutrality, But His Own Industry-Tied FCC Appointee Could Stand in the Way

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• Why We Lost: Retired U.S. General Calls for Public Inquiry into Failures of Iraq, Afghan Wars

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In 2009, Matthew Hoh became the first State Department official to resign protest from his post in Afghanistan over U.S. policy. Prior to his assignment in Afghanistan, Matthew Hoh was deployed twice to Iraq. In part two of our conversation, we speak with Hoh about what happened after he blew the whistle on the Afghan War and his long fight to recover from post-traumatic stress syndrome. On his website, Hoh writes: "In 2007, after my second deployment to Iraq, PTSD and severe depression took over my life. I began trying to drink myself to death.

Democracy Now! 2014-11-11 Tuesday

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• Paralyzed Iraq War Vet Turned Peace Activist Tomas Young Dies on Eve of Veterans Day

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• Legendary Talk Show Host Phil Donahue on the Silencing of Antiwar Voices in U.S. Media

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• StoryCorps Veterans Day Special: The Unlikely Bond Between a U.S. Soldier & Two Iraqi Boys

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Democracy Now! 2014-11-10 Monday

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• \"I've Had Enough\": Mexican Protesters Decry Years of Impunity After Apparent Massacre of 43 Students

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• \"This is Crazy\": Ex-State Dept. Official Matthew Hoh Blasts Obama's Doubling of U.S. Troops in Iraq

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• On Eve of Veterans Day, a Former Soldier Speaks Out on Hidden Costs of War from PTSD to Suicide

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• Out of Ebola Quarantine, Yale Student Says Health Workers Should Be Treated as Heroes, Not Pariahs

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Democracy Now! 2014-11-07 Friday

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• New GOP Majority Backs Amnesty for Corporate Tax Dodgers, But Not Undocumented Immigrants

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• Matt Taibbi and Bank Whistleblower on How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy, Avoid Prosecution

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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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