Democracy Now – December 25, 2015
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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Exclusive: Wrongly Jailed over a Dream, Newly Free Clarence Moses-EL on Ending His 28-Year Nightmare
Clarence Moses-EL has walked free after 28 years behind bars for a crime he says he didn’t commit. In 1989, Moses-EL, who is African-American, was sentenced to 48 years in prison after a woman said she dreamed he was the man who raped and beat her in the dark. Moses-EL has always maintained his innocence. … Continued
Free Speech Not Allowed? Mall of America Can’t Stop Black Lives Matter Rally over Jamar Clark Death.
Will Sandra Bland Get Justice? Family Speaks Out After Grand Jury Won’t Indict Anyone in Her Death; Free Speech Not Allowed? Mall of America Can’t Stop Black Lives Matter Rally over Jamar Clark Death.
Seymour Hersh’s Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Undermined Obama on Syria with Tacit Help to Assad; Sy Hersh: Backing Assad’s Ouster, Has Hillary Clinton Forgotten the Lessons of Iraq & Libya? Pete Seeger, Folk Legend & FBI Target: Declassified Docs Show Iconic Singer Was Spied on for Decades.
As Sanders Chides Clinton on Regime Change, Is Democratic Front-Runner Touting a GOP Foreign Policy? Bernie Blackout? As DNC Accused of Targeting Sanders, Corporate Media Ignores Historic Campaign; Bernie Sanders on Challenging Wall Street: “CEOs May Like Hillary — They Ain’t Going to Like Me”; Is the DNC Afraid of Democracy? Clinton WH Counselor Says … Continued
Did the U.S. Cover Up Navy SEALs’ Beating Death of Afghan Detainee & Pattern of Extreme Abuse? After 28 Years in Prison, Man Falsely Convicted in Botched Investigation to Walk Free; Ceasefire in Yemen Faces Collapse as U.S. Continues Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, Fueling Civil War.
Mistrial: Justice for Freddie Gray Uncertain as Baltimore Jury Fails to Reach Verdict; Fire Bad Cops
Mistrial: Justice for Freddie Gray Uncertain as Baltimore Jury Fails to Reach Verdict; Fire Bad Cops, Let Victims Speak, Turn On Body Cameras: Ben Jealous Calls for Police Reform; How Flint, Michigan, Saved Money and Poisoned Its Children: City Declares Water Emergency.
Stephen Zunes: No Candidates Are Looking at Root Cause of ISIL, “This Monster We Created.”
Juan González: GOP to Puerto Rico–”Drop Dead”; GOP Debate: Trump Defends Muslim Ban, Other Candidates Debate How to Restrict Rights & Go to Wa; Democracy Is Being Dismantled Before Our Eyes: Bob Herbert on Sheldon Adelson-Backed GOP Debate; Ben Carson: I am OK with Killing “Thousands of Innocent Children and Civilians”; Trump Calls for Closing … Continued
Obama Touts U.S. Strikes on ISIL, But Can Military Escalation Make Up for Failed Strategy? When Cops Rape: Daniel Holtzclaw & the Vulnerability of Black Women to Police Abuse.
A Turning Point for the Climate or a Disaster? Michael Brune vs. George Monbiot on the Paris Accord; Protest in Paris: Climate Justice Activists Decry Accord as “Death Sentence” for Millions.