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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
“I Will Light You Up!”: New Dash Cam Video Shows Arrest of Sandra Bland, Found Dead in Texas Jail; Juan González: Ride-Sharing Service Uber “Using Any Means Necessary” to Stop Regulation Attempts; “Between the World and Me”: Ta-Nehisi Coates Extended Interview on Being Black in America.
A Victory for the People in Havana: Former Cuban Parliamentary Speaker Hails Restoration of Ties; Secret Talks & Sperm Deals: Sen. Patrick Leahy Details Back Story to Renewed U.S.-Cuban Ties; Is the Era of U.S.-Backed Anti-Castro Terrorism Over? Reflections on Restored Ties Between Nations; “Africa’s Pinochet”: Former U.S.-Backed Chadian Dictator Hissène Habré Faces War Crimes … Continued
Special Broadcast from Opening of Cuban Embassy in Washington as U.S.-Cuban Diplomatic Ties Restored; Danny Glover and Medea Benjamin on Assata, Guantánamo and Trade as Cuban Flag Rises in Washington.
The War on Drugs is a War on Minorities: Former El Reno Prison Inmate Freed by Obama Speaks Out;Outrage Grows After Mysterious Death of #BlackLivesMatter Activist Sandra Bland in Texas Jail;Newly Released Dash Cam Video Shows California Police Shooting Unarmed Man with Hands Up;Mass Shootings on the Rise: 4 Marines Killed in Tennessee While Aurora … Continued
Former Iran Ambassador: Nuclear Deal is Model for Closing Path to Militarization and Weaponization;Mass Graves of Immigrants Found in Texas, But State Says No Laws Were Broken;Protests Erupt Outside of Greek Parliament as It Approves Harsh Austerity Measures in Bailout Deal
Juan González: Martin O’Malley Puts Forth Broadest Immigration Reform Plan of 2016 Campaign;Strange Bedfellows: Why Are the Koch Brothers & Van Jones Teaming Up to End Mass Incarceration?;PETA: SeaWorld Employee Infiltrated Animal Rights Group, Called for Grabbing “Pitchforks & Torches”
On Thursday, President Obama granted clemency to 46 prisoners, including 14 who faced life without parole. Many of the commutations went to crack offenders. We speak to Cynthia Roseberry, director of the Clemency Project 2014, and Reynolds Wintersmith, who once faced life in prison for selling crack but was freed last year after receiving clemency. … Continued
Psychologists Collaborated with CIA & Pentagon on Post-9/11 Torture Program, May Face Ethics Charges;With Historic Iran Nuclear Deal Expected, Can President Obama Sell It to Congress and the Public?
Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag;Mother of Eric Garner Praises New York’s Appointment of Special Prosecutor to Probe Police Killings;”A Hostage Situation”: Greece Yields to Austerity Demands Just Days After Historic “No” Vote
Representative Barbara Lee on Democracy Now!
