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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
From Afghanistan to the Philippines to Mexico to Spain, women across the globe are taking to the streets today to mark International Women’s Day. In South Korea, International Women’s Day rallies were held in Seoul as the #MeToo movement sweeps the country. Filipino women rallied in Manila to protest the policies of Philippine President Rodrigo … Continued
We look at the showdown at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after Director Richard Cordray stepped down Friday and appointed as his successor, Leandra English, the bureau’s deputy director and his former chief of staff. Almost immediately, President Trump responded with his own announcement that he planned to go ahead with his own appointment of … Continued
Lori Wallach and Michael Hudson Debate Trump’s Plan to Impose Steel & Aluminum Tariffs; Sen. Chris Murphy Calls for Reinstating Assault Weapons Ban & Breaking NRA’s “Vice Grip” on GOP; Sen. Chris Murphy: The U.S. Is Exporting Violence & Killing Civilians in Illegal War in Yemen.
“The Oscars Are Still So White”: While Awards Project Diversity, Most Winners Remain White Men; “People Have Just Had Enough”: West Virginia Teachers Continue Historic Strike into Eighth Day; U.K. University Workers Enter Week 3 of Strike Against Pension Cuts & “Marketization” of Higher Ed; From Coal Miners to Teachers: West Virginia Continues to Lead … Continued
Excerpts of the documentary film “Capitalism: A six-part series.” With Hosts Amy Goodman and Brian Edwards-Tiekert.
A Message to Trump: Fund Background Checks and Public Health Research on Guns—Don’t Arm Teachers; West Virginia Teachers Win Promise of Pay Raise, But Continue Strike over Soaring Healthcare Costs; “Freakishly Warm” Arctic Weather Has Scientists Reconsidering Worst-Case Scenarios on Climate Change.
Cruel & Unconstitutional: ACLU Denounces SCOTUS Ruling Approving Indefinite Immigrant Detention; How the “Black Panther” Film Is “A Defining Moment for Black America”; Afrofuturism, Liberation & Representation in “Black Panther”: A Roundtable Discussion.
Modern-Day Redlining: Banks Face Probes for Refusing Home Loans for People of Color; Let’s Move Our Money: Penn. Lawmaker Demands Action Against Banks Practicing Racist Redlining; Janus v. AFSCME: Will Supreme Court Side with Koch Brothers in Their War Against Organized Labor?
As Students Demand Gun Control, Arms Manufacturers Continue Targeting “Next Generation of Shooters”; Lee Fang: Billionaire Koch Brothers Have Extracted “Laundry List” of Victories from Trump Admin; Six Months After Harvey, Environmental Justice & Climate Change Absent from Houston’s Recovery Plans.
Masha Gessen: Did a Russian Troll Farm’s Inflammatory Posts Really Sway the 2016 Election for Trump? Masha Gessen: Russiagate Has Become a Conspiracy Trap Obscuring How Trump Is Damaging Nation; “The Young Karl Marx”: Raoul Peck on New Film Examining How Marx Developed Critique of Capitalism.
