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Thursday, May 08, 2008
- Headlines
- 200 Arrested in Massive Show of Civil Disobedience Over Police Acquittals in Killing of Sean Bell
- As Aid Delivery Arrives in Cyclone-Ravaged Burma, Fears Death Toll Could Top 100,000
- “Economic Hit Man” John Perkins Recounts US Efforts to Block Nationalization of Panama Canal
- Former Senator George McGovern Switches Support from Clinton to Obama
- “Torture Team”: British Attorney Philippe Sands on the White House Role in Sanctioning Torture
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
- Headlines
- Broadcasting Legend Bill Moyers on the 2008 Elections, the Rev. Wright Controversy, the Media, Vietnam and More
- Clinton Vows to Stay in the Race as North Carolina, Indiana Primaries Extend Obama’s Lead
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
- Headlines
- “Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism”
- Democracy Now! Bids Farewell to Denis Moynihan, DN!’s Longtime Outreach Director, Now CEO of Free Speech TV
- Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
- Report from Burmese-Thai Border on the Devastating Cyclone that Has Killed Over 15,000 People in Burma
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “The U.S. War on Journalists”
Sami al-Haj is a free man today, after having been imprisoned by the U.S. military for more than six years. His crime: journalism. Targeting journalists, the Bush administration has engaged in direct assault, intimidation, imprisonment and information blackouts to limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs. The principal target these past seven years has been Al-Jazeera, the Arabic television network based in Doha, Qatar.
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Democracy Now! Honored At Webby Awards
Democracy Now! has been selected as an Official Honoree at the 12th Annual Webby Awards in three categories: News, Political and Podcast.
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“Ticker Tape Ain’t Spaghetti”
Food riots are erupting around the world. Behind the hunger, behind the riots, are so-called free-trade agreements, and the brutal emergency-loan agreements imposed on poor countries by financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund.
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Amy Goodman on The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS
Amy Goodman appeared on The Tavis Smiley Show Thursday on PBS discussing her new book. Watch excerpts of the interview.
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“The Single-Payer Solution”
As the media coverage of the Democratic presidential race continues to focus on lapel pins and pastors, America is ailing.
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“The Orangeburg Massacre”
Sen. Barack Obama is clearly a bad bowler. But it was not too long ago that African-Americans were not allowed in some bowling alleys. In Orangeburg, S.C., three young African-American men were killed for protesting against that town’s segregated bowling alley.
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“A Torture Debate Among Healers”
The American Psychological Association is in the midst of its own heated presidential campaign. The central issue is whether APA members should be banned from participating in “harsh interrogations.”
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“Where Do We Go From Here?”
It has been 40 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., while standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel. King was there to support striking sanitation workers, African-American men who endured horrible working conditions for poverty wages. While King’s staff was opposed to him going, as they were scrambling to organize King’s new initiative, the Poor People’s Campaign, King himself knew that the sanitation workers were at the front lines of fighting poverty.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Headlines
- Study Estimates 151,000 Civilian Deaths in Iraq
- U.S. Launches Massive Air Raids in Iraq
- Lone Officer Charged in Abu Ghraib Scandal Has Conviction Dismissed
- Report: Blackwater Dropped Toxin on Crowded Checkpoint
- Pentagon Wants 3,000 More U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
- In Mideast Visit, Bush Affirms Support for Israeli Settlement Blocs
- Bush Warns Iran on Naval Dispute
- Ex-CIA Official Demands Immunity for Videotape Testimony
- NSA: “No Attack Happened” in Gulf of Tonkin
- Cuba Marks 49th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution
- Richardson to Withdraw from Democratic Presidential Race
- New Principal Hired at N.Y. Arabic-Language School Following Founder’s Ouster
- Chicago Approves $20M Settlement in Torture Case
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FBI Issues Subpoenas in Investigation of Machetero Puerto Rican Independence Group
At least three Puerto Ricans in New York City have been subpoenaed to appear before a Brooklyn federal grand jury investigating local links to the Macheteros, the three-decade-old violent Puerto Rican independence group. Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez, who writes about the case in his latest column in the Daily News, discusses the story. [includes rush transcript]
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Supreme Court Considers Voter ID Law that Could Disenfranchise Thousands of Poor and Minority Voters
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a case that many describe as the most important voting rights case since the decision that sealed the 2000 presidential election. It’s over a challenge to a 2005 law in Indiana that requires voters to show government-issued photo identification when voting. We speak with Justin Levitt, counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. [includes rush transcript]
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Will Your Vote Be Counted in 2008? Electronic Voting Machines and the Privatization of Elections
With less than a month before Super Tuesday, every vote counts. But will every vote actually be counted? One-by-one, states across the country are finding critical flaws in the accuracy and security of electronic voting machines. We speak with Clive Thompson, the author of a New York Times Magazine cover story titled “Can You Count on Voting Machines?” [includes rush transcript]
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Study: Of Over 2,000 Sunday Talk Show Questions to Candidates, Only Three on Global Warming
A new study by the League of Conservation Voters found that the five major Sunday morning political shows asked the presidential candidates well over 2,000 questions in 2007. Just three of the questions mentioned global warming. We speak with the president of the League of Conservation Voters, Gene Karpinski. [includes rush transcript]
