LAW & LEGISLATION

  • Democracy Now! May 8, 2003

    Hour 1: Looks like news, sounds like news but paid for by drug companies: Morley Safer of 60 Minutes introduced hundreds of fake news breaks broadcast on public television; CNN s Aaron Brown and CBS Walter Cronkite may back out after a news expose revealed the scheme; Global AIDS, TB and Malaria Fund facing massive…

  • Democracy Now! May 8, 2003

    Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz secretly create new Pentagon-based intelligence unit: Seymour Hersh examines the role the Office of Special Plans in the lead-up to invading Iraq; Harsh New York Rockefeller drug laws turn 30: Hip hop pioneer Russell Simmons & Anthony Papa who served 12 years for a first-time offense call for repeal of the laws;…

  • Democracy Now! May 9, 2003

    Hour 1: Cop takes midnight photos of pacifist teacher s classroom, then Rush Limbaugh posts them on his website; President Bush may invoke executive privilege to keep 911 documents away from Congressional investigators: We ll talk to a man who lost his wife in the attacks and is preparing to sue the White House; Wounded…

  • Democracy Now! May 9, 2003

    Cop takes midnight photos of pacifist teacher s classroom, then Rush Limbaugh posts them on his website; President Bush may invoke executive privilege to keep 911 documents away from Congressional investigators: We ll talk to a man who lost his wife in the attacks and is preparing to sue the White House; Wounded Knee II,…

  • Democracy Now! April 29, 2002

    A Palestinian activist detained by the INS ;Israeli forces invade Hebron, and lift siege on Yasser Arafat ; thousands protest Ariel Sharons government ; Arthur Anderson and Native Americans: class action law suit. |9::01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break MUSIC ALL BREAKS AND SONGS BY KHAYUMBIA KHAYUMBIA IS KHARABIA RAYFORD (vocals, percussion) & YUMI…

  • Democracy Now! April 30, 2002

    Tenth Anniversary Of The Rodney King Uprising In Los Angeles, Blue Gold: The Fight To Stop The Corporate Theft Of The Worlds Water ; Interview With Anti-Corporate Globalization Activist MAUDE BARLOW. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: type 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break MUSIC:6: WINDOW – Poem by Quraysh Ali Lansana Poets for Peace 20: KILLING IN THE NAME…

  • Democracy Now! May 1, 2002

    May Day, International Workers Day demonstrations: in.Paris, against Jean Marie Le Pen; and London and New York :African National Congress activist Father Michael Lapsley ; Part 2 MAUDE BARLOW interview, author of Blue Gold: The Fight To Stop The Corporate Theft of The Worlds Water. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20 TODAY IS…

  • Democracy Now! May 2, 2002

    John Ashcroft Indicts The Revolutionary Armed Forces Of Colombia For The Killing Of Three Americans Relatives ; Washington and the Coup In Venezuela ; Congress Stalls The Bankruptcy Bill Over An Amendment ; Tenth Anniversary Of The Rodney King Uprising In Los Angeles: A Roundtable Discussion. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: type 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20…

  • Democracy Now! August 2, 2001

    BIG BUSINESS, ORGANIZED LABOR AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS JOIN FORCES TO REJECT HIGHER FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR SUV’S, PERMIT OIL EXPLORATION IN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, AND PROVIDE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX BREAKS FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY. |NEWS HEADLINES BIG BUSINESS, ORGANIZED LABOR AND HOUSE REPUBLICANS JOIN FORCES TO REJECT HIGHER FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS…

  • Democracy Now! September 2, 1998

    Headwaters; Russia & the Press; Colombia |(21 Minutes) Headwaters The CA state legislature has approved a deal to purchase the headwaters forest. The bill will transform the world’s largest privately owned stand of ancient redwood trees into a public preserve. Environmentalists say the settlement will only save a portion of the land. The deal will…