Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise”: First Film on Writer and Activist Chronicles an Extraordinary Life.
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise”: First Film on Writer and Activist Chronicles an Extraordinary Life.
Democracy Now!
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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
With Saturday’s death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the most important conservative voice on the Supreme Court in decades, the nation may be heading into a constitutional crisis. Senate Republicans are vowing to block President Obama from filling Scalia’s seat. His death will also have an immediate impact on how the now eight-person court will rule … Continued
War on Wall Street or Wall Street’s Wars? Clinton and Sanders Debate in Wisconsin; Sanders Slams Clinton’s Admiration for “Destructive” Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; Who Endorsed Hillary Clinton? The Congressional Black Caucus or Its PAC Filled with Lobbyists? Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Ideal Presidential Candidate Would Have “Greater Acknowledgment of History.”
Barbara Lee: Post-9/11 Vote Should Not Be Used as Blank Check to Keep Waging Perpetual War; As Congressional Black Caucus PAC Prepares to Back Clinton, Barbara Lee Withholds Endorsement; Could Unelected Superdelegates Give Clinton the Nomination Even If Sanders Wins the Primaries? Justice Dept. Sues Ferguson, Missouri, to Force Police Reforms.
Bernie Sanders on NH Victory: “Tonight We Served Notice to the Political and Economic Establishment”; “An Earthshaking Moment”: Sanders Win Reveals Deep Divide Between Voters & Democratic Party Leaders; After Running Xenophobic & Racist Campaign, Donald Trump Wins Easily in New Hampshire; Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Voting for Bernie Sanders Despite the Senator’s Opposition to Reparations.
Former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin on Running Against Sanders in ’86 & Endorsing Clinton in ’16; Ex-NAACP Head Ben Jealous: Sanders is Most Consistent Candidate Tackling Racism, Militarism & Greed; Hillary Clinton & the “Mass Incarceration Machine”: A Debate on Her Support of 1994 Crime Bill; Bernie Hasn’t Changed His Tune: Ex-Vermont Gov. Says Sanders’ … Continued
Trump Leads GOP Charge Embracing Torture: “I’d Bring Back a Hell of a Lot Worse Than Waterboarding”; Another Bush, Another Preemptive War? Jeb Supports U.S. Military Strikes Against North Korea; Real Estate Magnate Trump Defends Using Eminent Domain to Seize Homes for Private Development; Trump Calls Police “Absolutely Mistreated”; Kasich Backs Collaboration Between Communities & … Continued
Clinton Accuses Sanders of “Artful Smear” for Questioning Why Wall Street Gives Her Millions; Hillary Clinton Refuses to Say If She Will Release Copies of Her Paid Speeches to Goldman Sachs; Sanders & Clinton Spar on 2002 Iraq Vote; Clinton Praises Henry Kissinger; “A Significant Victory”: Julian Assange Hails U.N. Panel Calling for His Freedom. … Continued
Will Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Go Free After U.N. Finds He Is Being Arbitrarily Detained? Lori Wallach: Signing of TPP Marks Only Beginning of the Fight, Trade Deal Could Still Be Stopped; “There’s a Jim Jones in Michigan”: Lawmaker Likens Flint Crisis to Cult Leader Who Poisoned Members; Exclusive Report: How Long Did Flint’s County … Continued
Privatization on Steroids: Emergency Manager Who Switched Flint Water Resigns From Detroit Schools; Jewish Peace Groups Reveal Role in Spoof New York Times That Criticized Paper’s Stance on Israel; Michael Eric Dyson on “The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America.”