Today’s Show
- Headlines
- 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 Jail for Corruption and Tax Offenses
- Nearly 400 Arrested on Last Day of RNC, Including Over a Dozen Media Workers
- Ramsey County Sheriff Admits Local Police Used Paid Infiltrators and Spied on Activists Including RNC Welcoming Committee
- “We Are Not Terrorists”: Activists with the RNC Welcoming Committee Speak Out Against Police Crackdown & Terrorism Charges
- Iraqi American Sami Rasouli Says McCain Should Have Invited an Iraqi to Talk at RNC About the Effect of the Surge
RECENT SHOWS
Thursday, September 04, 2008
- Headlines
- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Accepts GOP Nomination
- Amy Goodman Questions Ramsey County Prosecutors on Jailing, Charges of Journalists
- Eight Members of RNC Activist Group Lodged with Terrorism Charges
- Hundreds of Jailed Protesters Held for 2+ Days Following Mass RNC Arrests
- I-Witness Video Collective Forced Out of Living Space After Second Raid by St. Paul Police in Five Days
- Libertarian Presidential Candidate and Ex-Republican Rep. Bob Barr on Impeachment, Opening Up the Debates, and Why He Left the GOP
- Voices of the Delegates: Jeremy Scahill Goes Inside the RNC
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
- Headlines
- 8 Years After Accepting Dems’ VP Bid on Gore Ticket, Lieberman Attacks Former Party at GOP Convention
- Amy Goodman Grills St. Paul Police Chief About Her Arrest and Two Democracy Now! Producers
- Bush: “Angry Left” Will “Never Break” John McCain
- Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter on the RNC, Joe Biden and the Possibility of an Attack on Iran
- Freed from Jail, Fmr. Alabama Governor Don Siegelman Accuses Karl Rove of Orchestrating Political Witch Hunt
- Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Takes Cause to Streets Outside RNC
- Sami Al-Arian Released After 5.5 Years in Prison
- Thousands Gather in Minneapolis for Ron Paul Counter-Convention
- Thousands Join Poor People’s March Outside RNC
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- Headlines
- Amy Goodman & Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested at RNC Protest
- As RNC Opens, Iraq Veterans Against the War March in St. Paul
- As the RNC Opens in St. Paul, Twin Cities Police Arrest Nearly 300; Journalists Targeted
- A Debate: Iraq Veterans Against the War vs. Vets for Freedom
- Hurricane Gustav Slams Louisiana: A Report from Jordan Flaherty in New Orleans
- Report: Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted McCain’s VP Candidate Sarah Palin
- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Condemns Police Intimidation of Journalists
BLOG
Democracy Now! Blog -
Time is Right for New Pentagon Papers
The story of the leak of the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times is famous, but how they got published as a book, with Gravel’s face on the jacket, reads like a John Grisham novel.
‘SiCKO’: Michael Moore’s Prescription for Change
On Michael Moore’s new documentary about the US healthcare system
Coming Up: Civil War In Gaza?
On Friday, we’ll look at the worsening situation in Gaza with Palestinian journalist Laila El-Haddad and Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah. Plus, we will examine why many gay rights groups oppose President Bush’s nominee to be the next Surgeon General.
Norman Finkelstein Denied Tenure
DePaul University has denied tenure to Norman Finkelstein despite strong support from students and colleagues. Democracy Now! has been closely following his fight for tenure. More
War and Censorship at Wilton High
A review of the Wilton High school play about American soldiers in Iraq, “Voices in Conflict”, that students were banned from performing at Wilton High.
Democracy Now! helps grad students in Sociology!
“Students watch the Democracy Now! broadcast two days a week and we watch and discuss some of the most relevant material in class the next day…
WETS-FM in Johnson City, Tennessee loves Democracy Now!
As the result of of requests from Democracy Now! fans in Eastern, Tennessee, WETS-FM decides to air DN! and is now amazed at how popular the show is!
Hypocritical Oath: Psychologists and Torture
The tenet of medicine to do no harm applies to psychologists, yet they are increasingly implicated in abusive interrogations at U.S. military detention facilities like Guantanamo.
