Two freed members of the Russian group Pussy Riot made their first public appearance in the United States Tuesday after being released from prison in December. Nadia Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina served nearly all of their two-year sentences for protesting Russian leader Vladimir Putin inside an Orthodox cathedral. Shortly after they arrived in New York, the two Pussy Riot members spoke at a news conference organized by Amnesty International.

Democracy Now! 2014-02-05 Wednesday

• Headlines for February 05, 2014
• "An Olympic Snowden": U.S. Athlete on Being Turned Into a "Spokesperson for Verizon" at 2006 Games
• "Celebration Capitalism & the Olympics": Global Protests Mark Approach of Sochi Games

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Across the United States on Monday, protesters took to the streets in hundreds of rallies urging President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The actions in at least 44 states followed a State Department report claiming the pipeline's northern leg would have a minimal impact on the local environment and climate change. Environmentalists disagree, saying plans to pipe 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta's tar sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast would accelerate global warming and threaten communities along the pipeline's route.

Democracy Now! 2014-02-04 Tuesday

• Headlines for February 04, 2014
• Kids For Cash: Inside One of the Nation's Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals

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Democracy Now! 2014-02-03 Monday

• Headlines for February 03, 2014
• Debate: State Dept Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, But Does Conflict of Interest Taint Report?
• Environmental Groups "Shocked" by Reports of NSA Spying of U.N. Climate Talks
• Michigan Activists Face Up to 2 Years in Prison for Protesting Oil Pipeline Behind 2010 Spill
• One Billion Rising: Eve Ensler & Kimberle Crenshaw on Global Movement to End Violence Against Women

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Democracy Now! 2014-01-31 Friday

• Headlines for January 31, 2014
• "We Will Not Break the Law to Enforce the Law": NYC to Reform Stop & Frisk, End Racial Profiling
• Wallace Shawn on Artistic Solidarity: As Glenn Greenwald Can't Return to U.S., I Took My Play to Him

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Democracy Now! 2014-01-30 Thursday

• Headlines for January 30, 2014
• From Al Jazeera on Trial to Bloggers Behind Bars, Army-Run Egypt Sees Growing "Silencing of Dissent"
• Sharif Abdel Kouddous: 3 Years After Revolution, Egypt Faces Deadly Polarization & Growing Militancy
• Debate: Is Ukraine's Opposition a Democratic Movement or a Force of Right-Wing Extremism?

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Democracy Now! 2014-01-29 Wednesday

• Headlines for January 29, 2014
• In SOTU, Obama Tells Divided Congress to Expect Executive Action in Face of Continued Obstruction
• "A Silent Coup": Jeremy Scahill & Bob Herbert on Corporate, Military Interests Shaping Obama's SOTU
• Five Years of the "Same Rhetoric": Immigration Activist Faults Obama's SOTU, Deportation Policy
• "Dirty Wars" Filmmaker Jeremy Scahill on the "Drone President" & Obama's Whitewashing of NSA Spying