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This week, New York City police evicted an encampment of asylum seekers outside the Watson Hotel who were protesting plans to house them in a remote, crowded and cold facility. Mayor Eric Adams suggested the protesters were “agitators,” not migrants themselves. We speak to a Venezuelan asylum seeker named Ruben, who was evicted from the hotel, and Desiree Joy Frías, a community organizer with South Bronx Mutual Aid, which has been deeply involved in supporting the asylum seekers arriving in the city.

Democracy Now! 2023-02-03 Friday

• Headlines for February 03, 2023
• Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Khalil Gibran Muhammad & E. Patrick Johnson on the Fight over Black History
• "We Want to Be Treated Like Human Beings": Evicted Asylum Seeker in NYC Requests Housing, Job Permits

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Democracy Now! 2023-01-31 Tuesday

• Headlines for January 31, 2023
• Asylum Seekers Refuse to Leave Manhattan Hotel, Citing Inhumane Conditions at Brooklyn Shelter
• "Elite" Police Units Face More Scrutiny as Memphis SCORPION Unit Disbanded over Tyre Nichols Death
• Rikers Jail Whistleblower Decries Collapse of LGBTQ+ Unit Meant to Protect Trans Detainees
• Marxist Economist Richard Wolff on How the Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich & Powerful

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Democracy Now! 2023-01-30 Monday

• Headlines for January 30, 2023
• "An Intolerable Situation": Rashid Khalidi & Orly Noy on Israeli Colonialism & Escalating Violence
• Tyre Nichols: Video of Fatal Police Beating in Memphis Spurs New Demands for Police Accountability
• "Every Community Has a Tyre Nichols": New Jersey Activists Demand Justice for Carl Dorsey

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Democracy Now! 2023-01-27 Friday

• Headlines for January 27, 2023
• Memphis BLM Activist: Tyre Nichols' Killing Is Part of Police Brutality Crisis Facing Black Residents
• Tyre Nichols' Parents Remember Son as "Beautiful Soul" & Describe Video of Beating by Memphis Police

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The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill talks more about his latest article, “The Secrets Presidents Keep in Their Garages and Luxury Resorts: The ceaseless political scandals over classified documents point to deeper systemic problems with Washington’s obsession with secrecy.”

Democracy Now! 2023-01-24 Tuesday

• Headlines for January 24, 2023
• As Asian Americans Reel After Mass Shootings in California, Will Congress Take Any Action on Guns?
• Jeremy Scahill: Biden & Trump Scandals Point to Deeper Problems with Overclassification of Gov't Docs

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Democracy Now! 2023-01-20 Friday

• Headlines for January 20, 2023
• U.K. MP Jeremy Corbyn on Freeing Julian Assange, the Working Class, Brazil, Peru & Ending Ukraine War
• Atlanta Police Kill Forest Defender at Protest Encampment Near Proposed "Cop City" Training Center
• Keenan Anderson: BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Demands Justice for Cousin's Death After LAPD Tasing

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Democracy Now! 2023-01-19 Thursday

• Headlines for January 19, 2023
• Defeated GOP Candidate in New Mexico Arrested over Shootings at Homes of 4 Democratic Officials
• Azerbaijan Blockades Nagorno-Karabakh Region, Angering Armenia & Raising Specter of a New War
• "Out of the Lab and Into the Streets": Meet Earth Scientist Fired After Engaging in Climate Protests

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Democracy Now! 2023-01-18 Wednesday

• Headlines for January 18, 2023
• Roe v. Wade at 50 (Almost): What Abortion Access Looks Like After Constitutional Right Overturned
• End Medical Debt: Fight Grows to Stop Hospitals from Suing Patients, Garnishing Wages, Ruining Credit
• Elite Capture: Philosopher Olúfémi O. Táíwò on How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics

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Democracy Now! Tuesday, January 17, 2023

A Martin Luther King Day special featuring excerpts of two historic MLK speeches: “Beyond Vietnam” and “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.”

Democracy Now! 2023-01-13 Friday

• Headlines for January 13, 2023
• "Argentina, 1985": Oscar-Shortlisted Film Depicts Historic War Crimes Trial of U.S.-Backed Generals
• Legendary Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo on "Argentina, 1985" and Why Democracy Is at Risk Today
• The Crisis of Missing Migrants: Tens of Thousands of People Have Disappeared on Their Way to Europe

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Democracy Now! 2023-01-12 Thursday

• Headlines for January 12, 2023
• "Famine Is Coming": NGO Leader Jan Egeland in Kabul Demands Taliban Lift Ban on Women Aid Workers
• Night Raids: Victims of CIA-Backed Afghan Death Squads Known as "Zero Units" Demand Accountability
• As Historic Storms & Flooding Kill 19 in California, Why Is Media Ignoring Role of Climate Change?

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Democracy Now! Wednesday, January 11, 2023