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Peter
May 31, 2021
Amy is my hero. She gives voice the voiceless and hope in the face of hoplessness.
Tortuga
May 4, 2021
Not my favorite news program, but one of the very few that has real reporting and covers many stories the main stream media corporation never will. Not partisan. Actual critical assessment, of war, pandemic, inequality, and much more.
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 1, 2021
Derrick
Dec 21, 2020
Corny partisan news with a classy theme song
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-18 Friday
59:00
President Biden signs legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday; We look at the other Juneteenth, June 19, 1838, when Jesuit priests in Maryland sold 272 enslaved men, women and children to pay off debts for what is now Georgetown University.
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-17 Thursday
59:00
Biden and Putin pledge to work together on nuclear arms control and cybersecurity during their summit in Geneva; We look at the major races ahead of the historic New York Democratic primary election on June 22.
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Masha Gessen on "Surviving Autocracy": Fight Politics of the Past with Potent Politics of the Future
In Part 2 of our conversation with Masha Gessen, staff writer at The New Yorker and award-winning Russian American journalist, we discuss their latest book, “Surviving Autocracy.”
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-16 Wednesday
59:00
As President Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva for a high-stakes summit, we spend the hour with Russian American journalist Masha Gessen.
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-15 Tuesday
59:00
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner is released from prison after serving four years for leaking documents about Russian meddling in the 2016 elections; China warns NATO is adopting a "Cold War mentality" after the military alliance singled out China and Russia for criticism at its summit in Brussels; Puerto Rico suffers a massive blackout just days after the island's electrical system is privatized.
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Daniel Ellsberg on Whistleblowers Julian Assange, Daniel Hale, Reality Winner, Ed Snowden & Others
This week marks 50 years since The New York Times published the first excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, leaked by our guest, the legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. He describes why he has been a prominent advocate for other whistleblowers over the past five decades.
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-14 Monday
59:00
We spend the hour with Daniel Ellsberg, the legendary whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press 50 years ago and exposed how the U.S. government had systematically lied about the War in Vietnam.
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-11 Friday
59:00
As leaders gather in the U.K. for a G7 summit, activists call on rich countries for immediate action on the climate crisis; The Biden administration continues to push for the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison; Germany apologizes for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century in what is now Namibia.
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-10 Thursday
59:00
The United States, Russia and other nuclear-armed nations continue to spend billions of dollars on their nuclear arsenals despite the COVID-19 pandemic; As President Biden pledges to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to more than 90 countries, we look at why many Americans continue to refuse getting vaccinated.
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-09 Wednesday
59:00
How the world's wealthiest people get away with paying little or no income tax; Government-run refugee shelters turn migrant children over to police; The new short film "Takeover" revisits the 1970 occupation of a Bronx hospital by Young Lords members demanding access to healthcare for the community.
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-08 Tuesday
59:00
Over 100 water protectors are arrested in an Indigenous-led action in Minnesota to halt construction of the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline; As Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Mexico, we look at the deadly Mexican elections and Biden's immigration policies; In Peru, a left-wing teacher has taken a narrow lead in Sunday's election over the daughter of Peru's former dictator.
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-07 Monday
59:00
Leaders at the G7 summit agree to a minimum global corporate tax rate to clamp down on corporations that hide their wealth in tax havens; Civil liberties attorney Jameel Jaffer on the Department of Justice's efforts to spy on journalists; Israeli forces ramp up attacks on journalists and Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem.
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Jun 07, 2021 |