04 Sep 2009: Today's Democracy Now!

US Cuts More Aid to Honduras as Zelaya Meets Clinton in Washington
On Thursday, the Obama administration formally cut more than $30 million in aid to Honduras and suggested it will not recognize the Honduran elections scheduled for November unless the vote is free and open. The announcement came as ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya was in Washington for talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. We speak with NYU professor of Latin American studies, Greg Grandin.

"Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party"
In a Democracy Now! exclusive, award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal joins us for the first extended interview about his debut book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party. The book traces the rise of the radical right in the US and how it used the concept of personal crisis to grow as a movement and eventually capture control of the GOP to transform it from the party of Dwight Eisenhower to the party of Sarah Palin.

Back to School: Military Recruiters Increasingly Targeting High School Teens
As millions of students prepare for the start of another school year, we focus on an issue that concerns many parents: the increasing presence of military recruiters in the nation’s high schools and the military’s ability to gather information about students. We speak with journalist David Goodman about his Mother Jones article “A Few Good Kids?” and with the New York Civil Liberties Union’s Ari Rosmarin, who works on the organization’s Project on Military Recruitment and Students’ Rights.

Headlines

Up to 90 Afghans Killed in US Bombing
US Extends Afghan Tours for 5,000 Troops
UK Official Resigns over Afghan War
US Cuts More Aid to Honduras
Attorneys: Chevron Trying to Derail Amazon Case
Treasury Eases Cuba Restrictions
Groups Sue US over Tar Sands Pipeline
House Progressives Demand Public Healthcare Option
Diebold Sells Off Voting Machine Subsidiary