Democracy is coming to the USA ("the cradle of the best and the worst"), Leonard Cohen wrote, "It's coming from the sorrow in the street / The holy places where the races meet." Cohen died this week, but we can still take his defiant, sardonic optimism into the streets with us.
Public schools are increasingly divided by race and class. John Oliver discusses the troubling trend towards school resegregation.
The filmmaker says the demonstrations that have broken out in the wake of Donald Trump's victory are only going to get bigger.
Millions sign petition for the Electoral College to elect the Hillary Clinton, who received the most votes, as president. The chair of the National Popular Vote Initiative explains how to assure that the top vote getter will win.
An epic election campaign finds a fitting rap expression. Surprise appearance by a former president.
A federal judge orders North Carolina to reinstate the voter registrations of thousands who had been purged from the voter rolls. Lawrence O'Donnell discusses with Dr. William Barber.
Democracy Now! talks with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore about his surprise new movie, "Michael Moore in TrumpLand"
Jon Stewart: "Vote wisely this November."
Police continue to viciously attack protesters at Standing Rock, ND, with water hoses, pepper spray, rubber bullets and more.
John Oliver discusses the extent and root of the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction.
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