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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).
On Eve of Major Protests, Federal Judge Blocks Key Provisions of Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law; Patrick Cockburn on Missing Billions in Iraq and Soaring Cancer & Infant Mortality Rates in Fallujah; In Historic Vote, UN Declares Access to Water a Fundamental Right. Today’s Headlines * Federal Judge Blocks Part of Arizona Immigration Law * US … Continued
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: “Transparent Government Tends to Produce Just Government”We spend the hour with Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, talking about the biggest leak in US history: the release of more than 91,000 classified military records on the war in Afghanistan.
Jesse Jackson Calls Shirley Sherrod a “True Freedom Fighter” Who Fought Back Against “Attempted Character Assassination”; Nevada Leads Nation in Unemployment, Foreclosures, Bankruptcies; Reid Leads in Nevada Senate Race After Series of Controversial Statements by GOP Challenger Sharron Angle; “Neither the Destruction of the Ninth Ward Nor the South Bronx Was Inevitable”–Majora Carter on the … Continued
Lead in Lipstick? Coal Tar in Shampoo? As New Bill Calls for Stricter Rules on Beauty Products, a Debate Between Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Founder and Cosmetics Industry Spokesperson; Skin Deep: Online Cosmetics Safety Database Rates 62,000+ Beauty Products; Actress and Cancer Survivor Fran Drescher Speaks Out in Support of New Bill Seeking Stricter Cosmetics … Continued
“Top Secret America” Washington Post Investigation Reveals Massive, Unmanageable, Outsourced US Intelligence System; Tim Shorrock Asks Why It Took the Washington Post So Long to Investigate the US Intelligence System; Social Security Under Attack: Cuts Proposed, Higher Retirement Age Suggested.
