Democracy Now! 2011-08-09 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 09, 2011
• Atomic Cover-Up: The Hidden Story Behind the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• "A Declaration of War on the Poor": Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on the Debt Ceiling Agreement
• Cornel West & Tavis Smiley on Obama: “Many Of Us Are Exploring Other Possibilities In Coming Election”

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Democracy Now! 2011-08-08 Monday

• Headlines for August 08, 2011
• "Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America”: Barbara Ehrenreich on the Job Crisis & Wealth Gap
• The Battle For Egypt's Media: Video Report On Press Freedom After The Revolution

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Democracy Now! 2011-08-05 Friday

• Headlines for August 05, 2011
• Cargill Meat Recall Heightens Fears Budgets Cuts Will Weaken Oversight, Threaten Public Health
• Secretive Corporate-Legislative Group ALEC Holds Annual Meeting to Rewrite State Laws
• New Exposé Tracks ALEC-Private Prison Industry Effort to Replace Unionized Workers with Prison Labor
• Jury Still Out on New Orleans Police Accused of Shooting Unarmed Katrina Survivors on Danziger Bridge

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.