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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).
Obama Fights to End Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, GOP Pushes Back; Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Boeing in CIA “Torture Flight” Program; Concerns Raised over Use of Computer RFID Chips to Track Preschool Children; No Charges Brought Against Philadelphia School that Monitored Students by Remotely Activating Webcams; Unity College Students & Bill McKibben … Continued
Raj Patel: Mozambique’s Food Riots Are the True Face of Global Warming; Jailed for Facebook Friending: Animal Rights Activist Rod Coronado Ordered Back to Prison After Accepting Friend Request from Fellow Activist; Gainesville Muslim Community Organizes Vigils, Teach-Ins to Counter Planned Koran Burning. Today’s Headlines * Obama Rejects Extension of Top-Bracket Tax Cuts * … Continued
As Pakistan Floods Continue Moving South, Calls for Debt Cancellation Grow; After Years of Organizing, Domestic Workers Win Bill of Rights Law in New York; Appeals Court Ruling Allows Government to Use GPS to Track People’s Moves; Alexander Zaitchik on “Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance.” Today’s Headlines * Palestinians: Obama … Continued
“Iraq Is a Shattered Country”–Nir Rosen on Obama Declaring an End to US Combat Mission in Iraq; Withdrawal or Enduring Presence? US Military Continues to Invest Hundreds of Millions in Iraq Bases; Invisible War: How Thirteen Years of US-Imposed Economic Sanctions Devastated Iraq Before the 2003 Invasion; “Security for Everyone, Not Just Settlers and Occupiers”–Ali … Continued
Draft UN Report Accuses Rwandan Troops of Committing Genocide in the Congo; Slain Latino Journalist Rubén Salazar, Killed 40 Years Ago in Police Attack, Remembered as Champion of Chicano Rights. Today’s Headlines * Obama to Declare End to Combat Operations in Iraq * UN: Iraq Still Faces Humanitarian Crisis * Gibbs: US Is Increasing … Continued
