Meet the Prisoners Being Paid $1 an Hour to Battle the Deadly Climate-Fueled Fires of California; Filipino Reporter Maria Ressa on Duterte’s Targeting of the Press & How Facebook Aids Authoritarians.
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Exclusive: WikiLeaks Lawyer Warns U.S. Charges Against Assange Endanger Press Freedom Worldwide; NYT Investigation: How Facebook Used A Republican Firm to Attack Critics & Spread Disinformation; Color of Change: Facebook Retaliated Against Protests by Pushing Anti-Semitic, Anti-Black Narratives; As Camp Fire Death Toll Rises, Meet the Prisoners Making $1 an Hour to Fight California’s Wildfires.
Rep. Ro Khanna: By Blocking Yemen Resolution, House GOP Is Abdicating Its Duty to Decide War & Peace
Rep. Ro Khanna: By Blocking Yemen Resolution, House GOP Is Abdicating Its Duty to Decide War & Peace; “He Was a Protector”: Remembering Jemel Roberson, 26-Year-Old Chicago Security Guard Slain by Police; Vermont Immigrant Rights Group Sues ICE for Monitoring, Infiltrating & “Hunting Down” Organizers.
NY Politician: We Need to Block $3 Billion Handout for Amazon & Use Money to Forgive Student Debt; As Jeff Bezos Earns $191K Per Minute, Why Are NY & VA Giving Amazon $3 Billion in Corporate Welfare? Advocates: Trump Creating Border Crisis by Pitting Troops Against Women & Children Fleeing Violence.
Climate Scientist Who Fled CA Wildfire: We’re Going to Keep Paying Price If We Ignore Climate Change
Climate Scientist Who Fled CA Wildfire: We’re Going to Keep Paying Price If We Ignore Climate Change; As Fires Devastate California, 350.org Calls for Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Economy; “An Incredible Victory”: Opponents of Keystone XL Pipeline Praise Judicial Order Blocking Construction; Gaza Is Already Unlivable: A Response to Israel’s Deadly Airstrikes Targeting TV … Continued
A Century After End of WWI, Trump Snubs Peace Summit While Macron Warns of Growing Nationalism; Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, Jane Addams: Honoring Antiwar Resisters on the 100th Anniv. of WWI’s End; A Century After WWI’s End, Adam Hochschild Cautions: “Think Long and Hard Before Starting a New War”; On Veterans Day, Advocates Warn Against … Continued
After Massacre in California Bar, Will a Democrat-Controlled House Take Action on Gun Control? “We Will Never Concede to Bigotry”: Florida Organizers Sound the Alarm over Voting Discrepancies; Rashida Tlaib on Impeaching Trump, Occupied Palestine & Becoming One of First Muslim Congresswomen; Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib & Peace Activist Kathy Kelly Condemn Saudi Cruelty in Yemen.
Trump Fires AG Sessions, Installs New Loyalist Whitaker to Oversee Mueller Probe; Ex-Congresswoman Who Voted to Impeach Nixon: Trump Firing Sessions Brings Back Troubling Memories; Deb Haaland, One of Nation’s First Native Congresswomen, Calls for Probe of Missing Indigenous Women.
In Rebuke of Trump, Democratic Women Help Seize House & 7 Governorships In Historic Midterm; Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: We Need to Confront Trump’s Creeping Authoritarianism; Carol Anderson: Massive Voter Suppression Could Be Deciding Factor in Georgia Governor’s Race; “Love Prevails”: Floridians Celebrate Massive Restoration of Voting Rights to People with Felonies; Katrina vanden Heuvel: … Continued
Election Night 2018 Coverage with Democracy Now! & The Intercept – Hour 5
Democracy Now! & The Intercept are teaming up to host a live midterm election night special. On Tuesday, November 6, as polls close around the country, Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Juan González and Nermeen Shaikh will be joined by The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill to host a rolling roundtable discussion with guests across the country. In … Continued