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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis: Deal Ending Strike a Victory for Education; Romney’s Dismissal of “Dependent” 47% in Line With Tax Policies Favoring the “Country Club” 1%. HeadlinesSeptember 19, 2012 Chicago Teachers Suspend Strike After Deal Reached Obama Admin Wins Freeze on Ruling Against Indefinite Detention Court Overturns Rule for Disclosure of TV … Continued
Michigan a Key Battleground for Labor Rights with Votes on Emergency Managers, Collective Bargaining; Obama Admin Appeals NDAA Ruling in Bid to Preserve Indefinite Detention at Home and Abroad; Detropia: New Doc Takes Intimate Look at Detroit’s Struggle With Manufacturing Collapse, Urban Decay. HeadlinesSeptember 18, 2012 Over 150 Arrests as Occupy Wall Street Marks … Continued
Could Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Help Romney Win Race? Up to 1 Million Voters Face Disenfranchisement; In Controversial Death Row Case, Pennsylvania Prepares to Execute Man Who Killed His Sexual Abusers; Pittsburgh Ban on Natural Gas Fracking Faces Challenge From State Authorities. HeadlinesSeptember 14, 2012 Protests over Anti-Islam Film Continue to Flare Across the … Continued
Middle East Protests at U.S. Embassies Spread in Uproar over Anti-Muslim U.S. Film; Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan on the Growing Mideast Protests and “Islam & the Arab Awakening”; As U.S. Inequality Widens, Scholar Cornel West and Broadcaster Tavis Smiley Launch Poverty Tour 2.0. HeadlinesSeptember 13, 2012 Protests Spread Across Middle East over Anti-Islam Film … Continued
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Killed as Anti-Islam Film Inflames “Repressed Social Forces” Post-Gaddafi; “500 Days”: Author Kurt Eichenwald’s New Account of How Bush Admin Ignored Warnings Before 9/11; Whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld Rewarded Record $104M for Exposing How UBS Helped Rich Evade Taxes. HeadlinesSeptember 12, 2012 U.S. Ambassador, 3 Staffers Killed in Libya in Outburst … Continued
Ex-Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman Speaks Out on Karl Rove, Witch Hunt Hours Before Returning to Jail; Thousands Rally in Chicago Teachers’ Strike, Pushing Back Against Corporate-Backed Education Reform; Chris Hedges: Dems Owe Chicago Public Teachers Support for “Most Important Labor Action in Decades”; Chris Hedges on 9/11, Touring U.S. Economic Disaster Zones in “Days of … Continued
Chicago Public Teachers Stage Historic Strike in Clash with Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Education Reforms; Striking Teachers, Parents Join Forces to Oppose “Corporate” Education Model in Chicago; Chicago Teachers Strike Could Portend Referendum on Obama Admin’s Approach to Education Reform; Infiltrating Occupy: Austin Activists Face Charges for Equipment Provided by Undercover Police; Disabled Athlete, Advocate … Continued
Obama Accepts Democratic Nomination for Re-Election with Appeal for More Time to Bring Change; “Effective Evil” or Progressives’ Best Hope? Glen Ford vs. Michael Eric Dyson on Obama’s Presidency; Accepting Democratic Nomination, Obama Pledges to Revive U.S. Economy While Protecting the Environment; South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool on Obama, Miners and Confronting Islamophobia in the … Continued
Sandra Fluke Takes Fight for Women’s Health to DNC After Being Insulted for Contraception Advocacy; Lilly Ledbetter, Namesake of Fair Pay Act: From Discrimination Victim to Champion of Wage Equality; NAACP’s Ben Jealous on the Voting Rights Battles That Could Roll Back Gains and Decide 2012 Election; As DNC Pushes Through Jerusalem Vote, Critics Ask … Continued
