Democracy NOW! DN! We speak to Christopher Gunness, spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA. "The situation for refugees on the ground in Gaza right now is unimaginably catastrophic," Gunness says. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! Creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! The seven-year siege has crippled the economy, civilian infrastructure and water supplies. In Gaza, unemployment tops 40 percent, and almost 80 percent rely on humanitarian aid. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! There is a chilling new documentary about the billionaire brothers, David and Charles Koch, that some Republicans do not want you to see. We are joined by filmmaker Robert Greenwald, founder and president of Brave New Films. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Moments after he was shot, police fired a bright flash grenade at a group of Occupy protesters who attempted to help treat him. Soon after that, protesters carried Olsen away as blood streamed down his face. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! We discuss the Crimea vote and its diplomatic fallout with three guests: Oliver Bullough, Caucasus editor for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting; Nicholas Clayton, a freelance journalist who has been
reporting from Crimea and covering the South Caucasus since 2009; and Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Tony Benn, the former British Cabinet minister, longtime Parliament member and antiwar activist, has died at the age of 88. He was the longest-serving member of Parliament in the history of Britain’s Labour Party, serving more than half a century. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! The iconic Grand Canyon is the site of a battle over toxic uranium mining. Last year, a company called Energy Fuels Resources was given federal approval to reopen a mine six miles from the Grand Canyon’s popular
South Rim entrance. More than 1,000 mines have closed, but the mining companies never properly disposed of their radioactive waste piles, leading to a spike in cancer rates and other health ailments. Provided to you under
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Democracy NOW! DN! While the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline and the Alberta tar sands has galvanized the environmental movement, far less attention has been paid to a related story here in the West. The state of Utah has begun making preparations for its own major tar sands and oil shale extraction projects. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! The Northeastern University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine has become the latest student group to face reprimand for organizing around the Palestinian cause. Northeastern has suspended the group
until 2015, barring it from meeting on campus and stripping it of any university funding. The move comes just weeks after student activists distributed mock eviction notices across the campus during Israeli Apartheid Week. Provided
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Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Tens of thousands took part in rival pro-unity and pro-Russian rallies in Ukraine on Sunday ahead of a planned succession referendum in Russian-occupied Crimea. Crimean residents are set to vote this Sunday on
whether to break off from Ukraine and join Russia following the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych last month. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! The ongoing protests in Venezuela have left at least 20 people dead since breaking out last month. Both sides have staged massive rallies, with opponents accusing President Nicolas Maduro of authoritarianism
and mishandling the economy and supporters backing his continuation of Hugo Chavez’s legacy. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! On Sunday, 398 opponents of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline were arrested in front of the White House in what could be the largest youth sit-in on the environment in a generation. Students from
more than 80 colleges rallied at Georgetown University and then marched to the White House. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! An anti-drone activist and journalist has gone missing in Pakistan just days before he was due to travel to Europe to speak with Parliament members about the impact of the U.S. drone wars. The legal charity Reprieve says Karim Khan was seized in the early hours of February 5 by up to 20 men, some wearing police uniforms. He has not been seen since. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Nearly a decade after the George W. Bush administration’s warrantless spying program came to light, the issue of mass government surveillance has again sparked a global outcry with the disclosures of
whistleblower Edward Snowden. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Investigative journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald join us for their first interview upon launching The Intercept, their new digital magazine published by First Look Media, the newly formed media
venture started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Greenwald is the journalist who first broke the story about Edward Snowden’s disclosures on the National Security Agency. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! A long-awaited report from the State Department has dealt a potential major blow to efforts to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline. An impact assessment released Friday says the pipeline’s northern leg would not have a major impact on climate change. The proposed pipeline would transport 83,000 barrels of crude every day from Alberta’s oil sands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, which opponents say will have a devastating impact on the planet. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! One year ago this month, the young Internet freedom activist and groundbreaking programmer Aaron Swartz took his own life. Today we look at the new documentary, "The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz." We play excerpts of the film and speak with Swartz’s father Robert, his brother Noah, his lawyer Elliot Peters, and filmmaker Brian Knappenberger. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Japan has been a hotbed of protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would establish a free-trade zone stretching from Japan to the United States to Chile, and encompass nearly 40 percent of the global economy. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! Creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Koch Brothers Network Spent $400 Million in 2012. The groups were designed to help conceal the sources of the money, much of which went to voter mobilization and television ads attacking President Obama and congressional Democrats. Our guests are Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy, and publisher of PRWatch.org and ALEC Exposed.org. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! Creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! While the Philippines struggles to rebuild after Typhoon Haiyan, the country is being forced to continue paying out billions of dollars in debt to the World Bank and other lenders. On Christmas Eve, the
Philippines reached a grim milestone: $1 billion in debt payments since the typhoon hit. Some of those debts are from the corrupt and abusive regime of Ferdinand Marcos Provided to you under Democracy NOW! Creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both hit record highs on Thursday while the NASDAQ moved to its highest level in over 13 years. The year-end rally is expected to add a boost to the massive bonuses Wall Street is preparing to hand out this year. The largest Wall Street firms have reportedly set aside more than $91 billion for year-end bonuses. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Iraq is facing its worst violence in years since the illegal war created by the United States. The U.S. is rushing a new shipment of Hellfire missiles to help the Iraqi government fight militants. The CIA is also helping Iraqi forces target militant camps with aerial strikes. According to the United Nations, more than 8,000 Iraqis have been killed this year. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Even amidst a modest reduction in the U.S. prison population, the number of aging men and women expected to die behind bars has skyrocketed in a system ill prepared to handle them and still oriented
towards mass incarceration. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! As people around the world mark the holiday season, often recognized as a time of compassion, we host a roundtable discussion about the growing number of aging political prisoners in the United States
convicted in the 1960s and 1970s who are seeking compassionate release, clemency or a pardon. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you
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Democracy NOW! DN! In a victory for prisoner rights advocates, President Obama has commuted the sentences of eight people he said were serving unfair sentences for drug crimes. Most of the six men and two women had been sentenced to life in prison for charges related to crack cocaine. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! Creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! A court in Canada has ruled Ecuadorean farmers and fishermen can try to seize the assets of oil giant Chevron based on a 2011 decision in an Ecuadorean court found it liable for nearly three decades of soil and water pollution near oil wells, and said it had ruined the health and livelihoods of people living in nearby areas of the Amazon rain forest. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Amidst international criticism of Russia’s human rights crackdown ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, the country’s parliament has approved a mass amnesty for as many as 22,000 prisoners. The move is
officially meant to mark the 20th anniversary of the passage of Russia’s post-Soviet constitution. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! A White House-appointed task force has proposed a series of curbs on key National Security Agency surveillance operations exposed by Edward Snowden. The panel also calls for banning the NSA from "undermining encryption" and criticizes its use of computer programming flaws to mount cyber-attacks Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global Headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! A federal judge ruled Monday the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of American’s phone records “almost certainly” violates the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon described the NSA’s activities as "almost Orwellian." He wrote, "I cannot imagine a more 'indiscriminate' and 'arbitrary invasion' than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen." Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! The U.S. Budget Bill with across-the-board spending cuts, replacing them with new airline fees and cuts to federal pensions. In a concession by Democrats, it does not extend unemployment benefits for 1.3
million people, which are set to expire this month. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! With the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, less than two months away, gay rights activists from around the world are using the games to put a spotlight on Russia’s new law criminalizing the so-called "promotion of homosexuality." The law allows Russian authorities to fine anyone accused of promoting
"propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations among minors." One provision allows gay or pro-LGBT foreigners to be detained and then deported. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! Creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! As the world focuses on Tuesday’s historic handshake between President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro, we look at the pivotal role Cuba played in ending apartheid and why Castro was one of only five world leaders invited to speak at Nelson Mandela’s memorial. Provided to you under Democracy NOW!
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Democracy NOW! DN! The secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has just ended a week-long meeting in Washington where corporate lobbyists worked with state lawmakers on model bills that will later be introduced
in states nationwide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Our special coverage of the Nelson Mandela memorial concludes with a video message delivered by the renowned poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou in his memory. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! Creative commons license.
