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Democracy Now! 2013-05-20 MondayHeadlines for May 20, 2013Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy's in Fair Food Campaign to Improve Wages, ConditionsGeoengineering: Can We Save the Planet by Messing with Nature?Seattle Teachers, Students Win Historic Victory Over Standardized TestingDownload this show

Democracy Now! 2013-05-17 FridayHeadlines for May 17, 2013"Astoundingly Disturbing": Obama Administration Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the GlobeObama Worse Than Nixon? Pentagon Papers Attorney Decries AP Phone Probe, Julian Assange PersecutionReleased from Prison, Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher on Civil Disobedience & Building MovementsDownload this show

In a Senate hearing today, Pentagon officials claimed President Obama and future presidents have the power to send troops anywhere in the world to fight groups linked to al-Qaeda, based in part on the Authorization for Use of Military Force ( AUMF ), passed by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. [includes rush transcript]

Democracy Now! 2013-05-16 ThursdayHeadlines for May 16, 2013"The Other IRS Scandal": David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax ExemptionAP Monitoring Raises Fears of Government Overreach: How Far Will Obama Go to Crack Down on Leaks?Debate: What Caused Cooper Union's Fiscal Woes and Is Ending Free Tuition the Answer?Download this show

Democracy Now! 2013-05-15 WednesdayHeadlines for May 15, 2013Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press FreedomNobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Hails Genocide Conviction of Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos MonttAllan Nairn: After Ríos Montt Verdict, Time for U.S. to Account for Its Role in Guatemalan GenocideDownload this show

Democracy Now! 2013-05-14 TuesdayHeadlines for May 14, 2013Jailed Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Seeks Compassionate Release over Worsening CancerFormer Attorney General Ramsey Clark Decries Government's "Big Brother" Seizure of AP Phone RecordsDr. Paul Farmer on Rwanda's Health Leap, Haiti's Struggles & How Communities Can Repair the WorldDownload this show

Democracy Now! 2013-05-13 MondayHeadlines for May 13, 2013Ríos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, U.S. Officials Next?Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm for First Time in Human HistoryDownload this show

Democracy Now! 2013-05-10 FridayHeadlines for May 10, 2013Despite Evidence of Massacres, Former Guatemalan Dictator Proclaims Innocence at Genocide TrialWith Father and Sister Imprisoned, Exiled Bahraini Activist Maryam Alkhawaja Condemns Ongoing AbusesAre the FBI and IRS Secretly Reading Your Email Without a Warrant?Download this show

Democracy Now! 2013-05-09 ThursdayHeadlines for May 09, 2013Did Police Negligence & Suspect Ariel Castro's Unpunished Domestic Abuse Prolong Victims' Captivity?Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, A Culture of "Toxic Masculinity" & Gender-Based ViolenceChicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows OccupationProsecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt in Genocide Trial

Democracy Now! 2013-05-08 WednesdayHeadlines for May 08, 2013Pentagon Study Finds 26,000 Military Sexual Assaults Last Year, Over 70 Sex Crimes Per DayEduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Latin America's "Open Veins," on His New Book "Children of the Days"Download this show