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A young girl who shot dead her abusive father now may face life in prison, sparking national outcry over the treatment of domestic violence survivors. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman is joined by Martina Latessa, Bresha Meadows’ aunt and a Cleveland police officer in the Domestic Violence Unit; Ian Friedman, a criminal defense attorney representing Bresha Meadows; and Victoria Law, freelance journalist, author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women.

Detroit is the largest African American city in the country, with a history of sophisticated political organizing that counters such lame gestures quickly and clearly. It is also a Sanctuary City. Just days before coming to Detroit, Trump denounced Sanctuary Cities, saying that if elected he would cut off federal funding until they renounced these policies. “Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars,” Trump said.

Unsafe spaces; Climate coffee crisis; Charter schools unmasked; Gender jeopardy; Trump vs “the American Way

Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid is over—but as his campaign army deploys down-ballot, more and more progressive challengers are claiming victory. Berniecrats include not just progressive politicians taking up Sanders’ mantle, but also political outsiders heeding Sanders’ call-to-revolution.

"This demolition is devastating. These grounds are the resting places of our ancestors. The ancient cairns and stone prayer rings cannot be replaced. In one day, our sacred land has been turned into hollow ground." —Dave Archambault II, Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman

Squeezed out of right-wing power roles for her gender, Phyllis Schlafly led the GOP war on women for a generation.

Labor should work alongside the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition with more than 50 organizations, to usher in a radically new economic and social order. The path won’t be easy. But recent history has shown that one of the ways to get at this new reality is through union bargaining.

50 Republican national security figures have come out staunchly against Donald Trump and that has been a headline story -- all the Mr. Rights finally take out after Mr. Wrong -- even though many of them bear a responsibility for the very world of war and failure that helped produce the moment of The Donald. Rebecca Gordon who knows a thing or two about the criminal wars of these last years makes some sense of this latest round of expertise and Election 2016.

On August 10, Army Secretary Eric Fanning received a petition with 115,000 signatures, part of an ongoing effort by activists to ensure Chelsea Manning's additional suicide-related charges are dropped. Although public pressure has mounted, there has been no sign that the charges will be dropped any time soon.

300 Human Rights, Social Justice, Faith-Based, Labor, and Immigrant Rights Groups are calling for an International Convergence at the U.S./Mexico Border from October 7-10, 2016.