Anabel Hernández on the Death of Javier Valdez & Mexican Journalists Confronting a Surge in Violence | Daily Digest 05/18/2017

Saying "No to Silence": Hear Murdered Mexican Journalist Javier Valdez in His Own Words & Could Narrow Scope of New Special Counsel Miss Wider Corruption in Trump White House? Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Thursday, May 18, 2017 democracynow.org Stories Anabel Hernández on the Death of Javier Valdez & Mexican Journalists Confronting a Surge in Violence Since 2000, more than 100 journalists have been murdered in Mexico. A recent report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies says that Mexico endured ... Read More → Saying "No to Silence": Hear Murdered Mexican Journalist Javier Valdez in His Own Words "Let them kill us all, if that is the death sentence for reporting this hell. No to silence." Those are the words of award-winning Mexican reporter Javier Valdez, after ... Read More → Could Narrow Scope of New Special Counsel Miss Wider Corruption in Trump White House? It has been another extraordinary 24 hours in the nation's capital. In the biggest news of the day, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI ... Read More → Headlines → DOJ Names Robert Mueller Special Counsel in Russia Investigation NYT: Michael Flynn Told Trump Transition Team of Federal Probe Reuters: Michael Flynn Had 18 Previously Undisclosed Russia Contacts McClatchy: Flynn Executed Turkish Policy Goal as Unregistered Agent Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Calls on Congress to Impeach President Trump Three House Republicans Raise Possibility of Trump Impeachment President Trump Assails Media over Mounting White House Scandals Islamophobic Trump Adviser Stephen Miller Pens Trump Speech on Islam Chelsea Manning Celebrates "First Steps of Freedom" Federal Judge Opens $123 Billion Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Hearings Greek Workers Strike Nationwide Amid Latest Push for Austerity Brazilian President Temer Reportedly Approved of Hush-Money Payoffs Trump Administration Raises Pace of Deportations by 40 Percent Radical Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke to Take Homeland Security Post Tulsa, Oklahoma: Officer "Not Guilty" in Terence Crutcher Killing Texas: Video Shows Officer in Dallas Suburb Tasing Handcuffed Man New Orleans Removes Another Confederate Memorial New York: Protesters Target Nuclear Power Bailout Plan Oscar López Rivera Free After 36 Years in Prison Forward this email → Donate today → Follow COLUMN Donald Trump's High Crimes and Misdemeanors DN! IN THE NEWS WATCH: PBS's Tavis Smiley Interviews Amy Goodman WORK WITH US! Video Production Fellowship 2017 SPEAKING TOUR 5/18 Los Angeles, CA 5/18 Santa Barbara, CA 5/19 Santa Fe, NM 5/20 Tempe, AZ 5/20 Houston, TX 5/24 Toronto, ON 5/25 New York, NY More Events... 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License