Democracy Now! 2015-04-06 Monday

• Headlines for April 06, 2015
• "They Couldn’t Take My Soul": Anthony Ray Hinton on His Exoneration After 30 Years on Death Row
• Louisiana Denies Compensation to Dying Exonerated Death Row Prisoner as Former Prosecutor Apologizes
• American Pharmacists Association Urges Members to Stop Providing Execution Drugs

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Democracy Now! 2015-04-03 Friday

• Headlines for April 03, 2015
• Former Iranian Ambassador: Historic Nuclear Deal has Prevented a New War in the Middle East
• George Takei: LGBT Protections Still Needed Despite Amended Indiana, Arkansas Religious Freedom Laws
• Star Trek's George Takei on Leonard Nimoy: He Represented the Best of an Inclusive American Society
• 147 Killed at Kenyan University, Deadliest Al-Shabab Attack Since Kenya's 2011 Invasion of Somalia

More than 100 former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges system have joined what they say is the nation’s first student debt strike. The students have refused to pay back loans they took out to attend Corinthian, which has been sued by the federal government for its predatory lending. The campaign began in February when 15 students announced the debt strike. Some of the students met with officials from the Department of Education earlier this week. We speak with Andrew Ross, sociology professor at New York University.

Democracy Now! 2015-04-02 Thursday

• Headlines for April 02, 2015
• After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers
• 20 Years in Prison for Miscarrying? The Case of Purvi Patel & the Criminalization of Pregnancy
• As NYU Expands Into Abu Dhabi, UAE Bars Professor Researching Migrant Worker Abuse

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Democracy Now! 2015-04-01 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 01, 2015
• Indiana Scrambles to Contain Growing Corporate, Public Outcry over Anti-LGBT "Religious Freedom" Law
• Started by Abolitionists in 1865, The Nation Magazine Marks 150 Years of Publishing Rebel Voices

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Democracy Now! 2015-03-31 Tuesday

• Headlines for March 31, 2015
• "A Matter of War & Peace": Iran, Powers Near Preliminary Deal in face of Congress-Israel Opposition
• Former Mideast Peace Envoy George Mitchell on U.S.-Israel Showdown over Iran, Palestinian Statehood
• Ex-Sen. George Mitchell: Freed Whistleblower on Azerbaijan Corruption Should Never Have Been Jailed
• "Straights Only"? Indiana Faces Boycotts, Protests over Anti-LGBT "Religious Freedom" Law

Democracy Now! 2015-03-30 Monday

• Headlines for March 30, 2015
• Attorney for Bowe Bergdahl: Army Report Shows Ex-POW Left Base to Report Wrongdoing, Not Desert Unit
• Ex-U.S. Official on Bowe Bergdahl Charges: Why Are We Vilifying an Ex-POW Tortured by Taliban?
• Iran Nuclear Talks Near Deadline Amid "Air of Inevitability Combined with Tremendous Uncertainty"
• TSA Checklist Exposed: "Suspicious Signs" Include Throat Clearing, Whistling & "Exaggerated Yawning"

Democracy Now! 2015-03-27 Friday

• Headlines for March 27, 2015
• Yemen Does Not Need Another War: Report from Sana'a as Saudi Attack Enters Second Day
• The Yemen Crisis: Could Domestic Conflict Grow into Protracted Regional War?
• African Economist Samir Amin on the World Social Forum, Globalization & the Barbarism of Capitalism

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Democracy Now! 2015-03-26 Thursday

• Headlines for March 26, 2015
• Endless War: As U.S. Strikes Tikrit & Delays Afghan Pullout, "War on Terror" Toll Tops 1.3 Million
• Brutalized in Taliban Captivity After Fleeing War He Opposed, Bowe Bergdahl Charged with Desertion
• Why Is Climate Denier David Koch on the Board of Top Science Museums? Letter Urges Cutting of Ties

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