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Suspect in Texas Church Massacre was Thrown Out of Air Force & Jailed for Assaulting Wife & Child; Texans Decry “Extremist” Gun Lobby & Inadequate Background Checks After Mass Shooting Kills 26; After Texas Massacre, Drexel Prof. Asks: “What Makes White Men So Prone to This Kind of Behavior?” Why Did Media Overlook Sept. Shooting … Continued
In Puerto Rico’s Highlands, Hurricane Maria Has Exploded Fault Lines of Poverty & Austerity; Yanis Varoufakis on Global Capitalism & How Trump’s Tax Plan is Class War Against the Poor; Economist Yanis Varoufakis: Puerto Ricans Deserve an Escape from “Permanent Debt Prison”; Greek Economist Yanis Varoufakis on Nazi Resurgence in Europe & Why ”ISIS Loves … Continued
“Send Him to Gitmo”: Trump Urges Execution of Saipov After Defending “Both Sides” in Charlottesville; Trump Scapegoats Immigrants, Calls to End Diversity Visa Lottery That Brought Saipov to U.S. in 2010; Trump & Media Focus on Muslims After Attack in NYC, Even as NYPD Says Islam Played No Role; Uzbekistan Cooperated with CIA Rendition & … Continued
Shocking New Investigation Links Berta Cáceres’s Assassination to Executives at Honduran Dam Company; As Elon Musk Proposes Taking Over Power Authority, Puerto Ricans Demand Community-Owned Solar Power; Puerto Rico: As Whitefish Contract Faces Scrutiny, Fluor and Other Companies Move to Privatize Water; Judge Rejects Part of Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Members Serving Openly.
Marcy Wheeler Says Indictments in Russia Probe Further Incriminate Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Condemns “Indefensible” Whitefish Contract & Calls for PREPA Chief’s Firing; San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz On Trump, Shock Doctrine & “Disaster Capitalism” in Puerto Rico.
Head of Puerto Rico Electrical Workers’ Union Demands Corruption Probe of Whitefish Energy Contract; Spain Charges Catalan Leaders with “Sedition, Rebellion & Embezzlement” & Implements Direct Rule; Trump Admin Continues Threats & Provocations Against North Korea, Laying Groundwork for Nuclear War.
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Puerto Rico’s federally imposed financial oversight board is planning to install an emergency manager to take control of the daily operations of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. On Wednesday, the board said it plans to appoint retired Air Force Colonel Noel Zamot to run Puerto Rico’s power company, which is currently the largest publicly … Continued
As President Trump denies that he told the widow of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for,” we spend the hour with Khizr Khan, one of the country’s best-known Gold Star family members, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. Khan famously spoke out against Trump … Continued
President Donald Trump said his administration deserves a “10 out of 10” for its response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico. But over 1 million people on the island still lack clean drinking water, and residents say they are suffering from eye infections and gastrointestinal diseases as a result of exposure to contaminated … Continued
