Do you think local police departments need this type of equipment and training? 

"This industry has really sprung up post-9/11, when Homeland Security start giving grants to local communities for counterterrorism," explains reporter Shane Bauer. Click the link to see a video clip from inside the "Urban Shield" trade show.

#Police   #Military   #UrbanShield   #LawEnforcement   #NationalSecurity  

"Police officers don’t like to be held accountable — and prosecutors tend to cover for corrupt police officers," says Austin activist Antonio Buehler, who is awaiting a verdict in his trial over a charge of "failure to obey a lawful order" after he filmed a 2012 arrest.

An Austin police officer has accused Buehler of being "a domestic terrorist threat" over his filming of police actions. He is co-founder of the group Peaceful Streets Project, whose members record the local police and post videos online. 

#Police   #Activism   #AntonioBuehler  

Do you know if you are eating or buying genetically engineered food? Should companies be forced to label GMO products?

Watch our interview with Tufts University professor Sheldon Krimsky, co-editor of the new book, "The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk."

#Food  

We get a live report from Indonesia by investigative journalist Allan Nairn, whose dispatches shook up the presidential race when he reported on the human rights abuses committed by former army general Prabowo Subianto and his statement that Indonesia needs "a benign authoritarian regime" because the country was “not ready for democracy." 

#Indonesia  

"There is a fundamental principle both of decency and common sense, which is, we should not leave people anywhere in the world bereft of a basic, functioning primary health system," says economist Jeffrey Sachs of The Earth Institute, which hosted a conference today titled, “The Ebola Crisis: What It Means for West Africa and the World.” 

#Ebola   #PublicHealth   #Healthcare  

Did you know that there have been more than 75 school shootings since the Newtown massacre that left 26 dead in December 2012?  

"The worst possible scenario is if such a vital and important case is decided, ultimately, behind closed doors in a secret grand jury process," says St. Louis politician Antonio French of the Michael Brown shooting case. 

#Ferguson  

Stay informed. 

What do you think is missing from the mainstream discussion about the Ottawa shooting?

Watch today's segment and let us know what you think of the points raised by our guests. 

#OttawaShooting  

In headlines today, we report that a newly obtained audit shows the U.S. Postal Service approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law enforcement and its own inspection unit to secretly monitor Americans' mail. The New York Times reports the number is far higher than what the Postal Service had previously disclosed.

#Mail   #Privacy  

Do you support quarantining medical workers returning from the front lines of the Ebola outbreak? 

We hear from a nurse with Doctors Without Borders just back from Guinea.

#Ebola   #PublicHealth   #Medicine  +Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA 

Planning to see "Dear White People" this weekend? Don't miss our interview with actor Marque Richardson and award-winning, first-time director Justin Simien.

#DearWhitePeople   #movies   #interviews