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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).
As Anti-Immigrant “Papers” Law Takes Effect, Jeff Biggers on Arizona, the “State Out of the Union”; Jailed, Censored at Home, Russia’s Pussy Riot Hailed by Supporters from Yoko Ono to Aung San Suu Kyi; One Billion Rising: Eve Ensler, Activists Worldwide Plan Global Strike to End Violence Against Women. HeadlinesSeptember 24, 2012 Anti-U.S. Protests … Continued
Remembering Troy Davis: Questions Remain over Whether Georgia Executed Innocent Man One Year Ago; Troy Davis One Year Later: Execution Fuels National Movement to Abolish Death Penalty; As Italy Sentences 23 CIA Agents in Rendition Case, Obama Refuses To Prosecute Anyone For Torture. HeadlinesSeptember 21, 2012 1 Dead in Pakistan as Anti-Film, French Cartoon … Continued
Mother Jones Reporter David Corn on Revealing the Secret Romney Video That’s Upended 2012 Campaign; Exclusive: Live From Illinois Plant Where Workers Camp Out to Pressure Romney, Bain on Saving Jobs; “Bainport, A Taste of the Romney Economy”: Workers at Bain-Owned Factory Fight Outsourcing to China. HeadlinesSeptember 20, 2012 Justice Dept. Clears Holder, Faults … Continued
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
