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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Indian Gang-Rape Victim’s Attackers Charged with Murder, Protesters Push for Broader Women’s Rights; Exposé Reveals Walmart Blocked Improvements Despite Vows To Improve Safety After Deadly Factory Fire. HeadlinesJanuary 3, 2013 U.S. Drone Strikes Kill Taliban Leader, 14 Others in Pakistan U.N.: More Than 60,000 Killed in Syria Conflict News Blackout Lifted over U.S. Journalist … Continued
So-Called Fiscal Cliff Averted as Congress Begins New Fight over Spending on Social Welfare Programs; Will 350.org Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Be Key Tactic in 2013 Battle Over Climate Change?; “An Enormous Loss”: Rebecca Tarbotton, Leading Environmentalist Dies in Swimming Accident. HeadlinesJanuary 2, 2013 Obama to Sign “Fiscal Cliff” Bill After Weeks of Tense … Continued
Today we look back at 2012. In the most expensive election in U.S. history, President Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney, forcing the Republicans to reconsider their policies, among others, around women and immigrants. While the major party presidential candidates did not take on climate change in any of their debates, it was a year of … Continued
Dennis Kucinich on the “Fiscal Cliff”: Why Are We Sacrificing American Jobs for Corporate Profits?; Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich: With 2 Parties Failing U.S., It’s on Us to Build a “Culture of Peace”; The Wilmington 10: North Carolina Urged to Pardon Civil Rights Activists Falsely Jailed 40 Years Ago. HeadlinesDecember 28, 2012 Obama, Congressional … Continued
NY Daily News Honors Juan González for 25 Years as “Beacon to Whistleblowers and Wronged People”; The FBI vs. Occupy: Secret Docs Reveal “Counterterrorism” Monitoring of OWS from Its Earliest Days; The Other Bradley Manning: Jeremy Hammond Faces Life Term For WikiLeaks and Hacked Stratfor Emails; Tea Party Turmoil: FreedomWorks’ Dick Armey Takes $8 Million … Continued
“Blood on Your Hands”: CODEPINK Interrupts NRA’s Wayne LaPierre as He Calls for Guns in U.S. Schools; As U.S. Faces Gun Epidemic Post-Newtown, Obama Urged to Break With NRA & Back Global U.N. Arms Treaty; Idle No More: Indigenous-Led Protests Sweep Canada for Native Sovereignty and Environmental Justice. HeadlinesDecember 26, 2012 Christmas Visitors Flock … Continued
Dr. Gabor Maté on the Stress-Disease Connection, Addiction and the Destruction of American Childhood.
Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win, and Now Protect, Voting Rights in U.S.
New Report Sheds Light on Bin Laden Murder, As Pakistan Faces Fallout from U.S.-Led Vaccination Plot; As the ANC Votes to Support BDS, A New Film Compares Life in Palestine to Apartheid South Africa; “End of the World”: Apocalypse or Shopocalypse? Reverend Billy on Consumerism and Climate Change. HeadlinesDecember 21, 2012 Victims of Sandy … Continued
