RECENT SHOWS
Thursday, July 02, 2009
- Headlines
- “Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City”
- John Pilger Calls UK National Health Service a Treasure, Blasts US Lawmakers for Being “in Bed with Powerful Interests” and Neglecting “Their Own People’s Basic Human Rights”
- Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail Cell After Arrest on Boat Delivering Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
- Up in Smoke: How the Tobacco Industry Shaped the New Smoking Bill
- Zelaya Vows to Return to Honduras Despite Threats of Arrest by Coup Leaders
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
- Headlines
- “Change to Win is Dead”–Juan Gonzalez on Labor Movement Struggle
- Generals Who Led Honduras Military Coup Trained at the School of the Americas
- How Can We Have Sovereignty When We Don’t Have Electricity or Water to Bathe? Iraqi Reporter on US Troop Pullback
- Military Using “Brutal” Force Against Anti-Coup Protests in Honduras
- What’s Behind the Honduras Coup? Tracing Zelaya’s Trajectory
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Coup in Honduras: See full Democracy Now! coverage
Check out all of our coverage of the first coup d’etat in Central America in more than a quarter-century.
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“Undo the Coup”
The first coup d’etat in Central America in more than a quarter-century occurred last Sunday in Honduras. It was led by a graduate of the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas, a military facility that has trained some of Latin America’s worst torturers, murderers and human rights abusers.
Filed under Weekly Column
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“Free Speech vs. Surveillance in the Digital Age”
Tools of mass communication that were once the province of governments and corporations now fit in your pocket. As these technologies have developed, so too has the ability to monitor, filter, censor and block them.
Filed under Weekly Column
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EPA Declares Public Health Emergency in Libby, Montana
The Environmental Protection Agency has declared a public health emergency in the town of Libby, Montana, where hundreds of people have died from asbestos contamination. It is the first time such a declaration has been made by the EPA. For decades, W.R. Grace and Co. mined asbestos-contaminated vermiculite in Libby.
See extended Democracy Now! coverageFiled under DN Archives
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“Congre$$, Heal Thyself”
As the Obama administration pushes for a vote on health-care reform before Congress recesses in August, has health-industry money too thoroughly polluted the process for anything good to come of it?
Filed under Weekly Column
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“The Free Market’s Marked Men: From the Niger Delta to the Amazon”
Ken Saro-Wiwa and Alberto Pizango never met, but they are united by a passion for the preservation of their people and their land, and by the fervor with which they were targeted by their respective governments.
Filed under Weekly Column
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“Dr. George Tiller Didn’t Have to Die”
Dr. Tiller was assassinated while in church in Wichita, Kan., on Sunday, targeted for legally performing abortions. His death might have been prevented simply through enforcement of existing laws.
Filed under Weekly Column
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“Chevron, Shell and the True Cost of Oil”
Profits are higher than ever at oil companies Chevron and Shell. Yet across the globe, from the Ecuadorian jungle, to the Niger Delta in Nigeria, to the courtrooms and streets of New York and San Ramon, Calif., people are fighting back against the world’s oil giants.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Podcasting & Torrents
Death Row USA
Democracy Now! offers ongoing coverage of capital punishment cases in the United States, including interviews with inmates on death row and their families.
May 19, 2009: Global Day of Action Held to Demand New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis
April 07, 2009: Supreme Court Denies Appeal for Death Row Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
October 24, 2008: Lawyers Planning Last-Minute Challenges as Time Running Out for Troy Anthony Davis
September 23, 2008: ‘Race Is Everything in this Case’: Rep. John Lewis Urges State of Georgia to Spare Life of Troy Davis Hours Before His Scheduled Execution
September 12, 2008: Attorneys for Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis to Make Final Plea Before Georgia Parole Board
August 21, 2008: Texas Death Row Prisoner Faces Execution Tonight for Murder He Didn’t Commit
April 18, 2008: Executions to Resume Following Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Lethal Injections
December 14, 2007: New Jersey Votes to Abolish Death Penalty
October 04, 2007: Supreme Court to Review Legality of Lethal Injection
October 04, 2007: Sister of Georgia Death Row Prisoner Troy Anthony Davis Leads Campaign to Save His Life
August 29, 2007: Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu Urge Texas to Stay Execution of Kenneth Foster
August 09, 2007: The Case of Kenneth Foster: Texas Prepares to Execute Man for Driving a Car Near Scene of Murder
July 17, 2007: Less than 24 Hours Before his Scheduled Execution, Troy Davis is Granted 90-Day Stay of Execution by Georgia Parole Board
July 16, 2007: Is Georgia About To Execute An Innocent Man? The Story of Troy Davis
June 04, 2007: An Innocent Man on Death Row in Georgia? British Journalist David Rose on the Case of Carlton Gary and the ‘Stocking Stranglings’
May 18, 2007: Citing Racist Bias, Attorneys for Mumia Abu-Jamal Urge a Federal Appeals Court to Grant the Former Black Panther a New Trial
May 15, 2007: Philadelphia Court Hearing Could Decide Fate of Imprisoned Journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal
March 01, 2007: The Case of Gary Tyler: Despite Witness Recantations and No Physical Evidence, Louisiana Prisoner Remains Jailed After 32 Years
June 23, 2006: Tennessee Schedules Five Executions for June 28
December 20, 2005: The Story of Harold Wilson: Convicted of Triple Murder, Sentenced to Die, Exonerated After 17 Years in Prison
December 13, 2005: Stanley Tookie Williams Executed at San Quentin
December 13, 2005: Angela Davis: ‘The State of California May Have Extinguished the Life of Stanley Tookie Williams, But They Have Not Managed to Extinguish the Hope for a Better World’
December 13, 2005: Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man? Investigating the Details of the Cantu Case
December 12, 2005: CA Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution for Death Row Prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams, Fate Lies with Gov. Schwarzenegger
November 30, 2005: A Conversation with Death Row Prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams from his San Quentin Cell
September 14, 2005: Texas Death Row Prisoner Scheduled to Die Today: Lawyers Seek Last-Minute Stay
August 25, 2005: From Death Row: Texas Set to Execute First African-American Woman Since Civil War
March 02, 2005: Supreme Court Abolishes Death Penalty For Juveniles in Landmark Ruling
August 12, 2004: Ryan Matthews is Free: Death Row Prisoner Convicted as Juvenile Exonerated After 5 Yrs in Jail
April 16, 2004: Exclusive: Mumia Abu Jamal Speaks to Democracy Now! From Death Row
February 11, 2004: Nicholas Yarris Speaks After Being Released From 22 Years on Death Row
February 10, 2004: Appeals Court Blocks Execution of Kevin Cooper
February 05, 2004: Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and Fmr. Clinton Special Counsel Speak Out Against The Scheduled Execution of Kevin Cooper
February 04, 2004: ‘My Innocence Keeps Me Strong’–Kevin Cooper Speaks From Death Row
December 18, 2003: Wrongfully Convicted Pt. 1: NYC Agrees to Pay $5M For Jailing Innocent Man For 7 Years
December 18, 2003: Wrongfully Convicted Pt. 2: Aaron Patterson On His First Year After Being Released From Death Row in Illinois
December 09, 2003: 22nd Anniversary of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Arrest for Fatal Shooting of Officer Danny Faulkner
September 03, 2003: Federal Court Overturns Over 100 Death Sentences in 3 States
April 23, 2003: Newly Discovered DNA Evidence Proves Death Row Juvenile Innocent
March 11, 2003: Former FBI Chief Calls for the Supreme Court to Halt the Execution of Delma Banks in Texas: We Talk to Banks’ Mother & Legal Team
February 28, 2003: New Orleans Mother Appeals to the Pope to Help Prevent the Execution of Her Son: The Murder Was Committed When Ryan Matthews Was Barely 17 Years Old
January 15, 2003: From Death Row, Mumia Speaks Out On the Death Penalty & the “Broken” System
January 13, 2003: Illinois Governor Commutes Death Sentences of 167 Inmates
October 24, 2002: From Death Row: Mumia Abu-Jamal Conducts His First Interview in 22 Years, with Indicted Human Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart
August 28, 2002: Young People Talk About the Juvenile Death Penalty; New Report Finds More African-American Men Are in Prison Than in College
July 09, 2002: The Son of James Byrd Jr., the Black Man Brutally Murdered By White Supremacists, Fights to Save His Father’s Killer From Execution
July 02, 2002: A New York Judge Declares the Federal Death Penalty Unconstitutional
June 25, 2002: Supreme Court Rules Judges Can’t Impose Death Penalty, Invalidating the Laws of 5 States and Possibly Freeing Hundreds From Death Row
June 21, 2002: The Supreme Court Rules Executing Mentally Retarded Is ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishment’
April 24, 2002: From One Death Row to Another: Today Is the Birthday of Mumia Abu-Jamal: He Has Been On Death Row for Twenty Years
February 11, 2002: As Death-Row Prisoner, Thomas Miller-El, Faces Execution Next Week, a Short Documentary Makes a Strong Case for a New Trial
June 11, 2001: President Bush to Meet with European Leaders Opposed to the Administration’s Position On Thedeath Penalty
May 22, 2001: Federal Death Row Inmate Juan Raul Garza, Set for Execution On June 19th, Asks President Bush for Clemency
May 03, 2001: Recordings of An Execution: The Electrocution of a Mentally Retarded Man
January 31, 2001: Governor Ryan Speaks Out On the Death Penalty
January 23, 2001: Clinton Commutes First Federal Death Row Inmate’s Sentence to Life in Prison
January 12, 2001: Lawyers File a Last Minute Plea for Federal Clemency
January 09, 2001: Oklahoma to Execute First of Eight This Month
December 27, 2000: Illinois Gov. George Ryan Speak Out for a Moratorium On Executions
December 18, 2000: Death Penalty Moratorium: Sister Helen Prejean and Death Row Survivor William Nieves
December 15, 2000: African American Woman in Oklahoma Will Be Executed If Today’s Clemency Hearing Fails
November 17, 2000: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution for Johnny Penry
November 16, 2000: Texas to Execute Johnny Penry, 38th Prisoner of 2000
November 16, 2000: Witness to An Execution: An Audio Documentary
November 15, 2000: Texas to Execute Mentally Retarded Man
November 14, 2000: As Texas Gets Ready to Break Its Own Execution Record, a Response to Clinton Remarks On Death Penalty
November 10, 2000: Miguel Flores Executed in Texas
November 09, 2000: Texas to Execute Mexican Prisoner Miguel Flores
October 30, 2000: Elections and Executions: Mexican Government Calls On George W. Bush to Halt Plans to Execute Mexican National
August 03, 2000: Gov. George Ryan of Illinois Speaks On His Moratorium On Death Penalty
June 22, 2000: Death Penalty, and Issues of Evidence and Innocence
June 21, 2000: Gary Graham Execution a Day Away
June 14, 2000: The Case of Shaka Sankofa (Gary Graham)
June 07, 2000: Dna Evidence and the Death Penalty
March 01, 2000: Odell Barnes Scheduled for Execution in Texas, Supporters Say He Is Innocent
February 24, 2000: G.W. Bush Returns to Texas for Execution of Betty Lou Beets
February 11, 2000: With 13 Released From Death Row, Illinois Issues Moratorium On Executions
January 11, 2000: Virginia Executes Juvenile Offender
November 17, 1999: Thousands of Politicians and Others Sign Call for Moratorium of Executions
October 14, 1999: Documentary Mumia Abu Jamal: “A Case for Reasonable Doubt”/Pennsylvania Governor Signs Death Warrant
August 17, 1999: The Mother of a Paranoid Schizophrenic Man Scheduled for Execution in Texas Today Appeals for His Life
July 07, 1999: Jeb Bush’s First Two Executions As Governor of Florida
February 01, 1999: An Interview with Death Row Inmate Shawn Sellers
January 12, 1999: Gary Graham Execution
December 11, 1998: Texas Postpones Canadian Execution
December 04, 1998: Texas and the Death Penalty: A Lethal Lottery
November 18, 1998: Speech By Death Row Counselor, Dead Man Walking Author, Sister Pregean
November 17, 1998: Md Death Row Inmate Tyrone Gilliam Executed
April 01, 1998: Prisoners and Free Speech
March 19, 1998: Death Row Inmates Call Off Hunger Strike
March 12, 1998: Pennsylvania Death Row Crackdown
October 23, 1997: Mumia Abu Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt
October 15, 1997: America’s Capital Punishment Industry
August 04, 1997: TOMMY THOMPSON EXECUTION
January 09, 1997: Lethal Injection and Physicians
January 08, 1997: Triple Execution In Arkansas/ Buddhist Monk’s Account–Portrait of Lethal Injections: Differing
Views On The Eve of A Horrific Triple Execution in Arkansas.
December 18, 1996: Postponed Execution of Joseph O’Dell
July 19, 1996: Death Row in Georgia
July 19, 1996: Debate of the Death Penalty
April 22, 1996: Death Penalty and Anti-Terrorism Legislation
