Democracy Now! 2014-02-07 Friday

• Headlines for February 07, 2014
• Execution Chaos: Witnesses Say Executions Are Botched as States Use Untested, Secret Drug Cocktails
• Trial Begins in Case of Man Who Murdered Florida Teen Jordan Davis Over Loud Music
• Affluenza Defense Lands Wealthy Teen in Rehab After He Kills 4 People in Drunk Driving Accident

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Democracy Now! 2014-02-06 Thursday

• Headlines for February 06, 2014
• Job Killer? How Media Spin Got Obamacare Wrong -- and Why Single-Payer Could Cure Its Actual Flaws
• Empire of Necessity: Historian Greg Grandin on Slavery, Freedom and Deception in the New World
• In Latin American Votes, Honduran Movements Cement Role While El Salvador Poised for Historic Shift

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Two freed members of the Russian group Pussy Riot made their first public appearance in the United States Tuesday after being released from prison in December. Nadia Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina served nearly all of their two-year sentences for protesting Russian leader Vladimir Putin inside an Orthodox cathedral. Shortly after they arrived in New York, the two Pussy Riot members spoke at a news conference organized by Amnesty International.

Democracy Now! 2014-02-05 Wednesday

• Headlines for February 05, 2014
• "An Olympic Snowden": U.S. Athlete on Being Turned Into a "Spokesperson for Verizon" at 2006 Games
• "Celebration Capitalism & the Olympics": Global Protests Mark Approach of Sochi Games

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Across the United States on Monday, protesters took to the streets in hundreds of rallies urging President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The actions in at least 44 states followed a State Department report claiming the pipeline's northern leg would have a minimal impact on the local environment and climate change. Environmentalists disagree, saying plans to pipe 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta's tar sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast would accelerate global warming and threaten communities along the pipeline's route.

Democracy Now! 2014-02-04 Tuesday

• Headlines for February 04, 2014
• Kids For Cash: Inside One of the Nation's Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals

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Democracy Now! 2014-02-03 Monday

• Headlines for February 03, 2014
• Debate: State Dept Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, But Does Conflict of Interest Taint Report?
• Environmental Groups "Shocked" by Reports of NSA Spying of U.N. Climate Talks
• Michigan Activists Face Up to 2 Years in Prison for Protesting Oil Pipeline Behind 2010 Spill
• One Billion Rising: Eve Ensler & Kimberle Crenshaw on Global Movement to End Violence Against Women

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