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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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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
Akin Defies GOP Pleas to Exit Missouri Senate Race Before Deadline After Rape Comments Spark Uproar; Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom: Craig Unger on Stolen Votes, Political Attacks, Billionaire Ties. HeadlinesAugust 22, 2012 Akin Defies Calls from GOP Leaders to Leave Senate Race GOP Embraces Abortion Ban for Party Platform Court Overturns EPA Rules … Continued
Todd Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Comment Sheds Light on Paul Ryan’s Extreme Stance on Abortion; The Invisible Wounds of War: Number of Soldiers Committing Suicide Reaches Record High; Massacre in South Africa: Police Defend Killing of 34 Striking Workers at Platinum Mine. HeadlinesAugust 21, 2012 Todd Akin Vows to Remain in Senate Race Despite Firestorm … Continued
End the WikiLeaks Witch Hunt: Julian Assange’s Full Address from the Ecuadorean Embassy; Tariq Ali, Ex-U.K. Ambassador Craig Murray Praise Ecuador for Granting Asylum to Julian Assange; Solidarity Protests Held Worldwide After Russian Court Sentences Pussy Riot Members to 2-Year Term; “Nonprofits” Tied to Karl Rove, Koch Brothers Spend Millions on Elections and Call it … Continued
Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be “Unprecedented” Breach of Diplomatic Immunity; Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange; Judge Upholds Penn. Voter ID Law; GOP Admits Law Designed to “Allow” Mitt Romney to “Win the State;” Pussy Riot Members Sentenced To 2 Years For … Continued
Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum; U.S. Seen as “Hidden Hand” Behind U.K. Threat to Raid Embassy; Undocumented Youth Line Up By the Thousands as Temporary Immigration Reprieve Takes Effect; “Back Off”: Assange Attorney Michael Ratner Urges U.K., U.S. to Respect Asylum Decision, Int’l Law; Mexican Poet, Activist Javier Sicilia Brings Peace Caravan Into US to … Continued
Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy on the Escalating Talk of a Military Attack on Iran; From Military Threats to Crippling Sanctions, U.S.-Israel Posturing on Iran Stokes Fears of War; Iranian Americans Warn Harsh U.S. Sanctions Could Restrict Aid to Iran’s Earthquake Victims; 77 Years After FDR Signs Social Security, VP Pick Paul Ryan Pushes Dismantling the … Continued
Egypt’s Morsi Ousts Top Generals, But Key Military Insiders Tapped to Fill the Gaps; Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Zabadani, a Syrian Town Under Siege with No End in Sight; Scholar Omar Dahi on the Economic and Human Toll of Syria’s Worsening Refugee Crisis; Paul Ryan’s Hometown of Janesville, WI Recovers With Federal Aid GOP VP … Continued
