Democracy Now – March 13, 2017
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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Immigrant Rights Leader Released After Hundreds Rally Outside His Check-in with Deportation Officer; Activists Defiant on Israel’s Travel Ban Targeting BDS Supporters: “It’s a Sign We’re Winning”; Palestinian Hip-Hop Star Tamer Nafar Fights Racist Israeli Policies in New Film, “Junction 48”; EFF Director: WikiLeaks Move to Share CIA Hacking Tools with Tech Giants Could “Make … Continued
Exclusive: Facing Possible Deportation, Immigrant Activist Ravi Ragbir Speaks Out Before ICE Check-in; A Day Without a Woman: Voices of Resistance from New York City’s Women’s Strike Rally; “We Want to Stand Up & Be Counted”: New Yorkers Speak Out at NYC’s Day Without a Woman Rally.
Women in More Than 50 Countries Set to Strike Today on International Women’s Day; Eve Ensler & Christine Schuler Deschryver on the Predatory Mindset of President Trump; Hurray for the Riff Raff on Feminism, Gentrification, Gender Violence & Art in Era of Trump.
The GOP Fix for Obamacare: Rich Get Tax Breaks While Millions of Others Lose Healthcare; This is Still a Muslim Ban: Trump’s New Executive Order Decried for Discriminating Based on Religion; SCOTUS Deals Setback to Trans Rights, But Trans Teen & Activist Gavin Grimm Vows to Push Forward.
Advocate: DHS Proposal to Split Children from Parents at U.S. Border is “State-Sanctioned Violence”; Advocate: We Expect Trump’s New Muslim Travel Ban Will Be As Unlawful As First Executive Order; Meet Jocelyn Avelica, Whose Dad Was Detained by ICE While Driving his Daughter to School; Debate: Are Trump’s Ties to Russia a Dangerous Security Issue … Continued
As Sessions Recuses Himself From Campaign Investigation, Questions Remain Over Trump-Russia Ties; Trump’s Proposed EPA Cuts Threaten Health & Lives of Tens of Millions of Americans; Revealed: Environmental Activist Berta Caceres’ Suspected Killers Received U.S. Military Training.
David Cay Johnston: As Jeff Sessions Scandal Brews, We Need a Public Probe of Trump’s Ties to Russia
David Cay Johnston: As Jeff Sessions Scandal Brews, We Need a Public Probe of Trump’s Ties to Russia; Asylum Seeker Battling Brain Tumor Removed from Texas Hospital in Handcuffs, Taken to Private Jail; Billionaire Wilbur Ross Confirmed Despite Questions over Ties to Russian Oligarchs Close to Putin.
Bernie Sanders Slams Trump for Ignoring Climate Change, Income Inequality & Voter Suppression; Not My President: Muslim American Activist Linda Sarsour on Turning Down Invite to Trump Speech; “Trump Is Resurrecting the Scare Tactics”: Prof. Kelly Lytle Hernández on Trump’s Deportation Plans; Trump Honors Widow of Navy SEAL Killed in Yemen, But Ignores His Father’s … Continued
As Trump Pushes for Historic $54B Military Spending Hike, Which Programs Will He Cut to Pay for War?
As Trump Pushes for Historic $54B Military Spending Hike, Which Programs Will He Cut to Pay for War? “Decade of Betrayal”: How the U.S. Expelled Over a Half Million U.S. Citizens to Mexico in 1930s; “Are You Muslim?”: Muhammad Ali’s Son & Former Wife on their Detention & Interrogation at FL Airport.