Democracy Now! 2012-07-20 Friday

• Headlines for July 20, 2012
• Denver Shooting Rampage Leaves 12 Dead, 50 Wounded in Latest of Unparalleled U.S. Gun Attacks
• Subhankar Banerjee: Looming Deadline Creates Window for Protests to Stop Shell's Arctic Drilling
• Climate Parents: For Kids' Future, Mark Hertsgaard Urges Families to Take On Global Warming

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7/19/12 - Pat Lawrence discusses women veterans healthcare with Denise Koutrouba, women veteran program manager at Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, and with Trina Parker, Peer Support for Women and LGBTQ veterans.

Democracy Now! 2012-07-19 Thursday

• Headlines for July 19, 2012
• Syrian Activist in Hiding: "We're Not Looking for Intervention, We're Looking for Support"
• Back from Syria, Reporter David Enders Says Assad Regime Crumbling to "Grassroots Rebellion"
• Assad Biographer: After Initial Hopes of Reform, Syrian Ruler Has Succumbed to Delusions of Power
• Matt Taibbi: Libor Rate-Fixing Scandal "Biggest Insider Trading You Could Ever Imagine"

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Above, we revisit part 1 of our interview with Madlives Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed. We also speak with Jon Shenk, director of The Island President, a new documentary about Nashee’s climate activism.

7/16/12 - Board of Selectmen meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2012-07-18 Wednesday

• Headlines for July 18, 2012
• Bomber Strikes Syrian Regime in Damascus, Killing Assad's Defense Minister, Brother-in-Law
• As Senate GOP Blocks DISCLOSE Act, Top Donor Sheldon Adelson Probed for Bribery and Mob Ties
• Romney Dogged by Questions on Bain Tenure, Tax Returns as Obama Deems Him "Outsourcer-in-Chief"

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Peter Girguis, Ph.D., Loeb Associate Professor of Natural Sciences, Harvard University. Dr. Loeb describes the amazing and unexpected biodiversity thriving at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. He focuses on unique microbes and the way they obtain their energy --it's electric!

Democracy Now! 2012-07-17 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 17, 2012
• Spying on Scientists: How the FDA Monitored Whistleblowers Who Raised Concerns over Radiation
• Twilight of the Elites: Chris Hayes on How the Powerful Rig the System, from Penn State to Wall St.

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Democracy Now! 2012-07-16 Monday

• Headlines for July 16, 2012
• "Fuel on the Fire": Author Greg Muttit on Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq, Arab Spring
• Gar Alperovitz's Green Party Keynote: We Are Laying Groundwork for the "Next Great Revolution"

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