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Angela Davis and Tim Wise: Capitalism, Privatization and Hope
On this edition, we hear Davis and Wise discuss privatization, the economy, and other critical issues of our times.

Gov. Cuomo Calls for Curbing Money in Politics, but Will Money Influence His Decision on Fracking?
Pressure from big money lobbyists might be a factor pushing Gov. Cuomou2019s administration toward lifting a moratorium on fracking.

Bill Moyers | How Citizen Power Can Save a Library
Bill addresses a public library funding crisis, calling attention to a controversial community effort in Michigan to save its own library.

Thousands in New York March Silently Against Racial Profiling
Protests escalate against NYPD's

Singer/Songwriter David Rovics is a ‘Professional Flat-Picking Rabble-Rouser’
Amy Goodman called David Rovics 'the musical version of Democracy Now!'

Truthout’s Jason Leopold Speaks to RT About The Other Abu Zubaidah
Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammed Husein, better known as Abu Zubaydah was the first high value Guantanamo detainee, and the first prisoner to be waterboarded, and the torture program was built, …

Public Art ATL: Elevate Underground Present “Harriet Rising”
On display on the Alabama Street above Underground Atlanta, is a public art installation by artists Lisa Tuttle and Alice Lovelace. It’s a three-dimensional, multifaceted grouping of polyptych towers …

Remembering Maurice Sendak
Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died yesterday at the age of 83. Sendak has been called the Picasso of children’s literature, and godfather to generations of readers. His landmark book, Where the …

Cigarette Companies and Their Underhanded Tactics
(Photo: guitargirl8022) The world’s biggest cigarette companies made their case in the [Australian] High Court, battling the Federal Government’s attempts to impose plain packaging on their product, fearful it …

Bill Moyers: Keep Political Ads Off Public TV
BILL MOYERS: Welcome. Imagine if you turned on your TV set someday soon and were greeted by this: SESAME STREET CHARACTER #1: HI! Welcome to Sesame Street! SESAME STREET …