Editing Pacifica Foundation (section)

===''Democracy Now!''===
A show that for years has been considered the flagship of Pacifica Radio's national programming is ''[[Democracy Now!]]'', an independent news organization that covers democracy, human rights and [[justice]] issues, and questions the motives of U.S. foreign and domestic policy.  Hosted by [[Amy Goodman]] and [[Juan Gonzalez (journalist)|Juan González]], this program is a compilation of news, interviews, and documentaries.  ''Democracy Now!'' is heard and seen on more than 700 radio and TV stations across the U.S. including [[public-access television]] stations and satellite television channels [[Free Speech TV]] and [[Link TV]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Democracy Now!|date=January 16, 2019|url=https://www.linktv.org/shows/democracy-now|language=en|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref> [[WDEV]], based in [[Waterbury, Vermont]], is the only commercial radio station in the U.S. that carries the program<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wdevradio.com/index-progs.asp |title=Program Schedule |publisher=WDEV Radio Vermont |access-date=February 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831085741/http://www.wdevradio.com/index-progs.asp |archive-date=August 31, 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>—even though it is also heard in north-central Vermont over Pacifica affiliate [[WGDR]] in Plainfield and its sister station, [[WGDH]] in Hardwick.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wgdr.org/ai1ec_event/democracy-now-2/?instance_id=230222 |title=Democracy Now! |publisher=Wgdr.org |access-date=July 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014074536/http://www.wgdr.org/ai1ec_event/democracy-now-2/?instance_id=230222 |archive-date=October 14, 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In 2002, as Pacifica implemented its new listener-sponsor-accountability structure and as Pacifica and ''Democracy Now!'' settled outstanding disputes from previous years, ''Democracy Now!'' spun off with substantial funding from Pacifica to become an independent production.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}