CHILDREN & YOUTH


  • Democracy Now! May 23, 2003

    U.N. Security Council Lifts a Decade of Devastating Sanctions Responsible for the Deaths of up to One Million Iraqi Children; Was the Invasion of Iraq the Deadliest U.S. Military Campaign for Civilians Since Vietnam?; U.S. Threatens to Withhold AIDS Drugs from African Countries That Bar Genetically Engineered Foods; Children s Programming is at Risk from…


  • Democracy Now! May 23, 2003

    Hour 1:U.N. Security Council Lifts a Decade of Devastating Sanctions Responsible for the Deaths of up to One Million Iraqi Children; Was the Invasion of Iraq the Deadliest U.S. Military Campaign for Civilians Since Vietnam?; U.S. Threatens to Withhold AIDS Drugs from African Countries That Bar Genetically Engineered Foods; Children s Programming is at Risk…


  • Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

    Hour 1: An icon of civilian suffering: Dr. April Hurley, recently back from Baghdad, speaks about Ali Ismaeel Abbas, the badly-burned child amputee wounded in a missile strike on his house; Christian missionary groups head to Iraq to combine aid with evangelization: A debate between the Southern Baptist Convention, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and…


  • Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

    An icon of civilian suffering: Dr. April Hurley, recently back from Baghdad, speaks about Ali Ismaeel Abbas, the badly-burned child amputee wounded in a missile strike on his house; Christian missionary groups head to Iraq to combine aid with evangelization: A debate between the Southern Baptist Convention, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and a professor…


  • Democracy Now! March 13, 2003

    Hour 1: Prime Minister Tony Blair says Britain will deploy troops with or without UN backing: we talk to a Conservative Party MP who opposes war and former Labour Party Chair Tony Benn; Uniting For Peace : can the UN General Assembly trump the Security Council by invoking a little-known resolution, and stop the war?;…


  • Democracy Now! March 13, 2003

    Delma Banks lives: U.S. Supreme Court grants emergency stay 15 minutes before Texan man was scheduled to be executed; Elizabeth Smart is found while Alexis Patterson is largely forgotten: We look at the cases of two girls who were abducted last year and why one made headlines and the other didn’t; New York says no…


  • Democracy Now! March 14, 2003

    Hour 1: Will the Pentagon target journalists in Iraq? An interview with veteran BBC war correspondent Kate Adie ; Oakland police beat reporters and young people of color at otherwise peaceful rally: San Francisco Bay View journalist Ra shida Askey says police jumped her, slammed her head to the ground and beat her; San Francisco…


  • Democracy Now! February 26, 2003

    British Labour MPs set to deliver Prime Minister Tony Blair his most serious challenge yet: an interview with Dilip Hiro; Blood on their hands : acclaimed journalist John Pilger explores the fate of Iraqi children, and the world leaders who are responsible |9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:26 : British Prime…


  • Democracy Now! September 3, 2001

    A TASTE OF SLAVERY: CHILD SLAVE LABOR AND THE INTERNATIONAL COCOA TRADE, FROM THE IVORY COAST TO THE MOUTHS OF BABES HERE IN THE U.S. [Replay of DN! July 19, 2001] |Headline News. A TASTE OF SLAVERY: CHILD SLAVE LABOR AND THE INTERNATIONAL COCOA TRADE, FROM THE IVORY COAST TO THE MOUTHS OF BABES HERE…


  • Democracy Now! August 12, 1997

    Civilian Complaint Review Boards; Police Accountability; Lead Poisoning |(9 Minutes) Civilian Complaint Review Board An extended look at the question of civilian control over law enforcement agencies. GUEST: Chris Reeder, dir. of the Citizens Complaint Office, pres. of the Nat’l Assoc. for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement. GUEST: Sam Walker, prof. of criminal justice at…