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Les Moonves, the chief executive of CBS Corporation, cheered on Donald Trump during an investor presentation Monday.
Speaking about the expected flood of campaign advertising dollars, which he described as […]

As hundreds of thousands of people from war-torn nations are housed in European refugee camps, we speak with former Irish President Mary Robinson, who decries the conditions refugees face during their journey and […]

The current draft of the U.N. climate change agreement does not include gender equality, and critics have also noted the lack of women in leadership roles at COP21 in Paris. We speak with former Irish President […]

Today is International Human Rights Day, which commemorates the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. As we broadcast from the U.N. climate […]

Planned Parenthood Gunman Voices Anti-Choice Message at Court HearingFBI: San Bernardino Shooters Radicalized Years Earlier; No Evidence Yet of ISIL RoleIslamophobic Incidents Rise Across U.S. Following Trump […]

It’s been a bad few weeks for the people of Bangladesh, made worse by the ham-handed internet censorship of its government. Their decision to block some online messaging services was a disproportionate and u […]

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“How much have you taken from Peabody Coal?”
That was the question Greenpeace researcher Jesse Coleman asked prominent climate change skeptic and Princeton physicist William Happer in a Senate hearing room Tue […]

What does the FBI want when it comes to the encryption “debate”?
At an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, FBI Director James Comey offered what he called the “good news” that it’s no […]

A major scandal is currently engulfing the Chicago Police Department and the city’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel. It was all triggered by disclosure of a horrific video showing what appears to be the cold-blooded murder b […]

FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday called for tech companies currently offering end-to-end encryption to reconsider their business model, and instead adopt encryption techniques that allow them to intercept and […]

THE REMNANTS of Hurricane Patricia were sweeping over Orlando, Florida, and Eddie Walker was soaked. It was a Wednesday morning in late October, and Walker, the pastor of In God’s Time Tabernacle, located in the d […]

Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslim immigrants is being amplified by media programs millions of Americans listen to every day: talk radio.
“My only problem with Trump’s comments is that they don’t go far enough,” […]

THE LOOMING GRAND PALAIS in the center of Paris this week plays host to a climate “solutions” exhibition. Pass through the expo’s three layers of security and under the palace’s cherub-studded entry and you’ll […]

Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a major speech Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit, promising the United States would double its climate aid to $800 million a year by 2020 to help poorer nations prepare […]

Climate activists in Paris are planning a major day of action on Saturday despite a ban on protests put in place by the French government after the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 people. “By taking to the […]

Residents of the largest refugee camp in France, situated outside the northern port city of Calais, often call it “The Jungle.” It is a maze of wind-swept, ripped tents and muddy walkways where people informally […]

One year ago today, the Senate Intelligence Committee published a highly redacted executive summary of its investigation into the CIA’s torture and rendition program. The 525-page summary was shocking in many of i […]

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY police ordered a student to remove a Palestinian flag from his dorm window, with administrators claiming the flag violated their housing code. But a visit to the university T […]

Broadcasting from Paris, France, Democracy Now! travels an hour and a half north of the city to Calais, site of the largest refugee camp in the country. Six to seven thousand people are camped out in makeshift […]