Human Rights Lawyer: Sweden Dropping Investigation of WikiLeaks' Assange is "Long Overdue Decision" | Daily Digest 05/19/2017

"Repair the Damage from the Drug War": Susan Burton on A New Way of Life to End Mass Incarceration & Michelle Alexander: We Must Respond Forcefully & Challenge Jeff Sessions's New War on Drugs Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Friday, May 19, 2017 democracynow.org Stories Human Rights Lawyer: Sweden Dropping Investigation of WikiLeaks' Assange is "Long Overdue Decision" Swedish prosecutors have dropped an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange has denied the allegations, ... Read More → "Repair the Damage from the Drug War": Susan Burton on A New Way of Life to End Mass Incarceration We are joined by two leading voices in the fight against mass incarceration: Michelle Alexander, author of the best-selling book The New Jim Crow: Mass ... Read More → Michelle Alexander: We Must Respond Forcefully & Challenge Jeff Sessions's New War on Drugs Civil rights advocate and best-selling author Michelle Alexander responds to the new push by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to escalate the war on drugs by ... Read More → Headlines → Swedish Prosecutor Drops Sex Crimes Investigation of Julian Assange President Trump Denies Ordering James Comey to Call Off Flynn Probe House Democratic Leader Questions Special Counsel's Independence Deputy AG Knew Trump Planned to Fire Comey Before Writing Memo Trump to Announce $110 Billion Saudi Arms Deal in First Trip Overseas Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Dead at 77 FCC Vote Advances Bid to End Net Neutrality Reporter "Manhandled" by FCC Security Guards for Asking Question In Video, Turkish President Watches Bodyguards Attack D.C. Protesters Syria: U.S. Warplanes Attack Convoy of Pro-Assad Forces Brazil: President Michel Temer Refuses to Resign Amid New Scandal Venezuela: Antigovernment Protests Rage as Trump Talks Intervention Greek Parliament Approves Fresh Austerity Measures Amid Protests California: Police Investigate Murder of Gender Nonconforming Person Chelsea Manning Tweets First Picture of Herself as a Free Woman 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 5/19 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