“Crime of the Century”: How Big Pharma Fueled the Opioid Crisis That Killed 500,000
Democracy Now speaks with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary, “The Crime of the Century,” looks at the pharmaceutical industry’s methods in promoting and selling the powerful drugs.
Friday Nite Videos | June 11, 2021
“Takeover”: New Doc Chronicles Historic 1970 Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx
“Takeover” follows the 12 historic hours on July 14, 1970, when members of the Young Lords Party took over the rundown Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx in New York City.
“The Billionaire Election”
Anand Giridharadas on how 2020 is a referendum on wealth inequality
"Michael Moore in TrumpLand" & the Sound of Dying Dinosaurs
Democracy Now! talks with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore about his surprise new movie, "Michael Moore in TrumpLand"
Austerity Is Not Working, We Need a New Treatment
Democracy Now! speaks with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis in Athens. The debt clock is ticking, and Greece refuses to implement more austerity.
Amiri Baraka (1934-2014): Poet-Playwright-Activist Who Shaped Revolutionary Politics, Black Culture
10 Disruptors: People Who Really Shook Up the System in 2013
In a bleak year filled with bad news, people from Edward Snowden to Elizabeth Warren were brave enough to shake up the establishment. "Fighting the power," as people used to say, is no easy task. Victories are hard to come by and can quickly slide away because the power establishment of money, lobbying, lawyers, PR machines and out-and-out corruption are like Neil Young's rust: they never sleep.
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