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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).
Newly Elected Mayor Bill de Blasio: NYC Cannot Become the “Exclusive Domain of the One Percent”; Harry Belafonte Urges de Blasio to Fight Poverty, Stop-and-Frisk & “Dickensian Justice System”; Public Advocate Letitia James: Time to Tackle “Gilded Age of Inequality” in New York City; “We Will No Longer Stay Silent To This Classism”: NYC Youth … Continued
Orwellian or a Blunt Tool?: Conflicting Rulings on NSA Spying Set Up Likely Supreme Court Showdown; Glenn Greenwald: The NSA Can “Literally Watch Every Keystroke You Make”; Jobless Benefits Cut For 1.3 Million, Despite Highest Long-term Unemployment Since World War II. HeadlinesDecember 30, 2013 Opposition Activists: Over 500 Killed in Syrian Attacks on Aleppo … Continued
Beyond Plan Colombia: Covert CIA Program Reveals Critical U.S. Role in Killings of Rebel Leaders; Did Covert U.S. Program Targeting Rebel Leaders Help Undermine Colombia’s Peace Process? Ex-Rebel Leader Faces Ouster as Bogota Mayor After Longtime Advocacy of Reconciliation; Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor of Eponymous Assault Rifle That Shaped Modern Warfare, Dead at 94. HeadlinesDecember 24, … Continued
Time for Compassion? Aging Political Prisoners Suffer From Illness, Decades in Solitary Confinement; “If the Risk Is Low, Let Them Go”: Elderly Prison Population Skyrockets Despite Low Risk to Society. HeadlinesDecember 23, 2013 Report: CIA Helped Kill Rebels in Colombia Through Secret Program South Sudan: U.S. Evacuates Hundreds amid Fears of Civil War Pussy … Continued
Arctic 30 Members Welcome Russian Amnesty, But Refuse to Apologize For Trying to Stop Oil Drilling; Indigenous Groups Win Right to Seize Chevron’s Canadian Assets over $18 Billion in Amazon Pollution; Obama Commutes 8 “Unfair” Crack Cocaine Sentences as the ACLU Calls For More Reforms to Drug Law; Live from Prison: Jason Hernandez Thanks Obama … Continued
