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Headlines for December 16, 2013; "Makes Absolutely No Sense": David Cay Johnston on Budget Deal That Helps Billionaires, Not the Poor; Nikki Giovanni on 1 Year Since Newtown: Where is the Political Leadership on Gun Control?; Nikki Giovanni on Poetry, Grief and Her New Book, "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid"; Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom" Ends with Burial in Home Village of Qunu

Headlines for December 13, 2013; Labor Leader Eliseo Medina on Fasting for Immigration Reform, Organizing with Cesar Chavez; Polaroid & Apartheid: Inside the Beginnings of the Boycott, Divestment Movement Against South Africa; "One of Our Greatest Coups": The CIA & the Capture of Nelson Mandela

Headlines for December 12, 2013; The Anti-Apartheid Underground: Ronnie Kasrils on Meeting Nelson Mandela in an ANC Safe House in 1962; From Marxism to Neoliberalism: Ronnie Kasrils on How Mandela & ANC Shifted Economic Views

Headlines for December 11, 2013; ALEC's "Institutional Corruption," From Backing Apartheid to Assault on Clean Energy, Public Sector; The Secret History of How Cuba Helped End Apartheid in South Africa; As Olympic Winter Games Near, Russian LGBT Activists Speak Out Against Anti-Gay Laws

VIDEO & AUDIO: International Human Rights Day Becomes Call for Obama to Stop Deportations

Headlines for December 10, 2013; President Obama: Nelson Mandela "Freed Not Just the Prisoner, But the Jailer As Well"; Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff: Mandela Gave World "An Unmatched Example of Humanism"; Cuba's Raúl Castro Praises Nelson Mandela's "Unwavering Dedication to the Revolutionary Struggle"; Desmond Tutu's Lively Tribute to Nelson Mandela: "He Gave Us an Incredible Gift"; "A Pan-Africanist Hero": Nelson Mandela Remembered by African Union Commission Chairwoman; Poet Maya Angelou's Tribute to Nelson Mandela: We Lift Our Tearful Voices to Say 'Thank You'

VIDEO: Filmmaker Danny Schechter on Impact of Nelson Mandela's Visit to the United States

Headlines for December 09, 2013; Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry-Picked" Intelligence on Syrian Chemical Attack to Justify U.S. Strike; Rev. Jesse Jackson on the Life of Nelson Mandela & the Movement that Backed His Anti-Apartheid Fight

Headlines for December 06, 2013; Remembering Nelson Mandela: From Freedom Fighter to Political Prisoner to South African President; Randall Robinson on Nelson Mandela, U.S. Backing of Apartheid Regime & Success of Sanctions Movement; Soweto Activist: While Mandela Helped Build "The New South Africa," Struggle Continues for Many; Filmmaker Danny Schechter: The Anti-Apartheid Movement Behind Mandela Can't Be Forgotten

Headlines for December 05, 2013; "We Can't Survive on $7.25": Fast-Food Workers Kick Off National Day of Action for Higher Pay; As Workers Strike Against Low Wages, Fast-Food CEOs Fatten Pockets with Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay; Jeremy Scahill: Oscar Nod for "Dirty Wars" Could Raise Awareness of Ongoing U.S. Drone Strikes; "There is a War on Journalism": Jeremy Scahill on NSA Leaks & New Investigative Reporting Venture

VIDEO: Extended Interview with Vandana Shiva and Jane Goodall

Headlines for December 04, 2013; Detroit Bankruptcy: Wall Street, Lost Revenues Forced Decline, But City Pensioners to Pay the Costs; Vandana Shiva & Jane Goodall on Serving the Earth & How Women Can Address Climate Crisis

Watch: Michel Gondry Drawing Illustration of Amy Goodman

Web Exclusive: Noam Chomsky in Conversation with French Filmmaker Michel Gondry

Headlines for December 03, 2013; Animating Noam Chomsky: French Director Michel Gondry on New Film "Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?"; Noam Chomsky on Education & How "Manufacturing Consent" Brought Attention to East Timor Massacres