One of the people featured Tuesday at the Creative Time summit in Venice, Italy, during the Venice Biennale was the acclaimed artist Mariam Ghani, daughter of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Democracy Now! 2015-08-12 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 12, 2015
• Artist Emily Jacir Brings the Palestinian Experience to the Venice Biennale
• Artist Mariam Ghani, Daughter of Afghan Pres., Takes on US Abuse from Gitmo to Bagram to US Prisons
• Trading with the Enemy: Homing Pigeons with Cigars Challenge U.S. Embargo, Fly from Cuba to Florida

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Democracy Now! 2015-08-11 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 11, 2015
• Art, Politics & "All the World's Futures": Okwui Enwezor, First African Curator of Venice Biennale
• "Freed But Not Free": Artists at the Venice Biennale Respond to the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

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Democracy Now! 2015-08-10 Monday

• Headlines for August 10, 2015
• No More Torture: World's Largest Group of Psychologists Bans Role in National Security Interrogations
• Art & Protests at the Venice Biennale Highlight Labor Conditions, Climate Change and Austerity
• Art and Social Change: Creative Time Summit at Venice Biennale Features Artists and Democracy

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It was one year ago today, August 9, 2014, when eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot to death in the suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, as he reportedly walked in the street with his friend when a police officer drove up and ordered them onto the sidewalk. Police claim Brown physically assaulted the officer and tried to reach for his weapon inside a police car. But witnesses provided a sharply different account, saying Brown was shot with his arms up as he tried to flee the officer’s fire.

Democracy Now! 2015-08-07 Friday

• Headlines for August 07, 2015
• Lead the Way Out of the Interrogation Room: Will American Psychological Assoc. End Role in Torture?
• James Risen: In Sharp Break from Past, APA Set to Vote on Barring Psychologists from Interrogations
• Gitmo is a "Rights-Free Zone": Dissident Psychologists Speak Out on APA Role in CIA-Pentagon Torture
• First Republican Debate of 2016 Presidential Race Kicks Off on Fox News with Roger Ailes Favorites

Democracy Now! 2015-08-06 Thursday

• Headlines for August 06, 2015
• Japanese Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe on 70th Anniv. of US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• On Hiroshima Anniv. Peacemakers March on Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Lab, Birthplace of Atomic Bomb

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Democracy Now! 2015-08-05 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 05, 2015
• Juan González: Puerto Rico's Economic "Death Spiral" Tied to Legacy of Colonialism
• Give Us the Ballot: The Struggle Continues 50 Years After Signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
• Ari Berman: Virtually Every GOP Candidate Has Been on Wrong Side of Voting Rights Issues
• The Making of Leopoldo López: An Investigation into Venezuela’s Most Prominent Opposition Figure

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