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President Trump’s Inaugural Address

Presidents typically avoid facts and figures when delivering inaugural addresses, serving up a blend of broad platitudes and generalities to lay out a vision. President Donald Trump was no different in that

January 21, 2017
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Category: Media

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2016 US Elections

Black Lives Matter Activists Chain Themselves Together to Block Inauguration Checkpoint

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Protests are taking across the country today. We go live to an inauguration checkpoint where Black Lives Matter protesters are locked down and trying to block off the entrance to the inauguration.

January 20, 2017
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Category: Justice

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Activism

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Michael Moore Addresses 25,000 Protesters in NYC: "There's More of Us Than There are of Them!"

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Democracy Now! broadcast our daily show live from WHUT on the campus of the historically black university, Howard University in Washington, D.C., less than four hours before Donald Trump

January 20, 2017
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Activism

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Naomi Klein on Trump Election: "This is a Corporate Coup d’État"

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Journalists Naomi Klein, author of "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate" and Lee Fang of The Intercept talk about the role of corporations inside the Trump administration and the inauguration.

January 20, 2017
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Category: Politics

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How journalists can protect themselves while covering protests

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Protesters call attention to economic, environmental, racial, gender-based and other forms of injustice. For journalists covering political movements, reporting on protests is crucial, but these events come with unique security challenges.

January 19, 2017
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A Pharmaceutical Company is Officially Using Cannabis to Treat Disease

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Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women – in the U.S. alone, more than 610,000 people die from it annually. GrowBlox Life Sciences LLC announced that they plan to develop a drug that could prevent and treat cardiovascular disease using cannabis.