Democracy Now!

Friday, April 17, 2015 (2015x77)

: 17, 2015

2015/04/17 Headlines: Lawmakers Reach Deal to Give Obama TPP Fast-Track Authority; Iraqi Forces Retake Towns Near Oil Refinery from ISIL; Al-Qaeda Gains Ground in South Yemen; U.N. Envoy Resigns; WikiLeaks Publishes Full Database of Hacked Sony Emails; Muslim Migrants Accused of Pushing 12 Christians Overboard; Obama Signs "Doc Fix" Law to Overhaul Medicare Payments; Wesleyan Students Launch Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In; Harvard Blockade Continues; Gyrocopter Pilot Who Landed on Capitol Lawn Could Face 4 Years in Prison; Vatican Ends Takeover of U.S. Nuns Accused of "Radical Feminism"; Former IMF Chief Rodrigo Rato Probed for Money Laundering; Bernanke to Take Hedge Fund Job in Latest Sign of Revolving Door; Judge Allows U.S. Lawsuit over Murder of Chilean Musician Víctor Jara; Amnesty International Details "Chilling Crackdown" in Bahrain; Jeb Bush Calls for Congress to Approve Lynch Nomination; Parents of Martin Richard Oppose Death Penalty for Tsarnaev; Jewish Studies Scholar Cancels Univ. of Illinois Lecture over Salaita Dismissal; New Yorkers Protest Income Inequality at Billionaire's Condo Building; House Republicans Pass Tax Break for Wealthiest 0.2%