"Democracy Now!" news turns 20 (video)

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez (DemocracyNow.org); Seth Auberon, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly

(Feb. 19, 2016) Democracy Now! turns 20: a freewheeling look back at two decades of independent, unembedded news

• Libya: U.S. Airstrikes Kill 30 in Escalation of U.S. Military Action
• Heading into SC Primary, Pope Suggests Trump is "Not Christian"
• Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Tied Ahead of Nevada Caucus
• Student Protests Rock India over Arrest of Student Leader
• California: Officials Say Worst Gas Leak in U.S. History Now Capped
• Congressmembers Call for Investigation of Shell over Climate Change
• Obama to Visit, Seek Closer Relations with New Right-Wing Argentine President

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  Could Unelected Superdelegates Give Clinton the Nomination Even If Sanders Wins the Primaries?

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  Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Voting for Bernie Sanders Despite the Senator’s Opposition to Reparations

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  "This Man Will Almost Certainly Die": The Secret Deaths of Dozens at Privatized Immigrant-Only Jails

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  Beyoncé Wins the Super Bowl: Pop Legend Invokes Black Panthers, #BlackLivesMatter at Halftime Show

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  "Thirsty for Democracy: The Poisoning of an American City": Complete Democracy Now! Special on Flint

  • Watch our full 49-minute report on the ongoing Flint water crisis: Watch/Listen
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  Part 2: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Moving to Paris, #BlackLivesMatter, Bill Cosby, #OscarsSoWhite & More

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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

• Turkey: 28 Killed in Car Bomb Blast in Ankara
• White House: Obama to Visit Cuba in Next Few Weeks
• Pope Francis: "Flow of Capital Cannot Decide Flow & Life of People"
• Texas: U.S. Marshals Arrest Man over $1,500 Student Loan Debt
• Yemen: Journalist Killed in Taiz; Drone Strikes Kill 3 in Huta

"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

A coalition of union presidents, activists, actors, professors and others have launched the "Stop...

Feb 15, 2016 More

Bernie Sanders
War on Wall Street or Wall Street's Wars? Clinton and Sanders Debate in Wisconsin

Democratic presidential candidates Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State...

Feb 12, 2016

Who Endorsed Hillary Clinton? The Congressional Black Caucus or Its PAC Filled with Lobbyists?

This week’s endorsement of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president by the...

Feb 12, 2016 More

War on Wall Street or Wall Street's Wars? Clinton and Sanders Debate in Wisconsin

Democratic presidential candidates Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State...

Feb 12, 2016

Who Endorsed Hillary Clinton? The Congressional Black Caucus or Its PAC Filled with Lobbyists?

This week’s endorsement of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president by the...

Feb 12, 2016 More

Gun Control
"A Profound Day": Mother of Teen Who Was Shot Dead over Loud Music Praises Obama's Action on Guns

When President Obama spoke about gun control on Tuesday, he was surrounded by family members of people...

Gun Owners of America vs. American Constitution Society: A Debate on Obama's Gun Executive Orders

As President Obama announces plans to use executive actions to strengthen gun control regulations, we...Jan 06, 2016 More

 

Climate Change 

Keep It in the Ground: Author Terry Tempest Williams Buys 1,750 Acres of Oil & Gas Leases in Utah

In Utah, more than 100 protesters disrupted a federal auction of oil and gas leases, spontaneously...

 

Act Now, Cry Later: Tim DeChristopher, Aria Doe & Josh Fox on Civil Disobedience & Climate Activism

Two activists featured in Josh Fox’s new documentary, "How to Let Go of the World and Love...

Jan 26, 2016 More

Ceasefire in Yemen Faces Collapse as U.S. Continues Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, Fueling Civil War

United Nations-brokered peace talks in Yemen’s nine-month-old civil war are faltering, amid disputes...

Dec 18, 2015 | Story

U.S. Sells New Warships to Saudi Arabia Despite Warnings of War Crimes & Civilian Deaths in Yemen

The Obama administration has approved an $11.25 billion deal to sell four advanced, Lockheed...