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Democracy Now! 2026-07-24 Friday

• Headlines for July 24, 2026
• "America First or Israel First?" Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Saudi Nuclear Deal, Iran & More
• "Cockroach Democracy": Arundhati Roy on India's Youth-Led Protest Movement & Modi's Collapsing Support
• Report from San Juan: New Bill Targets Citizenship Rights as Puerto Rico Marks 10 Years of PROMESA
• "Farmers of the Sea": PBS Film Profiles Puerto Rican Fishermen on the "Frontlines of Climate Change"

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Author Jasper Craven talks about his new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood. In the book, Craven examines how the military has come to define American masculinity and how it often fosters its most toxic traits.

Democracy Now! 2026-07-23 Thursday

• Headlines for July 23, 2026
• Meet Milwaukee Muslim Leader Salah Sarsour. ICE Detained Him for 80 Days
• "Enough Is Enough": Mohsen Mahdawi Says New Deportation Threat Seeks to Silence Palestine Activism
• As Mamdani Calls on Trump to Arrest Netanyahu, Genocide Scholar Decries Israel's Ongoing Impunity

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-22 Wednesday

• Headlines for July 22, 2026
• "Empire of Abuse": MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges
• "Unlimited Money for Bombs": Democrats Slam Hegseth for Seeking $67B for Iran War
• Trump Says Images of Bombed Iran School Could Be "AI" But Study Confirms U.S. Killed 140+ in Strike

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-21 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 21, 2026
• As the U.S. Commits War Crimes in Iran, Trump Admin Vows to Dismantle Int'l Criminal Court: Reed Brody
• What Spain's Victory Means: Jules Boykoff on the World Cup, FIFA, Trump, "Collectivity" & More
• "A Company That Trades Privacy for Profit": ACLU on Flock's Growing Nationwide Surveillance Network

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-20 Monday

• Headlines for July 20, 2026
• U.S. Escalates War on Iran, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure as 3 U.S. Soldiers Are Killed
• "Justice for Lorenzo": Houston Community Demands Accountability After ICE Killing of Mexican Father
• Texas Rep. Al Green Accuses Trump Admin of Attempting to Cover Up ICE Killings
• Nearly 1,000 Wildfires in Canada Continue to Burn as Trump & Carney Double Down on Fossil Fuels

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-17 Friday

• Headlines for July 17, 2026
• Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord & Black Panther, Dies at 78
• Trump's Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference: Ari Berman
• Report from Houston: Family of ICE Shooting Victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Holds Public Viewing
• "Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest & Prosecute": Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups
• Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Faces Boycott Calls over Filming in Occupied Western Sahara

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Helado Tropical is the new collaborative album by Roberto Carlos Lange, better known by his stage name Helado Negro, and Fabi Reyna, who fronts the band Reyna Tropical. Lange was born in the United States to Ecuadorian immigrant parents, while Reyna was born in Mexico and raised in Texas. They recently visited the Democracy Now! studio to perform music from the new album. In an extended interview, they also discussed how their immigrant backgrounds affect their perspectives and the power of music, joy and play as means of resistance.

Palestinian musician Huda Asfour recently visited the Democracy Now! studio in New York to discuss her art and perform. Born in Lebanon to a family of musicians, Asfour grew up in Tunis before moving to Gaza at 14, where she joined the National Conservatory of Music, and then lived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where she studied under Khaled Jubran at the Edward Said Music Conservatory. She now divides her time between New York and Egypt. Asfour’s instrument of choice is the oud, a traditional Middle Eastern stringed instrument. Her latest project is “Naqus.”

Democracy Now! 2026-07-16 Thursday

• Headlines for July 16, 2026
• Todd Blanche Is "Not Fit" to Be AG, from Epstein Files to Trump's $1.8B Slush Fund: Rep. Jayapal
• We Are Sending a Message to Netanyahu: Rep. Jayapal on 100+ Dems Voting to Cut Israeli Military Aid
• Victor Salgado Araujo Saw ICE Agent Kill His Brother in Texas. He Is Now Detained, Faces Deportation
• A "Forever War" in Iran? Ali Vaez on Escalating War, U.S. "Diplomatic Malpractice"
• Earthjustice Sues to Block Trump's Move to Gut Endangered Species Act

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-15 Wednesday

• Headlines for July 15, 2026
• "Fighting Back": Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Admin, Pro-Israel Groups for Conspiracy to Suppress Speech
• Israeli Settlers Attack Convoy of Journalists & Father of Palestinian American Killed 1 Year Ago
• "Block the Merger": California AG Rob Bonta on 12 States Suing to Stop Paramount-Warner Mega Deal

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-10 Friday

• Headlines for July 10, 2026
• "Now or Never": DSA & Justice Democrats on Changing the Democratic Party, Mamdani, Gaza & More
• "Exposing Instagram's Darkest Secret": BBC's Divya Arya on Ads for Child Sex Abuse Material in India
• FOIA Under Attack: Landmark Transparency Law Turns 60; Fed Gov't Blocking More Documents Than Ever

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Democracy Now! Thursday, July 9, 2026

We continue our conversation with documentary filmmaker Julia Steers about her reporting on the conflict in Sudan, where the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been locked in a battle for control since 2023. While both sides are accused of war crimes, the RSF drew global condemnation after its fighters carried out atrocities in the city of El Fasher in October of 2025, with the United Nations describing them as “acts of genocide.” Advocates now fear further mass killings in the besieged city of El Obeid. Steers contributed to a recent investigation titled “Inside the Secret Network Fueling Sudan’s War.”

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-03 Friday

• "What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech
• "Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World
• Journalist Karen Hao on Sam Altman, OpenAI & the "Quasi-Religious" Push for Artificial Intelligence

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