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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).
DNC Begins with Fair Pay Advocate Lilly Ledbetter, Mayor Julián Castro and First Lady Michelle Obama; Undocumented Activists Arrested Outside DNC After Cross-Country Journey for Immigration Reform; Political Party Time: Corporations, Donors With Billions at Stake Fund Lavish Events at DNC; At DNC, Ex-Presidential Hopefuls Jesse Jackson and Dennis Kucinich on 2012 Race, Obama’s First … Continued
Ahead of Charlotte DNC, Hundreds Protest Corporate Giants in “March on Wall Street South”; Grassroots Leader Rev. Dr. William Barber on the Fight for Voting, Civil Rights in North Carolina; Baldemar Velasquez Draws on Years of Farm Worker Organizing to Continue Struggle in Anti-Union South; Bright Lights of Charlotte’s DNC Cast Shadow Over City’s Poor … Continued
Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win–and Now Protect–Voting Rights in U.S.
Backed by Record Campaign War Chest, Romney Accepts GOP Presidential Nomination in Tampa; Top GOP Strategist Karl Rove Loses Cool Under Questioning from “Boss Rove” Author Craig Unger; Amy Goodman Questions Top GOP Donor David Koch: Does Concentration of Wealth Subvert Democracy?; Clint Eastwood Delivers Rambling RNC Speech Featuring “Invisible Obama” in Empty Chair; Glenn … Continued
Daughter of Billionaire GOP Donor Sheldon Adelson Pushes Democracy Now! Staff, Seizes Camera at RNC; Matt Taibbi: The Secret to Mitt Romney’s Fortune? Greed, Debt and Forcing Others to Foot the Bill; Inside the Convention: Questioning Republicans on Abortion, “Legitimate Rape” and Role of Government; GOP VP Nominee Paul Ryan Projects Folksy Appeal With Misleading … Continued
RNC Launches with Tea Party’s Ted Cruz, Ann Romney and a “We Built It” Theme Shaped by Karl Rove; Mitt & Ann Romney Cast Aside “Moderate” Record on Abortion, Social Issues in Appeal to Extremist GOP; Presidential Hopeful Rocky Anderson: Dems, GOP United in Stymying Third-Party Candidacies in U.S.; Despite Focus on Convention Floor, Major … Continued
Party Time: RNC Awash in Corporate, Lobbyist-Funded Events for GOP Delegates and Lawmakers; Ex-Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell Questioned on Vote Suppression, from ’04 to Wave of ID Laws; As ID Laws Risk Disenfranchisement, Intimidation Fears Grow With Tea Party Group’s “Poll Watcher”; Rachel Corrie’s Parents Denounce Israeli Military Exoneration for 2003 Killing in … Continued
Tropical Storm Isaac Spares Tampa Ahead of RNC, But Massive Security Operation Has City on Lockdown; Left Out of the RNC, Supporters Hold Farewell Gathering for Libertarian Favorite Ron Paul; Ron Paul Supporters Seek to Assert Presence at RNC in Tampa and Influence Long-Term Direction of GOP; Despite Tropical Storm Isaac and Massive Security, Activists … Continued
NYPD Admits Muslim Spy Program Generated No Leads or Terrorism Investigations — Only Controversy; Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo Live from Occupied Russian Arctic Oil Rig While Being Hit with Water Cannon; Book Reveals Extensive Effort by Reagan, FBI to Undermine California’s Student Movement in 1960s; “Be Honest About the History of Our Country”: Remembering the People’s … Continued
Was Bay Area Radical, Black Panther Arms Supplier Richard Aoki an Informant for the FBI?; “Subversives”: How the FBI Fought the 1960s Student Movement and Aided Reagan’s Rise to Power. HeadlinesAugust 23, 2012 CBO Warns U.S. Headed for Major Recession Obama Slams Romney Education Plan in Nevada Visit Romney Urges Supporters to Convert Swing … Continued
