Democracy Now – Apr 6, 2015
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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.
Former Iranian Ambassador: Historic Nuclear Deal has Prevented a New War in the Middle East; George Takei: LGBT Protections Still Needed Despite Amended Indiana, Arkansas Religious Freedom Laws; Star Trek’s George Takei on Leonard Nimoy: He Represented the Best of an Inclusive American Society; 147 Killed at Kenyan University, Deadliest Al-Shabab Attack Since Kenya’s 2011 Invasion of Somalia. … Continued
After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers; 20 Years in Prison for Miscarrying? The Case of Purvi Patel & the Criminalization of Pregnancy; As NYU Expands Into Abu Dhabi, UAE Bars Professor Researching Migrant Worker Abuse.
A car bomb blast on a busy Baghdad street kills at least 13 people, wounds dozens, and draws a crowd of Iraqis who loot and shout anti occupation slogans. . . Attorney General John Ashcroft announces indictments against a Somali man living in Ohio charging he plotted with Al Qaeda supporters to blow up a … Continued
“A Matter of War & Peace”: Iran, Powers Near Preliminary Deal in face of Congress-Israel Opposition; Former Mideast Peace Envoy George Mitchell on U.S.-Israel Showdown over Iran, Palestinian Statehood; Ex-Sen. George Mitchell: Freed Whistleblower on Azerbaijan Corruption Should Never Have Been Jailed; “Straights Only”? Indiana Faces … Continued
Attorney for Bowe Bergdahl: Army Report Shows Ex-POW Left Base to Report Wrongdoing, Not Desert Unit; Ex-U.S. Official on Bowe Bergdahl Charges: Why Are We Vilifying an Ex-POW Tortured by Taliban?; Iran Nuclear Talks Near Deadline Amid “Air of Inevitability Combined with Tremendous Uncertainty”; TSA Checklist Exposed: “Suspicious Signs” … Continued
Yemen Does Not Need Another War: Report from Sana’a as Saudi Attack Enters Second Day; The Yemen Crisis: Could Domestic Conflict Grow into Protracted Regional War?; African Economist Samir Amin on the World Social Forum, Globalization & the Barbarism of Capitalism. Headlines March 27, 2015 Yemen: 39 Civilians Killed in Saudi-Led Bombings U.S. Airstrikes Cause … Continued
Endless War: As U.S. Strikes Tikrit & Delays Afghan Pullout, “War on Terror” Toll Tops 1.3 Million; Brutalized in Taliban Captivity After Fleeing War He Opposed, Bowe Bergdahl Charged with Desertion; Why Is Climate Denier David Koch on the Board of Top Science Museums? Letter Urges Cutting of Ties. Headlines March 26, 2015 Houthis … Continued
Extreme surges of attacks in Iraq, well have an on-the-ground report with our special correspondent who is tracking the latest on the situation in Baghdad; we go back to occupied Haiti with Kevin Pina, on the unlawful arrests by foreign troops; a young immigrant from Pakistan speaks to us from the Buffalo detention facility where … Continued
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.