6:00 AM Pacific Time: Mondays - Fridays
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
“We Need Help”: Battered by Sandy, Desperate Residents of New York’s Far Rockaways Plead for Aid; After Sandy, Occupy Movement Re-Emerges as Relief Hub for Residents in Need; Starting Line of Canceled Marathon, New York’s Staten Island Overcome by Post-Sandy Desperation; Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro Denounces Red Cross Response to Superstorm Sandy; As … Continued
Flooded by Sandy, Residents of Brooklyn Community Red Hook Organize Local Effort for Urgent Relief; “It’s Global Warming, Stupid”: As Bloomberg Backs Obama, News Media Ends Silence on Climate Change; Bloomberg Endorses Obama for White House Despite Misgivings About President’s Effort on Gun Control; Residents of NYC’s Chinatown Turn to Community Group for Relief as … Continued
Global Warming and Sandy: Heating of the Oceans Fuels Record Storm, Leaving Millions Without Power; Bainport Day 50: Workers at Bain-Owned Plant Ask Romney to Save Their Jobs from Going to China; As Sandy Recovery Begins, Romney Draws Scrutiny for Campaign Vow to Gut FEMA, Emergency Relief. HeadlinesOctober 31, 2012 8 Million Without Power … Continued
Sandy Pummels East Coast; Historic Storm Leaves 13 Dead, Streets Submerged, Millions Without Power HeadlinesOctober 30, 2012 Sandy Pummels Mid-Atlantic U.S.; At Least 13 Dead New York Hit with Blackouts, Flooding; Obama Declares Disaster Areas New Jersey Nuclear Plant Placed on Alert after Sandy Hits Sandy Toll Hits 69 in Carribean
Bill McKibben on Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change: “If There Was Ever a Wake-up Call, This Is It”; Frankenstorm: Meteorologist Warns Hurricane Sandy an Outgrowth of Global Warming’s Extreme Weather; Nuclear Plants from Virginia to Vermont Could Be Impacted from Massive Hurricane Sandy; Hurricane Sandy Kills 51 in Haiti, Leaving Behind Fears of Disease Outbreak … Continued
Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers, from Climate Change to Nuclear Weapons. HeadlinesOctober 26, 2012 Suicide Attack Kills 40 Worshippers in Afghanistan Syria Violence Continues Despite Informal Ceasefire Hurricane Sandy Kills 21 in Caribbean, Threatens U.S. Casting Ballot, Obama Urges Early Voting Romney Vows Jobs, Higher Pay if Elected Workers Stage … Continued
Prop 34: Ex-San Quentin Prison Warden Jeanne Woodford Backs California Measure to End Death Penalty; A Life Sentence for Stealing Socks? California’s Prop 36 to Decide Future of Three-Strikes Law; Valeria “Munique” Tachiquin: U.S. Agent Kills Young Mother of 5 in Latest of Growing Border Deaths. HeadlinesOctober 25, 2012 U.S. Drone Attack Kills At … Continued
Food Fight: Debating Prop 37, California’s Landmark Initiative to Label GMO Food; Michael Pollan: California’s Prop 37 Fight to Label GMOs Could Galvanize Growing U.S. Food Movement; Michael Pollan: From GMOs to NYC’s Soda Ban, Local Efforts Challenge Agri-giants’ National Control. HeadlinesOctober 24, 2012 U.S. Forces Kill 4 Children in Afghanistan Brahimi: Syrian Gov’t, … Continued
Exclusive: As Obama and Romney Agree on Afghan War, Israel and Syria, Third Parties Give Alternative. HeadlinesOctober 23, 2012 Obama Derides Romney on “Battleship” Approach to Military Spending Drone Attacks Among Shared Foreign Policy Stances in Romney-Obama Debate Ex-CIA Agent to Be Sentenced for Disclosing Torture African-American Woman Left in Critical Condition After Brutal … Continued
