Hundreds of Fast Food Workers Strike for Living Wage, Inspired by Wal-Mart Strike

Democracy Now Fast food workers walked off the job New York City Thursday to hold a series of rallies and picket l...

Wal-Mart Worker Uprising: Protests Held At 1,000 Stores on Black Friday

Democracy Now A wave of historic protests struck the retail giant Wal-Mart on Black Friday -- the busiest shopping d...

Wal-Mart Accused of Threatening Workers With Retaliation Ahead of Black Friday Protests

Democracy Now Wal-Mart workers across the country are planning to stage unprecedented walkouts and protests on Frida...

Democracy Now: Palestinian Civilians Bear the Brunt of Unrelenting Bombings in U.S. Backed Attack on Gaza

Democracy Now President Obama has announced his full support for Israel's ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip eve...

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

Democracy Now Academy Award-winning Oliver Stone has teamed up with historian Peter Kuznick to produce a 10-part Sh...

After Sandy, Occupy Movement Re-Emerges as Relief Hub for Residents in Need

Democracy Now In addition to the National Guard and FEMA, one of the more active relief efforts in New York City has been a volunteer effo...

Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on US Global Policy

Democracy Now In the week when President Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney debated issues of fo...

"Long Distance Revolutionary": New Doc Tells Untold Story of Mumia Abu-Jamal's Life Journey

Democracy Now The new documentary, Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal , chronicles Mumia ...

As George McGovern Nears Death, How Antiwar Candidate Challenged Vietnam, Inspired Generation

Democracy Now   Watch full-hour special tribute to Sen. George McGovern: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/19/as_sen_george_mcgovern_near...

Secret Debate Contract Reveals Obama/Romney Campaigns Excludes 3rd Parties, Control Topics

Democracy Now   As President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney prepare for their second debate tonight at Hofstra University on ...

Democracy Now: Koch Brothers Among U.S. Billionaires Pressuring Thousands of Employees to Vote For GOP

Democracy Now   A new exposé raises alarming questions about the ability of corporations to influence the voting decisions of their em...

Danny Glover: Record Venezuela Voter Turnout Hands Chávez Mandate to Continue Social Agenda

Democracy Now   Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has won his fourth presidential election in a race seen as his strongest challenge yet. W...

"Guns Are an Idea Whose Time Has Passed": Nikki Giovanni on Anniversary Va. Tech Massacre

Democracy Now   Amy Goodman sits down with activist, poet and scholar Nikki Giovanni at Virginia Tech, where Giovanni is a distingu...

Alice Walker on 30th Anniversary of 'The Color Purple'

Democracy Now   On the 30th anniversary of the publication of " The Color Purple ," we speak with author, poet and activist Alic...

"Democratic Womanism": Poet and Activist Alice Walker on Women Rising, Obama & the 2012 Election

Democracy Now   With less than 40 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, poet and activist Alice Walker reads her new poem, ...

The United States of ALEC: Bill Moyers on the Corporate-Legislative Body Writing Our Laws

Democracy Now! premieres " The United States of ALEC ", a special report by legendary journalist Bill Moyers on how the secret...

Troy Davis One Year Later: Execution Fuels National Movement to Abolish Death Penalty

Democracy Now   We speak with three people who joined us for our special live broadcast on the night Troy Davis was executed in Jackson, ...

Roundtable: After 1 Year, OWS Gives Voice to Resistance of Mass Debt and Widening Inequality

Democracy Now   The Occupy Wall Street movement is largely credited for reframing the national dialogue on economic inequality and popular...

As U.S. Inequality Widens, Cornel West and Tavis Smiley Launch Poverty Tour 2.0

Democracy Now   New government data shows economic inequality continued to widen in the United States last year. The Census Bureau reports...

Vijay Prashad on Death of US Ambassador in Protest of Anti-Islam Film in Post-Gaddafi Libya

Democracy Now   The U.S. ambassador to Libya has been killed along with three other embassy staff after protesters stormed a consular buil...