8/2/11 - Planning Board meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2011-08-04 Thursday

• Headlines for August 04, 2011
• Women Hurt Most by Debt Deal Cuts to Medicare, Social Security, Tuition
• Guatemalan Soldiers Sentenced to 6,060 Years in Prison for Role in 1982 Massacre
• Video Report from Cairo: Egyptians Celebrate as Mubarak Stands Trial for Murder, Corruption
• Failed Education Reform in Chile Prompts Hunger Strikes, Protests by Thousands of Students

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Democracy Now! 2011-08-03 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 03, 2011
• Rep. Donna Edwards on Why She Voted Against Debt Deal: “A Bad Framework for the Future”
• Economist Dean Baker Predicts "Really Bad Deal or No Deal" from Deficit "Super Committee"
• Syrian Forces Attack Civilians in Hama As U.N. Security Council Wavers on Condemning Crackdown
• Thousands Protest Widening Inequality in Israel, But Calls Ignore Occupation and Palestinian Rights
• Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Opening of Mubarak Trial is "Defining Moment in Egypt’s History"

8/2/11 - Pat Lawrence interviews Peter Donnelly, a ceramic artist who overcame obstacles after a stroke and brain tumor.

Democracy Now! 2011-08-02 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 02, 2011
• After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street & Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal
• As Ramadan Begins, Assad Regime Intensifies Deadly Crackdown on Syrian Protesters
• Syrian Activist Razan Zaitouneh: Assad Regime the Lone "Terrorist Group" Inside Syria
• Ahead of Mubarak Trial, Egyptian Forces Forcibly Remove Protesters From Tahrir Square

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Dolls can be a projection of our personal narratives and dreams. A variety of doll friends visit Billie, along with guests who share doll memories and then create sculptured dolls.

Cast: Billie Bivins

Discussion about what you need to know about Real Estate. This episode's topic: Preparing your home for sale.

While on tour in the United States, legendary British rocker and activist, Billy Bragg, joined Democracy Now! for an extended interview. One of the many topics he discussed was the tragic death of the British singer-songwriter, Amy Winehouse. "I’m very, very sorry that someone as clearly as talented as Amy should have succumbed in that way. And in some ways, we, all of us, could see it was a likely outcome, and perhaps a little bit more might have been done to help her out.