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- As UC Regents Approve Major Tuition Hike, Students, Faculty Decry Erosion of Public Education in CA and Nationwide
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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- Shunning Dissidents, Obama Leaves China Without Firm Pledges on Trade, Climate
- Iraq Vote in Limbo with Veto of Election Law
- As Wall Street Posts Record Profits and US Hunger Rate Grows, Robert Scheer Asks: “Where Is the Community Organizer We Elected?”
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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- EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Responds to Court Ruling Upholding Conviction and Ordering Her to Prison
- Amidst California Fiscal Crisis and Political Gridlock, Scholar and Activist George Lakoff Proposes Ballot Measure to End 2/3 Rule in State Legislature
- “The Card Game”–New Doc Investigates History of Credit Card Industry and Proposals for Reform
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
- Headlines
- Why Are We Destroying Public Education? University of California Students and Staff Prepare for System-Wide Strike to Protest Cuts
- Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative
- Raj Patel on America’s Growing Hunger Crisis and the UN Summit to Fight Hunger in Rome
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Hungering for a True Thanksgiving
“Over 1 billion people are chronically hungry,” says the U.N., yet it would take only $44 billion per year to end hunger globally.
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Lou Dobbs Resigns From CNN
The controversial TV anchor has resigned from CNN amid a campaign to force him off the air due to his reporting on Latinos and immigrants. Past Democracy Now! Coverage of Lou Dobbs:
- Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez’s 2007 interview with Lou Dobbs
- Amy Goodman’s column ‘The Dubious Mr. Dobbs’
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The Man Who Put the Rainbow in ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of “The Wizard of Oz.” The 70-year-old film classic bears close watching this year, perhaps more than in any other, for the message woven into the lyrics, written during the Great Depression by Oscar-winning lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg.
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The Tortured Logic Continues
“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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The War Condolences Obama Hasn’t Sent
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
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Trick or Treat for Climate Change
Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country
Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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Christian Parenti responds to Kevin Bales
Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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July 2004 Archive
Friday, July 30, 2004
- Headlines for July 30, 2004
- Kerry Accepts Nomination: Vows to Increase Military By 40,000 & Double No. of Special Forces
- Flashback: A Rare Broadcast of John Kerry’s 1971 Speech Against the Vietnam War Before the Senate
- A July Surprise? Pakistan Announces Arrest of Top Al Qaeda Figure Hours Before Kerry Speech
- Hundreds Protest DNC in Boston; Two-Faced Effigy of Bush & Kerry Burned
- DNC Delegate Arrested After Being Refused Entry To Fleet Center
- Democracy Now! Confronts Madeline Albright on the Iraq Sanctions: Was It Worth The Price?
- Democratic National Convention Chair Bill Richardson Questioned on the Party’s Pro-War Stance
- Kweisi Mfume on President Bush’s Refusal to Address the NAACP
Thursday, July 29, 2004
- Headlines for July 29, 2004
- Ignoring Delegates’ Anti-War Stance, Edwards Delivers Major Pro-War Address at DNC
- Jimmy Breslin: “The Media Should Have Their Licenses Revoked” for Lack of Convention Coverage
- The Other Convention: Scrubbed Speeches, Excluded Voices and the Crackdown on ‘Peace Delegates’
- Sen. Russ Feingold: Dems Platform on Iraq a “Mistake”
- Maxine Waters On Dems Platform: “There’s No Dissent, There’s No Debate”
- DNC Ignores Objections to Party Platform, Declares Unity
- House Divided: Kucinich Delegates Block Kerry From Receiving Unanimous Nomination
- Too Hot for DNC Primetime: Rev. Jesse Jackson Blasts Iraq War as a “Moral Disgrace”
- Michael Moore: I Will Bring Cameras to Florida to Monitor November Election
- Sharpton Ignores Bush-Bashing Ban And Slams President For Waging Iraq War
- Spike Lee: “The First Point of Business Is To Get Bush Out of Office This Coming November.”
- Jesse Jackson Jr. On His Opposition to the Iraq War and the Patriot Act
- ABC’s Ted Koppel Refuses To Apologize For Pre-War Iraq Coverage
- Ex-AG Janet Reno on the Florida Elections, John Ashcroft and Leonard Peltier
- Boston Residents Speak Out About Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and the Erosion of Civil Liberties
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
- Headlines for July 28, 2004
- Uninvited Guest: Michael Moore Takes Boston By Storm
- Rising Star: Senate Candidate Barack Obama Delivers Rousing Keynote at DNC
- Ronald Reagan’s Son and Teresa Heinz Kerry Address DNC
- Medea Benjamin Dragged Off DNC Floor in Handcuffs For Unfurling “End the Occupation of Iraq” Banner
- Maya Angelou, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee Pay Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Raytheon, Citibank, Chase Manhattan and Fleet Boston Help Finance the Most Expensive Convention in History
- Web Exclusive: From a Rooftop Michael Moore Speaks to Overflow Crowd in Cambridge During the DNC
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
- Headlines for July 27, 2004
- 2004 DNC Opens in Boston: Democracy Now! Speaks with Legislators and Delegates Inside the Convention
- Boston City Councilman and Fund the Dream Founder Chuck Turner on the DNC, Security and Democracy
- Cornel West on Bush vs. Kerry, Nader’s Bid for the Presidency and the “Niggerization” of America
- Bill and Hillary Clinton Headline Opening Night of DNC
- Democracy Now! Interviews Right-Wing Journalists Bill Kristol and John McLaughlin at the DNC
- Party On in Boston: How Corporations Spend Thousands to Wine and Dine Legislators
- Dolores Huerta and John Kerry’s Sister, Peggy, Discuss Support for Women for Kerry
- Exclusive: Parents Mourn Son’s Suicide After Returning From Fighting in Iraq
Monday, July 26, 2004
- Headlines for July 26, 2004
- Jesse Jackson on the Democratic Party 20 Years After His Historic 1984 Convention Address
- Stealing An Election: Greg Palast Reviews How Florida Is Attempting To Disenfranchise Thousands of Voters (Again)
- A Vietnam Vet Heads to the DNC As A Delegate Calling for U.S. Troops Out of Iraq
- Angela Davis Speaks At the Boston Social Forum
- ACLU & NLG Groups Sue Over DNC “Free Speech Zone” aka Boston’s Camp X-Ray
- “News Dissector” Danny Schechter on the Corporate Media’s Coverage of the DNC
- Gov. Drives State Library to Remove Link to Planned Parenthood Teen Website
- Feminist Pioneer Gloria Steinem: “Bush is a Danger to Our Health and Safety”
- Jim Hightower: Let’s Stop Beating Around the Bush
Friday, July 23, 2004
- Headlines for July 23, 2004
- Fmr. CIA Analyst and FBI Whistleblower Dissect Final 9/11 Commission Report
- DNC Watch: Homeland Security Shows Off New Surveillance Equipment and Weapons at Camp Near Boston
- A Passel of Pomp and a Circus of Circumstance: Historic Conventions Coverage from the Pacifica Radio Archives
Thursday, July 22, 2004
- Headlines for July 22, 2004
- Fmr. Rep. Cynthia McKinney Set to Win Back Georgia Seat After Democratic Primary Victory
- Georgia Politics: A State Divided
- Farouk Abdel-Muhti 1947-2004: Palestinian Freedom Fighter Called For Unity Moments Before He Died
- A Passel of Pomp and a Circus of Circumstance: Historic Conventions Coverage from the Pacifica Radio Archives
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
- Headlines for July 21, 2004
- Jeb Bush Targets African-American Election Commissioner Who Criticized State Voting System
- Echoes of Saddam: Paper Says Unelected Iraqi PM Allawi Personally Executed Six Prisoners in Baghdad
- Helen Thomas Takes On White House Over Iraq
- A Passel of Pomp and a Circus of Circumstance: Historic Conventions Coverage from the Pacifica Radio Archives
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
- Headlines for July 20, 2004
- Did the Bush Administration Allow a Network of Right-Wing Republicans to Foment a Violent Coup in Haiti?
- A Passel of Pomp and a Circus of Circumstance: Historic Conventions Coverage from the Pacifica Radio Archives
Monday, July 19, 2004
- Headlines for July 19, 2004
- Another Campaign of Misinformation? Leaked 9/11 Report Cites New Evidence That Iran Cooperated with al-Qaeda Before Attacks
- Fmr. Rep. Cynthia McKinney Seeking to Win Back Georgia Seat
- Broadcast Exclusive: Georgetown Professor Accuses Bill O’Reilly of Lying About 9/11 Commission’s Findings
- A Passel of Pomp and a Circus of Circumstance: Historic Conventions Coverage from the Pacifica Radio Archives
Friday, July 16, 2004
- Headlines for July 16, 2004
- Outfoxed: New Documentary Charges Fox News Tailored Coverage to Back Bush
- Robert Fisk On Sovereignty, Martial Law, and Continuing Violence in the New Iraq
- “The Greatest Poet of the 20th Century In Any Language”–Celebrating Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda
Thursday, July 15, 2004
- Headlines for July 15, 2004
- Echoes of Vietnam: Soldier Fights Extradition in Canada
- Barack Obama: A Look at the 2004 DNC Keynote Speaker Who Could Become One of the Only Black Senators in U.S. History
- U.S. Policies Blasted at AIDS Conference
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
- Headlines for July 14, 2004
- Did Dennis Kucinich Sell Out Anti-War Democrats?
- Hidden Prisons: U.S. Maintaining Global Network of Secret Detention Facilities
- Clear Channel Rejects Times Square Peace Billboard Timed for RNC
- 400 Days Later UFPJ Still Seeking RNC Permit
- Rep. Rangel Arrested in Sudan Embassy Protest
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
- Headlines for July 13, 2004
- The Hammer: How Tom Delay is Taking Secret Corporate Donations to Ensure Republican Control
- Who Let the Dogs In? An Hour with Political Columnist and Author Molly Ivins
Monday, July 12, 2004
- Headlines for July 12, 2004
- Could Bush Cancel the Election?
- Enemy in their Camp: Scores of U.S. Servicewomen Raped by Fellow Soldiers
- Tipping the Balance: Senate Seat Up For Grabs in Colorado
- Iraqi Imam Tortured by Ba’ath Regime On “Transfer” of Power, Ayad Allawi and Saddam Hussein’s Trial
Friday, July 09, 2004
- Headlines for July 09, 2004
- World Court to Israel: Tear Down This Wall
- July Surprise: Is Bush Pressuring Pakistan to Capture Bin Laden During DNC?
- Felon Disenfranchisement: Purging the Minority Vote
- The Case of Sami al-Arian
Thursday, July 08, 2004
- Headlines for July 08, 2004
- John Edwards: From Trial Lawyer to NC Senator to Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate
- Kenny Boy Surrenders to FBI Following Grand Jury Indictment
- Art or Terrorism? Buffalo Professor Faces 20 Yrs For Biotech Art
- Grassroots San Antonio Community Protects Water Aquifer From Big Business Golf Development Project
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
- Headlines for July 07, 2004
- Nader Calls Kerry a “Puppet” For Israel, Charges Dems With “Mini-Watergate”
- Whiteout Mea Culpa: Kentucky Paper Apologizes for Lack of Civil Rights Coverage 40 Years Ago
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
- Headlines for July 06, 2004
- Judge Grants Pakistani Immigrant Faisal Ulvie Green Card After Narrowly Avoiding Deportation
- Kerry Picks Edwards as Running Mate
- Saddam in the Dock: Counsel Denied, Hearing Censored, Calls Bush “Criminal”
- Nadia McCaffrey on Her Son’s Death in Iraq: “We Cannot Ignore Anymore What Is Going On In Iraq…I am Speaking as a Mother and as a Human Being”
- Embedded Filmmaker Who Shot “Fahrenheit 9/11” Footage Describes Young U.S. GIs Committing Abuses
Monday, July 05, 2004
- Headlines for July 05, 2004
- A People’s History of the United States: Dramatic Reading of Howard Zinn’s Classic Work
Friday, July 02, 2004
- Headlines for July 02, 2004
- “You May Rejoice, I Must Mourn”–Fredrick Douglass’ Fourth of July Oration
- Juan Gonzalez on Media, Racism and the Role of Third World Journalists
Thursday, July 01, 2004
- Headlines for July 01, 2004
- Pakistani Immigrant Being Deported for Taking Pictures of NY Reservoir Speaks from Jail
- Pakistani Immigrant Married to U.S. Citizen Faces Deportation
- Over 400 Detained in Southern California Immigration Sweep
