Democracy Now!
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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! – August 1, 2012
Longtime Critic of U.S. Empire, Iconoclastic Writer Gore Vidal Dies at 86; As U.S. Postal Service Faces Default, Critics See Manufactured Crisis to Speed Up Privatization; Rep. Dennis Kucinich Unveils Movement-Fueled “Kucinich Action” to Continue Advocacy Post-Congress; DREAM Activist Speaks Out on Infiltrating Florida Detention Center to Find Wrongly Held Immigrants; First Soldier Tried in … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 31, 2012
Olympic Goodwill Image Belied by Arrests, Censorship and Corporate Ties Behind London Games; Key Figures in Salt Lake Olympic Bribery Scandal Now Backing Romney’s Presidential Campaign; Exhaustive Study Finds Global Elite Hiding Up to $32 Trillion in Offshore Accounts. HeadlinesJuly 31, 2012 Aurora Shooting Suspect James Holmes Charged for Massacre Syria: Clashes Continue in … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 30, 2012
Pulitzer-Winning Reporting Duo Don Barlett and James Steele on “The Betrayal of the American Dream” HeadlinesJuly 30, 2012 U.N. Arms Treaty Talks Fail Before Deadline U.S. Foreign Weapons Sales at Record in 2012 U.S. Drone Attack Kills 7 in Pakistan 240,000 Pakistani Children at Risk After Taliban Bans Vaccinations in Protest of U.S. Romney … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 27, 2012
Stephen Lewis: As World Spends Trillions on War and Bank Bailouts, Little Money Left to Fight AIDS; The Berlin Patient: Timothy Ray Brown Speaks Out on Being First Man “Cured” of HIV; Rev. Canon Byamugisha Makes History as 1st African Religious Leader to Reveal HIV-Positive Status. HeadlinesJuly 27, 2012 Syrian Forces, Rebels Clash in … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 26, 2012
Inside Karl Rove’s Secretive Effort to Defeat Obama’s Re-Election With Help of Billionaire Donors; “Glock” Author Paul Barrett: Aurora Massacre Latest Tragedy to Show Failures of U.S. Gun Laws; Lockdown in London: Professor, Ex-U.S. Athlete Jules Boykoff on Olympic Censorship & Militarization; “No Papers, No Fear”: As Arpaio Fights Arizona Suit, 4 Undocumented Immigrants Reveal … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 25, 2012
International AIDS Conference Convenes in D.C. After U.S. Lifts Travel Ban on People With HIV; Barred by U.S. Restrictions, Sex Workers Hold Alternative AIDS Summit in Kolkata, India; Rep. Barbara Lee and Dazon Dixon Diallo on Confronting the Overlooked AIDS Epidemic in Black America. HeadlinesJuly 25, 2012 Syria: Gov’t Siege of Aleppo Forces Hundreds … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 24, 2012
Penn State Students Bear Brunt of NCAA Sanctions for Sandusky Cover-Up as Trustees Emerge Unscathed; Police Brutality in Anaheim Sparks Outrage After 2 Latinos Shot Dead and Demonstrators Attacked; White Plains Police Officer Who Used Racial Slur Before Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain is Suspended. HeadlinesJuly 24, 2012 Colorado Shooting Suspect Appears in Court U.S. … Continued
Democracy Now! – July 23, 2012
Aurora Shooting Witness Omar Esparza Describes Watching Massacre Unfold & Narrowly Escaping Theater; Are We Going To Wait For Another Massacre? Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Urges Stricter Gun Control Measures; Virginia Tech Shooting Survivor Colin Goddard: “The Time is Now” for Action on Gun Control Laws; Bud Welch, Father of Oklahoma City Victim, on Rejecting the … Continued