Democracy Now!

Season 2011 Episode 157: Tuesday, August 09, 2011

2011/08/09 Headlines: International Stock Values Plummet After S&P Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating; Hundreds Arrested in Britain as Unrest Spreads Across Nation; Former London Mayor Blames Violence on Sweeping Spending Cuts; U.N. Makes Historic Aid Delivery to Famine-Stricken Somalia; Death Toll in Syria Crackdown Surpasses 2,000; U.S. Vows to Stay the Course After Single-Bloodiest Attack in Afghan War; Bars Media from Ceremony; Japan Withheld Information Following Nuclear Disaster Placing Residents at Risk of Radiation; Court Refuses to Dismiss Torture Lawsuit Against Donald Rumsfeld; July Fourth-Warmest Month in U.S. History; Wisconsin Voters Head to Polls in Recall Elections; White Mississippi Teens Accused in Racially Motivated Murder; Catholic Priest Roy Bourgeois Faces Expulsion over Support of Female Priests; Salvadoran Soldiers Arrested in Connection with 1989 Jesuit Priest Murders; Activists Arrested for Blocking Entrance to U.S. Navy Base Housing Nuclear Submarines; 10 Arrested Protesting Arizona Ski Resort's Fake Snow Plan on Mountain Sacred to Native Americans

Genre:

Documentary , News , Talk , War & Politics

Seasons:

31

Episodes:

1508

Actor:

Amy Goodman , Juan Gonzalez

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

2001

IMDb:

6.9