The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. April 11, 2016 Democracy Spring: Thousands Pledge to Risk Arrest to Protest Corruption ----------------------------------------------------------------------- More than 3,000 people have pledged to risk arrest in Washington, D.C., as part of a massive sit-in calling for an end to the corruption of big money in politics. The action is known as Democracy Spring. Over the past week, activists have marched from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. .