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Wendell Griffen, a judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit of Arkansas, 5th Division, has become a prominent voice calling for a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Griffen will retire this month after 24 years on the bench and a career that has included speaking out against the death penalty and the War in Iraq. Griffen is also the Pastor of New Millennium Church and author of “The Fierce Urgency of Prophetic Hope.”

Democracy Now! 2022-12-14 Wednesday

• Headlines for December 14, 2022
• Indict Us Too: Daniel Ellsberg & Cryptome's John Young Demand U.S. Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
• Slash the Pentagon Budget in Half & Abolish ICBMs: Dan Ellsberg on How to Avoid Nuclear Armageddon
• Mumia Should Be Freed: A Sitting Trial Judge in Arkansas Appeals to Philly Judge to Drop Charges

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In Part 2 of our interview with Ryan Grim, the Washington, D.C., bureau chief of The Intercept, we discuss his new piece, “The Railroad Fight Was the Product of Eight Years of Militant Rank-and-File Organizing,” and the pending vote on Senator Bernie Sanders’s proposed Yemen War Powers Resolution in Congress.

Democracy Now! 2022-12-13 Tuesday

• Headlines for December 13, 2022
• Biden Hosts Summit of 49 African Leaders to Counter China & Russia's Growing Power Across Continent
• AZ Governor Builds Illegal "Border Wall" of Shipping Containers & Razor Wire. Why Isn't Biden Stopping It?
• Kyrsten Sinema Leaves Democratic Party. Is It Enough to Save Unpopular Senator's Reelection Plans?

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Democracy Now! Monday, December 12, 2022

It has been nearly one year since Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras’ new president. Her inauguration in January marked the end of a brutal 12-year period of rule by the U.S.-backed right-wing National Party, which first came to power after the 2009 U.S.-backed coup that overthrew Castro’s husband, the leftist President Manuel Zelaya. Xiomara Castro replaced Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández who was extradited to the United States in April to face drug trafficking and firearms charges. During the years after the coup violence soared in Honduras as did the number of refugees fleeing the country for safety. We get an update from Gerardo Torres Zelaya, the vice minister of foreign affairs of Honduras, who is in New York for an event with the Progressive International to discuss developing a New International Economic Order. “There is another way of understanding economics,” he says, noting that Castro’s changes work to end neoliberal policies of her predecessor show she “does not believe wealth only for a few people.”

Democracy Now! 2022-12-09 Friday

• Headlines for December 09, 2022
• "A Vindication for Agitation": Dave Zirin on How Brittney Griner's Supporters Secured Her Freedom
• "A Personified Weapon of Mass Destruction": Ex-Arms Trafficking Inspector on Freed Russian Viktor Bout
• Sarah Leah Whitson on Growing Saudi-China Ties & Holding MBS Responsible for Jamal Khashoggi Murder

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Peru’s President Pedro Castillo is ousted and jailed after attempting to dissolve Congress; Boris Kagarlitsky in Moscow on how Russians are weary of Putin’s war in Ukraine; The Supreme Court considers “independent state legislature theory” in a North Carolina redistricting case with far-reaching implications for voting rights.

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Democracy Now! 2022-12-07 Wednesday

• Headlines for December 07, 2022
• "The People Have Spoken": Sen. Warnock Wins in Georgia in Victory Over GOP Voter Suppression Efforts
• Futuro Media Probes Deadly U.S. Border Policy & NY Drug Trafficking Trial of Mexico's Former Top Cop

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Democracy Now! co-host Juan González recently spoke at the Columbia School of Journalism in the first of three “farewell” speeches in New York before he moves to Chicago. Juan will also be speaking in New York on Friday, December 9, at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and Monday, December 12, at the CUNY Grad Center. In his speech at the Columbia School of Journalism, Juan talked about his atypical journalism career and his years as a student activist and organizer with the Young Lords. Juan said, “I have been grappling now for more than 50 years — initially as an activist, then for decades as a journalist and a student of history — with the burning issue of how oppressed and marginalized people can best create and disseminate a narrative that truly reflects their lives, not just accepting the simple-minded, stereotypical and often denigrating narratives of them fashioned by those with greater power and wealth.”

Democracy Now! 2022-12-06 Tuesday

• Headlines for December 06, 2022
• Jeffrey Sachs: A Negotiated End to Fighting in Ukraine Is the Only Real Way to End the Bloodshed
• Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Group Sued in U.S. Court by Central American Journalists
• Publishing Is Not a Crime: NYT, The Guardian & More Urge Biden Admin to Drop Charges Against Assange
• Warnock vs. Walker, Round 2: Georgia Breaks Voting Records in Senate Runoff Election

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A group of current and former Yale students has sued the Ivy League school for discriminating against students with mental health challenges in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act; We look at a fight in Chinatown, New York, against the city’s plans to build the tallest jail in the world.

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