Democracy Now! Season 2016

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Friday, January 1, 2016 Jan 1, 2016

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Monday, January 4, 2016 Jan 4, 2016

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Jan 5, 2016

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Thursday, January 7, 2016 Jan 7, 2016

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Friday, January 8, 2016 Jan 8, 2016

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Monday, January 11, 2016 Jan 11, 2016

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Jan 12, 2016

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Jan 13, 2016

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Thursday, January 14, 2016 Jan 14, 2016

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Friday, January 15, 2016 Jan 15, 2016

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Jan 26, 2016 Headlines for January 26, 2016 Josh Fox on His New Doc "How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change" Act Now, Cry Later: Tim DeChristopher, Aria Doe & Josh Fox on Civil Disobedience & Climate Activism 40 Years After "All the President’s Men," Redford Plays Another Journo Challenging Power in "Truth" Legendary Actor Robert Redford on Climate Change and #OscarsSoWhite Sundance Too Big? Robert Redford Says Sundance May Separate into Narrative, Doc & Shorts Festivals

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Jan 27, 2016 Headlines for January 27, 2016 Life, Animated: A Remarkable Story of How a Family Reached Their Autistic Son Through Disney Movies Embracing Autism: Journalist Ron Suskind on Supporting His Son’s Strengths, Advice for Other Parents Roger Ross Williams, the First Black Oscar-Winning Director, on "Life, Animated" & #OscarsSoWhite

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Thursday, January 28, 2016 Jan 28, 2016 Headlines for January 28, 2016 "The Settlers": New Film Reveals History & Consequences of Israeli Settlements on Palestinian Land Covering War to End War: New Film Recounts Life & Legacy of James Foley, Journalist Killed by ISIS

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Friday, January 29, 2016 Jan 29, 2016 Headlines for January 29, 2016; Trump Absent, GOP Presidential Candidates Face Off on Syria, Planned Parenthood and Islamophobia; Former Salt Lake City Mayor Sues Bush Admin. Officials for Mass Surveillance During 2002 Olympics; "Audrie & Daisy": Mother of Audrie Pott, Teen Who Committed Suicide After Assault, Tells Her Story; Maryville Rape Survivor Daisy Coleman Meets Mom of Teen Who Killed Herself After Similar Ordeal

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Monday, February 01, 2016 Feb 1, 2016 Iowa Progressives Weigh Clinton vs Sanders as One of Whitest U.S. States Kicks Off Presidential Race; Bernie Sanders Says No to Fracked Oil Pipeline in Iowa, Will It Help Him in Today's Caucus?; From Taverns to Grain Elevators: How Iowa's Complex Caucus S

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Tuesday, February 02, 2016 Feb 2, 2016 Headlines for February 02, 2016; Iowa Caucuses: Bernie Sanders Rallies to Tie Hillary Clinton; Ted Cruz Upsets Donald Trump; After Dead Heat in Iowa, Will Clinton Move Further Left to Stop the Sanders Surge?; The Road to the White House Begins in Iowa, But Is It Already Sold to Wealthy Donors?; Clinton Laughs Off Question on Goldman Sachs, But Can Millions in Special Interest Cash Be Ignored?

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Wednesday, February 03, 2016 Feb 3, 2016 Headlines for February 03, 2016; Privatization on Steroids: Emergency Manager Who Switched Flint Water Resigns from Detroit Schools; Jewish Peace Groups Reveal Role in Spoof New York Times That Criticized Paper's Stance on Israel; Michael Eric Dyson on "The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America"

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Thursday, February 04, 2016 Feb 4, 2016 Headlines for February 04, 2016; Will Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Go Free After U.N. Finds He Is Being Arbitrarily Detained?; Lori Wallach: Signing of TPP Marks Only Beginning of the Fight, Trade Deal Could Still Be Stopped; "There's a Jim Jones in Michigan": Lawmaker Likens Flint Crisis to Cult Leader Who Poisoned Members; Exclusive Report: How Long Did Flint's County Jail Inmates Drink Poisoned Water?; Zika Virus: Are Climate & Ecological Factors Driving Spread of Viral Diseases in the Americas?

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Friday, February 05, 2016 Feb 5, 2016 Headlines for February 05, 2016; Clinton Accuses Sanders of "Artful Smear" for Questioning Why Wall Street Gives Her Millions; Hillary Clinton Refuses to Say If She Will Release Copies of Her Paid Speeches to Goldman Sachs; Sanders & Clinton Spar on 2002 Iraq Vote; Clinton Praises Henry Kissinger; "A Significant Victory": Julian Assange Hails U.N. Panel Calling for His Freedom

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Monday, February 08, 2016 Feb 8, 2016 Headlines for February 08, 2016; Trump Leads GOP Charge Embracing Torture: "I'd Bring Back a Hell of a Lot Worse Than Waterboarding"; Another Bush, Another Preemptive War? Jeb Supports U.S. Military Strikes Against North Korea; Real Estate Magnate Trump Defends Using Eminent Domain to Seize Homes for Private Development; Trump Calls Police "Absolutely Mistreated"; Kasich Backs Collaboration Between Communities & Cops; Beyoncé Wins the Super Bowl: Pop Legend Invokes Black Panthers, #BlackLivesMatter at Ha

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Tuesday, February 09, 2016 Feb 9, 2016 Headlines for February 09, 2016; Former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin on Running Against Sanders in '86 & Endorsing Clinton in '16; Ex-NAACP Head Ben Jealous: Sanders is Most Consistent Candidate Tackling Racism, Militarism & Greed; Hillary Clinton & the "Mass Incarceration Machine": A Debate on Her Support of 1994 Crime Bill; Bernie Hasn't Changed His Tune: Ex-Vermont Gov. Says Sanders' Message Resonates, But Isn't Realistic; We Endorse No One: Black Lives Matter & the 2016 Presidential Race; "This Man Will Almost Certainly Die": The Secret Deaths of Dozens at Privatized Immigrant-Only Jails

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Feb 10, 2016 Headlines for February 10, 2016; Bernie Sanders on NH Victory: "Tonight We Served Notice to the Political and Economic Establishment"; "An Earthshaking Moment": Sanders Win Reveals Deep Divide Between Voters & Democratic Party Leaders; After Running Xenophobic & Racist Campaign, Donald Trump Wins Easily in New Hampshire; Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Voting for Bernie Sanders Despite the Senator's Opposition to Reparations

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Thursday, February 11, 2016 Feb 11, 2016 Barbara Lee: Post-9/11 Vote Should Not Be Used as Blank Check to Keep Waging Perpetual War; As Congressional Black Caucus PAC Prepares to Back Clinton, Barbara Lee Withholds Endorsement; Could Unelected Superdelegates Give Clinton the Nomination Even If Sanders Wins the Primaries?; Justice Dept. Sues Ferguson, Missouri, to Force Police Reforms

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Friday, February 12, 2016 Feb 12, 2016 War on Wall Street or Wall Street's Wars? Clinton and Sanders Debate in Wisconsin; Sanders Slams Clinton's Admiration for 'Destructive' Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; Who Endorsed Hillary Clinton? The Congressional Black Caucus or Its PAC Filled with Lobbyists?; Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Ideal Presidential Candidate Would Have 'Greater Acknowledgment of History'

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Monday, February 15, 2016 Feb 15, 2016 Scalia's Death Leaves Split Court to Decide Major Abortion, Labor, Voting Rights, Immigration Cases; Who is on President Obama's Shortlist to Replace Antonin Scalia?; Kimberlé Crenshaw: Scalia 'Bludgeoned' the Constitution That Gave Us Desegregation, Women's Rights; 'The War in Iraq was a Big, Fat Mistake': Trump & Bush Spar over War & 9/11; Stop Hate, Dump Trump: New Campaign Aims to Derail Presidential Bid Built on Racism & Xenophobia

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Feb 16, 2016 'Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise': First Film on Writer and Activist Chronicles an Extraordinary Life

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Feb 17, 2016 'Thirsty for Democracy: The Poisoning of an American City': Special Report on Flint's Water Crisis; What Did GM & the Governor Know? GM Stopped Using Flint Water Over a Year Before Emergency Declared; Meet the Flint Official Whose Bid to Restore Safe Drinking Water Was Blocked by an Unelected Manager; Inside How Citizens, Journalists, Doctors & Scientists Exposed the Flint Water Crisis Cover-up; Michigan's Water Wars: Nestlé Pumps Millions of Gallons for Free While Flint Pays for Poisoned Water

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Thursday, February 18, 2016 Feb 18, 2016 Apple vs. the FBI: Inside the Battle Snowden Calls 'The Most Important Tech Case in a Decade'; What Is the Government Still Hiding? ACLU Continues Fight to Obtain Photos of Bush-Era Torture; Keep It in the Ground: Author Terry Tempest Williams Buys 1,750 Acres of Oil & Gas Leases in Utah; Targeting Transgender Children, South Dakota Passes Transphobic School Bathroom Bill

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Friday, February 19, 2016 Feb 19, 2016 Democracy Now! Turns 20: A Freewheeling Look Back at Two Decades of Independent, Unembedded News

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Monday, February 22, 2016 Feb 22, 2016 Exclusive Interview: Albert Woodfox of Angola 3, Freed After 43 Years in Solitary Confinement

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Feb 23, 2016 'GOP - Get Out of My Panties': Former OH State Sen. Nina Turner on Gov. Kasich's Anti-Choice Record; 'A Great Partnership': Former OH Democratic Lawmaker Praises Kasich's Police Reforms After Killings; Nina Turner on Switching from Clinton to Sanders: He's Been a 'Constant Champion' of Civil Rights; Could the 2016 Election Be Stolen with Help from Electronic Voting Machines?; Prisons for Profit: Under Kasich, Ohio Becomes Laboratory for Privatizing Public Jails; Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy's for Rejecting Fairer Standards for Farmworkers

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Feb 24, 2016 Will Obama's Guantánamo Plan Close the Prison or Just Relocate It to a New ZIP Code?; Is Donald Trump Heading to the GOP Nomination? Billionaire Wins Nevada Caucus with 46 percent of Vote; MarShawn McCarrel: Remembering the Black Lives Matter Activist Who Shot Himself at Ohio Statehouse

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Thursday, February 25, 2016 Feb 25, 2016 Winning His Race: Is Trump the Poster Child for the Rise of U.S. Hate Groups?; Will FBI Take a Bite Out of Apple? Former CIA Agent on Showdown Between Apple & U.S. Government; Former CIA Agent Says Edward Snowden Revelations Emboldened Apple to Push Back Against FBI; Exclusive: U.S. Journalist Detained Covering Bahrain Protests Gives 1st Interview Since Release

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Friday, February 26, 2016 Feb 26, 2016 Jose Antonio Vargas: GOP Debate on Immigration Marked by Misinformation & Lack of Empathy; Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis is Focus of 2 Congressional Hearings as Dems Propose a 'Super-Bankruptcy'; Did Trump University Scam Low-Income Students Who Are Now Suing the GOP Front-Runner?; Lee Fang: TV Pundits Praise Hillary Clinton On Air, Fail to Disclose Financial Ties to Her Campaign; #WhichHillary? #BlackLivesMatter Activist Demands Apology from Clinton for 'Superpredator' Comments; 'Trump is a Mercenary': Native Writer Gyasi Ross on GOP Debate & Why He's Not Endorsed Anyone (Yet)

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Monday, February 29, 2016 Feb 29, 2016 Headlines for February 29, 2016; Did Bernie Sanders Run a White, 'Northern Liberal' Campaign in South Carolina?; 'Making America Great for White Males': Activist Responds as Trump Refuses to Disavow KKK Support; 16 States Face New Voting Restrictions in First Election in 50 Years Without Full Voting Rights Act; 'White People's Choice Awards': Oscars Host Chris Rock Condemns Hollywood's Lack of Diversity; Is Hollywood 'Ambivalent About Latinos,' Limiting Them to Roles of Housekeeper and Gang Member?

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Mar 1, 2016 Headlines for March 01, 2016; Super Tuesday: Amid Protests over Racism, Donald Trump Appears Poised to Triumph in Key Contests; Donald Trump Wants to Commit War Crimes and Neocons Still Think He's Too Moderate; 'We Must & Can Aim High': Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Endorsing Bernie Sanders; Robert Reich: Donald Trump Isn't a Conservative, He is an Authoritarian

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Mar 2, 2016 Headlines for March 02, 2016; It's Time for a Basta Trump Campaign: Latino Leaders Launch Voter Registration Drive; Super Tuesday Roundtable: Few Surprises as Clinton and Trump Win 7 States Each, Sanders Gains 4; 'Trump's Train Did Not Stop in Texas Last Night': Cruz Wins Home State as SCOTUS Hears Abortion Case; Latino Vote Helps Bernie Sanders Surge to Victory in Colorado in Massive Democratic Caucus Turnout

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Thursday, March 3, 2016 Mar 3, 2016 Headlines for March 03, 2016; 'Stop the Sham': Thousands Rally as Supreme Court Hears Biggest Abortion Case in a Generation; Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan Blast Texas Anti-Choice Law, But Will Their Male Colleagues Follow Suit; The Libya Gamble: Inside Hillary Clinton's Push for War & the Making of a Failed State

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Friday, March 4, 2016 Mar 4, 2016 Headlines for March 04, 2016; As Romney Warns Trump Will Lead U.S. into Abyss, Challengers Vow to Back Trump If He's GOP Nominee; Is Donald Trump the Charismatic Leader the KKK & Neo-Nazis Have Been Waiting For; 'I Give the Governor Credit': Rubio Praises Snyder's Handling of Flint's Man-made Water Crisis; Remembering Berta Cáceres, Assassinated Honduras Indigenous & Environmental Leader

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Monday, March 7, 2016 Mar 7, 2016 Headlines for March 07, 2016; The Presidential Race & Environmental Racism: Flint Water Crisis Center Stage at Democratic Debate; 'A Democracy Problem': As Debate Brings Attention to Flint, a Look at the Roots of the Water Crisis; Progressive Lawmakers on Sanders vs. Clinton: Reps. Grijalva & Clarke Respond to Sunday's Debate

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Mar 8, 2016 Headlines for March 08, 2016; 'Here's to Flint': Broadcast Premiere of ACLU Documentary on the Fight for Democracy & Clean Water; Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres Died in Gustavo Castro Soto's Arms; Now His Life is in Danger

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Mar 9, 2016 Headlines for March 09, 2016; Bernie or Hillary Cornel West & Dolores Huerta Debate After Sanders' Upset Win in Michigan; 'We Are Pushing Real Revolution': Black Lives Matter on Why They Don't Have Faith in Any Candidate; Bernie, Hillary or Revolution in the Streets Cornel West, Dolores Huerta & Black Lives Matter Debate; Tech CEOs & Republican Leaders Met Last Weekend to Plot to Stop Donald Trump

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Thursday, March 10, 2016 Mar 10, 2016 Headlines for March 10, 2016; Clinton & Sanders Spar on Immigration Reform, Deportations & U.S. Imperialism in Latin America; Andrew Bacevich: Why Is No Candidate Offering an Alternative to Militarized U.S. Foreign Policy; Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders: Who Can Trump Trump

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Friday, March 11, 2016 Mar 11, 2016 Headlines for March 11, 2016; As Trump's Rallies Become 'Racism Summits,' Linda Sarsour & Mohamed Elibiary Debate Islamophobia; Linda Sarsour: Sanders' Michigan Win 'Sent Loud & Clear Message' Not to Discount Arab-American Vote; As Trump Calls Himself 'Very, Very Pro-Israel,' Rubio & Cruz Accuse Him of Being Too Neutral; 'Old-Fashioned Redbaiting': Hillary Clinton Bashes Sanders as GOP Candidates Clash on Cuba; Before Her Assassination, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Backing Honduran Coup; The Vulture: How Billionaire Rubio Backer Paul Singer Made Billions off Argentina Debt Crisis

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Monday, March 14, 2016 Mar 14, 2016 Headlines for March 14, 2016; Saying No to Hate: Meet the Chicago Activists Who Forced Trump to Cancel Campaign Rally; Sanders Thanks Rahm Emanuel for Not Endorsing Him, as Chicago Mayor Faces Increasing Calls to Resign; Could Someone Be Killed at a Trump Rally St. Louis Activist Speaks Out on Friday Campaign Chaos; Thanks to Jim Crow Era Law, 1 in 4 African-American Adults Can't Vote in Florida's Primary

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Mar 15, 2016 Headlines for March 15, 2016; Former GOP Congressmember Mickey Edwards: We Don't Have Democracy in Our Political System; 'Donald Trump Scares Me': Ex-GOP Lawmaker on the '16 Race, Climate Denialism & the Supreme Court; Father of Fascism Studies: Donald Trump Shows Alarming Willingness to Use Fascist Terms & Styles

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Part 2 Mar 15, 2016 Headlines for March 15, 2016; Former GOP Congressmember Mickey Edwards: We Don't Have Democracy in Our Political System; 'Donald Trump Scares Me': Ex-GOP Lawmaker on the '16 Race, Climate Denialism & the Supreme Court; Father of Fascism Studies: Donald Trump Shows Alarming Willingness to Use Fascist Terms & Styles

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Mar 16, 2016 Headlines for March 16, 2016; Donald Trump & His Enablers: John Nichols Calls Out Trump-Obsessed Media for Wall-to-Wall Coverage; Hillary Clinton Has Big Night; Media Moves to Silence Bernie Sanders Campaign; John Nichols: GOP Threats to Block Supreme Court Nominee are Wrong & Absurd; North Carolina Voter ID Law Takes Effect, Disproportionately Bars Blacks, Young People from Polls; Dream Defenders Launch #SquaDD2016 'Presidential' Campaign: 'We're Black, Brown, Radical & Tired as Hell'

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Thursday, March 17, 2016 Mar 17, 2016 Headlines for March 17, 2016; Merrick Garland: Where Does Supreme Court Pick Stand on Guantánamo, Death Penalty, Abortion; Buck v. Bell: Inside the SCOTUS Case That Led to Forced Sterilization of 70,000 & Inspired the Nazis

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Friday, March 18, 2016 Mar 18, 2016 Headlines for March 18, 2016; Slain Activist Berta Cáceres' Daughter: US Military Aid Has Fueled Repression & Violence in Honduras; Flint Residents: 'We Need a Public Health Disaster Declaration from President Obama'

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Monday, March 21, 2016 Mar 21, 2016 Headlines for March 21, 2016; Obama Visits Cuba in Historic Trip, But Will U.S. Ever End Embargo & Give Back Guantánamo; 'Donald Trump, Go Away': Amid Violence at Trump Rallies, New Yorkers Take to Streets Against Racism; Why Were a NYC Mayoral Adviser & a 74-Year-Old Activist Jailed Overnight for Filming an Arrest

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Mar 22, 2016 Headlines for March 22, 2016; As Twin Attacks Kill At Least 34 in Brussels, How Should Belgium and Europe Respond; Yousef Munayyer: Attacks in Brussels & Paris Underscore Need to Address Crisis in Syria; Is Clinton Moving to the Right of Trump on Israel-Palestine A Debate on the Candidates & AIPAC; Meet the Activist Sent to ICE Despite Being Citizen After Blocking Arizona Highway to Trump Rally

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Mar 23, 2016 Headlines for March 23, 2016; After Brussels Attack, Will Response Be More War or a Look at the Root Causes of Terrorism; The GOP Response to Belgium Torture & the 'Patrolling and Securing' of Muslim Neighborhoods; The People of Puerto Rico vs. the Hedge Funds: Supreme Court Hears Case on PR's Bankruptcy Laws; Who is the Best Democrat to Beat Trump Dolores Huerta Debates Ex-Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson

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Thursday, March 24, 2016 Mar 24, 2016 Headlines for March 24, 2016; Glenn Greenwald: Is It A Coup What Is Happening in Brazil is Much Worse Than Donald Trump; Glenn Greenwald: Cruz, Trump, Clinton 'Playing into the Hands' of ISIL After Brussels Bombings; Glenn Greenwald: Hillary Clinton Has Embraced Some of the Most Brutal Dictators in the World

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Friday, March 25, 2016 Mar 25, 2016 Headlines for March 25, 2016; Erik Prince in the Hot Seat: Blackwater Founder Under Investigation for Illegal Mercenary Biz; Blackwater Founder's Latest Scheme: Money Laundering for Libyan Officials Through a Chinese Bank; Donald Trump's Top Foreign Adviser, Joseph Schmitz, is a Former Blackwater Executive; Think the NSA Can't Hack an iPhone Without Apple's Help Think Again.; Case of Navy SEAL Who Turned Over Photo of bin Laden Suggests SEAL Team Six Operates Above the Law; The True Story of the Pentagon Spies Who Posed as Christian Missionaries to Surveil North Korea

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Monday, March 28, 2016 Mar 28, 2016 Headlines for March 28, 2016; Bernie Sanders Wins Landslides in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii; Corporate Media Downplays Them; Angela Davis on Not Endorsing Any Presidential Candidate: 'I Think We Need a New Party'; Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Angela Davis on Ferguson, Palestine & the Foundations of a Movement; Hands Off Assata Shakur: Angela Davis Calls for Radical Activism to Protect Activist Exiled in Cuba; As Sanders Sweeps 3 States, Meet the Young Immigrant Activist Helping Him Mobilize Latinos

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016 Mar 29, 2016 Headlines for March 29, 2016; Tariq Ali on Lahore Bombing: Is the Pakistani Government Turning a Blind Eye to Taliban Violence; 'Complete Fantasy': Tariq Ali on Donald Trump's Claim 'I Alone Can Solve' Rise in Islamic Militancy; Greenwald: FBI-Apple Fight Tied to U.S. Effort to Access the Communications of Everyone Everywhere; Bullied by the Government: North Carolina Sued After Enacting Sweeping Anti-Transgender Law

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Mar 30, 2016 Headlines for March 30, 2016; Juan González Retires from New York Daily News, Praised for His 'Relentless Assault on Injustice'; Family of Mexican Man 'Tortured & Killed' by U.S. Border Agents Seeks Justice at Int'l Tribunal; '2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back': Will Obama's New Opioid Proposal Continue the Failed War on Drugs; Plaintiff in HB 2 Suit: I Can't Believe NC Is Passing Laws Requiring Anti-Trans Discrimination

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Thursday, March 31, 2016 Mar 31, 2016 Headlines for March 31, 2016; The Price of Fighting Back: How Woman Faces 60 Years in Prison for the Death of Her Abusive Ex; 'Spain in Our Hearts': Adam Hochschild's New Book Gives Life to the Americans Who Fought Fascism; Fueling Fascism: The Secret History of How Texaco Supplied Oil to Fascists in Spain

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Friday, April 1, 2016 Apr 1, 2016 Headlines for April 01, 2016; Largest Pay Raise for American Workers in History NY and CA Approve $15 Minimum Wage Hike; Exclusive: Cherelle Baldwin on Being Found Not Guilty for Defending Herself Against Abusive Ex; Human Rights Advocates: U.S.-Backed Saudi Offensive in Yemen a 'Dark Mark' on Obama's Presidency

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Monday, April 4, 2016 Apr 4, 2016 Headlines for April 04, 2016; Meet the Greenpeace Activist Who Confronted Hillary Clinton over Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry; How Much Money Has Hillary Clinton's Campaign Taken from Fossil Fuel Companies; 'Love Trumps Hate': Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President; Voter ID Nightmare: Up to 300,000 Wisconsin Voters Could Be Barred from Polls Thanks to Scott Walker

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Apr 5, 2016 Headlines for April 05, 2016; Panama Papers: World Leaders from Iceland to Argentina Exposed in Massive Tax Evasion Scheme; Did Bernie Sanders Predict the Panama Papers When He Opposed Clinton-Backed U.S.-Panama Trade Deal; Panama Papers' Reporters Explain How the Biggest Leak in Data Journalism's History Materialized; Could Citizens United Help Foreign Billionaires Buy This Election An FEC Commissioner Speaks Out

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Apr 6, 2016 Headlines for April 06, 2016; 'A Victory for the Underdogs': Sanders & Cruz Win Big in Wisconsin as Front-Runners Stumble; Van Jones: New York Primary is 'War to Settle the Score' Between Bernie Sanders & Hillary Clinton; Van Jones Says 'Volcano of White Rage' Propping Up 'Dangerous' Trump Candidacy; Juan González Was at Bernie Sanders' NY Daily News Editorial Board Meeting. What Really Happened; In Shock to Wall Street & Washington, Puerto Rico Moves to Suspend Payments on $72B Public Debt; Special Report: Voices from Puerto Rico's Students Leading an Anti-Austerity Movement; Iceland's Pirate Party Gains Popularity After Prime Minister Walks the Plank over 'Panama Papers'

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Thursday, April 7, 2016 Apr 7, 2016 Headlines for April 07, 2016; A Torturer's Confession: Former Abu Ghraib Interrogator Speaks Out; Ex-Abu Ghraib Interrogator: Israelis Trained U.S. to Use 'Palestinian Chair' Torture Device; Former Abu Ghraib Interrogator: Because of Trump & Cruz, Door Still 'Wide Open' for U.S. to Torture; Melissa Harris-Perry on Race, Media, and the Story Behind This Year's Presidential Race

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Friday, April 8, 2016 Apr 8, 2016 Headlines for April 08, 2016; Juan González: Kasich May Look Like a 'Moderate,' But He's Still Dangerously Conservative; 'We Will Prevail': Three Words, Three American Presidents & An Endless War in Iraq; Andrew Bacevich: America's War for the Greater Middle East Cannot Be Won; Military Historian Agrees with Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is an Unreconstructed Hawk; #Deported2Death: Why Did Obama Deport 85 Muslim Asylum Seekers; Amy Goodman Is Inducted into I.F. Stone Hall of Fame as Democracy Now! Begins 20th Anniversary Tour

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Monday, April 11, 2016 Apr 11, 2016 Headlines for April 11, 2016; Black Lives Matter Activist: Bill Clinton's Defense of 'Superpredator' Policies Dehumanizes Us; Black Lives Matter vs. the LAPD: Are the Police Unfairly Targeting & Surveilling the Movement; Seven Decades Ago the U.S. Detained 120,000 Japanese Americans, Could It Happen Again

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Apr 12, 2016 Headlines for April 12, 2016; Democracy Spring: Over 400 Arrested at U.S. Capitol Protesting Corruption & Money in Politics; Lee Fang: Dark Money & Lobbyists Serving as Superdelegates Could Decide the 2016 Race; Beauty Secrets of the Spies: CIA Begins Investing in Skin Care Products That Collect DNA; Death by Gentrification: Alex Nieto Killed by Hail of Police Bullets in a Changing San Francisco

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Apr 13, 2016 Headlines for April 13, 2016; Hear Hillary Clinton Defend Her Role in Honduras Coup When Questioned by Juan González; 'She's Baldly Lying': Dana Frank Responds to Hillary Clinton's Defense of Her Role in Honduras Coup; 'America's Afghan Refugee Crisis': 15 Years into War, U.S. Urged to Resettle More Displaced Afghans; As John Kerry Visits Hiroshima, U.S. Quietly Launches $1 Trillion Effort to Upgrade Nuclear Arsenal

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Thursday, April 14, 2016 Apr 14, 2016 Headlines for April 14, 2016; As Clinton Backs Closer U.S.-Israel Ties, Sanders Criticizes Settlements & 2014 Assault on Gaza; Landmark Climate Lawsuit: Meet the Youth Activists Suing the U.S. Government & Fossil Fuel Industry; Who's Teaching Us: Stanford Students Demand Faculty Diversity & Support for Ethnic Studies

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Friday, April 15, 2016 Apr 15, 2016 Headlines for April 15, 2016; Clinton & Sanders Debate in Brooklyn, Taking on Social Security, Superpredators, Political Judgment; Juan González: Clinton Has 'Really Distorted' What Happened When NY Daily News Interviewed Sanders; Bernie Sanders: Treating Palestinians with Respect & Dignity Does Not Make Me Anti-Israel; Robert Scheer v. Torie Osborn: A Heated Debate on Sanders vs. Clinton with Two Longtime Progressives; 'No Racism in New York': 1,000 People Rally Against GOP Front-Runner Donald Trump in Manhattan; 'First Amendment Rights!' Two Democracy Now! Journalists Arrested Filming Anti-Trump Rally in NYC

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Monday, April 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016 Headlines for April 18, 2016; Democracy Awakening: Mass Civil Disobedience Planned on Capitol Hill to Cap Week of 900+ Arrests; 'This is Not a Bathroom Bill, This is a Hate Bill': Rev. William Barber on NC's HB 2; Is the Seafood You Eat Caught by Slaves Meet the Pulitzer Winners Who Broke Open a Global Scandal

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Apr 19, 2016 Headlines for April 19, 2016; 'The American People are on Our Side': Immigration Advocates Bullish on SCOTUS Immigration Case; Jose Antonio Vargas: There's Nothing More American Than Fighting for Immigration Reform; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez: U.S. Exceeding King George III's Despotism in Current Treatment of Puerto Rico; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on 'Hamilton': When We Get to Write, the Script is Very, Very Different; Millions of New Yorkers Disenfranchised from Primaries Thanks to State's Restrictive Voting Laws; As Anti-LGBT Laws Sweep U.S., How Did Utah Approve a Landmark Nondiscrimination Bill; Will the Mormon Church Take Over The Salt Lake Tribune, Silencing an Independent Voice

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 Apr 20, 2016 Headlines for April 20, 2016; Battle for New York: Clinton & Trump Win as NYC Voters Report Chaos & 'Irregularities' at the Polls; New York Primary: Chaos at Polling Sites, Broken Scanners & Whole Blocks Purged from Voter Rolls; Is the U.S. Backing Rousseff's Ouster in Brazil Opposition Holds Talks in D.C. as Obama Stays Quiet

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Thursday, April 21, 2016 Apr 21, 2016 Headlines for April 21, 2016; As Officer Who Killed Akai Gurley Gets No Jail Time, Asian Americans Debate Role of White Supremacy; Michigan Officials Charged in Flint Water Poisoning, but Gov. Snyder Has Not Even Been Questioned; As Saudis Continue Deadly Bombing of Yemen, Is Obama Trading Cluster Munitions for Riyadh’s Loyalty

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Friday, April 22, 2016 Apr 22, 2016 Headlines for April 22, 2016; Honor or Insult: A Debate on the Significance of Harriet Tubman on the New $20 Bill; 'He Refused to Live in a Binary': The World Mourns Death of Gender-Bending Music Legend Prince; Colorado's First Black Woman Pot Entrepreneur on Edibles, Incarceration & the Industry's Whiteness; #EarthDay: As Paris Deal Is Signed, Gulf Coast Residents Demand End to Drilling - Entirely; Debate: Should Boulder, Colorado, Become a Sister City of Nablus in Israeli-Occupied West Bank

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Monday, April 25, 2016 Apr 25, 2016 Headlines for April 25, 2016; 'Horrified': Seymour Hersh Reacts to Obama's Plan to Send 250 More U.S. Special Ops Troops to Syria; Seymour Hersh Weighs In on Sanders vs. Clinton: 'Something Amazing Is Happening in This Country'; Is the Obama Admin Ignoring the Role of Turkey & Saudi Arabia in Syria's 2013 Sarin Gas Attacks; Sy Hersh's Book on Bin Laden Killing Rejects U.S. Story, Says Saudis Financed Hiding of Qaeda Leader

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Apr 26, 2016 Headlines for April 26, 2016; Not Justice & Not Enough: Tamir Rice Family Gets $6M Settlement for Police Killing of 12-Year-Old; Family of Samuel Harrell, Killed by 'Beat Up Squad' in NY Prison, Holds Hunger Strike for Justice; 30 Years After Chernobyl, World's Worst Nuclear Disaster, U.S. Activists Warn of Ongoing Risks

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Apr 27, 2016 Headlines for April 27, 2016; How Trump Became the GOP's 'Presumptive Nominee' with Hate-Fueled Rhetoric & Attacks on Immigrants; Why Did the Former Republican Gov. of New Mexico Join the Libertarian Party to Run for President; 2016 Roundtable: Ahead of June 7 Primary, New Mexico Politicians on Who They're Voting for & Why

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Thursday, April 28, 2016 Apr 28, 2016 Headlines for April 28, 2016; Noam Chomsky: Young Bernie Sanders Supporters are a 'Mobilized Force That Could Change the Country'; Former Greek Finance Minister: Massive IMF Bailouts are 'Ponzi Austerity' Scheme; Yanis Varoufakis: Bailouts of Greece are Pretense for Massive Payout for German and French Banks; 'We Were Elected to Say No to the Creditors': Varoufakis on Resigning as Greek Finance Minister; Yanis Varoufakis: Europe’s 'Hot Spot' Refugee Registration Centers are 'Concentration Camps'

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Friday, April 29, 2016 Apr 29, 2016 Headlines for April 29, 2016; After 36-Day Student Occupation, University of California at Davis Chancellor Is Put on Leave; Northern Arizona U. Students Launch Sit-In as Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Sweeps Country; Historian Peter Linebaugh on 'The Incomplete, True, Authentic & Wonderful History of May Day'; Is Trump's Rhetoric Reigniting Anti-Immigrant Legislation in Arizona; Lena Rothman: A Trump Supporter Assaulted Me at a Rally - Then Police Arrested Me Instead of Him

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Monday, May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016 Headlines for May 02, 2016; RIP Father Daniel Berrigan: Remembering the Life and Legacy of the Antiwar Priest & Poet; 'It was the Happiest Day of My Life': Martin Sheen Recalls His Arrest Alongside Father Dan Berrigan; Dan Berrigan in His Own Words: Antiwar Priest Speaks About 9/11 in Democracy Now! Studios in 2002; In 2006 Interview, Fr. Dan Berrigan Recalls Confronting Defense Secretary McNamara over Vietnam War; 'His World Was Always Filled with Such Beauty': Frida Berrigan on Her Uncle, Priest Daniel Berrigan; Friends Remember Fr. Dan Berrigan: 'He Said He Didn't Believe in Heroes, He Believed in Community'; 'The Cause is the Heart's Beat': See Father Berrigan Recite His Poem 'Some' in 2006

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 May 3, 2016 Headlines for May 03, 2016; Jeremy Scahill Remembers His Longtime Friend, Father Daniel Berrigan: 'The Man was a Moral Giant'; 'The Assassination Complex': Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Probe Secret US Drone Wars in New Book; 'This Isn't a War on Leaks, It's a War on Whistleblowers': Snowden Pens Foreword to New Scahill Book; Jeremy Scahill: Clinton is Legendary Hawk, But Sanders Shouldn't Get Pass on Role in Regime Change

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 May 4, 2016 Headlines for May 04, 2016; 'Slickest Con Man Out of NYC': Donald Trump Set to Be GOP Nominee Despite Links to Organized Crime; 'A Voice from Another Part of New York': Hear Juan González's NY Journalism Hall of Fame Speech; Revolutionary, Strike Leader & Columnist: Juan González Retires from NY Daily News After 29 Years

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Thursday, May 5, 2016 May 5, 2016 Headlines for May 05, 2016; Former Death Row Prisoner Moreese Bickham Dies at 98: He Served 37 Years for Killing Klansmen Cops; 'Callings': In 'Radical' New Book, StoryCorps Honors the Voices of Unsung U.S. Workers

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Friday, May 6, 2016 May 6, 2016 Headlines for May 06, 2016; #BernieOrBust: Sanders Fans Debate Whether to Vote for Clinton If She is Democratic Nominee; After a Landmark Legal Ruling, Will CIA Torture Victims Finally Have Their Day in Court

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Monday, May 9, 2016 May 9, 2016 Headlines for May 09, 2016; #StopTrump Protesters Lock Themselves to Ladders to Block Traffic Outside Trump Rally in Washington; Driscoll's Workers Call for Global Boycott over Alleged Abuses at World's Biggest Berry Distributor; 'One of the Great Revolutionaries': Daniel Berrigan Remembered as Hundreds Gather for Funeral

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016 May 10, 2016 Headlines for May 10, 2016; Ralph Nader: Sanders Should Stay in Democratic Race, Is Only Losing Due to Anti-Democratic System; Nader: TV Networks Give Trump a 'Free Ride' on Public Airwaves & Cash In on the Election; Nader: The U.S. Political & Media System Is Designed to Obstruct, Silence Third-Party Candidates; Glenn Greenwald on Brazil: Goal of Rousseff Impeachment is to Boost Neoliberals & Protect Corruption

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 May 11, 2016 Headlines for May 11, 2016; Obama to Make History with Hiroshima Visit, as U.S. Quietly Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal; Trump Picks White Supremacist Leader as California Delegate, Then Blames Selection on Database Error; Tortured, Killed & Driven to Suicide: Whistleblower Exposes Abuse of Mentally Ill in Florida Prison

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Thursday, May 12, 2016 May 12, 2016 Headlines for May 12, 2016; Remembering Michael Ratner, Pioneering Lawyer Who Fought for Justice from Attica to Guantánamo; Julian Assange: Michael Ratner was a 'Campaigner for Justice' from Guatemala to Palestine; Suing Dictators Around the World: A Look at How Michael Ratner Helped Reshape Human Rights Law

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Friday, May 13, 2016 May 13, 2016 Headlines for May 13, 2016; With Rousseff Out, Brazil's Interim President Installs Conservative All-White, All-Male Cabinet; Amid Ongoing Conflict in Syria, Activists Work to Keep Alive Revolutionary Spirit of 2011 Uprising; Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Speaks from Behind Bars: We Are Engaged in a Struggle for Our Lives

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Monday, May 16, 2016 May 16, 2016 Headlines for May 16, 2016; Noam Chomsky: Climate Change & Nuclear Proliferation Pose the Worst Threat Ever Faced by Humans; Chomsky on Trump's Climate Denialism: He Wants Us to March Toward the Destruction of the Species; Chomsky: Hillary Clinton Fears BDS Because It Counters Decades of US Support for Israeli Aggression; Chomsky on Supporting Sanders & Why He Would Vote for Clinton Against Trump in a Swing State

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016 May 17, 2016 Headlines for May 17, 2016; Noam Chomsky on Syria Conflict: Cut Off the Flow of Arms & Stop Bombing to Stem the Atrocities; Chomsky: Saudi Arabia is the 'Center of Radical Islamic Extremism' Now Spreading Among Sunni Muslims; Noam Chomsky: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff 'Impeached by a Gang of Thieves'; Chomsky: Today's Republican Party is a Candidate for Most Dangerous Organization in Human History; Chomsky on Obama's Visit to Hiroshima & Presidential Legacy: 'Nothing to Rave About'; Chomsky on the Late Michael Ratner & How U.S. Thawed Cuba Ties to Avoid Dwindling Regional Influence

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 May 18, 2016 Headlines for May 18, 2016; How Donald Trump Risks Trade War, Crosses Lines on Racism, Wreaks Havoc on U.S. Conservatism; Will 712 Democratic Officials Decide 2016 Election Uncovering the Secret History of Superdelegates; Rekia Boyd's Killer Resigns as Activists Call for End to 'Reign of Terror' by Chicago Police