Democracy Now! 2017-07-13 Thursday Headlines for July 13, 2017 A Further Blow to Democracy in Brazil? Glenn Greenwald on Conviction of Lula Ahead of 2018 Election Glenn Greenwald: Donald Trump Jr.’s Emails Aren’t a “Smoking Gun” or Evidence of Criminal… Read More ›
The War & Peace Report 
Is Turkey Becoming a Dictatorship?: Erdogan Claims Victory in Vote to Give President Sweeping Powers
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory in Sunday’s referendum over whether to give sweeping powers to the president, but Turkey’s main opposition party is calling for the the referendum results to be tossed out, citing irregularities. According to… Read More ›
Legal Chaos in Arkansas as Judges Halt State Plan to Carry Out Unprecedented Spate of Executions
Arkansas’s plan to carry out an unprecedented series of executions has been thrown into chaos, after judges ruled to temporarily halt the state’s plan. Hundreds of death penalty opponents rallied at the State Capitol in Little Rock on Friday, as… Read More ›
Advocates Urge Trump to De-escalate with North Korea, Not Ratchet Up Threats & Military Aggression
Vice President Mike Pence has made an unannounced visit to the Demilitarized Zone separating South and North Korea, following North Korea’s attempted missile launch and a massive military parade celebrating the birthday of the country’s founder on Saturday. Pence’s visit… Read More ›
Headlines for April 17, 2017
Pence Visits DMZ as Tensions Rise Between U.S. and N. Korea Turkey: Erdogan Claims Victory in Referendum to Give President Sweeping Powers Syria: 126 Civilians Killed in Bombing on Evacuation Bus Gen. McMaster Meets with Afghan President After U.S. Drops… Read More ›
700 Immigrants on Hunger Strike at For-Profit Prison to Protest Conditions & $1/Day Wages
Hundreds of undocumented immigrants are on hunger strike to protest the conditions and extremely low wages at the for-profit Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. We speak with Maru Mora Villalpando, an activist and undocumented immigrant with the group Northwest… Read More ›
Ralph Nader Explains Why United Airlines Has "Total Unbridled Discretion to Throw You Off a Plane"
Amid fallout from the United Airlines passenger who was beaten and dragged from a flight by airport security guards, we speak with longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who in the early 1970s helped force airlines to begin compensating passengers bumped… Read More ›
Afghans Respond to Insult of U.S. Dropping Massive Bomb: "Would a Mother Do That to Any Children?"
The “Mother of All Bombs” is the nickname for the bomb the U.S. dropped Thursday on Afghanistan, but our guests in Kabul say civilians there are asking if any mother would conduct such an attack. Basir Bita is a mentor… Read More ›
U.S. Drops Its Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb on Afghans, Already Traumatized by Decades of War
In Afghanistan on Thursday, the United States military dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever—the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or MOAB, nicknamed “The Mother of All Bombs.” The 21,600-pound bomb reportedly unleashed an explosion equivalent to 11 tons of TNT… Read More ›
Headlines for April 14, 2017
U.S. Drops Largest-Ever Non-Nuclear Bomb on Afghanistan Syria: U.S.-Led Coalition Airstrike Kills 18 U.S.-Backed Rebels Syrian President Claims Chemical Attack Footage Was Fabricated Syrian Rebels, Government Begin Exchange of Besieged Residents NBC News: Trump Administration Prepared to Strike North Korea… Read More ›