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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
The War on Drugs is a War on Minorities: Former El Reno Prison Inmate Freed by Obama Speaks Out;Outrage Grows After Mysterious Death of #BlackLivesMatter Activist Sandra Bland in Texas Jail;Newly Released Dash Cam Video Shows California Police Shooting Unarmed Man with Hands Up;Mass Shootings on the Rise: 4 Marines Killed in Tennessee While Aurora … Continued
Former Iran Ambassador: Nuclear Deal is Model for Closing Path to Militarization and Weaponization;Mass Graves of Immigrants Found in Texas, But State Says No Laws Were Broken;Protests Erupt Outside of Greek Parliament as It Approves Harsh Austerity Measures in Bailout Deal
Juan González: Martin O’Malley Puts Forth Broadest Immigration Reform Plan of 2016 Campaign;Strange Bedfellows: Why Are the Koch Brothers & Van Jones Teaming Up to End Mass Incarceration?;PETA: SeaWorld Employee Infiltrated Animal Rights Group, Called for Grabbing “Pitchforks & Torches”
On Thursday, President Obama granted clemency to 46 prisoners, including 14 who faced life without parole. Many of the commutations went to crack offenders. We speak to Cynthia Roseberry, director of the Clemency Project 2014, and Reynolds Wintersmith, who once faced life in prison for selling crack but was freed last year after receiving clemency. … Continued
Psychologists Collaborated with CIA & Pentagon on Post-9/11 Torture Program, May Face Ethics Charges;With Historic Iran Nuclear Deal Expected, Can President Obama Sell It to Congress and the Public?
Black Granddaughter of Segregationist Strom Thurmond Praises SC for Removing Confederate Flag;Mother of Eric Garner Praises New York’s Appointment of Special Prosecutor to Probe Police Killings;”A Hostage Situation”: Greece Yields to Austerity Demands Just Days After Historic “No” Vote
Representative Barbara Lee on Democracy Now!
The End of Encryption? NSA & FBI Seek New Backdoors Against Advice from Leading Security Experts; Matt Taibbi: Eric Holder Back to Wall Street-Tied Law Firm After Years of Refusing to Jail Bankers; Has the World Abandoned Gaza? Region Remains in Ruins a Year After Deadly Israeli Assault
“A Europe of Equals”: Report from Athens as Greek Voters Seek Alternatives to Austerity;Economist Richard Wolff on Roots of Greek Crisis, Debt Relief & Rise of Anti-Capitalism in Europe;A Socialist Surge in the U.S.? Bernie Sanders Draws Record Crowds, Praises Greek Anti-Austerity Vote
“Democracy Cannot Be Blackmailed”: Greek Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Creditors’ Austerity Demand;Bree Newsome: As SC Lawmakers Debate Removing Confederate Flag, Meet the Activist Who Took It Down
