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Thom Hartmann shares a story about the Federal Emergency Management Agency denying funds to states that don't plan for climate change.

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01:00 - “Corporations Stealing From U.S. Troops.” David Haynes explains how binding arbitration agreements directed at soldiers are leaving our veterans without homes when they return from overseas combat. #ArbitrationTrap

09:24 - “Still No Action on Police Brutality.” Howard Nations explains why almost nothing has been done since the death of Michael Brown to reign in abusive police officers. #HandsUpDontShoot

18:28 - “Arsenic Found In Wines.” Michael Burg will tell us about the lawsuit taking place against California wineries, where it has been revealed they are pumping high levels of arsenic into cheap wines. #ArsenicWine

26:59 - “Wisconsin’s Right To Work…For Less.” Brendan Fischer, general counsel for the Center for Media and Democracy in Madison, Wisconsin, will explain Wisconsin’s new Right To Work law. #StandWithLabor

44:49 - “The Backstory.” News with Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder. #BehindTheHeadlines

On October 3, 2013, Miriam Carey, an unarmed African-American mother drove to Washington, D.C., from Connecticut with her infant daughter. A U-turn at a checkpoint, followed by a car chase, led to Secret Service agents and Capitol Police firing 26 bullets at her car, eventually killing Carey. While the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown have sparked nationwide protest against police brutality, Carey’s case remains shrouded in a fog of misinformation. Initial reports claimed she "rammed" White House and Capitol "barriers" — and that she tried to breach two security perimeters. Those reports have since been proven false.

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Ian Millhiser of The Center for American Progress talks about his new book, “Injustices: The Supreme Court’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted”

As the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu is devastated by Cyclone Pam, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben links the storm to global warming and responds to the new decision by the the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to back the fast-growing divestment campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. This comes as University of Oxford alumni, donors and students are watching a vote set for today on whether the school will divest its endowment from the top 200 companies involved in exploring or extracting fossil fuels. McKibben also discusses news from NASA that California’s water supply could be exhausted by next year. Meanwhile, the environmentalist and former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of ordering the arrest of a judge while in office. Nasheed became famous in 2009 for holding a cabinet meeting underwater to show the threat of climate change to his island nation.

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John Fugelsang talks about the Indiana law allowing businesses to refuse service to LGBT people. He says, "there is nothing Christian," about it.

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The author, filmmaker and media reform activist Danny Schechter has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 72. Danny Schechter rose to prominence as the "The News Dissector" on Boston’s WBCN radio in the 1970s. He went on to work as a television producer at ABC’s 20/20, where he won two Emmy Awards, and at the newly launched CNN. But he left corporate media to lead MediaChannel.org and Global Vision. Schechter wrote 12 books, including "The More You Watch, the Less You Know," and was a leading activist and journalist against apartheid in South Africa, making six nonfiction films about Nelson Mandela. He was a frequent guest on Democracy Now! over the years. The last time he was on the program, he discussed the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela.

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Dozens of people have been wounded in clashes surrounding Wednesday’s massive protest against austerity in Frankfurt, Germany. A crowd of around 10,000 people marched outside the new headquarters of the European Central Bank to oppose economic policies that force deep cuts to public spending and worsen unemployment. Around 14 officers and 21 protesters were injured after breakaway marchers clashed with police.

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President Obama stirred up a controversy when he brought up mandatory voting, and how things actually get done when people vote. If voting isn't mandatory, Thom asks, what we can do to increase voter turnout in the United States?

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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK WITH ANN AND ANDY (taped 4/1/15):

The battle over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana and other states has become a pivotal moment in the history of the LGBT movement. We have a multitude of developments to report.

We will tell you which two attorneys will argue our side in the same-sex marriage cases at the Supreme Court on April 28.

A pro-same sex marriage vote in the US Senate attracts all Democrats and 11 Republicans.

Out Houston Mayor Annise Parker talks about her marriage and adopted children. A must see: http://abc13.com/politics/mayor-parke...

The US Department of Justice is suing an Oklahoma college for transgender discrimination.

Fortune magazine rates an out gay man as “the world’s greatest leader.” The Pope came in fourth.

Andy reviews a Broadway revival of “The Heidi Chronicles” starring Elizabeth Moss of “Mad Men.”

Our guest host next week will be Chris Cooper while Andy is off reviewing London theatre.