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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Exclusive: Ravi Ragbir Speaks Out After Being Freed from “Unnecessarily Cruel” ICE Detention; Ravi Ragbir of The New Sanctuary Coalition: I Was Detained Because of Our Immigration Activism; Two Immigrants Detained in NJ While Taking Children to School; Third Seeks Sanctuary in Church.
“Unprecedented Level of Violence” in Heart of Kabul as Taliban Sends “Clear Message” to Trump; With Larry Nassar Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of 160 Female Athletes, Many Now Ask: Who Else Knew? “Are You a U.S. Citizen?”: Trump Could Sabotage the 2020 Census by Adding Controversial Question; “We’re Living in a Rigged System”: Ari Berman … Continued
Women’s Rights Attorney Gloria Allred on Suing Donald Trump for Sexual Assault: “Truth Matters”; A Lifetime of Activism: Jane Fonda on Gender Violence, Indigenous Rights & Opposing War in Vietnam; Actor & Musician Common on Erica Garner, Colin Kaepernick, DREAMers, Trump & Standing Up for Justice.
MLK’s Radical Final Years: Civil Rights Leader Was Isolated After Taking On Capitalism & Vietnam War.
Fantasy Novelist Ursula Le Guin, Who Explored Resistance & Change, Dies at Age 88; “Strong Island”: Trans Filmmaker Yance Ford Searches for Justice After His Brother’s Racist Murder; Alabama’s Hale County is Subject of Poetic Documentary on Blackness and Everyday Life in the Black Belt.
DuPont vs. the World: Chemical Giant Covered Up Health Risks of Teflon Contamination Across Globe; A Warning from the Center of the World: Pacific Nation Kiribati Is Disappearing as Sea Level Rises.
“The Year of Our Awakening”: Global Protests Mark Anniversary of Women’s March & Trump Inauguration; Amy Goodman Questions Ruth Bader Ginsburg About #MeToo Movement at Sundance Film Festival; “RBG”: New Documentary Celebrates Life of Groundbreaking Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.zalez.
As Shutdown Looms over Immigration, Trump’s Rejection of Refugees Could Have Global Domino Effect; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Democratic Party Faces Reckoning for Purging Sanders Supporters; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on “How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective”; Norman Finkelstein on the Big Lie About Gaza: The Palestinians Have Not Been the Aggressors.
David Cay Johnston: Trump is Determined to Provoke War to Draw Focus from Racist & Erratic Behavior; “It’s Even Worse Than You Think”: David Cay Johnston on Trump’s First Year in Office; Trump Biographer: Trump is the “Most Racist” President in at Least 100 Years; How Trump’s Deregulatory Push Is Harming Workers, Muzzling EPA Scientists … Continued
NYC Immigration Activist Jean Montrevil Speaks Out After Deportation to Haiti: “My Heart Is Broken”; “Letter From an Immigration Jail”: Hear the Words of Detained Immigrant Leader Ravi Ragbir; Is ICE Targeting Immigration Activists? Family Members of Detained & Deported Leaders Speak Out; “ICE Is Sending Us a Message”: Activist Maru Mora Villalpando on Being … Continued
