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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
We Need to Fix Our Democracy: Lawrence Lessig Weighs Presidential Run to Rid Money from Politics; Sarah Shourd, Hiker Jailed in Iran, Hails Nuclear Deal While Urging Release of Detained Americans; “Opening the Box”: After Being Jailed in Iran, Sarah Shourd Examines Solitary Confinement in U.S.; Facebook Accused of Censoring Hundreds of Prisoners by Purging … Continued
Greek PM Tsipras Resigns, Calls for New Election as Left Wing of Syriza Splits to Form New Party; Sen. Bernie Sanders: From Greece to Puerto Rico, the Financial Rules Are Rigged to Favor the 1%; Global Warming Worsens California Drought as July Becomes Hottest Month on Record; In Victory for Corporations, Court Rejects Rule on … Continued
“The Danger of a Failed Iran Deal”: Could GOP Rejection of Nuke Pact Lead to War?; As Jimmy Carter Discusses Cancer Diagnosis, Former Aide Praises Him as Honest, Noble Man; Islamic Leaders Take on Climate Change, Criticizing “Relentless Pursuit of Economic Growth”; The Beat Up Squad: NY Prison Guards Accused of Brutally Killing Prisoner & … Continued
When Black Lives Matter Met Clinton: Activists Speak Out on Challenging Candidate over Crime Record; “Privileged Bloodlines”: Is Trump’s Stance Against Birthright Citizenship Setting Tone for GOP? David Cay Johnston: 21 Questions for Trump on Kickbacks, Busting Unions, the Mob & Corporate Welfar.
Obama Gives Shell Final Approval to Drill in Arctic Despite Protests & Pledge to Cut Emissions; Snowden Documents Reveal AT&T’s “Extreme Willingness to Help” NSA Domestic Spy Program; Meet the Whistleblower Who Exposed the Secret Room AT&T Used to Help the NSA Spy on the Internet; As Chelsea Manning Speaks Out on Trans and Prison … Continued
Julian Bond (1940-2015): Remembering Civil Rights Freedom Fighter Who Chaired NAACP, Co-founded SNCC
U.S. Raises Flag in Cuba After 54 Years, Prisoner Exchanges and “Stork Diplomacy;” Embargo Remains; Britain Challenges Julian Assange’s Asylum in Ecuadorian Embassy as Sweden Vows to Continue Inquiry; Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Having Vanity Fair’s Caitlyn Jenner Issue in Her Cell.
Henry Siegman, Leading U.S. Jewish Voice for Peace: “Give Up on Netanyahu, Go to the United Nations”
Artist Emily Jacir Brings the Palestinian Experience to the Venice Biennale; Artist Mariam Ghani, Daughter of Afghan President, Takes on U.S. Abuse from Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib; Trained Pigeons Challenged the Embargo Before U.S. Embassy Was Set to Open in Havana, Cuba.
Political Art and “All the World’s Futures”: Okwui Enwezor, First African Curator of Venice Biennale; “Freed But Not Free”: Artists at the Venice Biennale Respond to the #BlackLivesMatter Movement.
