United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera made history when he became the first Latino named to the position. A son of Mexican migrant farm workers, Herrera has been celebrated for bringing energy, humor and emotion to work that captures the consciousness of a cross-section of America.

Democracy Now! 2015-10-12 Monday

• Headlines for October 12, 2015
• Shock & Panic in Turkey: Deadliest Terrorist Attack in Country’s History Leaves as Many as 128 Dead
• From Million Man March to Columbus Day: Challenging White Supremacy & "Doctrine of Discovery"
• Gyasi Ross: Why I Support Bernie Sanders & the #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Who Interrupted Him

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Democracy Now! 2015-10-09 Friday

• Headlines for October 09, 2015
• Nobel Peace Prize to Tunisian Civil Society Groups for Democratization Efforts After Arab Spring
• Making Money from Misery? Disaster Capitalism from the Migrant Crisis to Afghanistan and Haiti
• First Latino US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on Migrant Farmworkers, the Border and Ayotzinapa

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Democracy Now! 2015-10-08 Thursday

• Headlines for October 08, 2015
• Legendary Patti Smith on Her New Memoir "M Train" & National Book Award Winner "Just Kids"
• Patti Smith on Closing Guantánamo, Remembering Rachel Corrie and Feeling Frustrated with Obama
• Patti Smith on 19th Century Poet William Blake and on Creating Political Art "Unapologetically"
• "People Have the Power": Patti Smith on Pope Francis and Her Performances at the Vatican

Democracy Now! 2015-10-07 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 07, 2015
• Father of Journalist Shot Dead On-Air in Virginia Speaks Out to End U.S. Gun Violence Epidemic
• "Einstein's Definition of Insanity": Father of Slain Reporter on GOP Candidates' Gun Control Remarks
• Does Free Speech Have a Palestine Exception? Dismissed Professor Steven Salaita Speaks Out

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Democracy Now! 2015-10-06 Tuesday

• Headlines for October 06, 2015
• Breast Cancer Patient Arrested for Protesting TPP: "This is Price Gouging at the Cost of Lives"
• NAFTA on Steroids: Consumer Groups Slam the TPP as 12 Nations Agree to Trade Accord
• Remembering Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015): "We Have to Change Ourselves in Order to Change the World"

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