President Obama Implores Nation to Vote for Hillary Clinton: “Carry Her the Same Way You Carried Me”; “No More War”: Protesters Disrupt Ex-CIA Director Leon Panetta’s DNC Speech; Michael Eric Dyson vs. Eddie Glaude on Race, Hillary Clinton and the Legacy of Obama’s Presidency; Bill O’Reilly Claims Enslaved Africans Who Built White House Were “Well-Fed”; … Continued


We play excerpts from Oliver Stone’s compelling documentary series “The Untold History of the United States.” The series re-examines parts of America’s darkest past, such as how this country came closer than anyone knew to nuclear annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and how the end of the Cold War could have produced a very different world than the … Continued


President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and HIllary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee Virginia Senator Tim Kaine address the Democratic National Convention tonight. Supporters of Bernie Sanders may protest when Kaine delivers his speech. Some of them walked out of the convention hall and joined protests outside after Clinton’s formal presidential nomination yesterday.  Pacifica’s live coverage … Continued


“Biggest Crack in Glass Ceiling Yet”: Clinton Becomes First Female Major-Party Presidential Nominee; Hundreds of Sanders Delegates Walk Off Convention Floor in Protest of “Rigged” Election; “It’s a Bittersweet Time”: Some Sanders Backers Stay Inside DNC, Now Plan to Support Hillary Clinton; Danny Glover & Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Sanders, Clinton and the Long Arch … Continued


This year’s Democratic National Convention is the first since Congress cut all public funding for the event. So, who is financing the Democratic National Convention? We speak with George Zornick to find out. Then, Tariq Ali recently spoke on “Rage, Rebellion, Organizing our Power” at the Left Forum in New York, giving international context for the Bernie Sanders … Continued


“Biggest Crack in Glass Ceiling Yet”: Clinton Becomes First Female Major-Party Presidential Nominee; Hundreds of Sanders Delegates Walk Off Convention Floor in Protest of “Rigged” Election; “It’s a Bittersweet Time”: Some Sanders Backers Stay Inside DNC, Now Plan to Support Hillary Clinton; Danny Glover & Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Sanders, Clinton and the Long Arch … Continued


Delegates to the Democratic National Convention officially nominate Hillary Clinton as the party’s presidential nominee. Former President Bill Clinton delivers the keynote address. The convention will also hear from the mothers of African-Americans killed by police or who died in police custody or at the hands of vigilantes. The mothers of  Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, … Continued