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"Democracy Now!" is an independent, noncommercial, global news hour produced each weekday. The award-winning program anchored by Amy Goodman and Juan González is available for public television stations free of charge. "Democracy Now!" is funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers, and foundations.

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Paul Ryan | Democracy Now
Economist Richard Wolff analyzes the deep-rooted issues with House Speaker Paul Ryan touting a story of a woman whose paycheck increased by $1.50 cents a week as a major benefit to middle-class workers.
Poster for "Black Panther" film. | Democracy Now
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We speak to historian Robyn C. Spencer, who wrote a piece, “Black Feminist Meditations on the Women of Wakanda,” and Carvell Wallace, whose piece, “Why Black Panther Is a Defining Moment for Black America,” appeared in The New York Times Magazine.
Rio de Janeiro city councilmember Marielle Franco. | Democracy Now
9:34
Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old Rio de Janeiro city councilmember and human rights activist who was killed last week, was a black lesbian known for her fierce criticism of police killings in Brazil’s impoverished favela neighborhoods.
Police respond to school shooting in Los Angeles. | Democracy Now
Police arrested a 12-year-old girl Thursday, after a shooting at the Sal Castro Middle School left four people injured. 
Man running with a child in his arms in Syria. | Democracy Now
Tuesday was the deadliest day so far in a weeks-long escalation by the Russian-backed Syrian government against two rebel-held areas. 
50 Years After My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, Revisiting the Slaughter the U.S. Military Tried to Hide
Fifty years ago, on March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers attacked the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Even though the soldiers met no resistance, they slaughtered more than 500 Vietnamese women, children and old men over the next four hours.
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The Trump administration has reversed an Obama-era ban on the import of elephant bodies by American trophy hunters.
Charlie Rose | Democracy Now
14:16
CBS News has fired Charlie Rose, and PBS and Bloomberg TV have stopped airing "The Charlie Rose Show," after eight women accused the famous TV broadcaster of sexual harassment.
People stand outside of the Egyptian Sufi mosque where 305 people were killed Friday. | Democracy Now
11:45
Egypt has declared three days of national mourning, after at least 305 people were killed in an attack on a crowded Sufi mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday.
Immigrants detained while taking children to school. | Democracy Now
Roby Sanger was detained by ICE after dropping his two daughters off at school, while Gunawan Liem was detained after he dropped his daughter off at the school bus stop.
Traders on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor. | Democracy Now
Global markets are tumbling this morning across Asia and Europe after the U.S. stock market went into free fall on Monday.
Trump's tweet threatening North Korea with “bigger and more powerful” nuclear button. | Democracy Now
10:36
In North Korea, leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the reopening of a hotline with South Korea’s leaders — bringing the biggest thaw in relations between the two Koreas in years.
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