Democracy Now – May 25, 2015
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.

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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.
Indicted: Grand Jury Brings Charges Against Baltimore Police Officers Tied to Freddie Gray Death; Neil Young Premieres New Anti-GMO Song “Rock Starbucks” from Forthcoming “The Monsanto Years” Album; State of Emergency in California as Santa Barbara Cleans Up from Another Major Oil Spill; Legendary Native American Singer-Songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie on Five Decades of Music, Activism.
Expanding Foothold, Islamic State Captures Syria’s Ancient Palmyra After Fall of Iraq’s Ramadi; Matt Taibbi: World’s Largest Banks Admit to Massive Global Financial Crimes, But Escape Jail (Again); Matt Taibbi on Baltimore, Freddie Gray and How Legal System Covers Up Police Violence.
Sgt. James Brown, 26, Survived Two Tours in Iraq Only to Die Begging for His Life in Texas Jail; Say Her Name: Families Seek Justice in Overlooked Police Killings of African-American Women; Police Killing of Michelle Cusseaux Raises Questions of Wrongful Death & Handling of Mentally Ill; Illinois Judge Calls Police Killing of Rekia Boyd … Continued
With House Passage of Extreme 20-Week Abortion Ban, GOP Continues Assault on Reproductive Rights; How an 85-Year Old Nun, Activists Infiltrated Top U.S. Nuclear Site, Exposing Dangers & Urging Peace; “By Any Means Necessary”: Remembering Malcolm X on His 90th Birthday.
Death Penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Anti-Execution State Brings Complications, Not Closure; Ralph Nader on Bernie Sanders’ Presidential Bid & His Unanswered Letters to the White House.
As Chicago Pays Victims of Past Torture, Police Face New Allegations of Abuse at Homan Square; As Torture Victims Win $5.5M in Reparations, Could Chicago Be a Model for Police Abuses Nationwide?
As Train Crash Death Toll Reaches 7, GOP Votes to Cut Amtrak Budget by $250M & Delay Safety Upgrades; “Irresponsible & Reckless”: Environmentalists Decry Obama’s Approval for Shell Drilling in Arctic; Seattle Mobilizes to Shut Down Shell Operations to Protest Arctic Oil Drilling; 30 Million Gallons Under the Sea: Five Years After BP Disaster, New … Continued
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Seymour Hersh Details Explosive Story on Bin Laden Killing & Responds to White House, Media Backlash; Exclusive: CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Speaks Out Upon Sentencing to 3.5 Years in Prison.