Democracy Now! takes a detailed look at the case of Jeremy Hammond, an activist facing a potential life sentence for allegedly hacking global intelligence firm Stratfor's computers and giving WikiLeaks millions of emails. A federal judge with ties...

Egyptian voters headed to the polls on Saturday in a referendum on a controversial draft constitution. According to unofficial preliminary results, the document passed the first round with 57 percent of the vote with a turnout of just 31 percent. ...

A concert in New York City Friday night will kick off a fresh effort to win clemency for Leonard Peltier. The Native American activist has spent 37 years in prison for the killing of two FBI agents but Amnesty International considers him a politic...

Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from the streets of Cairo, where thousands of people have taken to the streets in new rallies for and against a controversial referendum backed by embattled Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. In a potential nod to the ...

Egypt is bracing for new protests today over President Mohamed Morsi's hotly contested effort to hold a referendum on a controversial draft constitution. Ahead of today's rallies, masked gunmen attacked opposition protesters camped out in Tahrir S...

The Egyptian army has deployed tanks outside the presidential palace in Cairo after six people died in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi. Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from Cair t...

In his most extended interview in months, Julian Assange speaks to Democracy Now! from inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been holed up for nearly six months. Assange vowed WikiLeaks would persevere despite attacks against it. On...

Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, calls on the international community to help defend the people of Gaza from the ongoing US-backed Israeli assault. "It is time, it seems to me, for...

Israel is continuing to pound the Gaza Strip with air strikes amid fears it could soon launch a ground invasion. Israeli troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers are massing near the Palestinian territory. Israel said it launched 150 air strik...

In a historic move, the US states of Colorado and Washington have become the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Fifty-two percent of voters in Colorado supported Amendment 64, which will amend the state constitution to allow those 2...