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In his new article, “Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail,” Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi chronicles the remarkable history of the rise of Bank of America, an institution he says has defrauded “everyone from investors and insurers to homeowners and the unemployed.” Democracy Now speaks with the author.

We speak with Thomas Drake, who was targeted after challenging waste, mismanagement and possible constitutional violations at the US National Security Agency, but the case against him later collapsed.

As details emerge in the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, whose killer has yet to be arrested, community leaders have helped build wider momentum into their calls for justice in the case.

Famed sociologist Frances Fox Piven and labor organizer Stephen Lerner discuss how Occupy Wall Street could grow into a major political movement that draws millions into the streets.

In a new film, psychologist and filmmaker Jan Haaken embeds with military therapists in Afghanistan and at their training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord — where the alleged U.S. shooter of Afghan civilians is from. We bring you this Democracy Now interview with the director.

Palestinian Prisoners continue their hunger strike protesting ill treatment by their Israeli captives meanwhile Israeli air strikes targeting Gaza leave 26 Palestinians dead this week as Gaza resistance groups insist on right to fight back.

U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is scheduled to appear in military court in Fort Meade, Maryland, today for a second day of hearings. On Thursday, the military accused Manning of indirectly aiding al-Qaeda by leaking a trove of secret documents to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.