Democracy Now!
6:00 AM Pacific Time: Mondays - Fridays
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! – August 8, 2013
New York Police Ends Practice of Keeping Innocent New Yorkers in Stop-and-Frisk Database; “I Do Not Want to Die in Prison”: Cancer-Stricken Lawyer Lynne Stewart Seeks Compassionate Release; Activists Accuse Washington, D.C. Police Officer of Infiltrating Bangladesh Sweatshop Protests. HeadlinesAugust 8, 2013 Report: NSA Sifting Through Troves of Cross-Border Communications Obama Cancels Putin Summit … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 7, 2013
How The Washington Post’s New Owner Aided the CIA, Blocked WikiLeaks & Decimated the Book Industry; “I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave”: Reporter Mac McClelland on Life Inside the Online Shipping Machine. HeadlinesAugust 7, 2013 Yemen Claims Al-Qaeda Terror Plot Foiled; U.S. Drone Strike Kills 7 Bradley Manning’s Maximum Sentence Reduced to 90 Years … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 5, 2013
Greenwald: Snowden “Doing Very Well” in Russia After Sparking “Extraordinary Debate” on NSA, Spying; Greenwald: Is U.S. Exaggerating Threat to Embassies to Silence Critics of NSA Domestic Surveillance?; New Iranian President Calls For West to End Sanctions, Reduce “Antagonism and Aggression.” HeadlinesAugust 5, 2013 U.S. Extends Closing of 19 Diplomatic Posts amid Security Fears … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 2, 2013
Reps. Conyers & Massie on Bipartisan Campaign Against NSA Spying; Call for James Clapper to Resign; “We Are Slowly Dying”: Fast Food Workers Launch Strike For Living Wage and Right to Unionize. HeadlinesAugust 2, 2013 U.S. Denounces Russia for Giving Snowden Asylum, Reconsiders Summit Iraq Sees Deadliest Month in More Than 5 Years Egypt: … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 31, 2013
“Bradley Manning Has Become a Martyr”–WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange on Guilty Verdict; Facing Rest of Life Behind Bars, Will Bradley Manning’s Sentencing Weigh Lack of Harm to U.S.? HeadlinesJuly 31, 2013 Bradley Manning Acquitted on “Aiding the Enemy” Charge, Guilty on 20 Other Counts Senate Hearing Tackles NSA SurveillanceWyden: NSA Violations “More Serious” Than Acknowledged by … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 30, 2013
New Mideast Talks Hang on Old Question: Will U.S. Drop Support for Israeli Annexation of West Bank? As EU Envoy Meets With Morsi, Bloody Crackdown on Anti-Coup Protesters Deepens Egyptian Crisis. HeadlinesJuly 30, 2013 Bradley Manning Verdict Expected Today; Trial to Enter Sentencing Phase Israel, Palestinian Authority Restart Peace Talks After 3-Year Lapse EU … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 29, 2013
Bradley Manning Awaits Verdict After Trial Ends With Prosecution “Smears” & Harsh Gov’t Secrecy; Holder Tells Russia Snowden Won’t Face Torture or Death, But Does U.S. Record Undermine Its Pledge? HeadlinesJuly 29, 2013 Muslim Brotherhood Calls Protests After New Mass Killing by Egyptian Forces U.S. Drone Attack Kills 6 in Pakistan After Reported End … Continued