3/21/12 - Warrant Committee meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2012-03-22 Thursday

• Headlines for March 22, 2012
• "Too Crooked to Fail": Matt Taibbi Says Bailouts, Fraud are the Secrets to Bank of America's Success
• Matt Taibbi on the Explosive Resignation of Goldman Sachs Executive Greg Smith
• NAACP's Ben Jealous: Justice for Trayvon Martin Begins with Killer's Arrest, Police Chief's Ouster
• Bill McKibben: Winter Heat Wave Underscores Need for Obama to Reject, Not Fast-Track, Keystone XL

Democracy Now! 2012-03-21 Wednesday

• Headlines for March 21, 2012
• Exposed: Inside the NSA's Largest and Most Expansive Secret Domestic Spy Center in Bluffdale, Utah
• NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake Prevails Against Charges in Unprecedented Obama Admin Crackdown

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3/20/12 - Candidates for the Board of Selectmen discuss the issues and answer questions from the media and each other.

3/19/12 - Part one of the Board of Selectmen meeting in Belmont, MA.

3/19/12 - Part 2 of the Board of Selectmen meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2012-03-20 Tuesday

• Headlines for March 20, 2012
• Walking While Black: Florida Police Resist Calls to Arrest Shooter of Unarmed Teen, Trayvon Martin
• Florida Legislative Black Caucus Urges Full Federal Probe of Police Handling of Trayvon Martin Death
• "A Modern-Day Lynching": Outrage Grows over Killing of Trayvon Martin by Neighborhood Watch Patrol
• Florida's "Shoot First" Law Critiqued by Gun Control Advocates Following Shooting of Trayvon Martin

In part two of our interview with pioneering midwife Ina May Gaskin, she describes the women who died of pregnancy-related causes and are commemorated in squares of the Safe Motherhood Quilt Project. Gaskin argues midwifery is about helping the woman and her child, but is also key to shaping how society as a whole views the birthing process. Gaskin is the author of Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth and, most recently, Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta.

Democracy Now! 2012-03-19 Monday

• Headlines for March 19, 2012
• Police Arrest 73 in Occupy Wall Street Crackdown as Protesters Mark Six Months Since Uprising Began
• Strategic Directions for Occupy Wall Street: Foreclosing Banks, Defending Homes, Making History
• Ina May Gaskin on Rising U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate, Midwifery and Home Births

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