Democracy Now! 2014-05-26 Monday

• Remembering Vincent Harding, the Civil Rights Activist Who Wrote MLK's Speech Against Vietnam War

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Democracy Now! 2014-05-23 Friday

• Headlines for May 23, 2014
• As Washington Focuses on Another Benghazi Probe, Could a Civil War Be Brewing in Libya?
• Exclusive: Chilean Robin Hood? Artist Known as "Papas Fritas" on Burning $500M Worth of Student Debt
• Iona Craig: Dire Situation in Yemen as Backlash Grows from U.S.-Backed Offensive Against al-Qaeda

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Democracy Now! 2014-05-22 Thursday

• Headlines for May 22, 2014
• NYC Suspends Massive 911 System Overhaul to Probe Lengthy Delays, $1 Billion Over Budget
• Lavabit Founder: Gov't "Bold-Faced Lies" & Mass Surveillance Effort Forced Me to Close My Company
• Missouri Death Row Prisoner Wins Stay in Case Challenging Secrecy, Undue Suffering in US Executions
• Brazil's Dance with the Devil: Dave Zirin on the People's Revolt Challenging 2014 World Cup
• After Latest Coup in Thailand, Will U.S. Rethink Military Ties to Longtime Asian Ally?

Democracy Now! 2014-05-21 Wednesday

• Headlines for May 21, 2014
• The Guantánamo "Suicides" Revisited: Did CIA Hide Deaths of Tortured Prisoners at Secret Site?
• Facing Senate Uproar, Obama Admin to Release Memo Justifying Drone Killings of Americans Overseas
• Koch Brothers Exposed: The Chilling New Documentary Republicans Don't Want You to See
• Behind the Koch Brothers: New Book Spills the Secrets of Nation's Most Powerful & Private Dynasty

Democracy Now! 2014-05-20 Tuesday

• Headlines for May 20, 2014
• Sen. Al Franken: Media Mega-Mergers and FCC Rollback of Net Neutrality Threaten Democracy
• Too Big to Jail? Credit Suisse Bank Pleads Guilty to Decades of Tax Evasion, But Execs Avoid Prison
• As Another Major Bank Avoids Jail, Occupy Wall Street Protester Cecily McMillan Gets 3-Month Term
• Snowden Docs Reveal NSA, DEA Teamed Up to Record Every Cell Phone Call in Bahamas
• Remembering Historian Vincent Harding, Who Drafted Dr. Martin Luther King's Anti-Vietnam War Speech

Democracy Now! 2014-05-19 Monday

• Headlines for May 19, 2014
• "The Most Important Journalist You've Never Heard Of": Remembering William Worthy (1921-2014)

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Billie is joined by longtime friends and colleagues from New England, to explore issues of saying good-bye to things we love.

Cast: Billie Bivins

Democracy Now! 2014-05-16 Friday

• Headlines for May 16, 2014
• India Elects Hard-Right Hindu Nationalist as New Indian Prime Minister Backed by Corporate Interests
• "Pushy": As NY Times Fires 1st Woman Exec. Editor, Decades-Long Bid for Newsroom Equality Continues
• A Matter of Life and Death: Veterans Affairs Head Grilled over Delays in Care for Returning Soldiers

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