Politics

"We can disagree on all kinds of issues, but taking away the right of people to participate in American democracy is unacceptable and the Congress must address that."

In his first interview since his release, Eric McDavid, environmental activist who has just been released from prison 10 years early, discusses his release exclusively with Democracy Now! Watch it in its entirety here.

Montreal announces plan to ban all water bottles, corporations announce plan to fight the ban.

The Pentagon consumes more fossil fuel than any other entity on Earth.

"Am I going to demand that the wealthy and large corporations start paying their fair share of taxes? Damn right I will."

“As a company that is committed to the principle that everyone deserves to live without fear of discrimination simply for being who they are, becoming an employer in North Carolina, where members of our teams will not have equal rights under the law, is simply untenable.”

There is a “systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience” taking place in China.

"Why is it acceptable for the United States to have the power to even begin to give even a proposal to extradite somebody whose crime is to expose to the public materials that people in power don’t want them to see?"

The super-rich could prolong life for all of us, including themselves, if they recognized the need to support a strong society.

Groups call on Democratic leadership to "do everything in their power to pass a reconciliation package that invests in our communities, brings down costs for families, makes the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share, and takes urgently needed climate action."