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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).
Okinawa’s Revolt: Decades of Rape, Environmental Harm by U.S. Military Spur Residents to Rise Up; Japan’s Peace Boat Journeys to Confront Buried Crimes of the Past & Build Ties for a Hopeful Future; Japan Remains Hotbed of TPP Protest as U.S. Tries to Fast-track Trade Deal, Crush Environmental Laws. HeadlinesJanuary 16, 2014 Tens of … Continued
Shock Doctrine in Japan: Shinzo Abe’s Rightward Shift to Militarism, Secrecy in Fukushima’s Wake; From Atomic Bombings to Fukushima, Japan Pursues a Nuclear Future Despite a Devastating Past; For Fukushima’s Displaced, a Struggle to Recover Lives Torn Apart by Nuclear Disaster. HeadlinesJanuary 15, 2014 White House Panel Refutes NSA Claims NSA Using Radio Waves … Continued
Erin Brockovich: After Chemical Spill, West Virginians Organizing “Stronger Than I’ve Ever Seen”; West Virginia Water Crisis: Behind Chemical Spill, Gaping Holes in State and Federal Regulation; Dog Whistle Politics: How Politicians Use Coded Racism to Push Through Policies Hurting All. HeadlinesJanuary 14, 2014 South Sudan: 200 Drown in Ferry Accident While Fleeing Egypt: … Continued
Noam Chomsky on the Legacy of Ariel Sharon: Not Speaking Ill of the Dead “Imposes a Vow of Silence; Noam Chomsky: Sabra & Shatila Massacre That Forced Sharon’s Ouster Recalls Worst of Jewish Pogroms; Rashid Khalidi & Noam Chomsky: For Peace Today, US Must End Support for Sharon’s Expansionist Legacy. HeadlinesJanuary 13, 2014 West … Continued
Amiri Baraka (1934-2014): Poet-Playwright-Activist Who Shaped Revolutionary Politics, Black Culture. HeadlinesJanuary 10, 2014 Obama Meets With Privacy Advocates in NSA Surveillance Review European Parliament Invites Snowden to Testify West Virginia Declares State of Emergency After Chemical Spill in Elk River “Humiliated” Christie Fires Aide Who Ordered Bridge Closure Karzai Releases Dozens of Prisoners in … Continued
Will New Jersey’s Traffic Controversy Jam Gov. Christie’s Presidential Hopes for 2016? In New York City’s Transformed Political Era, Progressives Take Major Posts Under Mayor de Blasio; 50 Years After LBJ’s “War on Poverty,” a Call for a New Fight Against 21st Century Inequality; As U.S. Rushes Weapons to Iraq, New Assault on Fallujah Threatens … Continued
“It Was Time to Do More Than Protest”: 1971 Burglars Who Exposed COINTELPRO Reveal Their Identities. HeadlinesJanuary 8, 2014 Polar Vortex Begins to Lift After 9 Deaths in U.S. Extension of Jobless Benefits Face GOP Challenge Despite Senate Vote JPMorgan Pays $2.6 Billion Fine to Avoid Criminal Charges in Madoff Case Iraq Violence Leaves … Continued
Court Ruling on Gay Marriage Ban Makes Utah an Unlikely New Front in Struggle for LGBT Equality; Weather Whiplash: As Polar Vortex Brings Deep Freeze, Is Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change? From Sandy to Haiyan, Year of Extreme Weather Brings More Coverage of Climate Change; From Funding Climate Deniers to Shadowy Groups, Koch Brothers … Continued
Rethinking Marijuana: As Colorado Opens World’s First Pot Retail Stores, NY to Allow Medical Usage; “Drugs Aren’t the Problem”: Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths about Addiction; A Socialist Elected in Seattle: Kshama Sawant on Occupy, Fight for 15, Boeing’s “Economic Blackmail.” HeadlinesJanuary 6, 2014 Iraq Loses Control of Fallujah, Key Site … Continued
Texas Student: After Reporting Rape, I Was Accused of “Public Lewdness,” Sent to Disciplinary School; NAFTA at 20: Lori Wallach on U.S. Job Losses, Record Income Inequality, Mass Displacement in Mexico; Zapatista Uprising 20 Years Later: How Indigenous Mexicans Stood Up Against NAFTA “Death Sentence.” HeadlinesJanuary 3, 2014 Sunni Militants Lay Siege to Key … Continued
