Democracy Now – April 19, 2016
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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! analyzes the big debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in Brooklyn on Thursday night. And it is April 15th, KPFA’s Birthday, Amy plays an excerpt from the documentary of KPFA’s rich history, “KPFA On The Air.”
As Clinton Backs Closer U.S.-Israel Ties, Sanders Criticizes Settlements & 2014 Assault on Gaza; Landmark Climate Lawsuit: Meet the Youth Activists Suing the U.S. Government & Fossil Fuel Industry; Who’s Teaching Us?: Stanford Students Demand Faculty Diversity & Support for Ethnic Studies.
Hear Hillary Clinton Defend Her Role in Honduras Coup When Questioned by Juan González; “She’s Baldly Lying”: Dana Frank Responds to Hillary Clinton’s Defense of Her Role in Honduras Coup; “America’s Afghan Refugee Crisis”: 15 Years into War, U.S. Urged to Resettle More Displaced Afghans; As John Kerry Visits Hiroshima, U.S. Quietly Launches $1 Trillion … Continued
Democracy Spring: Over 400 Arrested at U.S. Capitol Protesting Corruption & Money in Politics; Lee Fang: Dark Money & Lobbyists Serving as Superdelegates Could Decide the 2016 Race; Beauty Secrets of the Spies: CIA Begins Investing in Skin Care Products That Collect DNA; Death by Gentrification: Alex Nieto Killed by Hail of Police Bullets in … Continued
Black Lives Matter Activist: Bill Clinton’s Defense of “Superpredator” Policies Dehumanizes Us; Black Lives Matter vs. the LAPD: Are the Police Unfairly Targeting & Surveilling the Movement? Seven Decades Ago the U.S. Detained 120,000 Japanese Americans, Could It Happen Again?
Juan González: Kasich May Look Like a “Moderate,” But He’s Still Dangerously Conservative; “We Will Prevail”: Three Words, Three American Presidents & An Endless War in Iraq; Andrew Bacevich: America’s War for the Greater Middle East Cannot Be Won; Military Historian Agrees with Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is an Unreconstructed Hawk; #Deported2Death: Why Did Obama … Continued
A Torturer’s Confession: Former Abu Ghraib Interrogator Speaks Out; Ex-Abu Ghraib Interrogator: Israelis Trained U.S. to Use “Palestinian Chair” Torture Device; Former Abu Ghraib Interrogator: Because of Trump & Cruz, Door Still “Wide Open” for U.S. to Torture; Melissa Harris-Perry on Race, Media, and the Story Behind This Year’s Presidential Race.
“A Victory for the Underdogs”: Sanders & Cruz Win Big in Wisconsin as Front-Runners Stumble; Van Jones: New York Primary is “War to Settle the Score” Between Bernie Sanders & Hillary Clinton; Van Jones Says “Volcano of White Rage” Propping Up “Dangerous” Trump Candidacy; Juan González Was at Bernie Sanders’ NY Daily News Editorial Board … Continued