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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Billie and guests Zoe and Martha discuss aspects of time and how the creative process is in the moment.

Cast: Billie Bivins

3/16/12 - Though the Lens. Academy Awards Wrap-up

3/14/12 - Warrant Committee meeting in Belmont, MA.

3/16/12 - Joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and School Committee in Belmont, MA.

3/16/12 - Joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and School Committee in Belmont, MA.

3/16/12 - Janette Cranshaw and Dolores Vidal interview Lisa Pargoli from Essential Body Works.