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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).
Pulling the Plug: Rep. Tom DeLay and Terri Schiavo’s Dad Supported Their Own Parent’s Right to Die While the media has covered the Terri Schiavo case extensively over the past two weeks little coverage has been given to the history of two of the key players: Schiavo’s father and Rep. Tom DeLay. Both men faced … Continued
NYPD Attempts To Criminalize Bike Riders Taking Part in Critical Mass On Friday, police arrested 37 riders and confiscated dozens of bicylcles. Last week, the city filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the group TIME’S UP! from promoting or advertising events that the city alleges to be illegal. The lawsuit also states that TIME’S UP! … Continued
Naomi Klein Reveals New Details About U.S. Military Shooting of Italian War Correspondent in Iraq Three weeks after being shot by US forces in Iraq, veteran Italian war correspondent Giuliana Sgrena is released from a military hospital. New details are emerging about the killing of the Italian agent who saved her life. We speak with … Continued
Red Lake Struggles to Cope with Shooting Tragedy Tribal and religious ceremonies are being held in the Red Lake Native American reservation in northern Minnesota following Monday’s high school shooting that left 10 people dead. We speak with an indigenous rights activist who grew up in a neighboring reservation and we go to Minnesota to … Continued
Wounded Spanish Journalist Olga Rodriguez Describes the U.S. Attack on the Palestine Hotel That Killed Two of Her Colleagues On April 8th, 2003, the U.S. military opened fire on the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, killing two journalists: Taras Protsyuk, a Reuters cameraman from Ukraine, and Jose Couso from the Spanish TV network, Telecinco. We speak … Continued
The Case of Terri Schiavo: A Debate Between a Bioethicist and a Disability Rights Activist A Federal Judge has refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube after an unprecedented action by Congress to allow her case be reviewed by federal courts. We host a debate between a bioethicist and a member of … Continued
U.S. Broadcast Exclusive: Secret U.S. Plans For Iraq’s Oil Spark Political Fight Between Neocons and Big Oil In an explosive new report, investigative journalist Greg Palast charges that President Bush was planning to invade Iraq before the September 11th attacks and was considering two very different plans about what to do with Iraq’s oil. The … Continued
No Child Left Unrecruited: Rep. Jim McDermott Seeks to Protect Students From Military Recruiters We speak with Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) who is backing a bill that would make it easier for parents to block military recruiters from gaining access to their high school-aged children. The bill seeks to amend a provision of the No … Continued
Bush Names Iraq War Architect Paul Wolfowitz to Head World Bank President Bush named Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz to become the new president of the World Bank. Woflowitz is one of the chief hawks within the Bush administration and was a leading architects of the Iraq war. We speak with journalist Jim Lobe and … Continued
Justice DeLayed? Ethics Controversy Swirls Around House Majority Leader House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) – one of the most powerful members in Congress and a prolific fundraiser for his party – is again under fire for potential ethics violations. We host a debate with Chellie Pingree of Common Cause and Stephen Moore of the … Continued
