4/27/11 - Town Meeting in Belmont, MA.

4/28/11: The host is Ann Hartstein, Secretary of Elder Affairs for the Commonwealth, the subject is banking & finances, and the guests are Diane Lawton, from the MA Office of Consumer Affairs and Cheryl Cannon from the Money Management Program.
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Democracy Now! 2011-04-28 Thursday

• Headlines for April 28, 2011
• 5 Years After U.S.-Backed Clashes, Palestinian Factions Fatah, Hamas Reach Unity Deal
• DOJ Drops Probe of Whistleblower Who Exposed Bush-Era Domestic Spying, Thomas Tamm: "The Bottom Line Is I Don’t Think I Ever Broke the Law"
• Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern: Petraeus Will Expand Pro-War Agenda as New CIA Director

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Democracy Now! hosts a conversation between Palestinian author Rula Jebreal and Egyptian journalist Issandr El Amrani about the continued uprisings in the Middle East and Arab attitudes toward the U.S. Jebreal talks about growing up in Haifa and her autobiographical novel Miral, and El Amrani discusses the effects of the "Arab Spring" on Israel.

Democracy Now! 2011-04-27 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 27, 2011
• Court Rules Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Death Sentence is Unconstitutional, Grants New Sentencing Hearing
• Inside War-Torn Libya: As NATO Intensifies Air Strikes, Rebels Struggle to Break Gaddafi's Control of Libya
• Arab Spring: A Discussion on Libya, Egypt and the Mideast with Palestinian Writer Rula Jebreal, Author of “Miral" & Journalist Issandr El Amrani

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4/25/11 - Part 1 of the Annual Town Meeting in Belmont, MA.

Stephen Tracy, Director of Rehabilitation and Vocational Services at Wild Acre Inns, talks about helping those with mental illness to re-enter the work force.

4/25/11 - Part 2 of the Annual Town Meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2011-04-26 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 26, 2011
• Chernobyl Catastrophe: 25th Anniversary of World’s Worst Nuclear Accident
• Locked-Out Uranium Processing Workers Protest Honeywell’s Use of Scab Workers at Uranium Enrichment Plant in Illinois
• Guardian Newspaper Editor Defends Publishing WikiLeaks’ Secret Guantánamo Files
• Daniel Ellsberg: Bradley Manning Charges Should Be Dismissed After Obama Declares Accused Army Whistleblower "Broke the Law"

4/25/11: First installment of Belmont High School Rugby coverage produced by BHS students, Laura Ruiz & Lori Yogurtian.