Former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney Seeks Presidency as Green Party Nominee

Former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney is now seeking the Green Party presidential nomination. McKinney is among the most outspoken critics of the Bush administration, and one of her last measures in office was to introduce a bill for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. She joins Democracy Now! to talk about her new campaign and why she left the Democratic Party after more than a decade in public office. [includes rush transcript]

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Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Across America, countless school children — particularly impoverished children of color — are being pushed out of schools and into juvenile lockups for minor misconduct that in an earlier era would have warranted counseling or a trip to the principal’s office rather than a court appearance.

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