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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).
Nada Bakri, Widow of Anthony Shadid, on Her Husband’s Life and Posthumous Memoir, “House of Stone”; Women Fight Back as Virginia, Georgia Curb Reproductive Rights: “When We’re Screwed, We Multiply.” HeadlinesMarch 8, 2012 Admin Orders Military Planning for Syria Intervention Syrian Minister Defects From Assad Gov’t U.N. Humanitarian Chief Visits “Completely Destroyed” Neighborhood in … Continued
Romney Wins 6 “Super Tuesday” States, But GOP Faces Long Road to Choosing a Nominee; Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Progressive Mainstay in Congress, Loses Dem. Primary in Redrawn Ohio District; Vermont Voters Back Grassroots Campaign to Abolish Corporate Personhood; Rep. Donald Payne (1934 – 2012): Remembering New Jersey’s First African-American Member of Congress; LulzSec Cyber Activists … Continued
Attorney General Eric Holder Defends Legality of Targeted Killings of U.S. Citizens Overseas; Freedom University: Undocumented College Students in Georgia Forced to Attend Underground School; Anti-Nuclear Groups in Georgia Seek to Block First New Nuclear Plants in U.S. in Decades; Stephen Cohen on Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Opposition and Perils of U.S.-backed “Democracy Promotion.” HeadlinesMarch 6, … Continued
Report from Kabul: Deadly Protests over U.S. Koran Burning May Be Turning Point for U.S. Occupation; WikiLeaks: Leaked Emails Expose Inner Workings of Private Intelligence Firm Stratfor, a “Shadow CIA”; WikiLeaks: “Private Spies” Stratfor Helped Dow Chemical Monitor Bhopal Activists, The Yes Men; Senegal Faces Run-Off Election After Youth-Led Protests Against Abdoulaye Wade’s Bid For … Continued
Today in a Black History Month special, we spend the hour with the award-winning author Walter Mosley, who many people were introduced to when Bill Clinton praised his book while running for president. Mosley has published 37 books, including a series of bestselling mysteries featuring the private investigator Easy Rawlins.
