Democracy Now! April 13, 2012

April 13, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

Months after Zuccotti Park eviction, Occupy Wall Street springs up outside New York Stock Exchange. SDS founder and veteran activist Tom Hayden talks about participatory democracy, from Port Huron to Occupy Wall Street. Arizona teacher Sean Arce is fired in the latest crackdown on an acclaimed Mexican-American studies program. And, despite praise and permission, a Detroit teacher is fired for helping students’ Trayvon Martin fundraiser. Plus headlines and more.

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North Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly called North Korea, is a country in East Asia, in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital is Pyongyang, the country's largest city by both land area and population. The Amnok River and the Tumen River form the ... Explore this topic

Rocket launch

A rocket launch is the takeoff phase of the flight of a rocket. Launches for orbital spaceflights, or launches into interplanetary space, are usually from a fixed location on the ground, but may also be from a floating platform or, potentially, from a superheavy An-225-class a... Explore this topic

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree... Explore this topic

LGBT rights

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movements are movements that advocate for the full acceptance of LGBT people in society. In these movements, LGBT people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for what is now generally called LGBT rights, sometimes a... Explore this topic

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama served as a U.S. Senator representing the state of Illinois from January 2005 to Novemb... Explore this topic

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)

The American Legislative Exchange Council is a 501 American organization composed of legislators, businesses and foundations which produces model legislation for state legislatures and says it promotes free-market and conservative ideas. According to the organization's website... Explore this topic

Stand your ground

In the United States of America, stand-your-ground law states that a person may justifiably use force in self-defense when there is reasonable belief of an unlawful threat, without an obligation to retreat first. The concept sometimes exists in statutory law and sometimes thro... Explore this topic

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, commonly shortened to Planned Parenthood, is the U.S. affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and one of its larger members. PPFA is a non-profit organization providing reproductive health and maternal and child he... Explore this topic

Texas

Texas is the second most populous and the second-largest of the 50 states in the United States of America, and the largest state in the 48 contiguous United States. Geographically located in the South Central part of the country, Texas shares an international border with the M... Explore this topic

US Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice, also known as the Justice Department, is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The D... Explore this topic

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