“Do We as a Society Have a Right to Kill?”: Chinonye Chukwu’s Film “Clemency” Examines Death Penalty; A Modern-Day Lynching?: “Always in Season” Looks at 2014 Hanging in NC & Legacy of Racial Terrorism.

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“Do We as a Society Have a Right to Kill?”: Chinonye Chukwu’s Film “Clemency” Examines Death Penalty; A Modern-Day Lynching?: “Always in Season” Looks at 2014 Hanging in NC & Legacy of Racial Terrorism.
Stacey Abrams: “We Have to Work Harder” Than Those Who Would Suppress the Vote; Dialogue: Women’s March Leaders on Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Racism & More; Tessa Thompson & Time’s Up Call on Hollywood to Work with More Women Directors in #4PercentChallenge; “RBG” Documentary Nominated for Academy Award as Supreme Court Justice Recovers from Lung Surgery.
As U.S. Moves to Oust Maduro, Is Invading Venezuela Next? Allan Nairn on Trump’s Attempted Coup; Allan Nairn: Trump’s Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams Is a War Criminal Who Has Abetted Genocide; A War for Oil? Bolton Pushes Privatization of Venezuela’s Oil as U.S. Ratchets Up Pressure on Maduro.
“Untouchable”: Women Testify to Harvey Weinstein’s Decades of Sexual Abuse in Powerful New Film; Exclusive: Ex-Harvey Weinstein Employee Breaks Silence on Her Memo That Helped Take Down Movie Mogul.
Regime Change Is Not the Answer: Rep. Ro Khanna Speaks Out Against U.S.-Backed Coup in Venezuela; “Where’s My Roy Cohn?”: Film Explores How Joseph McCarthy’s Ex-Aide Mentored Trump & Roger Stone.
How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade” of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt; Venezuelan Foreign Minister: The U.S. Interferes in Latin American Politics Every Day, Every Hour; Breaking: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Reaffirms Award for Angela Davis; CodePink’s Medea Benjamin Disrupts Pompeo Speech to Denounce U.S. Regime Change Agenda in Venezuela; Historian: Venezuela Is … Continued
A Coup in Progress? Trump Moves to Oust Maduro & Install Pro-U.S. Leader in Oil-Rich Venezuela; Former U.N. Expert: The U.S. Is Violating International Law by Attempting a Coup in Venezuela; Lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck: Bush, Rumsfeld & Cheney Are a Troika of Tyranny & Should Be in Prison.
“This Was About the Survival of Public Education”: LA Teachers Claim Victory After Week-Long Strike; A Blue State Teacher Rebellion: Denver Teachers Vote to Strike as L.A. Educators Win Big Victory; ACLU: Trump’s Anti-Trans Ban Has No Military Justification, Is Driven by Animus & Discrimination; Laverne Cox: Trump’s Military Ban Is Part of Larger, Years-Long … Continued
“I Was Absolutely Afraid”: Indigenous Elder on “Mob Mentality” of MAGA Hat-Wearing Students in D.C.; Chase Iron Eyes: Trump’s Mocking of Native Americans Gives License to Others to Denigrate My People; “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee”: David Treuer on Retelling Native American History.
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.