U.S. Drops Its Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb on Afghans, Already Traumatized by Decades of War | Daily Digest 04/14/2017

700 Immigrants on Hunger Strike at For-Profit Prison to Protest Conditions & $1/Day Wages & Afghans Respond to Insult of U.S. Dropping Massive Bomb: "Would a Mother Do That to Any Children?" & More Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Friday, April 14, 2017 democracynow.org Stories U.S. Drops Its Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb on Afghans, Already Traumatized by Decades of War In Afghanistan on Thursday, the United States military dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever—the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or MOAB, nicknamed "The ... Read More → 700 Immigrants on Hunger Strike at For-Profit Prison to Protest Conditions & $1/Day Wages Hundreds of undocumented immigrants are on hunger strike to protest the conditions and extremely low wages at the for-profit Northwest Detention Center in ... Read More → Afghans Respond to Insult of U.S. Dropping Massive Bomb: "Would a Mother Do That to Any Children?" The "Mother of All Bombs" is the nickname for the bomb the U.S. dropped Thursday on Afghanistan, but our guests in Kabul say civilians there are asking if any ... Read More → Ralph Nader Explains Why United Airlines Has "Total Unbridled Discretion to Throw You Off a Plane" Amid fallout from the United Airlines passenger who was beaten and dragged from a flight by airport security guards, we speak with longtime consumer advocate ... Read More → Headlines → U.S. Drops Largest-Ever Non-Nuclear Bomb on Afghanistan Syria: U.S.-Led Coalition Airstrike Kills 18 U.S.-Backed Rebels Syrian President Claims Chemical Attack Footage Was Fabricated Syrian Rebels, Government Begin Exchange of Besieged Residents NBC News: Trump Administration Prepared to Strike North Korea Trump Signs Law Allowing States to Withhold Planned Parenthood Funds New York: 25 Arrested at Protest in Trump Tower Lobby CIA Director Pompeo: WikiLeaks a "Hostile Intelligence Service" Libya: Nearly 100 Migrants Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes Brazil: Judge Opens Corruption Probe into Nearly 100 Senior Politicians Arkansas: Death Penalty Opponents Rally Ahead of 7 Planned Executions Lawyer: United Customer Suffered Lost Teeth, Broken Nose, Concussion Canadian Bill Would Legalize Recreational Marijuana Forward this email → Donate today → Follow WEB EXCLUSIVE Immigrants on Hunger Strike over Conditions as Trump Admin. Plans to Curtail Rules for Detention WEB EXCLUSIVE Full Interview: Allan Nairn on Trump, U.S. Militarism & Resisting the GOP's Right-Wing Revolution COLUMN Trump's Making Good on One of His Many Campaign Promises: Promoting Unfettered Police Power SPEAKING EVENTS 4/23 Princeton, NJ 4/24 Middletown, CT 4/24 Cambridge, MA 4/25 Cambridge, MA 4/25 New Haven, CT 4/25 South Hadley, MA 4/26 Middlebury, VT 4/26 Montpelier, VT 4/27 Bennington, VT 4/27 Burlington, VT 4/29 Washington, DC 4/30 Washington, DC and more... 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License