Democracy Now! 2014-07-18 Friday

• Headlines for July 18, 2014
• "A Terrifying Night in Gaza": Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports on Israeli Ground Invasion
• Israel Bombs Gaza's Only Rehab Hospital: Staff Forced to Evacuate Paralyzed Patients After Shelling
• Glenn Greenwald: Why Did NBC Pull Veteran Reporter After He Witnessed Israeli Killing of Gaza Kids?
• Stephen Cohen: Downed Malaysian Plane Raises Risk of War Between Russia and the West

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Democracy Now! 2014-07-17 Thursday

• Headlines for July 17, 2014
• Horror on Gaza Beach: New York Times Photographer Witnesses Israeli Killing of 4 Palestinian Boys
• U.S. Turns Back on Child Migrants After Its Policies in Guatemala, Honduras Sowed Seeds of Crisis
• Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz Hails New BRICS Bank Challenging U.S.-Dominated World Bank & IMF

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Democracy Now! 2014-07-16 Wednesday

• Headlines for July 16, 2014
• "Iraq Has Already Disintegrated": ISIS Expands Stronghold as Leaks Expose US Doubts on Iraqi Forces
• Is an Iran Nuclear Deal Within Reach? Dissecting the Latest Talks over a "Manufactured Crisis"
• How Do We Define American? Jose Vargas, Symbol of Undocumented Immigrant Struggle, Detained in Texas

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Democracy Now! 2014-07-15 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 15, 2014
• With 192 Dead in Gaza, Is Lasting Ceasefire Possible Under Israeli Occupation?
• After Palestinian Unity Deal, Did Israel Spark Violence to Prevent a New "Peace Offensive"?
• Green Scare: Animal Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges for Freeing Minks from Fur Farm
• The Prosecution Gap: Corporate Polluters Rarely Criminally Charged for Violating Environmental Law

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Democracy Now! 2014-07-14 Monday

• Headlines for July 14, 2014
• "Israel Targets Civilians, the Casualties Speak Volumes": Int'l Protection Urged for Besieged Gaza
• "We are Human Beings": Gaza Doctor Pleads for End to Israeli Bombing of Civilian Population
• Norwegian Physician Treating Wounded Civilians: Stop the Bombing, End Israeli Impunity in Gaza
• "Your Body Is No Longer Your Own": Freed OWS Activist Cecily McMillan on Plight of Women in Jail

Legendary jazz bassist and composer Charlie Haden died on Friday in Los Angeles at the age of 76.

Watch him discuss his music and politics in this September 1, 2006 Democracy Now! interview.

We speak with legendary bass player, composer and political activist, Charlie Haden. In the late 1950s he played in Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking quartet which changed the shape and sound of jazz.

Democracy Now! 2014-07-11 Friday

• Headlines for July 11, 2014
• "We Should Be Protecting Children": Rep. Gutiérrez Supports Funds for Humanitarian Crisis at Border
• "Worst of the American Spirit": Advocates Decry Anti-Immigrant Protests, Urge Asylum for Children
• Gaza Debate: As Palestinian Deaths Top 100, Who's to Blame for Escalating Violence? What Can Be Done?

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Chilean hip-hop artist and musician Ana Tijoux joins us in studio to perform some of her songs and talk about the political themes behind them. Tijoux was born in France in 1977 to parents who were jailed and later fled Chile under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. "Hip-hop is the land of the people that don't have a land," she says.