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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).
Amy Goodman & Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested at RNC Protest; Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Condemns Police Intimidation of Journalists; Hurricane Gustav Slams Louisiana: A Report from Jordan Flaherty in New Orleans; As the RNC Opens in St. Paul, Twin Cities Police Arrest Nearly 300; Journalists Targeted; Report: Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted McCain’s VP Candidate … Continued
Nearly Two Million Flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav Approaches; Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" Weighs in on Sarah Palin, Hurricane Gustav and the Media’s Coverage of the Conventions; St. Paul Police Conduct Mass Preemptive Raids Ahead of Republican Convention; Vietnam Veterans for Peace Demonstrate Against Fellow Vet John McCain; Three Years After Katrina, … Continued
Amy Goodman Questions Fmr. President Jimmy Carter on Being Sidelined at DNC; Clinton Calls on Supporters to Unite Behind Obama; Narrowing the Obama-Clinton Divide: A Roundtable Discussion; 600 Arrested at Mississippi Factory in Largest Immigration Raid in US History ; "Operation First Casualty": Outside Democratic Convention, Iraq Veterans Against the War Re-Enact Raids on Iraqi … Continued
Michelle Obama Delivers Keynote Address on Opening Day of Democratic Convention; Jeremy Scahill Grills Democratic Lawmakers on the War, Obama’s Foreign Policy Team and the Corporate Money Behind the Big Show; Denver Police Arrest 91, Fire Pepper Spray & Pepper Balls at Protesters; As Democratic Convention Kicks Off, Massive Security Presence Clamps Down on Dissent … Continued
Antiwar Activists Take to the Streets to "Defend Denver"; Rick MacArthur: "You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America"; Massive Security Operation Mobilized for DNC; AT&T Throws Party to Support Dems Who Voted to Grant Telecoms Immunity for Illegal Domestic Wiretapping; A Debate on Sen. Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Record Between Steve … Continued
"Free Gaza" Boats Set Sail from Cyprus to Break Israeli Blockade; Afghan Civilians Bear the Brunt of Taliban Violence and US, NATO Bombings; "Trouble the Water" – New Film Provides Firsthand Account of Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath. Headlines * Possible Withdrawal of US Combat Troops in Iraq Set for 2011 * Electronic Voting … Continued
Texas Death Row Prisoner Faces Execution Tonight for Murder He Didn’t Commit; Tensions High as NATO Suspends Formal Contacts with Russia Over Georgia Conflict; NYC Agrees to Pay 52 Antiwar Protesters $2 Million. Headlines * Report: 79 Million Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills * FBI Agents May Get More Power to Probe Anyone … Continued
Iowa Town Turned into "Open-Air Prison" as Wives of Men Arrested in Largest Immigration Raid in US History Forbidden to Work…or Leave; And The Limits of Power: Andrew Bacevich on the End of American Exceptionalism. Headlines * Report: US to Send up to 15,000 More Troops to Afghanistan * Taliban Launches Most Serious Attacks … Continued
