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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
On 7th Anniversary of 9/11, Voices from StoryCorps Recordings of Friends, Kin of Victims Killed in the Attacks; September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Continue Advocacy for Victims of US Attacks on Iraq, Afghanistan; From One Ground Zero to Another: An Afghan American Who Lost 19 Family Members in US Bombing, and a New Yorker … Continued
Haiti Struggles with Humanitarian Disaster in Aftermath of Deadly Storms; Following Disparaging Comments at RNC, Community Organizers Respond to Republican Attacks on Their Profession; Gareth Porter: Bush Admin Ignored Warnings Against Pakistani Air Strikes; As US Announces Withdrawal of 8,000 Troops from Iraq, Leaked US-Iraqi Draft Agreement Envisions Indefinite Occupation.Today’s Headlines * US Occupation … Continued
US Bails Out Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac; Sarah Palin and the Wasilla Church of God; And Breaking with Convention (Part II): Highlights from the RNC, from the Suites to the Streets to the Convention Floor. Today’s Headlines * Hurricane Ike Forces Evacuation of Over One Million Cubans * In Haiti Hurricanes Leave 600 … Continued
US, NATO Air Strikes Triple Civilians Deaths in Afghanistan; Breaking with Convention (Part I): Highlights from the DNC, from the Suites to the Streets to the Convention Floor; "We Need to Remind People that You Cannot Trample the Bill of Rights" – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Calls for Impeachment. Headlines * US Bails Out … Continued
Promising "Change" in Washington, McCain Accepts GOP Nomination; Maverick? Author Paul Waldman on "Free Ride: John McCain and the Media"; Convention Cash: Journalist Peter Stone on the RNC’s Sponsors; Crashing the Party: Suites, Corporate-Sponsored Events Gather the Money Behind the Conventions; McCain: "We Have to Catch Up to History"; Abramoff Sentenced to Four Years in … Continued
Eight Members of RNC Activist Group Lodged with Terrorism Charges; I-Witness Video Collective Forced Out of Living Space After Second Raid by St. Paul Police in Five Days; Voices of the Delegates: Jeremy Scahill Goes Inside the RNC; Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Accepts GOP Nomination; Amy Goodman Questions Ramsey County Prosecutors on Jailing, Charges of … Continued
Sami Al-Arian Released After 5.5 Years in Prison; Bush: "Angry Left" Will "Never Break" John McCain; Amy Goodman Grills St. Paul Police Chief About Her Arrest and Two Democracy Now! Producers; Thousands Gather in Minneapolis for Ron Paul Counter-Convention; Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter on the RNC, Joe Biden and the Possibility of an … Continued
Amy Goodman & Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested at RNC Protest; Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Condemns Police Intimidation of Journalists; Hurricane Gustav Slams Louisiana: A Report from Jordan Flaherty in New Orleans; As the RNC Opens in St. Paul, Twin Cities Police Arrest Nearly 300; Journalists Targeted; Report: Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted McCain’s VP Candidate … Continued
Nearly Two Million Flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav Approaches; Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" Weighs in on Sarah Palin, Hurricane Gustav and the Media’s Coverage of the Conventions; St. Paul Police Conduct Mass Preemptive Raids Ahead of Republican Convention; Vietnam Veterans for Peace Demonstrate Against Fellow Vet John McCain; Three Years After Katrina, … Continued
