Democracy Now – September 2, 2015
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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
The Next Not-So-Cold War: As Climate Change Heats Arctic, Nations Scramble for Control and Resources; Despite Global Ban, Saudi-Led Forces Kill Dozens in Yemen Using U.S.-Made Cluster Bombs; “Mr. Smith Goes to Prison”: After Year in Jail, Former State Senator Condemns Mass Incarceration.
Preserving Borders vs. Preserving People: Death Toll Rises as Refugees Head to Europe Seeking Safety; “Our Climate, Our Future”: As Obama Visits Arctic, Alaskans Urge Him to Reverse Shell Oil Deal; As Al Jazeera Journalists Are Jailed for 3 Years in Egypt, Will U.S. Stop “Cozying Up” to Regime?
An Unequal Recovery in New Orleans: Racial Disparities Grow in City 10 Years After Katrina; Shock Doctrine: A Look at the Mass Privatization of NOLA Schools in Storm’s Wake & Its Effects Today; New Orleans Actor & Activist Wendell Pierce on the “Greatest Crime” in Wake of Hurricane Katrina; “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black … Continued
Guatemala President Faces Arrest as Business Interests and U.S. Scramble to Contain Uprising; Remembering Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later: Voices from the Storm; New Orleans After Katrina: Inequality Soars as Poor Continue to Be Left Behind in City’s “Recovery”; If You are Poor, It’s Like the Hurricane Just Happened: Malik Rahim on Katrina 10 Years … Continued
Two Separate Americas: David Simon’s New Mini-Series Looks at “Hypersegregation” in Public Housing; David Simon on Katrina Anniversary: New Orleans “May Be the Greatest Gift We Have to Offer”; The Drug War Has to End: David Simon on “The Wire” & Over-Policing of the Poor.
“Casino Capitalism”: Economist Michael Hudson on What’s Behind the Stock Market’s Rollercoaster Ride; As Peace Talks Collapse in South Sudan, Film Shows “Pathology of Colonialism” Tearing Apart Nation; Hip-Hop Legend Boots Riley on #BlackLivesMatter & How His Cousin Was Accused of Shooting a Cop.
We Need to Fix Our Democracy: Lawrence Lessig Weighs Presidential Run to Rid Money from Politics; Sarah Shourd, Hiker Jailed in Iran, Hails Nuclear Deal While Urging Release of Detained Americans; “Opening the Box”: After Being Jailed in Iran, Sarah Shourd Examines Solitary Confinement in U.S.; Facebook Accused of Censoring Hundreds of Prisoners by Purging … Continued
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
“The Danger of a Failed Iran Deal”: Could GOP Rejection of Nuke Pact Lead to War?; As Jimmy Carter Discusses Cancer Diagnosis, Former Aide Praises Him as Honest, Noble Man; Islamic Leaders Take on Climate Change, Criticizing “Relentless Pursuit of Economic Growth”; The Beat Up Squad: NY Prison Guards Accused of Brutally Killing Prisoner & … Continued