Democracy Now! Headlines 11-21-2014 [Amy Goodman & Juan González] Democracy Now! – PART 2: Bryan Stevenson on Executions and Civil Rights: “Lynching Stopped But the Mindset Didn’t” Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution [Jason McGahan] Keystone, Climate Change and the Cold [Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan] A writer spends forty years looking for his bully. Why? [Mark Frauenfelder] How Censors Killed The Weird, Experimental, Progressive Golden Age Of Comics [Saladin Ahmed] The Pain Of Casual Racism [Jaeun Park] How top colleges figured out …
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Democracy Now! Headlines 11-14-2014 [Amy Goodman & Juan González] Gorbachev says world is on brink of new Cold War [Bettina Borgfeld] Rave New World: How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Changed Techno Forever [Martin Guttridge-Hewitt] Big Bank Hank, an Early Star of Rap, Dies at 58 [Jon Caramancia] Big Bank Hank: ‘Rapper’s Delight’ and the Sugarhill Gang’s revolution [Randall Roberts] Sugar Hill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979) #RIP Big Bank Hank #Classic #OldSchool #HipHop #Rap #Disco #70s #80s #vinyl #twelveinch uncredited …
In the ongoing protest in Hong Kong for democratic electoral reform that kicked off on the 26th of September this year, clashes were reported between protestors and suspected HK triad gang members acting as mercenaries for the government. Hong Kong’s Triads Attack Protestors – Thugs attack pro-democracy demonstrators paralyzing parts of Hong Kong. As the seen gets uglier, fingers point at the government’s link to organized crime. [Ben Leung] This is not an uncommon alliance. In times of mass civil …
Democracy Now! Headlines 11-7-2014 [By Amy Goodman & Juan González] Cops Arrest 90-Year-Old Advocate and Clergy For Scary Crime of Feeding the Hungry [By Abby Zimet] In Gaza, Palestinians turn destruction into artistic protest [By Mariam Elba] Capitalism is the Legitimate Racket of the Ruling Class – Al Capone [By Snowball] Maximum Progress on the Minimum Wage [Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan] Democracy Now! – New GOP Majority Backs Amnesty for Corporate Tax Dodgers, But Not Undocumented Immigrant Workers Democracy Now! – Matt Taibbi and …
Exclusive: Karlie Hustle on life after Hot 97, The Hustle bow tie, networking and more [By Danitha Jones] Here’s Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Let His Kids Use iPads And Why You Shouldn’t Either [By Sarah Lesnar] Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change. The people we elect aren’t the ones calling the shots, says Tufts University’s Michael Glennon [By Jordan Michael Smith] A Psychiatrist Who Survived The Holocaust Explains Why Meaningfulness Matters More Than Happiness [By Emily Esfahani Smith] Vice …
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