Headlines for January 26, 2016 Josh Fox on His New Doc "How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change" Act Now, Cry Later: Tim DeChristopher, Aria Doe & Josh Fox on Civil Disobedience & Climate Activism 40 Years After "All the President’s Men," Redford Plays Another Journo Challenging Power in "Truth" Legendary Actor Robert Redford on Climate Change and #OscarsSoWhite Sundance Too Big? Robert Redford Says Sundance May Separate into Narrative, Doc & Shorts Festivals

Headlines for January 27, 2016 Life, Animated: A Remarkable Story of How a Family Reached Their Autistic Son Through Disney Movies Embracing Autism: Journalist Ron Suskind on Supporting His Son’s Strengths, Advice for Other Parents Roger Ross Williams, the First Black Oscar-Winning Director, on "Life, Animated" & #OscarsSoWhite

Headlines for January 28, 2016 "The Settlers": New Film Reveals History & Consequences of Israeli Settlements on Palestinian Land Covering War to End War: New Film Recounts Life & Legacy of James Foley, Journalist Killed by ISIS

Headlines for January 29, 2016; Trump Absent, GOP Presidential Candidates Face Off on Syria, Planned Parenthood and Islamophobia; Former Salt Lake City Mayor Sues Bush Admin. Officials for Mass Surveillance During 2002 Olympics; "Audrie & Daisy": Mother of Audrie Pott, Teen Who Committed Suicide After Assault, Tells Her Story; Maryville Rape Survivor Daisy Coleman Meets Mom of Teen Who Killed Herself After Similar Ordeal

Iowa Progressives Weigh Clinton vs Sanders as One of Whitest U.S. States Kicks Off Presidential Race; Bernie Sanders Says No to Fracked Oil Pipeline in Iowa, Will It Help Him in Today's Caucus?; From Taverns to Grain Elevators: How Iowa's Complex Caucus S

Headlines for February 02, 2016; Iowa Caucuses: Bernie Sanders Rallies to Tie Hillary Clinton; Ted Cruz Upsets Donald Trump; After Dead Heat in Iowa, Will Clinton Move Further Left to Stop the Sanders Surge?; The Road to the White House Begins in Iowa, But Is It Already Sold to Wealthy Donors?; Clinton Laughs Off Question on Goldman Sachs, But Can Millions in Special Interest Cash Be Ignored?

Headlines for February 03, 2016; Privatization on Steroids: Emergency Manager Who Switched Flint Water Resigns from Detroit Schools; Jewish Peace Groups Reveal Role in Spoof New York Times That Criticized Paper's Stance on Israel; Michael Eric Dyson on "The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America"

Headlines for February 04, 2016; Will Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Go Free After U.N. Finds He Is Being Arbitrarily Detained?; Lori Wallach: Signing of TPP Marks Only Beginning of the Fight, Trade Deal Could Still Be Stopped; "There's a Jim Jones in Michigan": Lawmaker Likens Flint Crisis to Cult Leader Who Poisoned Members; Exclusive Report: How Long Did Flint's County Jail Inmates Drink Poisoned Water?; Zika Virus: Are Climate & Ecological Factors Driving Spread of Viral Diseases in the Americas?

Headlines for February 05, 2016; Clinton Accuses Sanders of "Artful Smear" for Questioning Why Wall Street Gives Her Millions; Hillary Clinton Refuses to Say If She Will Release Copies of Her Paid Speeches to Goldman Sachs; Sanders & Clinton Spar on 2002 Iraq Vote; Clinton Praises Henry Kissinger; "A Significant Victory": Julian Assange Hails U.N. Panel Calling for His Freedom

Headlines for February 08, 2016; Trump Leads GOP Charge Embracing Torture: "I'd Bring Back a Hell of a Lot Worse Than Waterboarding"; Another Bush, Another Preemptive War? Jeb Supports U.S. Military Strikes Against North Korea; Real Estate Magnate Trump Defends Using Eminent Domain to Seize Homes for Private Development; Trump Calls Police "Absolutely Mistreated"; Kasich Backs Collaboration Between Communities & Cops; Beyoncé Wins the Super Bowl: Pop Legend Invokes Black Panthers, #BlackLivesMatter at Ha

Headlines for February 09, 2016; Former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin on Running Against Sanders in '86 & Endorsing Clinton in '16; Ex-NAACP Head Ben Jealous: Sanders is Most Consistent Candidate Tackling Racism, Militarism & Greed; Hillary Clinton & the "Mass Incarceration Machine": A Debate on Her Support of 1994 Crime Bill; Bernie Hasn't Changed His Tune: Ex-Vermont Gov. Says Sanders' Message Resonates, But Isn't Realistic; We Endorse No One: Black Lives Matter & the 2016 Presidential Race; "This Man Will Almost Certainly Die": The Secret Deaths of Dozens at Privatized Immigrant-Only Jails

Headlines for February 10, 2016; Bernie Sanders on NH Victory: "Tonight We Served Notice to the Political and Economic Establishment"; "An Earthshaking Moment": Sanders Win Reveals Deep Divide Between Voters & Democratic Party Leaders; After Running Xenophobic & Racist Campaign, Donald Trump Wins Easily in New Hampshire; Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Voting for Bernie Sanders Despite the Senator's Opposition to Reparations

Barbara Lee: Post-9/11 Vote Should Not Be Used as Blank Check to Keep Waging Perpetual War; As Congressional Black Caucus PAC Prepares to Back Clinton, Barbara Lee Withholds Endorsement; Could Unelected Superdelegates Give Clinton the Nomination Even If Sanders Wins the Primaries?; Justice Dept. Sues Ferguson, Missouri, to Force Police Reforms

War on Wall Street or Wall Street's Wars? Clinton and Sanders Debate in Wisconsin; Sanders Slams Clinton's Admiration for 'Destructive' Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; Who Endorsed Hillary Clinton? The Congressional Black Caucus or Its PAC Filled with Lobbyists?; Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Ideal Presidential Candidate Would Have 'Greater Acknowledgment of History'

Scalia's Death Leaves Split Court to Decide Major Abortion, Labor, Voting Rights, Immigration Cases; Who is on President Obama's Shortlist to Replace Antonin Scalia?; Kimberlé Crenshaw: Scalia 'Bludgeoned' the Constitution That Gave Us Desegregation, Women's Rights; 'The War in Iraq was a Big, Fat Mistake': Trump & Bush Spar over War & 9/11; Stop Hate, Dump Trump: New Campaign Aims to Derail Presidential Bid Built on Racism & Xenophobia

'Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise': First Film on Writer and Activist Chronicles an Extraordinary Life

'Thirsty for Democracy: The Poisoning of an American City': Special Report on Flint's Water Crisis; What Did GM & the Governor Know? GM Stopped Using Flint Water Over a Year Before Emergency Declared; Meet the Flint Official Whose Bid to Restore Safe Drinking Water Was Blocked by an Unelected Manager; Inside How Citizens, Journalists, Doctors & Scientists Exposed the Flint Water Crisis Cover-up; Michigan's Water Wars: Nestlé Pumps Millions of Gallons for Free While Flint Pays for Poisoned Water

Apple vs. the FBI: Inside the Battle Snowden Calls 'The Most Important Tech Case in a Decade'; What Is the Government Still Hiding? ACLU Continues Fight to Obtain Photos of Bush-Era Torture; Keep It in the Ground: Author Terry Tempest Williams Buys 1,750 Acres of Oil & Gas Leases in Utah; Targeting Transgender Children, South Dakota Passes Transphobic School Bathroom Bill

Democracy Now! Turns 20: A Freewheeling Look Back at Two Decades of Independent, Unembedded News

Exclusive Interview: Albert Woodfox of Angola 3, Freed After 43 Years in Solitary Confinement

'GOP - Get Out of My Panties': Former OH State Sen. Nina Turner on Gov. Kasich's Anti-Choice Record; 'A Great Partnership': Former OH Democratic Lawmaker Praises Kasich's Police Reforms After Killings; Nina Turner on Switching from Clinton to Sanders: He's Been a 'Constant Champion' of Civil Rights; Could the 2016 Election Be Stolen with Help from Electronic Voting Machines?; Prisons for Profit: Under Kasich, Ohio Becomes Laboratory for Privatizing Public Jails; Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy's for Rejecting Fairer Standards for Farmworkers

Will Obama's Guantánamo Plan Close the Prison or Just Relocate It to a New ZIP Code?; Is Donald Trump Heading to the GOP Nomination? Billionaire Wins Nevada Caucus with 46 percent of Vote; MarShawn McCarrel: Remembering the Black Lives Matter Activist Who Shot Himself at Ohio Statehouse

Winning His Race: Is Trump the Poster Child for the Rise of U.S. Hate Groups?; Will FBI Take a Bite Out of Apple? Former CIA Agent on Showdown Between Apple & U.S. Government; Former CIA Agent Says Edward Snowden Revelations Emboldened Apple to Push Back Against FBI; Exclusive: U.S. Journalist Detained Covering Bahrain Protests Gives 1st Interview Since Release

Jose Antonio Vargas: GOP Debate on Immigration Marked by Misinformation & Lack of Empathy; Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis is Focus of 2 Congressional Hearings as Dems Propose a 'Super-Bankruptcy'; Did Trump University Scam Low-Income Students Who Are Now Suing the GOP Front-Runner?; Lee Fang: TV Pundits Praise Hillary Clinton On Air, Fail to Disclose Financial Ties to Her Campaign; #WhichHillary? #BlackLivesMatter Activist Demands Apology from Clinton for 'Superpredator' Comments; 'Trump is a Mercenary': Native Writer Gyasi Ross on GOP Debate & Why He's Not Endorsed Anyone (Yet)

Headlines for February 29, 2016; Did Bernie Sanders Run a White, 'Northern Liberal' Campaign in South Carolina?; 'Making America Great for White Males': Activist Responds as Trump Refuses to Disavow KKK Support; 16 States Face New Voting Restrictions in First Election in 50 Years Without Full Voting Rights Act; 'White People's Choice Awards': Oscars Host Chris Rock Condemns Hollywood's Lack of Diversity; Is Hollywood 'Ambivalent About Latinos,' Limiting Them to Roles of Housekeeper and Gang Member?

Headlines for March 01, 2016; Super Tuesday: Amid Protests over Racism, Donald Trump Appears Poised to Triumph in Key Contests; Donald Trump Wants to Commit War Crimes and Neocons Still Think He's Too Moderate; 'We Must & Can Aim High': Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Endorsing Bernie Sanders; Robert Reich: Donald Trump Isn't a Conservative, He is an Authoritarian

Headlines for March 02, 2016; It's Time for a Basta Trump Campaign: Latino Leaders Launch Voter Registration Drive; Super Tuesday Roundtable: Few Surprises as Clinton and Trump Win 7 States Each, Sanders Gains 4; 'Trump's Train Did Not Stop in Texas Last Night': Cruz Wins Home State as SCOTUS Hears Abortion Case; Latino Vote Helps Bernie Sanders Surge to Victory in Colorado in Massive Democratic Caucus Turnout

Headlines for March 03, 2016; 'Stop the Sham': Thousands Rally as Supreme Court Hears Biggest Abortion Case in a Generation; Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan Blast Texas Anti-Choice Law, But Will Their Male Colleagues Follow Suit; The Libya Gamble: Inside Hillary Clinton's Push for War & the Making of a Failed State

Headlines for March 04, 2016; As Romney Warns Trump Will Lead U.S. into Abyss, Challengers Vow to Back Trump If He's GOP Nominee; Is Donald Trump the Charismatic Leader the KKK & Neo-Nazis Have Been Waiting For; 'I Give the Governor Credit': Rubio Praises Snyder's Handling of Flint's Man-made Water Crisis; Remembering Berta Cáceres, Assassinated Honduras Indigenous & Environmental Leader

Headlines for March 07, 2016; The Presidential Race & Environmental Racism: Flint Water Crisis Center Stage at Democratic Debate; 'A Democracy Problem': As Debate Brings Attention to Flint, a Look at the Roots of the Water Crisis; Progressive Lawmakers on Sanders vs. Clinton: Reps. Grijalva & Clarke Respond to Sunday's Debate

Headlines for March 08, 2016; 'Here's to Flint': Broadcast Premiere of ACLU Documentary on the Fight for Democracy & Clean Water; Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres Died in Gustavo Castro Soto's Arms; Now His Life is in Danger

Headlines for March 09, 2016; Bernie or Hillary Cornel West & Dolores Huerta Debate After Sanders' Upset Win in Michigan; 'We Are Pushing Real Revolution': Black Lives Matter on Why They Don't Have Faith in Any Candidate; Bernie, Hillary or Revolution in the Streets Cornel West, Dolores Huerta & Black Lives Matter Debate; Tech CEOs & Republican Leaders Met Last Weekend to Plot to Stop Donald Trump

Headlines for March 10, 2016; Clinton & Sanders Spar on Immigration Reform, Deportations & U.S. Imperialism in Latin America; Andrew Bacevich: Why Is No Candidate Offering an Alternative to Militarized U.S. Foreign Policy; Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders: Who Can Trump Trump

Headlines for March 11, 2016; As Trump's Rallies Become 'Racism Summits,' Linda Sarsour & Mohamed Elibiary Debate Islamophobia; Linda Sarsour: Sanders' Michigan Win 'Sent Loud & Clear Message' Not to Discount Arab-American Vote; As Trump Calls Himself 'Very, Very Pro-Israel,' Rubio & Cruz Accuse Him of Being Too Neutral; 'Old-Fashioned Redbaiting': Hillary Clinton Bashes Sanders as GOP Candidates Clash on Cuba; Before Her Assassination, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Backing Honduran Coup; The Vulture: How Billionaire Rubio Backer Paul Singer Made Billions off Argentina Debt Crisis

Headlines for March 14, 2016; Saying No to Hate: Meet the Chicago Activists Who Forced Trump to Cancel Campaign Rally; Sanders Thanks Rahm Emanuel for Not Endorsing Him, as Chicago Mayor Faces Increasing Calls to Resign; Could Someone Be Killed at a Trump Rally St. Louis Activist Speaks Out on Friday Campaign Chaos; Thanks to Jim Crow Era Law, 1 in 4 African-American Adults Can't Vote in Florida's Primary

Headlines for March 15, 2016; Former GOP Congressmember Mickey Edwards: We Don't Have Democracy in Our Political System; 'Donald Trump Scares Me': Ex-GOP Lawmaker on the '16 Race, Climate Denialism & the Supreme Court; Father of Fascism Studies: Donald Trump Shows Alarming Willingness to Use Fascist Terms & Styles

Headlines for March 15, 2016; Former GOP Congressmember Mickey Edwards: We Don't Have Democracy in Our Political System; 'Donald Trump Scares Me': Ex-GOP Lawmaker on the '16 Race, Climate Denialism & the Supreme Court; Father of Fascism Studies: Donald Trump Shows Alarming Willingness to Use Fascist Terms & Styles

Headlines for March 16, 2016; Donald Trump & His Enablers: John Nichols Calls Out Trump-Obsessed Media for Wall-to-Wall Coverage; Hillary Clinton Has Big Night; Media Moves to Silence Bernie Sanders Campaign; John Nichols: GOP Threats to Block Supreme Court Nominee are Wrong & Absurd; North Carolina Voter ID Law Takes Effect, Disproportionately Bars Blacks, Young People from Polls; Dream Defenders Launch #SquaDD2016 'Presidential' Campaign: 'We're Black, Brown, Radical & Tired as Hell'

Headlines for March 17, 2016; Merrick Garland: Where Does Supreme Court Pick Stand on Guantánamo, Death Penalty, Abortion; Buck v. Bell: Inside the SCOTUS Case That Led to Forced Sterilization of 70,000 & Inspired the Nazis

Headlines for March 18, 2016; Slain Activist Berta Cáceres' Daughter: US Military Aid Has Fueled Repression & Violence in Honduras; Flint Residents: 'We Need a Public Health Disaster Declaration from President Obama'

Headlines for March 21, 2016; Obama Visits Cuba in Historic Trip, But Will U.S. Ever End Embargo & Give Back Guantánamo; 'Donald Trump, Go Away': Amid Violence at Trump Rallies, New Yorkers Take to Streets Against Racism; Why Were a NYC Mayoral Adviser & a 74-Year-Old Activist Jailed Overnight for Filming an Arrest

Headlines for March 22, 2016; As Twin Attacks Kill At Least 34 in Brussels, How Should Belgium and Europe Respond; Yousef Munayyer: Attacks in Brussels & Paris Underscore Need to Address Crisis in Syria; Is Clinton Moving to the Right of Trump on Israel-Palestine A Debate on the Candidates & AIPAC; Meet the Activist Sent to ICE Despite Being Citizen After Blocking Arizona Highway to Trump Rally

Headlines for March 23, 2016; After Brussels Attack, Will Response Be More War or a Look at the Root Causes of Terrorism; The GOP Response to Belgium Torture & the 'Patrolling and Securing' of Muslim Neighborhoods; The People of Puerto Rico vs. the Hedge Funds: Supreme Court Hears Case on PR's Bankruptcy Laws; Who is the Best Democrat to Beat Trump Dolores Huerta Debates Ex-Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson

Headlines for March 24, 2016; Glenn Greenwald: Is It A Coup What Is Happening in Brazil is Much Worse Than Donald Trump; Glenn Greenwald: Cruz, Trump, Clinton 'Playing into the Hands' of ISIL After Brussels Bombings; Glenn Greenwald: Hillary Clinton Has Embraced Some of the Most Brutal Dictators in the World

Headlines for March 25, 2016; Erik Prince in the Hot Seat: Blackwater Founder Under Investigation for Illegal Mercenary Biz; Blackwater Founder's Latest Scheme: Money Laundering for Libyan Officials Through a Chinese Bank; Donald Trump's Top Foreign Adviser, Joseph Schmitz, is a Former Blackwater Executive; Think the NSA Can't Hack an iPhone Without Apple's Help Think Again.; Case of Navy SEAL Who Turned Over Photo of bin Laden Suggests SEAL Team Six Operates Above the Law; The True Story of the Pentagon Spies Who Posed as Christian Missionaries to Surveil North Korea

Headlines for March 28, 2016; Bernie Sanders Wins Landslides in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii; Corporate Media Downplays Them; Angela Davis on Not Endorsing Any Presidential Candidate: 'I Think We Need a New Party'; Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Angela Davis on Ferguson, Palestine & the Foundations of a Movement; Hands Off Assata Shakur: Angela Davis Calls for Radical Activism to Protect Activist Exiled in Cuba; As Sanders Sweeps 3 States, Meet the Young Immigrant Activist Helping Him Mobilize Latinos

Headlines for March 29, 2016; Tariq Ali on Lahore Bombing: Is the Pakistani Government Turning a Blind Eye to Taliban Violence; 'Complete Fantasy': Tariq Ali on Donald Trump's Claim 'I Alone Can Solve' Rise in Islamic Militancy; Greenwald: FBI-Apple Fight Tied to U.S. Effort to Access the Communications of Everyone Everywhere; Bullied by the Government: North Carolina Sued After Enacting Sweeping Anti-Transgender Law

Headlines for March 30, 2016; Juan González Retires from New York Daily News, Praised for His 'Relentless Assault on Injustice'; Family of Mexican Man 'Tortured & Killed' by U.S. Border Agents Seeks Justice at Int'l Tribunal; '2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back': Will Obama's New Opioid Proposal Continue the Failed War on Drugs; Plaintiff in HB 2 Suit: I Can't Believe NC Is Passing Laws Requiring Anti-Trans Discrimination

Headlines for March 31, 2016; The Price of Fighting Back: How Woman Faces 60 Years in Prison for the Death of Her Abusive Ex; 'Spain in Our Hearts': Adam Hochschild's New Book Gives Life to the Americans Who Fought Fascism; Fueling Fascism: The Secret History of How Texaco Supplied Oil to Fascists in Spain

Headlines for April 01, 2016; Largest Pay Raise for American Workers in History NY and CA Approve $15 Minimum Wage Hike; Exclusive: Cherelle Baldwin on Being Found Not Guilty for Defending Herself Against Abusive Ex; Human Rights Advocates: U.S.-Backed Saudi Offensive in Yemen a 'Dark Mark' on Obama's Presidency

Headlines for April 04, 2016; Meet the Greenpeace Activist Who Confronted Hillary Clinton over Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry; How Much Money Has Hillary Clinton's Campaign Taken from Fossil Fuel Companies; 'Love Trumps Hate': Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President; Voter ID Nightmare: Up to 300,000 Wisconsin Voters Could Be Barred from Polls Thanks to Scott Walker

Headlines for April 05, 2016; Panama Papers: World Leaders from Iceland to Argentina Exposed in Massive Tax Evasion Scheme; Did Bernie Sanders Predict the Panama Papers When He Opposed Clinton-Backed U.S.-Panama Trade Deal; Panama Papers' Reporters Explain How the Biggest Leak in Data Journalism's History Materialized; Could Citizens United Help Foreign Billionaires Buy This Election An FEC Commissioner Speaks Out

Headlines for April 06, 2016; 'A Victory for the Underdogs': Sanders & Cruz Win Big in Wisconsin as Front-Runners Stumble; Van Jones: New York Primary is 'War to Settle the Score' Between Bernie Sanders & Hillary Clinton; Van Jones Says 'Volcano of White Rage' Propping Up 'Dangerous' Trump Candidacy; Juan González Was at Bernie Sanders' NY Daily News Editorial Board Meeting. What Really Happened; In Shock to Wall Street & Washington, Puerto Rico Moves to Suspend Payments on $72B Public Debt; Special Report: Voices from Puerto Rico's Students Leading an Anti-Austerity Movement; Iceland's Pirate Party Gains Popularity After Prime Minister Walks the Plank over 'Panama Papers'

Headlines for April 07, 2016; A Torturer's Confession: Former Abu Ghraib Interrogator Speaks Out; Ex-Abu Ghraib Interrogator: Israelis Trained U.S. to Use 'Palestinian Chair' Torture Device; Former Abu Ghraib Interrogator: Because of Trump & Cruz, Door Still 'Wide Open' for U.S. to Torture; Melissa Harris-Perry on Race, Media, and the Story Behind This Year's Presidential Race

Headlines for April 08, 2016; Juan González: Kasich May Look Like a 'Moderate,' But He's Still Dangerously Conservative; 'We Will Prevail': Three Words, Three American Presidents & An Endless War in Iraq; Andrew Bacevich: America's War for the Greater Middle East Cannot Be Won; Military Historian Agrees with Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is an Unreconstructed Hawk; #Deported2Death: Why Did Obama Deport 85 Muslim Asylum Seekers; Amy Goodman Is Inducted into I.F. Stone Hall of Fame as Democracy Now! Begins 20th Anniversary Tour

Headlines for April 11, 2016; Black Lives Matter Activist: Bill Clinton's Defense of 'Superpredator' Policies Dehumanizes Us; Black Lives Matter vs. the LAPD: Are the Police Unfairly Targeting & Surveilling the Movement; Seven Decades Ago the U.S. Detained 120,000 Japanese Americans, Could It Happen Again

Headlines for April 12, 2016; Democracy Spring: Over 400 Arrested at U.S. Capitol Protesting Corruption & Money in Politics; Lee Fang: Dark Money & Lobbyists Serving as Superdelegates Could Decide the 2016 Race; Beauty Secrets of the Spies: CIA Begins Investing in Skin Care Products That Collect DNA; Death by Gentrification: Alex Nieto Killed by Hail of Police Bullets in a Changing San Francisco

Headlines for April 13, 2016; Hear Hillary Clinton Defend Her Role in Honduras Coup When Questioned by Juan González; 'She's Baldly Lying': Dana Frank Responds to Hillary Clinton's Defense of Her Role in Honduras Coup; 'America's Afghan Refugee Crisis': 15 Years into War, U.S. Urged to Resettle More Displaced Afghans; As John Kerry Visits Hiroshima, U.S. Quietly Launches $1 Trillion Effort to Upgrade Nuclear Arsenal

Headlines for April 14, 2016; As Clinton Backs Closer U.S.-Israel Ties, Sanders Criticizes Settlements & 2014 Assault on Gaza; Landmark Climate Lawsuit: Meet the Youth Activists Suing the U.S. Government & Fossil Fuel Industry; Who's Teaching Us: Stanford Students Demand Faculty Diversity & Support for Ethnic Studies

Headlines for April 15, 2016; Clinton & Sanders Debate in Brooklyn, Taking on Social Security, Superpredators, Political Judgment; Juan González: Clinton Has 'Really Distorted' What Happened When NY Daily News Interviewed Sanders; Bernie Sanders: Treating Palestinians with Respect & Dignity Does Not Make Me Anti-Israel; Robert Scheer v. Torie Osborn: A Heated Debate on Sanders vs. Clinton with Two Longtime Progressives; 'No Racism in New York': 1,000 People Rally Against GOP Front-Runner Donald Trump in Manhattan; 'First Amendment Rights!' Two Democracy Now! Journalists Arrested Filming Anti-Trump Rally in NYC

Headlines for April 18, 2016; Democracy Awakening: Mass Civil Disobedience Planned on Capitol Hill to Cap Week of 900+ Arrests; 'This is Not a Bathroom Bill, This is a Hate Bill': Rev. William Barber on NC's HB 2; Is the Seafood You Eat Caught by Slaves Meet the Pulitzer Winners Who Broke Open a Global Scandal

Headlines for April 19, 2016; 'The American People are on Our Side': Immigration Advocates Bullish on SCOTUS Immigration Case; Jose Antonio Vargas: There's Nothing More American Than Fighting for Immigration Reform; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez: U.S. Exceeding King George III's Despotism in Current Treatment of Puerto Rico; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on 'Hamilton': When We Get to Write, the Script is Very, Very Different; Millions of New Yorkers Disenfranchised from Primaries Thanks to State's Restrictive Voting Laws; As Anti-LGBT Laws Sweep U.S., How Did Utah Approve a Landmark Nondiscrimination Bill; Will the Mormon Church Take Over The Salt Lake Tribune, Silencing an Independent Voice

Headlines for April 20, 2016; Battle for New York: Clinton & Trump Win as NYC Voters Report Chaos & 'Irregularities' at the Polls; New York Primary: Chaos at Polling Sites, Broken Scanners & Whole Blocks Purged from Voter Rolls; Is the U.S. Backing Rousseff's Ouster in Brazil Opposition Holds Talks in D.C. as Obama Stays Quiet

Headlines for April 21, 2016; As Officer Who Killed Akai Gurley Gets No Jail Time, Asian Americans Debate Role of White Supremacy; Michigan Officials Charged in Flint Water Poisoning, but Gov. Snyder Has Not Even Been Questioned; As Saudis Continue Deadly Bombing of Yemen, Is Obama Trading Cluster Munitions for Riyadh’s Loyalty

Headlines for April 22, 2016; Honor or Insult: A Debate on the Significance of Harriet Tubman on the New $20 Bill; 'He Refused to Live in a Binary': The World Mourns Death of Gender-Bending Music Legend Prince; Colorado's First Black Woman Pot Entrepreneur on Edibles, Incarceration & the Industry's Whiteness; #EarthDay: As Paris Deal Is Signed, Gulf Coast Residents Demand End to Drilling - Entirely; Debate: Should Boulder, Colorado, Become a Sister City of Nablus in Israeli-Occupied West Bank

Headlines for April 25, 2016; 'Horrified': Seymour Hersh Reacts to Obama's Plan to Send 250 More U.S. Special Ops Troops to Syria; Seymour Hersh Weighs In on Sanders vs. Clinton: 'Something Amazing Is Happening in This Country'; Is the Obama Admin Ignoring the Role of Turkey & Saudi Arabia in Syria's 2013 Sarin Gas Attacks; Sy Hersh's Book on Bin Laden Killing Rejects U.S. Story, Says Saudis Financed Hiding of Qaeda Leader

Headlines for April 26, 2016; Not Justice & Not Enough: Tamir Rice Family Gets $6M Settlement for Police Killing of 12-Year-Old; Family of Samuel Harrell, Killed by 'Beat Up Squad' in NY Prison, Holds Hunger Strike for Justice; 30 Years After Chernobyl, World's Worst Nuclear Disaster, U.S. Activists Warn of Ongoing Risks

Headlines for April 27, 2016; How Trump Became the GOP's 'Presumptive Nominee' with Hate-Fueled Rhetoric & Attacks on Immigrants; Why Did the Former Republican Gov. of New Mexico Join the Libertarian Party to Run for President; 2016 Roundtable: Ahead of June 7 Primary, New Mexico Politicians on Who They're Voting for & Why

Headlines for April 28, 2016; Noam Chomsky: Young Bernie Sanders Supporters are a 'Mobilized Force That Could Change the Country'; Former Greek Finance Minister: Massive IMF Bailouts are 'Ponzi Austerity' Scheme; Yanis Varoufakis: Bailouts of Greece are Pretense for Massive Payout for German and French Banks; 'We Were Elected to Say No to the Creditors': Varoufakis on Resigning as Greek Finance Minister; Yanis Varoufakis: Europe’s 'Hot Spot' Refugee Registration Centers are 'Concentration Camps'

Headlines for April 29, 2016; After 36-Day Student Occupation, University of California at Davis Chancellor Is Put on Leave; Northern Arizona U. Students Launch Sit-In as Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Sweeps Country; Historian Peter Linebaugh on 'The Incomplete, True, Authentic & Wonderful History of May Day'; Is Trump's Rhetoric Reigniting Anti-Immigrant Legislation in Arizona; Lena Rothman: A Trump Supporter Assaulted Me at a Rally - Then Police Arrested Me Instead of Him

Headlines for May 02, 2016; RIP Father Daniel Berrigan: Remembering the Life and Legacy of the Antiwar Priest & Poet; 'It was the Happiest Day of My Life': Martin Sheen Recalls His Arrest Alongside Father Dan Berrigan; Dan Berrigan in His Own Words: Antiwar Priest Speaks About 9/11 in Democracy Now! Studios in 2002; In 2006 Interview, Fr. Dan Berrigan Recalls Confronting Defense Secretary McNamara over Vietnam War; 'His World Was Always Filled with Such Beauty': Frida Berrigan on Her Uncle, Priest Daniel Berrigan; Friends Remember Fr. Dan Berrigan: 'He Said He Didn't Believe in Heroes, He Believed in Community'; 'The Cause is the Heart's Beat': See Father Berrigan Recite His Poem 'Some' in 2006

Headlines for May 03, 2016; Jeremy Scahill Remembers His Longtime Friend, Father Daniel Berrigan: 'The Man was a Moral Giant'; 'The Assassination Complex': Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Probe Secret US Drone Wars in New Book; 'This Isn't a War on Leaks, It's a War on Whistleblowers': Snowden Pens Foreword to New Scahill Book; Jeremy Scahill: Clinton is Legendary Hawk, But Sanders Shouldn't Get Pass on Role in Regime Change

Headlines for May 04, 2016; 'Slickest Con Man Out of NYC': Donald Trump Set to Be GOP Nominee Despite Links to Organized Crime; 'A Voice from Another Part of New York': Hear Juan González's NY Journalism Hall of Fame Speech; Revolutionary, Strike Leader & Columnist: Juan González Retires from NY Daily News After 29 Years

Headlines for May 05, 2016; Former Death Row Prisoner Moreese Bickham Dies at 98: He Served 37 Years for Killing Klansmen Cops; 'Callings': In 'Radical' New Book, StoryCorps Honors the Voices of Unsung U.S. Workers

Headlines for May 06, 2016; #BernieOrBust: Sanders Fans Debate Whether to Vote for Clinton If She is Democratic Nominee; After a Landmark Legal Ruling, Will CIA Torture Victims Finally Have Their Day in Court

Headlines for May 09, 2016; #StopTrump Protesters Lock Themselves to Ladders to Block Traffic Outside Trump Rally in Washington; Driscoll's Workers Call for Global Boycott over Alleged Abuses at World's Biggest Berry Distributor; 'One of the Great Revolutionaries': Daniel Berrigan Remembered as Hundreds Gather for Funeral

Headlines for May 10, 2016; Ralph Nader: Sanders Should Stay in Democratic Race, Is Only Losing Due to Anti-Democratic System; Nader: TV Networks Give Trump a 'Free Ride' on Public Airwaves & Cash In on the Election; Nader: The U.S. Political & Media System Is Designed to Obstruct, Silence Third-Party Candidates; Glenn Greenwald on Brazil: Goal of Rousseff Impeachment is to Boost Neoliberals & Protect Corruption

Headlines for May 11, 2016; Obama to Make History with Hiroshima Visit, as U.S. Quietly Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal; Trump Picks White Supremacist Leader as California Delegate, Then Blames Selection on Database Error; Tortured, Killed & Driven to Suicide: Whistleblower Exposes Abuse of Mentally Ill in Florida Prison

Headlines for May 12, 2016; Remembering Michael Ratner, Pioneering Lawyer Who Fought for Justice from Attica to Guantánamo; Julian Assange: Michael Ratner was a 'Campaigner for Justice' from Guatemala to Palestine; Suing Dictators Around the World: A Look at How Michael Ratner Helped Reshape Human Rights Law

Headlines for May 13, 2016; With Rousseff Out, Brazil's Interim President Installs Conservative All-White, All-Male Cabinet; Amid Ongoing Conflict in Syria, Activists Work to Keep Alive Revolutionary Spirit of 2011 Uprising; Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Speaks from Behind Bars: We Are Engaged in a Struggle for Our Lives

Headlines for May 16, 2016; Noam Chomsky: Climate Change & Nuclear Proliferation Pose the Worst Threat Ever Faced by Humans; Chomsky on Trump's Climate Denialism: He Wants Us to March Toward the Destruction of the Species; Chomsky: Hillary Clinton Fears BDS Because It Counters Decades of US Support for Israeli Aggression; Chomsky on Supporting Sanders & Why He Would Vote for Clinton Against Trump in a Swing State

Headlines for May 17, 2016; Noam Chomsky on Syria Conflict: Cut Off the Flow of Arms & Stop Bombing to Stem the Atrocities; Chomsky: Saudi Arabia is the 'Center of Radical Islamic Extremism' Now Spreading Among Sunni Muslims; Noam Chomsky: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff 'Impeached by a Gang of Thieves'; Chomsky: Today's Republican Party is a Candidate for Most Dangerous Organization in Human History; Chomsky on Obama's Visit to Hiroshima & Presidential Legacy: 'Nothing to Rave About'; Chomsky on the Late Michael Ratner & How U.S. Thawed Cuba Ties to Avoid Dwindling Regional Influence

Headlines for May 18, 2016; How Donald Trump Risks Trade War, Crosses Lines on Racism, Wreaks Havoc on U.S. Conservatism; Will 712 Democratic Officials Decide 2016 Election Uncovering the Secret History of Superdelegates; Rekia Boyd's Killer Resigns as Activists Call for End to 'Reign of Terror' by Chicago Police

Headlines for May 19, 2016; Robert McChesney: Mainstream Corporate Media Covering 2016 Election Through Eyes of Clinton Campaign; Trump Vows to Sue New York Times in Latest Show of Disregard for Freedom of Press; Robert McChesney: Facebook's Monopoly & Surveillance Antithetical to Free Press and a Free Society; In Obama's Backyard, Father of 5 US-born Kids Seeks Sanctuary in Chicago Church to Avoid Deportation; Rebel Reporter: Late Poet and Activist John Ross Remembered in New Book on Independent Journalism

Headlines for May 20, 2016; Canada Apologizes for Racist Incident 100 Years After Rejecting Komagata Maru Ship of 370 Immigrants; Occupied Canada: Indigenous & Black Lives Matter Activists Unite to Protest Violence & Neglect

Headlines for May 23, 2016; Exclusive: Source Reveals How Pentagon Ruined Whistleblower's Life and Set Stage for Snowden's Leaks

Headlines for May 24, 2016; Pastor: Acquittal in Freddie Gray Case Highlights Deep Distrust in Legal System in Black Community; Obama Urged to Stop Funding Honduran Military as Questions Grow over US Role in Berta Cáceres' Death; As Hillary Clinton Defends Her Role in 2009 Coup, Is U.S. Aid to Honduras Adding 'Fuel to the Fire'; 'Free Wildin': Teen Picked Up by ICE on His Way to High School Faces Deportation to Honduras

Headlines for May 25, 2016; This Confirms It was a Coup: Brazil Crisis Deepens as Evidence Mounts of Plot to Oust Dilma Rousseff; 39,000 Verizon Workers Mark Six Weeks on Strike in Biggest U.S. Labor Action in Years; Our Lives are on the Line: Protesters Blockade Planned Pipeline Site Near Nuclear Plant Outside NYC

Headlines for May 26, 2016; 'Significant Security Risks': State Department Says Clinton Broke Rules Using Private Email Server; Granddaughter of Exxon Scientist Confronts CEO over Oil Giant’s Decision to Fund Climate Lies; Bill McKibben on Exxon, the Power of Divestment, and Being Targeted by Shadowy Right-Wing Group; Keep Oil in the Soil: Bill McKibben on Being Named by Sanders to DNC Platform Committee; Texas and 10 Other States Escalate Attacks on Trans People with 'Political Stunt' Bathroom Lawsuit

Headlines for May 27, 2016; A Colonial Takeover: Proposed Puerto Rican Debt Bill to Give 'Dictatorial Powers' to Unelected Board; 'Civil Disobedience is Survival': Ireri Carrasco Sues Obama Admin for Denying Her DACA over Protests; In Hiroshima Obama Calls for World Without Nukes, Contradicting New $1 Trillion Weapon Upgrade Plan; 'We Learned to Step over the Dead': Hiroshima Survivor & Anti-Nuclear Activist Recalls U.S. Bombing

Remembering Father Daniel Berrigan, a Prophet of Peace; From Attica to Assange, Attorney Michael Ratner Remembered as Social Justice Champion

Headlines for May 31, 2016; In Historic Ruling, Ex-Dictator of Chad Hissène Habré Convicted of Crimes Against Humanity; From U.S. Ally to Convicted War Criminal: Inside Chad's Hissène Habré's Close Ties to Reagan Admin; It's Not Just the Speeches: Hillary Clinton Questioned over Son-in-Law’s Ties to Goldman Sachs; DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz Faces Criticism for Bias & Opening Up DNC to Lobbyists; Meet the Bernie Sanders Supporter Who Debated Bill Clinton for 30 Minutes at a New Mexico Restaurant

Headlines for June 01, 2016; As 1,000 Refugees Drown Under European Policies, Meet the Volunteers Who Are Trying to Save Lives; OAS Threatens to Suspend Venezuela While Ignoring Recent Ouster of Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff; In Wake of Coup, Should Brazil's Olympics Be Moved or Become a Site of Protest

Headlines for June 02, 2016; Iraq War Veteran on Protesting Trump: We Do Not Want to Be Used as Props for Hate; 'The System Is Set Up to Protect Officers': Activists React to Lack of Charges in Jamar Clark Case; Black Lives Matter Activist Convicted of Felony Lynching: 'It's More Than Ironic, It's Disgusting'; Africa’s Last Colony: Western Saharan Independence Movement Mourns Loss of Polisario Front Leader

Headlines for June 03, 2016; 'I Refuse to Serve as an Empire Chaplain': U.S. Army Minister Resigns over Drone Program; 'I Refuse to Support U.S. Armed Drone Policy': Army Chaplain Reads Resignation Letter to Obama; 'A School for Suicide': How Kalief Browder Learned to Kill Himself During 3 Years at Rikers Jail; Climate Hero & Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Gets U.K. Asylum After Ouster & Jailing

Headlines for June 03, 2016; 'I Refuse to Serve as an Empire Chaplain': U.S. Army Minister Resigns over Drone Program; 'I Refuse to Support U.S. Armed Drone Policy': Army Chaplain Reads Resignation Letter to Obama; 'A School for Suicide': How Kalief Browder Learned to Kill Himself During 3 Years at Rikers Jail; Climate Hero & Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Gets U.K. Asylum After Ouster & Jailing

Headlines for June 07, 2016; 'Highly Inappropriate': Sanders Backer Slams AP, NBC for Calling Democratic Race Before Today's Vote; California Senate President: Trump is a 'Very Dangerous Man' for Denying Climate Change, Drought; Sanders or Clinton Two Progressive California Lawmakers Debate Ahead of Today’s Vote; California Senate President: Trump's Attack on Federal Judge is Racist, Anti-Immigrant; Why Did Black Lives Matter Activist Face Four Years in Jail While Stanford Rapist Gets Six Months; Will Decision to Call Race a Day Before Primary Deter Californians from Voting in Key Race

Headlines for June 08, 2016; 'Historic Moment for Women': Dolores Huerta on Hillary Clinton Declaring Victory in Democratic Race; Dolores Huerta vs. Norman Solomon: A Debate on Best Path Forward for Democratic Party; 'This is Huge': Voices from Hillary Clinton’s Victory Rally in Brooklyn; Dolores Huerta & Norman Solomon on Trump, Sanders' Next Steps & Media Coverage of the 2016 Race; Meet the Law Professor Leading a Bid to Recall the Judge Who Sentenced Stanford Rapist to 6 Months

Headlines for June 09, 2016; Jill Stein to Bernie Sanders: Run on the Green Party Ticket & Continue Your Political Revolution; Green Party's Jill Stein: What We Fear from Donald Trump, We Have Already Seen from Hillary Clinton; Debate: Is Cuomo's Crackdown on BDS Unconstitutional McCarthyism or a Stand Against Anti-Semitism; As 13M People Read Stanford Victim's Letter, Advocates See 'Watershed' Moment in Fight Against Rape

Headlines for June 10, 2016; 'The Campaign Will Go On': Sanders Backers Vow to Keep Fighting to Change Nation & Democratic Party; Can Bernie Sanders Help Rewrite Democratic Platform to Ban Fracking & Keep Oil in the Soil; As California Admits 2 Million Ballots Remain Uncounted, Sanders Pushes for Changing Primary Process; Don't De-Islamicize Muhammad Ali: Scholar Says Muslim Faith was Central to His Views on Racism & War; Dave Zirin on the Whitewashing of Muhammad Ali: He Wasn't Against Just War, But Empire

Headlines for June 13, 2016; Deadliest Attack Ever on LGBT Community Claims Lives of 50 People in Orlando, Mostly Young Latinos; Nightclubs are Our Safe Havens: Longtime Patron of Orlando LGBT Club Reacts to Mass Shooting; Openly Gay Muslim Imam Reacts to Orlando: Clubs Like Pulse are Safe Havens for LGBT Muslims, Too; Orlando Massacre Comes After Lawmakers in U.S. Filed More Than 200 Anti-LGBT Bills; 'How Many Shootings Must We Have' Florida State Senator Calls for Gun Control After Pulse Massacre; Australia Stopped Mass Shootings After 1996 Massacre, So Why Doesn't the U.S. Follow Suit

Headlines for June 14, 2016; Nephew of Slain Gay Icon Harvey Milk: Orlando Massacre Marks One of the LGBT Movement's Darkest Days; Activist: Latinx LGBTQ Community & Its Stories of Survival Should Be at Center of Orlando Response; When It Comes to Orlando Massacre, Domestic Violence is the Red Flag We Aren't Talking About

Headlines for June 15, 2016; 'Our Nation is Under Attack': Lawmakers Push Laws to End 'Scourge of Gun Violence on Our Streets'; In Honor of Berta Cáceres, Rep. Hank Johnson Introduces Historic Bill to Stop U.S. Aid to Honduras; Successor to Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres: Her Death Is Tied to 'Capitalist Neoliberal Policies'; Puerto Rico Is Being Left Voiceless: San Juan Mayor Condemns Bill to Create 'Colonial Control Board'; Puerto Rico in Mourning: Nearly Half of the Orlando Massacre Victims were from the Island

Headlines for June 16, 2016; Democratic Gun Control Filibuster Leaves Advocates Skeptical: 'We Could Be Asking for a Lot More'; How Donald Trump Bankrupted His Casinos, Left Contractors Unpaid, Ruined Investors & Made Millions; Dishwashers, Plumbers, Waiters & Lawyers: Hundreds Accuse Trump of Failing to Pay for Their Work; David Cay Johnston: There is 'Incredibly Strong Evidence' Donald Trump Has Committed Tax Fraud

Headlines for June 17, 2016; As Britain Mourns MP Jo Cox, Her Killer Is Linked to Neo-Nazi National Alliance & Pro-Apartheid Club; Bernie Sanders Vows to Continue His Political Revolution as Thousands Plan to Attend People's Summit; NYPD Surveillance Unveiled: City Claims to Lose Docs on 1960s Radicals, Then Finds 1 Million Records; Latest CIA Torture Docs Show 'Evidence of War Crimes' & Level of Brutality That Even Shocked Bush

Headlines for June 20, 2016; Juan González to the Bernie or Bust Movement: Don't Repeat the Mistakes of 1968 That Elected Nixon; 'Our Dreams Don't Fit on Your Ballots': Naomi Klein on Next Steps for Pro-Bernie Sanders Movement; Rosario Dawson at People's Summit: We Need to Stay the Course to Build a New Movement; Naomi Klein: There Would Be No Bernie Movement Without #FightFor15, Keystone XL & #BlackLivesMatter; If Australia Can Do It, Why Not Us How a Conservative Gov't Enacted Gun Reform After Mass Shooting

Headlines for June 21, 2016; An Attack on Democracy Itself: UK Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn Pays Tribute to Murdered MP Jo Cox; Jeremy Corbyn: Why I Am Voting for Britain to 'Remain' in European Union in Historic Brexit Vote; Police Department or Frat House 3 Oakland Police Chiefs Resign in 9 Days Amid Sex Crime Scandal; #BlackLivesMatter Activist: Oakland Needs to Name the 'Predatory' Cops Who Raped & Trafficked Girl; 'The Battle Has Just Started': Activists Denounce Police Killings & Crackdowns on Teachers in Oaxaca

Headlines for June 22, 2016; Thomas Frank on Clinton & Democratic Establishment: What Ever Happened to the Party of the People; Meet the FBI Informant Who Organized Neo-Nazi Gathering Attended by Jo Cox Murder Suspect in 2000; After Decades of Protest, Last California Nuclear Plant to Close & Be Replaced by Renewable Energy

Headlines for June 23, 2016; 'Let Us Vote': Rep. John Lewis Leads Historic Democratic Sit-in for Gun Control Legislation; Democratic Effort to Tie Gun Purchase to Terror Watchlist: A First Step or a Dangerous Precedent; In Wake of Orlando, Florida Rep. Alan Grayson Revives Efforts to Implement Assault Weapons Ban; Daughter of Slain Virginia Tech Professor: We Must Address Our Nation's Gun Violence Epidemic; Colombia & FARC Agree to Ceasefire in Historic Peace Deal, Begin Long Process of Implementation

Headlines for June 27, 2016; Making Sense of Brexit: Paul Mason on Britain's Growing Economic & Political Crisis; Trump Hails Brexit Vote: When the Pound Goes Down, More People Come to My Scottish Golf Course; 'My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard': Shane Bauer Goes Undercover to Expose Conditions

Headlines for June 28, 2016; Plaintiff in SCOTUS Abortion Case Celebrates Historic Win But Says Struggle for Clinics Isn't Over; Jesse Williams' Powerful BET Awards Speech: 'We're Done Watching Whiteness Use and Abuse Us'; As Extreme Weather Sweeps Across U.S., Is New Democratic Platform on Climate Change Too Weak; California: Fires Burn at 'Exponential Rates' Amid Blistering Heat Wave and 5-Year Drought; Once-in-a-Thousand-Year Flooding Devastates West Virginia, Killing At Least 23

Headlines for June 29, 2016; 'A Dark Day for the People of Puerto Rico': U.S. Senate Moves to OK 'Colonial Control Board'; Meet the Attorney Who Just Won the Historic Abortion Rights Case at the Supreme Court; Former Chilean Army Officer Found Liable for 1973 Murder of Víctor Jara After U.S.-Backed Coup; Who Is Getting Rich Off the $1.3 Trillion Student Debt Crisis

Headlines for June 30, 2016; Report from Istanbul: Uptick in Bombings Comes as Turkey Drifts Toward Islamist, Authoritarian Rule; 'A Classic State Capitalist': How Donald Trump Profited from Public Subsidies & Political Favors; Vice President's Daughter Karenna Gore Arrested in the Trenches of a Climate Protest; Tim DeChristopher Arrested Again in the 'Age of Anticipatory Mass Graves' for Climate Victims

Headlines for July 01, 2016; Puerto Rico Debate: Is Debt Bill Dangerous Increase of Colonialism or Vital Protection from Wall St; Meet the Two Trans Women Making History as First to Win Major-Party Primary Elections

'What to the Slave is 4th of July': James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass' Historic Speech; Spoken Word Legend Saul Williams on Poetry, Art & Resistance; Jesse Williams' Powerful BET Awards Speech: 'We're Done Watching Whiteness Use and Abuse Us'

Headlines for July 05, 2016; Trump's 'Greatest Mentor' was Red-Baiting Aide to Joseph McCarthy and Attorney for NYC Mob Families; How Donald Trump Threatened an Investigative Reporter, Attempting to Bribe Him with a Free Apartment; Wayne Barrett on Donald Trump's Broken Promises, Tax Returns & Potential VP Pick Chris Christie; As Workers at Trump's Taj Mahal Casino Go on Strike, a Look at Trump's Long History of Labor Abuse; Trump's Unofficial Biographer Wayne Barrett: 'The Way He Has Treated His Wives is Just Deplorable'; 'A Shocking Threat to the World': Biographer Wayne Barrett on Donald Trump

Headlines for July 06, 2016; Iraqi Exile: U.K. Iraq Inquiry Confirms the War Was Based on a Lie; Tariq Ali on Chilcot Iraq Report: Tony Blair is a War Criminal for Pushing Us into Illegal War; Tariq Ramadan: Iraq War Waged for U.S. Economic Interests Has Destabilized All of Middle East; Tariq Ramadan on Medina Bombings: Saudi Regime is Not a Victim But Perpetrator of Regional Violence; U.S. Policies Have Not Changed: Banned Under Bush, Tariq Ramadan Speaks Out Against Obama & Clinton; After Siege of Dhaka Restaurant Kills 20, Bangladesh Confronts Threat to Secular Traditions

Headlines for July 07, 2016; 'You Shot Four Bullets Into Him, Sir': Girlfriend Livestreams Philando Castile's Death by Police; Alton Sterling, Father of Five, Murdered by Police Two Months After 'Blue Lives Matter' Bill Signed; Murderers With Badges, Licensed to Kill: Nation Reels from Alton Sterling's Death at Hands of Police; Marc Lamont Hill & Mychal Denzel Smith: We Must End State Violence Against Black Bodies

Headlines for July 08, 2016; Dallas: Five Police Officers Shot Dead; Obama Condemns 'Vicious, Calculated and Despicable Attack'; Marc Lamont Hill: Dallas Shootings Can’t Deter Us From Continuing Movement Against State Violence; Baton Rouge NAACP President Demands Arrest Of Police Officers Who Killed Alton Sterling; 'They Are Here to Kill Us Because We Are Black': Girlfriend of Philando Castile On Police Shootings; Voices From the Streets: Thousands March in NYC Against Police Violence, 40 Arrested

Headlines for July 11, 2016; As Protests Sweep Country, New Video Shows Off-Duty NY Cop Fatally Shooting Black Man Delrawn Small; Death, Abuse and Sexual Assault: The Horrific and Unregulated Private Prison Van Transport Business; Rep. Keith Ellison: Arrest the Officer Who Killed Philando Castile, He Has to Be Held Accountable

Headlines for July 12, 2016; As Sanders Endorses Clinton, How Far Left Has He Pushed the Democratic Party Platform; Filmmaker Josh Fox: Sanders Pushed Party Platform to Left, But We Failed on TPP, Medicare, Gaza; 'Divergent' Star Shailene Woodley on Bernie Sanders, DNC Caravan & Speaking Out in Hollywood; Historian: 'You Can't Disconnect History of the 2nd Amendment From the History of White Supremacy'

Headlines for July 13, 2016; Meet Abdullah Muflahi: He Filmed Alton Sterling Shooting & Was Then Detained by Baton Rouge Police; Police Arrest, Detain Air Force Vet for 26 Hours After He Posted Alton Sterling Shooting Video; Two Years After Eric Garner’s Death, Ramsey Orta, Who Filmed Police, Is Only One Heading to Jail

Headlines for July 14, 2016; Ex-Seattle Police Chief Condemns Systemic Police Racism Dating Back to Slave Patrols; Black Ohio Cop to Prejudiced White Officers: Take the Uniform Off and Put on KKK Hoodie; Ex-Seattle Police Chief Defends Citizens Filming Cops: It's 100 percent Lawful for an American to Do It; Black Father in Letter to His Son: 'I Thought of You When I Saw the Son of Alton Sterling Weeping'; Eddie Glaude & Son: Leave Ballots Blank, Because Voting for the Status Quo Threatens Our Lives

Headlines for July 15, 2016; As Bastille Day Attack in France Kills 84, Is the War on Terror a 'Self-Fulfilling Prophecy'; Puerto Rico's Payday Loans: The Shocking Story Behind Wall Street's Role in Debt Crisis; Exclusive: Meet Yale Dishwasher Corey Menafee, Who Smashed Racist Stained-Glass Window; Craig Steven Wilder on How Georgetown & U.S. Catholic Church Expanded Thanks to Slave Holdings

Headlines for July 18, 2016; Three Police Officers Shot Dead in Baton Rouge Two Weeks After Officers Killed Alton Sterling; Cornel West: Justice and Accountability are Necessary to End Tension over Killings by Police; Cornel West: Why I Endorse Green Party's Jill Stein Over 'Neoliberal Disaster' Hillary Clinton; Many Who Opposed Coup in Turkey Came Out in Support of Democratic Process, not the President; 'My Heart Aches': Sen. Nina Turner, from Family of Police Officers, Responds to Baton Rouge Attack; Kurdish Activist: Erdogan Should Be Pushed Out, But by the People, Not the Military; Medea Benjamin: Why Is Government Downplaying Saudi-9/11 Docs After Keeping Them Secret for Years; Meet the RNC Activists Questioned by Authorities Ahead of This Week's Convention; Dozens of Companies Withdraw Funding from RNC as Trump Headed to Nomination

Headlines for July 19, 2016; RNC Descends into Chaos as 'Never Trump' Movement Attempts Revolt on Convention Floor; 'Never Trump' vs. Unite Behind the Candidate: A Debate on the Future of the Republican Party; GOP Delegate & Schoolteacher: Melania Trump Gets a 'Zero' for Plagiarizing Michelle Obama Speech; Third Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Death, But Activists Convicted for Protesting Killing; Prophets of Rage: Chuck D, Tom Morello Headline 'End Poverty' March Against Trump at RNC; Meet Trump VP Pick Mike Pence, Crusader Against Safe Legal Abortion and LGBTQ Rights; Bassem Youssef, 'The Jon Stewart of Egypt,' Moves to U.S. & Begins Satirizing Election Season

Headlines for July 20, 2016; John Nichols: The GOP is More United in Disdain for Hillary Clinton Than in Support for Donald Trump; The Fall of Roger Ailes: Can Sexual Harassment Claims Oust the Biggest Man in Conservative Media; Ban Guns, Not Tennis Balls: As NRA Addresses RNC, CodePink Protests Ohio's Open-Carry Law; Debunking Republican Claims Linking Immigration to Crime; 'Wall Off Trump': Activists Erect Mock Wall Outside RNC to Protest GOP Border & Immigration Policy; Chris Christie Stages Mock Trial of Hillary Clinton Despite Corruption Charges Dogging His Own Staff; Meet the RNC Vendors Selling Trump Gear in Cleveland While Hoping He Loses the Election; Nina Turner: Killing of 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Highlights Value Gap Between Black & White Lives; Black Activists Occupy Police Union Offices in NYC & D.C., Demand End to Protection for Brutal Cops; Meet the Student Fighting Case Western U. for Shutting Down Campus to House 1,900 Police Officers

Headlines for July 21, 2016; 'Grandiosity and Misogyny': Jeff Sharlet on 'Common Thread' Between Mike Pence & Donald Trump; The Odd Couple: While Trump Openly Cheated on Ex-Wife, Pence Called for Criminalizing Adultery; Have You Seen George W. Bush John Kasich John McCain Looking for the GOP No-Shows at the RNC; Activists Block RNC Entrance with Mock Border Wall So Trump's Hate 'Won't Reach Our Communities'; Did Donald Trump Pick Mike Pence to Appease the Koch Brothers & the Religious Right; Make America Straight Again A Debate on What Could Be the Most Anti-LGBT Republican Platform Ever; As the Number of Black GOP Delegates Falls to Historic Low, Meet a Few of the Only Ones Left; Pastor on Tamir Rice Shooting: Ohio is an Open-Carry State Except If You're an African-American Male

Headlines for July 22, 2016; Classic Authoritarianism: In a Speech Filled with Fear & Xenophobia, Donald Trump Accepts Nomination; 'Build Bridges, Not Walls': Medea Benjamin on How She Disrupted Donald Trump's Speech; Muslims Debate Donald Trump, Immigration Ban and Islamophobia in Republican Party; 'We Have Crossed a New Threshold': Iraqi American Decries Trump's Open Islamophobia; A Tectonic Shift in Conservative World: Trump Accepts Nomination as Roger Ailes Ousted from Fox News; As RNC is Held in Quicken Loans Arena, Learn the Inside Story of Company’s Trumpian CEO Dan Gilbert; #CLEoverRNC: Protesters Expose Tale of Two Clevelands; How Can This Be Happening in America International Journalists Reflect on Rise of Donald Trump; Meet Peter Thiel: Trump Taps Billionaire Who Helped Bankrupt Gawker to Speak at RNC

Headlines for July 25, 2016; EXCLUSIVE: WikiLeaks' Julian Assange on Releasing DNC Emails That Ousted Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Assange: Why I Created WikiLeaks' Searchable Database of 30,000 Emails from Clinton's Private Server; Julian Assange: Choosing Between Trump or Clinton is Like Picking Between Cholera or Gonorrhea; Clinton vs. Bernie Debate: As Turmoil Rocks Democratic Party, How Can Progressives Move Forward; Clinton Running Mate Tim Kaine Supported TPP, Offshore Drilling & Anti-Union Right-to-Work Measures; The Other Philadelphia: Inside the People's Fight Against Gentrification & Privatized Education; 'We Want to Stop Fracking Now': Up to 10,000 Rally on Eve of DNC to Demand Climate Justice; National Puerto Rican Agenda: New Group Forms to Address Island's Unprecedented Economic Crisis; Bernie Backers Speak Out: WikiLeaks DNC Emails Show Clinton Had Unfair Advantage from Day One

Headlines for July 26, 2016; Chaos on Convention Floor: Protests, Boos and Chants of 'Bernie' Mark Opening of DNC; Jill Stein vs. Ben Jealous: Should Progressives Reject Hillary Clinton & Vote Green; 'It's a Sad Day for Many of Us': Bernie Delegates Boo Sanders After Endorsing Clinton; Who Should Bernie Voters Support Now Robert Reich vs. Chris Hedges on Tackling the Neoliberal Order

Headlines for July 27, 2016; 'Biggest Crack in Glass Ceiling Yet': Clinton Becomes First Female Major-Party Presidential Nominee; Hundreds of Sanders Delegates Walk Off Convention Floor in Protest of 'Rigged' Election; 'It's a Bittersweet Time': Some Sanders Backers Stay Inside DNC, Now Plan to Support Hillary Clinton; Danny Glover & Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Sanders, Clinton and the Long Arc of U.S. Movements; Watch the Full DNC Speeches of the Mothers of Sandra Bland, Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin; Danny Glover & Bernie Delegate Larry Hamm: The Sanders Movement Must Stay Mobilized to Push Change; Mumia Abu-Jamal Calls from Prison to Comment on DNC, Black Lives Matter and Mass Incarceration

Headlines for July 28, 2016; President Obama Implores Nation to Vote for Hillary Clinton: 'Carry Her the Same Way You Carried Me'; 'No More War': Protesters Disrupt Ex-CIA Director Leon Panetta's DNC Speech; Michael Eric Dyson vs. Eddie Glaude on Race, Hillary Clinton and the Legacy of Obama's Presidency; Bill O'Reilly Claims Enslaved Africans Who Built White House Were 'Well Fed'; Dyson & Glaude Respond; As All Charges Dropped in Freddie Gray's Death: Baltimore Mayor Says Reform Doesn't Hang on Verdicts; After Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Ouster, We Speak with Her DNC Replacement Mayor Rawlings-Blake; Will Hillary Clinton Flip-Flop Again on TPP After Election Day We Ask Her Adviser Joseph Stiglitz

Headlines for July 29, 2016; Hillary Clinton Becomes First Woman to Accept Major-Party Presidential Nomination in U.S. History; California Delegates Walk Off the Floor of DNC in Protest of Hillary Clinton's Nomination; As Hillary Clinton Accepts Democratic Nomination, Hundreds Protest Outside Convention Arena; Kshama Sawant vs. Rebecca Traister on Clinton, Democratic Party & Possibility of a Female President; Hillary Clinton Accepts Historic Nomination, Says Election is a 'Moment of Reckoning'; Rev. William Barber at the DNC: We Need to Revive the Heart of Our Democracy; The DNC Protests You Didn't See on TV: Sanders Delegates Chant and Walk Out on Clinton Speech; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor vs. Janaye Ingram on Hillary Clinton, Racial Justice & the Democratic Party; 'Eat, Pray, Starve': Greg Grandin on Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton & the U.S. Role in Honduras

Headlines for August 01, 2016; Courts Strike Down Voter Restriction Laws That Target African Americans with 'Surgical Precision'; Society Is Failing Our Families: Sister Simone Campbell on Inequality, Donald Trump & Women's Health; Trump Attacks Muslim Mother of Slain U.S. Soldier in Comments 'Beyond Limit of Human Decency'

Headlines for August 02, 2016; 'All He Has is a Toy Truck': The Shocking Police Shooting of Therapist Caring for Autistic Patient; Movement for Black Lives Calls for Reparations & 'End to War Against Black People'; 'Stop the Cops & Fund Black Futures': Voices from First Day of New York City Hall Park Occupation; Section 60: 2008 Film Captures Khizr & Ghazala Khan Mourning Son in Arlington National Cemetery; The Never-Ending War: U.S. Announces New Front Against ISIS in Libya

Headlines for August 03, 2016; Amid City Hall Protests, NYPD Chief Bill Bratton Resigns, But 'Broken Windows' Continues Nationwide; NYPD Chief Bill Bratton's Next Stop: Private Consulting Firm Tied to the Clintons; 'When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers': How Private Equity Profits off Our Daily Lives; Chelsea Manning Faces Indefinite Solitary Confinement & Extra Prison Time After Suicide Attempt

Headlines for August 04, 2016; Chris Hedges vs. Robert Reich on Clinton, Third Parties, Capitalism & Next Steps for Sanders Backers; First Evidence Surfaces of Foreign Money Pouring into U.S. Elections After Citizens United

Headlines for August 05, 2016; 30 Years of 'Doonesbury' on Donald Trump: Cartoonist Garry Trudeau on the GOP's 'Natural Born Toon'; Brazil's Dance with the Devil: 2016 Rio Olympics Begin with Government Dysfunction & Police Violence; Dave Zirin: Protests by Athletes and Displaced Rio Residents Accompany Opening of 2016 Olympic Games

Headlines for May 02, 2016; RIP Father Daniel Berrigan: Remembering the Life and Legacy of the Antiwar Priest & Poet; 'It was the Happiest Day of My Life': Martin Sheen Recalls His Arrest Alongside Father Dan Berrigan; Dan Berrigan in His Own Words: Antiwar Priest Speaks About 9/11 in Democracy Now! Studios in 2002; In 2006 Interview, Fr. Dan Berrigan Recalls Confronting Defense Secretary McNamara over Vietnam War; 'His World Was Always Filled with Such Beauty': Frida Berrigan on Her Uncle, Priest Daniel Berrigan; Friends Remember Fr. Dan Berrigan: 'He Said He Didn't Believe in Heroes, He Believed in Community'; 'The Cause is the Heart's Beat': See Father Berrigan Recite His Poem 'Some' in 2006

Headlines for August 09, 2016; Pakistan Mourns After Bombing at Hospital Kills At Least 74, Including Dozens of Lawyers; Meet Jacqui Maxwell, the UAW Autoworker Who Interrupted Trump's Economic Speech in Detroit; Matt Taibbi: Trump's All White Male Economic Team Includes 'Financial Crisis Villain' John Paulson; Matt Taibbi on Libor, Cartel-Style Finance & How Failure to Fix Wall St. Has Propelled Trump's Rise; Handcuffed While Dying: Police Killing of Black Teenager Paul O'Neal Sparks Protests in Chicago; Murdered by a SWAT Team for Traffic Tickets: Inside the Police Killing of Black Mother Korryn Gaines

Headlines for August 10, 2016; Donald Trump Under Fire After Hinting Gun Owners Could Assassinate Hillary Clinton; 'The Making of Donald Trump': David Cay Johnston on Trump's Ties to the Mob & Drug Traffickers; 'Olympic Pride, American Prejudice': How 18 Black Olympians Defied Jim Crow & Hitler in 1936; After Being Denied Parole 10 Times, Elderly Prisoner Allegedly Commits Suicide at Fishkill Prison

Headlines for August 11, 2016; Racist & Illegal: Justice Department Slams Baltimore Police for Targeting Black Residents; Baltimore Residents from Rep. Elijah Cummings to Local Activist Speak Out on Being Stopped by Police; Crisis Engulfs Fox News as Roger Ailes Sexual Harassment & Spying Scandal Grows; How Did Susan Estrich Go from Feminist Icon & Roger Ailes Foe to His Attorney in Harassment Case

Headlines for August 12, 2016; Did Companies & Countries Buy State Dept. Access by Donating to Clinton Foundation; Donald Trump Claims Obama & Clinton Founded ISIS, But Bush Negotiated U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq; 'Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart': NYT Mag Examines Region Since 2003 U.S. Invasion

Headlines for August 15, 2016; 'This is the Madness They Spark': Uprising in Milwaukee After Police Kill 23-Year-Old Black Man; African-American Women Make Olympic History by Winning Gold in Swimming, Gymnastics & Shot Put; Meet American Olympian Anthony Ervin: The Oldest-Ever Individual Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist; Muhammad U.S.A.: First American Olympian to Wear a Hijab Wins Bronze Medal

Headlines for August 16, 2016; 'Extreme Vetting': Trump Vows Ideological Test for Immigrants & Return to McCarthy-Era Repression; Matt Taibbi on Trump's Position on NATO, Russia & his Campaign Head's $13 Million Scandal in Ukraine; 'What Would She Do in Iraq': As Clinton Slams Trump for ISIS Speech, We Look at Her Own Positions; Writer Jesse Washington & Olympian Anthony Ervin on Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali & Race at Olympics

Headlines for August 17, 2016; Ten Times Worse Than Hell: A Syrian Doctor on the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Aleppo; Why Did Clinton Just Tap a Pro-TPP, Pro-KXL, Pro-Fracking Politician to Head Her Transition Team; Danny Glover & Larry Hamm on Black Lives Matter, Police Killings & How to Stop Donald Trump

Headlines for August 18, 2016; Open Up the Debates: Green Party's Jill Stein Accuses Democrats & GOP of Rigging Debate Rules; Meet Ajamu Baraka: Green VP Candidate Aims to Continue the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois & Malcolm X; Green Party's Jill Stein: U.S. Should Stop Funding Israel & Saudi Arabia; Stein & Baraka to Bernie Sanders Supporters: Vote Green & Abandon the Party of War and Wall Street; Stopping the Snake: Indigenous Protesters Shut Down Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline

Headlines for August 19, 2016; In Historic Shift, U.S. Government to End Use of Deadly, Costly, Negligent Private Prisons; Private Prisons May Be Phased Out, But Industry Leaves Trail of Bodies from Medical Neglect & Abuses; As Feds Close Prisons Run by Private Companies, Will They Do Same for Immigrant Detention Centers; Former Iran Hostage Shane Bauer: Claim That $400M U.S. Paid to Iran was Ransom Deal is 'Absurd'; Dave Zirin: Brazilians are Fed Up with U.S. Olympian Ryan Lochte and Privileged First-World Tourists

Headlines for August 22, 2016; As Kerry Plans to Visit Saudi Arabia, Activists & NGOs Demand U.S. Stop Funding War Crimes in Yemen; 'This is Our War & It is Shameful:' Journalist Andrew Cockburn on the U.S. Role in the War in Yemen; A Shocking Story of How a Chicago Cop Killed a Teen - Then Locked Up His Best Friend for the Murder

Headlines for August 23, 2016; Standing Rock Sioux Chairman: Dakota Access Pipeline 'Is Threatening the Lives of My Tribe'; Native Activist Winona LaDuke: Pipeline Company Enbridge Has No Right to Destroy Our Future; Hate Crime in Tulsa: Khalid Jabara's Family Speaks Out After His Murder by Racist White Neighbor; Father of Muslim Women Murdered in Chapel Hill to Jabara Family: 'I Know How You Feel'

Headlines for August 24, 2016; Day After Obama Tours Louisiana Flood Damage, Gov't Holds Massive Gulf Oil & Gas Lease Auction; Climate Study: By 2085 All U.S. Cities Except San Francisco Will Be Too Hot to Host Summer Olympics; Inaction on Climate Change Could Cost Millennials $8.8 Trillion in Lifetime Income; Embracing the Alt-Right: New Trump Campaign Chief 'Created an Online Haven for White Nationalists'

Headlines for August 25, 2016; Weapons, Pipelines & Wall St: Did Clinton Foundation Donations Impact Clinton State Dept. Decisions; Debate: Should the Clinton Foundation Be Shut Down If Hillary Clinton Wins; 'Our Revolution' Bernie Sanders Launches New Organization, But Key Staffers Quit in Protest

Headlines for August 26, 2016; Vijay Prashad: Turkey's Offensive Against ISIS & Press Crackdown is Really Just War on Kurds; Regime Change in Libya Mirrors Iraq: Both Efforts Led to Failed States & Destabilized Region; Vijay Prashad: Hillary Clinton Shows Dangerous Tendency to Go to War No Matter the Consequences; Yemen & Palestine: Vijay Prashad on the Two 'Ruthless' Bombing Campaigns; Vijay Prashad on India's Crackdown in Kashmir: 'If This is Not an Occupation, What Else is It'; 'Cataclysmic Carousel of Greed': Oscar-Winning Actress Emma Thompson on Oil Drilling in Arctic; Actress Emma Thompson: Donald Trump is a White Nationalist Like Brexit Politician Nigel Farage

Headlines for August 29, 2016; Complete Reversal of Democracy: Glenn Greenwald on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment; As Bernie Sanders Condemns 'Coup' in Brazil, Why Have Obama & Clinton Been So Silent; Greenwald: 'Why Did Saudi Regime & Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to Clinton Foundation'; Greenwald: Journalists Should Not Stop Scrutinizing Clinton Just Because Trump is Unfit for Office; Greenwald: The Olympics May Be Over, But the Anger, Disillusionment Among Brazilians Remains High

Headlines for August 30, 2016; Our Children's Lives Depend on This Drug: A Mother's Plea to CEO After EpiPen Price Jumped 400 percent; Why Are We Paying $300 for an EpiPen That Holds Only $1 Worth of Medicine; Debate: Is Recalling Judge Persky a Victory for Sexual Assault Survivors or a Dangerous Precedent; Could the Presidential Election Be Hacked FBI 'Flash' Alert Urges States to Bolster Security

Headlines for August 31, 2016; Hero or Murderer 15-Year-Old Bresha Meadows Faces Life in Prison for Killing Abusive Father; Florida State Attorney Who Oversaw Trayvon Martin & Marissa Alexander Cases Is Defeated in Primary; Sens. McCain & Rubio Beat Pro-Trump Challengers; Wasserman Schultz Survives Primary; Glenn Greenwald: Obama Has Bombed 7 Nations, But Clinton Claims He Has Not Been Militaristic Enough; A New McCarthyism: Greenwald on Clinton Camp's Attempts to Link Trump, Stein & WikiLeaks to Russia

Headlines for September 01, 2016; Trump's Wall is Tantamount to Act of War: Outrage in Mexico as President Peña Nieto Meets with Trump; 'Our Culture Will Prevail Against Hatred': Arizona Activist Responds to Trump's Immigration Speech; Dilma Rousseff on Ouster: This is a Coup That Will Impact Every Democratic Organization in Brazil; Protests Erupt in San Juan as Obama Forms Unelected Control Board to Run Puerto Rico

Headlines for September 02, 2016; Historic Colombian Peace Deal Must Include Women, Address Sexual Crimes on Both Sides, Say Advocates; Is an Arkansas Town Operating a 'Hot Check' Court as an Illegal Debtors' Prison; The Criminalization of Poverty: Woman Describes Fines & Arrests After $1.07 Check Bounces; Judge Denies Hepatitis C Cure for Mumia Abu-Jamal, But Finds Lack of Care in Prison Unconstitutional

Democracy Now! Monday, September 5, 2016

Headlines for September 06, 2016; FULL Exclusive Report: Dakota Access Pipeline Co. Attacks Native Americans with Dogs & Pepper Spray; Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Calls for Investigation of Dog Attacks on Native American Protesters; Did the Dakota Access Pipeline Company Deliberately Destroy Sacred Sioux Burial Sites; Canine Expert Decries 'Egregious' & 'Horrific' Dog Attacks on Native Americans Defending Burial Site; New Investigation Names Wall Street Banks Behind $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Pipeline

Headlines for September 07, 2016; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Lawyer: Judge's Ruling Allows Dakota Access to 'Desecrate' Sacred Ground; Water Protectors Lock Their Bodies to Machines to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline Construction; Eminent Domain Iowans Sue to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline, Say It Provides No Public Service; Exclusive: Migrant Mother Says She Was Pushed to End Hunger Strike to Win Release from Detention; Trauma, Then More Trauma: How Long is Too Long for Immigrant Children to Be Detained; Activists Sit In at Sen. Kaine's Office to Demand Release of Families Detained at Berks for 1+ Year

Headlines for September 08, 2016; 'Millions of People in Laos Still Live in Fear' as Obama Pledges $90 Million to Clean Up U.S. Bombs; Leading Economists Oppose TPP Provision Giving Corporations Upper Hand in Investor-State Disputes; Standing Rock Sioux Historian: Dakota Access Co. Attack Comes on Anniversary of Whitestone Massacre

Headlines for September 09, 2016; National Guard on Standby in North Dakota Before Court Ruling on Dakota Access Pipeline; Who Is Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo; Nationwide Prison Strike Launches in 24 States and 40 Facilities over Conditions & Forced Labor; 45 Years After Legendary Attica Prison Uprising, New Book Reveals State Role in Deadly Standoff

Headlines for September 12, 2016; Water Protectors at Standing Rock React to Obama's Intervention in Dakota Access Pipeline Battle; In Dramatic Reversal, White House Halts Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Under Missouri River; Native American Activist Winona LaDuke at Standing Rock: It's Time to Move On from Fossil Fuels; Lakota Activist Debra White Plume from Pine Ridge: Why I am a Water Protector at Standing Rock

Headlines for September 13, 2016; 'Everything Was Cut Immediately': LIU Faculty and Students Protest Lockout & Class Cancellations; Rep. Barbara Lee: Repeal 9/11 Authorization for Use of Force to Cancel Blank Check for Endless War; Rep. Barbara Lee on Hillary Clinton's Health: Transparency is Important, But We Need to Move Forward; Lawyer for Imprisoned Whistleblower Chelsea Manning: Ongoing Pattern of Abuse Led to Hunger Strike; North Carolina Sees Economic Fallout from Anti-LGBT Law as NCAA Moves Championships Out of the State; ACLU Attorney: Growing Number of Murders of Trans Women Can't Be Separated from Anti-Trans Laws

Headlines for September 14, 2016; Oliver Stone & Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Making New Film 'Snowden,' Humanizing World's Most Wanted Man; 'Pardon Snowden' Campaign Launches, Led by ACLU, Amnesty & Human Rights Watch; Obama's War on Whistleblowers Forced Edward Snowden to Release Documents, Says WikiLeaks Editor; Is Hillary Clinton's Criticism of Edward Snowden a Distraction from Real Issue of Surveillance

Headlines for September 15, 2016; Debate: Should Obama Pardon NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden; What Would Happen to NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden If He Is Tried Under the Espionage Act; U.S. Foreign Policy for Sale Behind the Trump Organization’s Vast Financial Network

Headlines for September 16, 2016; Exclusive Video: Ex-Gitmo Prisoner Dhiab Awakes from Coma in Uruguay; 'Because Scott Walker Asked': Leaked Docs Suggest Wisconsin Gov Illegally Raised Corporate Donations; Will SCOTUS Let Investigation Continue into Alleged Illegal Fundraising by Republican Scott Walker; Hit Man Recalls Violent Past of Philippine President as Wave of Killings Raises Human Rights Concerns; StoryCorps Launches #WhoWeAre Oral History Campaign to Feature Stories of Hope & Compassion

Headlines for September 19, 2016; Two-Party Tyranny: Ralph Nader on Exclusion of Third-Party Candidates from First Presidential Debate; A Debate on Empire: Is Donald Trump One Terrorist Attack Away from the Presidency; Ralph Nader: Bernie Sanders' Opposition to Third Parties is Why His Movement is in Disarray; Nader: Trump is a Freeloading, Pontificating Empty Suit Who Has Cheated on Everything He's Done; Ralph Nader: Calling a Third-Party Candidate a 'Spoiler' is a 'Politically Bigoted Word'; 50 Years After Vehicle Safety Victory, Ralph Nader Talks 'Silent Violence' by Corporations

Headlines for September 20, 2016; U.S. Muslims Fear Hate Crimes & Overreaction by Law Enforcement in Wake of Chelsea Bombing; Could Cellphone Alerts Used to Search for New York Bombing Suspect Open Door for Attacks on Muslims; Large Somali-American Community in St. Cloud Concerned About Backlash After Knife Attack; Professor Calls for Fighting Systemic Ignorance That Leads to Islamophobia in the Classroom; Calls to Treat Terror Suspects as 'Enemy Combatants' Push U.S. Toward Totalitarianism

Headlines for September 21, 2016; Protests Erupt over Police Killings of Terence Crutcher & Keith Lamont Scott in Tulsa & Charlotte; U.N. Summit for Refugees & Migrants Creates New Urgency for Global Crisis of 65 Million Displaced; Holocaust Survivor: Trump Jr.'s Skittles Comment Brings Back Dark Images of Children Murdered in WWII; Did Obama Host a Summit on Migrants While Ignoring a Refugee Crisis in the U.S.'s Own Backyard

Headlines for September 22, 2016; State of Emergency: Charlotte NAACP & Protesters Demand Police Release Video of Keith Scott Shooting; Protests Call for Arrest of Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby for Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher; Tulsa Still Faces Historical Trauma from 1921 Riot That Left 300 Dead on Black Wall Street; Rashad Robinson: Let's Implement Stop-and-Frisk on White Billionaires Like Trump; Connecticut State Troopers Unwittingly Film Themselves Fabricating Charges Against Protester

Headlines for September 23, 2016; Moral Mondays Leader Rev. Barber: Release Video of Keith Scott Shooting, It Belongs to the Public; Protests over Tulsa & Charlotte Police Killings Stem from Economic Policies That Perpetuate Racism; Sen. Warren Calls for Wells Fargo CEO to Resign & Face Investigation Amid Growing Scandal

Headlines for September 26, 2016; Keith Lamont Scott's Wife is Latest Black Woman Forced to Film State Violence Against a Partner; Activism Works: Charlotte Police Release Dashboard & Body Camera Video in Keith Lamont Scott Killing; Marc Lamont Hill Responds to Trump: 'We Can't Arrest Our Way Out of a Problem of State Violence'; Exclusive: Freed Gitmo Prisoner Jihad Abu Wa'el Dhiab Speaks as Pres. Candidates to Debate Terrorism; Lawyer for Gitmo Prisoners Released to Uruguay: They Haven't Seen Their Families in 15 Years

Headlines for September 27, 2016; Outside First Presidential Debate, 24 Arrested at Protests & Jill Stein Escorted Away by Police; Expanding the Debate: Jill Stein 'Debates' Clinton & Trump in Democracy Now! Special - Part 1; Expanding the Debate: Jill Stein Spars with Clinton & Trump in Democracy Now! Special - Part 2

Headlines for September 28, 2016; Alabama Guards Stage Work Strike Months After Prisoner Uprising at Overcrowded Holman Facility; Hunger Strikes, Marches & Work Stoppages: Unprecedented National Prison Strike Enters Third Week; 'I Called You to Help Me, But You Killed My Brother': Police Shoot Dead Unarmed African-American Man; What Drives Trump Supporters: Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild on Anger & Mourning of the Right

Headlines for September 29, 2016; Protests Continue in San Diego After Police Kill Mentally Ill, Unarmed Ugandan Refugee Alfred Olango; California Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Was Demoted in 2015 for Sexually Harassing Female Officer; Study: People with Mental Illness are 16 Times More Likely to Be Killed During a Police Encounter; Worse Than a Slaughterhouse: 250,000 Trapped in East Aleppo Amid Devastating Bombing Campaign

Headlines for September 30, 2016; As Earth Reaches Frightening CO2 Milestone, Bill McKibben Calls for War on Climate Change; Bill McKibben: Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance Powerful Enough to Overwhelm Fossil Fuel Industry; Medea Benjamin: If Americans Can Sue Saudis over 9/11, Drone Victims Should Be Able to Sue U.S.; Report: Donald Trump Violated US Embargo on Cuba in 1990s Even as He Called Castro a Brutal Dictator

Headlines for October 03, 2016; Colombians Reject Peace Deal in Stunning Referendum, Advocates Cite Climate of 'Intimidation & Fear'; From Slavery to Mass Incarceration, Ava DuVernay's Film '13th' Examines Racist U.S. Justice System; Advocates: The U.S. Still Profits from Slavery Because the 13th Amendment Perpetuates Prison Labor; How ALEC & the Kochs Publicly Back Criminal Justice Reform & Privately Expand Mass Incarceration; What are the Ties Between Dakota Access Pipeline Company & North Dakota's Attorney General

Headlines for October 04, 2016; Does Donald Trump Pay Taxes Records Given to NYT Show How He May Have Avoided Taxes for 18 Years; A Trump Presidency Could End Press Freedom, Say Reporters Threatened for Reporting on His Taxes

Headlines for October 05, 2016; Expanding the Debate: Green Ajamu Baraka 'Debates' Pence & Kaine in Democracy Now! Special - Part 1; Allan Nairn: Regardless of Who Wins in November, U.S. Wars & Aggression Will Continue; Katherine Franke on How Religion Impacts Views of VP Nominees Mike Pence & Tim Kaine; Expanding the Debate: Ajamu Baraka Spars with Pence & Kaine in Democracy Now! Special - Part 2; Andrew Bacevich: Election Pits Hawkish Clinton vs. Ill-Prepared, 'Strategically Illiterate' Trump

Headlines for October 06, 2016; Amid Media Blackout over Climate Change Links to Hurricane Matthew, Top Scientist Speaks Out; Scientist Michael Mann: Trump & Pence are a Climate Change Denial Dream Team; 'America Divided': New TV Series Explores Inequality from Water to Housing to Mass Incarceration

Headlines for October 07, 2016; Edwidge Danticat Predicts 'Ongoing Disaster' in Impoverished Haiti After Hurricane Matthew; As Hurricane Matthew Lashes U.S., Are TV Networks the Last Bastion of Climate Denial; Reporter Cracks Serial Killer Cold Case After Receiving a Tip Based on His Democracy Now! Interview; Colombian President Wins Nobel Prize for Peace Accord, Days After Deal Loses National Referendum

Headlines for October 10, 2016; In Shocking Tape Trump Boasts of Sexually Assaulting Women: 'When You're a Star…You Can Do Anything'; Expanding the Debate: Jill Stein 'Debates' Clinton & Trump in Democracy Now! Special - Part 1; Expanding the Debate: Jill Stein Spars with Clinton & Trump in Democracy Now! Special - Part 2

Headlines for October 11, 2016; 1 Million in Haiti Urgently Need Humanitarian Assistance After Hurricane's 'Apocalyptic Destruction'; Bill Clinton's Trade Policies Destroyed Haitian Rice Farming, Now Haiti Faces Post-Hurricane Famine; U.S.-Backed Saudi Forces Bomb Yemeni Funeral, Killing 140, Injuring 500 in Possible War Crime; Obama Is Killing Yemen: A Yemeni Journalist Speaks Out After U.S.-Backed Bombing Strikes Funeral; 'All the President's Misogynists': Jodi Jacobson on Why It Took So Long to Derail the Trump Train

Headlines for October 12, 2016; Leaked Hillary Clinton Emails: Could Bernie Sanders Have Won Primary If Leak Occurred Earlier; Climate Direct Action: Activists Halt Flow of Tar Sands Oil by Shutting Off Valves of Five Pipelines; Will Racist, Anti-Immigrant Trump Supporter Sheriff Joe Arpaio Be Jailed for Contempt of Court; Women's Boat to Gaza: 13 Activists Detained by Israel, Weeks After U.S. OKs $38B in Military Aid

Headlines for October 13, 2016; The White Helmets: As Syria Death Toll Mounts, Meet the Rescue Workers Saving Thousands of Lives; Surviving Torture in a CIA Secret Prison: Khaled al-Sharif of Libya Recounts Horrors; Journalist James Risen: CIA Torture Methods Caused Long-Term Psychological Harm to Former Prisoners

Headlines for October 14, 2016; Central Park Five's Yusef Salaam: Donald Trump Needs to Be Fired from Running for President; ACLU & HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use & Possession After Documenting Arrests Every 25 Seconds; Is Trump's Rise a Result of America Declaring War on Institutions That Make Democracy Possible

Headlines for October 17, 2016; Amy Goodman Broadcasts from North Dakota Across from Court Where She Faces Riot Charge Today; Report from Standing Rock: 100+ Militarized Police Deployed Against Native American Water Protectors; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chair: Obama's Legacy Rests on Whether He Stops Dakota Access Pipeline; Dakota Excess Pipeline Standing Rock Protectors Strip-Searched, Jailed for Days on Minor Charges

Headlines for October 18, 2016; Press Freedom Victory: Riot Charges Dropped Against Amy Goodman Over Dakota Pipeline Coverage; 'We're Going to Call That a Win': Water Protectors Promise More Protests as Felony Charges Dropped; Why Is North Dakota Strip-Searching Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Charged with Misdemeanors; Standing Rock Sioux Pediatrician: Threat from Fracking Chemicals is 'Environmental Genocide'; Midwives at Dakota Access Resistance Camps: We Can Decolonize, Respect Women & Mother Earth; Charges Dropped Against Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Member; Surveillance of DAPL Resistance Continues

Headlines for October 19, 2016; 'Ramshackle' Battle to Retake Mosul from ISIS Led by U.S. Despite Obama Vow Against Boots on Ground; The Real Vote Rigging: Republicans Make It Harder for Millions to Vote in 2016 Election; 'The Police Killings No One Is Talking About': Native Americans Most Likely to be Killed by Cops

Headlines for October 20, 2016; 'I'll Keep You in Suspense': Trump Refuses to Say He Will Accept Election Results; Trump Says Appointing Anti-Choice Judges Will 'Automatically' Overturn Roe v. Wade If He's Elected; 'All Fiction': Trump Dismisses Claims of Accusers, Saying They Want 'Fame' & Work for Clinton; Green Party's Jill Stein on 'Donald Trump's Psychosis and Hillary Clinton's Distortions'; Chris Hedges vs. Eddie Glaude: Should Progressives Vote for Hillary Clinton or Jill Stein; In Final Debate, Trump Pledges to Deport 'Bad Hombres,' Calls Clinton 'A Nasty Woman'; Trump Calls Clinton Foundation 'Criminal Enterprise' & Denounces Haiti Earthquake Response; In Warmest Year Ever, Climate Change Ignored Again at Debate; Historian Eric Foner: Trump is Logical Conclusion of What the GOP Has Been Doing for Decades; Bruce Springsteen: Donald Trump is a 'Flagrant, Toxic Narcissist'; From Palestine to Black Lives Matter: Alicia Garza & Phyllis Bennis on Issues Ignored at the Debates

Headlines for October 21, 2016; Chicago Cops Who Broke 'Code of Silence' to Report Police Drug Gang Face Deadly Retaliation; New York Mayor Apologizes for Police Killing of Mentally Ill Woman, But Will Accountability Follow; Shaun King on Colin Kaepernick: He is Enormously Courageous and Has Sparked a Movement Among Athletes; Former Bernie Sanders Supporter Shaun King Now Backs Hillary Clinton, Says She Has 'Evolved'; Shaun King: Black Lives Matter is Not a Carbon Copy of Black Panther Party, Our Time is Different

Headlines for October 24, 2016; Standing Rock: Police Arrest 120+ Water Protectors as Dakota Access Speeds Up Pipeline Construction; North Dakota: Water Protectors Erect New Frontline Camp Directly in Path of Dakota Access Pipeline; Actor Shailene Woodley on Her Arrest, Strip Search and Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance; Meet the Journalist Facing 45 Years in Jail for Filming Tar Sands Pipeline Protest in North Dakota; Josh Fox: Arrest of Journalists and Filmmakers Covering the Dakota Pipeline is a Threat to Democracy; Legendary Antiwar Activist and SDS Organizer Tom Hayden Dies at 76

Headlines for October 24, 2016; Standing Rock: Police Arrest 120+ Water Protectors as Dakota Access Speeds Up Pipeline Construction; North Dakota: Water Protectors Erect New Frontline Camp Directly in Path of Dakota Access Pipeline; Actor Shailene Woodley on Her Arrest, Strip Search and Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance; Meet the Journalist Facing 45 Years in Jail for Filming Tar Sands Pipeline Protest in North Dakota; Josh Fox: Arrest of Journalists and Filmmakers Covering the Dakota Pipeline is a Threat to Democracy; Legendary Antiwar Activist and SDS Organizer Tom Hayden Dies at 76

Headlines for October 26, 2016; Surviving Members of Angola 3 on Black Panther Legacy & Need to Free Remaining Imprisoned Panthers; Exclusive: Freed Panther Sekou Odinga on Joining the Panthers, COINTELPRO & Assata Shakur's Escape; Political Prisoner Eddie Conway on Joining the Black Panthers & How He Was Set Up by COINTELPRO; 'Treat Them Like the Heroes They Are': Fmr. Black Panthers Call for Release of Those Still Locked Up

Headlines for October 27, 2016; Bassam Haddad: We Have a Duty to Call for End to Killing in Syria & How We End It Matters; Shane Bauer Infiltrates Armed Militia 'Hunting Mexicans' & Collaborating with U.S. Border Patrol