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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
As Deadly Wildfires Rage in California, a Look at How Global Warming Fuels Decades of Forest Fires; Weeks After Hurricane, Puerto Rico Lacks Water, Working Hospitals, Electricity & Considers Solar; Rev. Jesse Jackson: Colin Kaepernick is a “Martyr” & Deserves the Right to Play Football; Rev. Jesse Jackson: Defend the Constitutional Right to Vote & … Continued
As Catalonia Plans Independence from Spain, Julian Assange Advises Organizers on Secure Messaging; Julian Assange: Accusations of WikiLeaks & Trump Campaign Ties to Russia are “Not Consequential”; Judge Denies Bail to Whistleblower Reality Winner, Citing Her Admiration for Snowden and Assange; New Yorkers Call for Indigenous Peoples’ Day & Removal of Columbus Statue; Julian Assange … Continued
Nuclear Ban Group ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize as Trump Threatens to End Iran Deal & Nuke North Korea; Are Trump’s Efforts to Sabotage Iran Nuclear Deal a Precursor for U.S. War with Iran?; Will the NRA Use Regulation of “Bump Stocks” as Excuse to Avoid “Real Action” on Gun Control? Special Report: Puerto Ricans … Continued
Russian Journalist Masha Gessen on Trump & Putin’s Autocracy and Media’s Refusal to Call Out Lies; Masha Gessen: Trump Doing “Incredible Damage” to Democracy While Media is Obsessed with Russia Probe; “It Was an Insult”: Rep. Nydia Velázquez on Trump’s Visit to Puerto Rico, Attacks on San Juan Mayor.
Could Trump Actually Cancel Puerto Rico’s Wall Street Debt After Devastation of Hurricane Maria? After Las Vegas Massacre, Advocates Look to Australia’s Successful Fight to Curb Gun Violence; Rev. Barber: Systematic Racialized Voter Suppression is the “Election Hacking” the U.S. Must Address; Rev. Barber on NFL Protests: MLK Kneels, Prophets in the Bible Kneel, I … Continued
As Las Vegas Massacre Toll Rises, Calls Grow for Background Checks on Nevada Gun Sales; After Las Vegas Massacre, Republicans in Congress Push Bills That Could Make Mass Shootings Deadlier; “They Don’t Care Who the Guns Go To”: Experts Warn Trump Admin. Plans to Widen U.S. Weapons Exports; Puerto Ricans Protest Trump’s Visit, Denounce Militarization … Continued
Father of Lin-Manuel Miranda Slams Trump’s “Racist” Attack on Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria; Juan González: Puerto Rico’s Financial Control Board Worsened Crisis After Hurricane Maria; “We Cannot Wait”: Puerto Rico’s Residents Organize to Provide Food & Water after Hurricane Maria; Spanish Police Injure 800 in Crackdown on Catalonia Independence Referendum as Crisis Escalates.
Report from Puerto Rico: Death Toll Higher Than Reported Amid Water Shortage & Health Crisis; Michael Moore on His Broadway Show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” Trump, Puerto Rico & the Media.
French Activist: Emmanuel Macron is “Younger, Prettier” Face of Anti-Worker Reforms & a Police State; As Trump Struggles to Pronounce “Namibia,” Meet One of the Country’s Best-Known Journalists; Finland’s First Female President on Women’s Rights, Healthcare & Rise of Far Right in Europe.
Profits vs. Puerto Rican Lives: Trump Admin Blocks Aid from Reaching Devastated Island; Yemenis Suffer “Silent Deaths” as Saudi Arabia Refuses Human Rights Probe in Deadly U.S.-Backed War; Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call for U.N. Security Council to Protect Rohingya from Attacks in Burma; Muhammad Yunus on Achieving a World with Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment … Continued
