How Democracy Made Its Way from the Halls of Ancient Athens to the Streets of Cairo
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A protester confronts police in Lower Manhattan during an OWS demonstration.
( Stephen Nessen/WNYC )
( Stephen Nessen/WNYC )
Produced by Jillian Weinberger