Democracy Now! looks into allegations that the US Army is cutting headcounts -- and costs -- by discharging combat veterans for misconduct that could be attributed to PTSD. Discharges for misconduct have soared in the last few years and the vets l...

The Obama administration has admitted for the first time to killing four US citizens in drone strikes overseas. Three died in Yemen: the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and Samir Khan. A fourth, Jude Kenan ...

Survivors of the monster Oklahoma twister began to piece together their lives today and grapple with their grief in the wake of the storm's devastation. Officials have confirmed 24 dead, including nine children. Democracy Now! looks at the wreckag...

With former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide, prosecutors have vowed to pursue others involved. That could include his allies in the US government, investigative reporter Allan Nairn tells Democracy Now!, making the case fo...

Did failings on the part of authorities lengthen the horrific ordeal of the Cleveland kidnap victims? As Ariel Castro makes his first court appearance, Democracy Now! looks at allegations of police negligence and at Castro's background, including ...

More than half of the 26,000 sex crimes reported in the military last year involved male victims, notes Anu Bhagwati, head of the Service Women's Action Network. The stat makes clear that rampaging sex assaults in the US armed forces are much more...

As the US edges toward increased intervention in Syria, long-time Mideast correspondent Robert Fisk tells Democracy Now! of his recent encounters with the Syrian army, a "ruthless" organization whose troops are racking up kills and take no prisone...

Never ones to pass up an opportunity to make money, US corporations took advantage of more women in the workforce to peddle fast food to families, linking the eats to progressive values, notes author and food expert Michael Pollan. One early ad fe...

The Dhaka building collapse should spur US lawmakers to insist that countries exporting to the US give workers their legal rights, labor activist Charlie Kernaghan tells Democracy Now!, noting that Congress has done more to protect trademarks -- a...

Pregnant mother-of-four Kimberly Rivera has been sentenced to ten months in prison for desertion after she refused a second tour of military duty in Iraq. She had fled with her family to Canada, where she applied for refugee status, but was eventu...