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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Surrounded by Oil Refineries, Port Arthur, TX Faces New Environmental Crisis Following Harvey Floods; George Monbiot: We Can’t Be Silent on Climate Change or the Unsustainability of Capitalist System; Deandre Harris Was Savagely Beaten by White Supremacists in Virginia. Why Only Two Arrests So Far?
Naomi Klein’s Message to the Media Covering Houston: Now is the Time to Talk About Climate Change; Environmental Crisis Unfolding in Houston as Oil & Chemical Industry Spew Toxic Pollutants into Air; Ex-NASA Scientist James Hansen: There is a Clear Link Between Climate Change & Stronger Hurricanes; Texas Prisoners Evacuated as Floodwaters Rise, Houston Jail … Continued
Dr. Robert Bullard: Houston’s “Unrestrained Capitalism” Made Harvey “Catastrophe Waiting to Happen”; Hurricane Harvey: Zip Code & Race Determine Who Will Bear Burden Of Climate Change; Immigrants in Houston Face Triple Threat: Flooding, Racist Texas Law SB4 & Potentially Losing DACA; 1,200 Die as “Devastating” Climate Change-Linked Floods Submerge Parts of South Asia; Just Before … Continued
As Catastrophic Flooding Hits Houston, Fears Grow of Pollution from Oil Refineries & Superfund Sites; “This Is the New Normal”: How Climate Change Is Fueling Massive Storms like Harvey; A Dilemma for Undocumented in Texas: Wait Out Hurricane Harvey Or Seek Help And Risk Deportation? “Resurrected From Irrelevance”: Arizona Republic Columnist Slams Trump Pardon of … Continued
Meet the State Dept. Science Envoy Who Spelled Out “Impeach” in His Resignation Letter to Trump; Science Envoy who Resigned in Protest of Trump: Climate Change Makes Storms like Harvey More Severe; Despite Protest from Johnson & Johnson, Florida Executes Man Using Untested Drug Cocktail; New DNA Evidence Cited As Missouri Governor Stays Execution of … Continued
Tariq Ramadan: As Muslims Condemn Spain Attack, Americans Must Denounce U.S. Killings in Syria, Iraq; Trapped in Raqqa: Amnesty Says Civilians Caught in “Deadly Labyrinth” As U.S. Intensifies Airstrikes; Pakistani Journalist: Why Is Trump Pushing For Failed Military Solution Instead of Diplomacy?
Thousands Protest in AZ as Trump Threatens Govt Shutdown over Border Wall & Defends C’ville Remarks; Arizona Migrant Justice Activist: Pardon the Immigrants Arpaio Criminalized, not the Racist Sheriff; Predicting Trump Won’t Last Full Term, Alec Baldwin Speaks Out on Impersonating the President; Debate: As Trump Prolongs War in Afghanistan, Should U.S. Pull Out Troops … Continued
State Dept. Official Who Quit in 2009 over U.S. War in Afghanistan Speaks Out on Trump’s Troop Surge; With No Timetable for Withdrawal, Trump Expands War in Afghanistan While Threatening Pakistan; American Prospect Editor Robert Kuttner on His Extraordinary Interview with Steve Bannon; Billionaire Carl Icahn Resigns as Trump Adviser After Reaping Millions From His … Continued
Dick Gregory In His Own Words: Remembering the Pioneering Comedian and Civil Rights Activist.
Anne Frank Center: Trump’s Personal Twitter Account Amplifies Hate and Should Be Suspended; Nephew of Fascist Who Marched in Charlottesville & Former Neo-Nazi on Confronting Racists.
