Democracy Now! 2015-08-19 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 19, 2015
• When Black Lives Matter Met Clinton: Activists Speak Out on Challenging Candidate over Crime Record
• "Privileged Bloodlines": Is Trump's Stance Against Birthright Citizenship Setting Tone for GOP?
• David Cay Johnston: 21 Questions for Trump on Kickbacks, Busting Unions, the Mob & Corporate Welfare

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Democracy Now! 2015-08-18 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 18, 2015
• Obama Gives Shell Final Approval to Drill in Arctic Despite Protests & Pledge to Cut Emissions
• Snowden Documents Reveal AT&T's "Extreme Willingness to Help" NSA Domestic Spy Program
• Meet the Whistleblower Who Exposed the Secret Room AT&T Used to Help the NSA Spy on the Internet
• As Chelsea Manning Speaks Out on Trans and Prison Issues, Authorities Threaten Her with Solitary

Democracy Now! 2015-08-17 Monday

• Headlines for August 17, 2015
• Julian Bond (1940-2015): Remembering Civil Rights Freedom Fighter Who Chaired NAACP, Co-founded SNCC

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Democracy Now! 2015-08-14 Friday

• Headlines for August 14, 2015
• U.S. Raises Flag in Cuba After 54 Years, Prisoner Exchanges and "Stork Diplomacy"; Embargo Remains
• Britain Challenges Julian Assange's Asylum in Ecuadorean Embassy as Sweden Vows to Continue Inquiry
• Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Having Vanity Fair's Caitlyn Jenner Issue in Her Cell

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Democracy Now! 2015-08-13 Thursday

• Headlines for August 13, 2015
• Henry Siegman, Leading U.S. Jewish Voice for Peace: "Give Up on Netanyahu, Go to the United Nations"

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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.