Democracy Now – August 6, 2015
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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).
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Juan González: Puerto Rico’s Economic “Death Spiral” Tied to Legacy of Colonialism; Give Us the Ballot: The Struggle Continues 50 Years After Signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; The Making of Leopoldo López: An Investigation into Venezuela’s Most Prominent Opposition Figure.
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
“The Look of Silence”: Will New Film Force U.S. to Acknowledge Role in 1965 Indonesian Genocide?
Police Remove Greenpeace Activists from Portland Bridge After They Forced Shell Ship Back to Port; Are Undercover Attacks on Planned Parenthood Part of a Broader Effort to Outlaw Abortion; Will Prosecutors Charge Officers Who Lied to Protect Ray Tensing After He Fatally Shot Sam Dubose?
Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home”: The Coming-Out Memoir That Became a Hit Broadway Musical
Fighting Both Sides of the Same War: Is Turkey Using Attacks On ISIL As Cover for Assault on Kurds? “Deplorable”: Federal Judge Condemns For-Profit Texas Detention Centers For Immigrant Families; This is Child Abuse: Social Worker Breaks Silence Over Conditions Inside Immigrant Detention Center; Rappel Shell? Activists in Oregon Suspend Themselves from Bridge to Block … Continued
In Ethiopia, Obama Hails Democracy Despite Recent Election Where Ruling Party Won 100% of Seats; 438 Days Imprisoned in Ethiopia: Journalist Recounts Facing Arrest, Mock Execution & Terror Charges; Clinton & the Coup: Amid Protests in Honduras, Ex-President on Hillary’s Role in His 2009 Ouster.
Sandra Bland Laid to Rest; First Black Judge in Waller County Demands Sheriff Resign over Her Death; StoryCorps Remembers Horrific “Traffic Stop” and Police Beating That Nearly Killed Alex Landau; “Collective Healing” at Nat’l Black Lives Matter Convergence Ends with Police Pepper-Spraying Teen; Obama Visits Ethiopia and Kenya, Land of His Father, to Discuss Counterterrorism, … Continued
Sandra Bland’s Sister Responds to Suicide Allegations, Lawyer Says Waller County Withholding Details; “I Don’t Believe Sandy Committed Suicide”: #BlackLivesMatter Co-Founders Speak Out on Sandra Bland.