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We speak with Nashville historian and journalist Betsy Phillips about her new book, Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control. She spent nearly a decade trying to uncover the truth about three bombings in Nashville by segregationists in the civil rights era that all went unsolved: the Hattie Cotton School in 1957 as it was set to integrate; the Jewish Community Center in 1958, which had held integrated activities; and the home of leading civil rights lawyer and city councilmember Z. Alexander Looby in 1960. In the book, Phillips writes, “Just as Nashville was where Civil Rights icons like John Lewis, James Lawson, and Diane Nash began, Nashville is also where a network of racial terrorists began.” She discusses her revelations, how they moved Nashville’s mayor to ask police to reopen investigations into the attacks this month — around the same time neo-Nazis marched through the city’s downtown for the third time this year and yelled racist slurs at a group of Black children — and how she links these recent events to the three “unsolved” bombings.

Democracy Now! 2024-08-01 Thursday

• Headlines for August 01, 2024
• "A Perilous Moment" in Middle East: Iran Vows Revenge as Israel Expands Assassination Operations
• Israel's Torture & Rape of Palestinian Prisoners Defended by Knesset Members, Far-Right Mobs
• Trump Questions If Kamala Harris Is Black in Hate-Filled Interview with Black Journalists at NABJ
• Money War: How the U.S. Unleashed Economic Warfare Across the Globe, from Venezuela to Iran

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Democracy Now! Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-07-30 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 30, 2024
• Biden Proposes Major SCOTUS Reforms, Including Ending Lifetime Appointments & Enforcing Ethics Code
• Ziklag Exposed: Secretive Christian Nationalist Network Tries to Purge Voters in Battleground States
• It's Not Just "Childless Cat Ladies": JD Vance Once Described Childless People as "Sociopathic"
• Venezuela: Maduro Claims Victory, Accuses Opposition of Coup Attempt Following Disputed Election

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Democracy Now! 2024-07-29 Monday

• Headlines for July 29, 2024
• JD Vance Calls Democrats "Childless Cat Ladies"; GOP Opposes Paid Leave, Universal Child Care
• "He's a Weirdo": Repro Rights Activist on JD Vance's History of Sexism & White Nationalism
• Politico's Ian Ward on the Thinkers and Groups Who Have Shaped JD Vance's Unusual Worldview
• "Militarism Isn't a Solution": Rami Khouri on Rocket Attack in Golan Heights, Israeli Vow of Revenge

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Democracy Now! 2024-07-24 Wednesday

• Headlines for July 24, 2024
• "Terrible Mistake": Leading Israelis Say Netanyahu's Invite to Address Congress Rewards Bad Behavior
• Not Welcome: Jewish & Palestinian Activists Protest Netanyahu's Address to Congress, 400 Arrested
• "Tragic Beyond Proportions": Attorney Ben Crump on Sonya Massey's Killing and Police Cover-Up
• "Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied": Video Shows Hotel Guards Kill D'Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests

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Democracy Now! 2024-07-23 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 23, 2024
• Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden's Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza
• Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit over Gaza Says Kamala Harris Must "Chart a New Path" on Israel-Palestine
• "The Prescription Is Ceasefire": Israeli Public Health Leaders Sound Alarm over Polio in Gaza
• Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2,500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality & Corruption

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Democracy Now! 2024-07-22 Monday

• Headlines for July 22, 2024
• "Beating Donald Trump Is Vital": Mehdi Hasan on Joe Biden Dropping Out, Kamala Harris, Gaza & More
• How to Pick Biden's Replacement? James Zogby & LaTosha Brown Debate Wisdom of an Open Convention
• Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Remembered: Opposed Iraq War, Advocated for Juneteenth, Reparations & More
• ICJ Rules Israel's Occupation of West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza Is Illegal: Attorney Diana Buttu Explains

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Democracy Now! Friday, July 19, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-07-18 Thursday

• Headlines for July 18, 2024
• Trump's VP Pick J.D. Vance Espouses Economic Populism But Will He Actually Be a Working-Class Ally?
• J.D. Vance Criticizes Biden's Support for Iraq War in 2003 But Pushes Hawkish Policy on China & Iran
• "More Radical Than MAGA"? Politico's Ian Ward on J.D. Vance & the Future of the Republican Party
• "White Trash" Historian Nancy Isenberg on J.D. Vance, "Hillbilly Elegy" & Class in America
• COVID Forces Biden Off Campaign Trail as Pressure Grows for Him to Step Aside

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Democracy Now! 2024-07-17 Wednesday

• Headlines for July 17, 2024
• "Politics of Hate": Writer Jean Guerrero on Anti-Immigrant Lies and Fearmongering at RNC
• Trump Is Trying to "Gaslight the Black Community" About His Racist Record: Clarence Lusane
• Jury Convicts NJ Senator Bob Menendez of Taking Bribes from Egypt & Qatar
• Samuel Sharpe Shooting: Ohio Cops in Wisconsin for RNC Kill Unhoused Black Veteran
• J.D. Vance Praised 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones as Truth-Teller in Private 2021 Speech
• Milwaukee Immigrant Rights Advocate Slams "Sickening" Rhetoric at RNC as Trump Vows Mass Deportations
• DNC Makes Moves to Lock In Biden as Nominee Early, Despite Growing Discontent Among Democrats

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Democracy Now! Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-07-15 Monday

• Headlines for July 15, 2024
• Long Legacy of U.S. Political Violence: RNC Begins in Milwaukee in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt
• "An America Awash in Guns": Brady President Kris Brown on Trump Shooting & the Need for Gun Control
• Mawasi Massacre: Over 90 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Tent Camp in Gaza "Safe Zone"
• Jeff Sharlet on Trump Assassination Attempt, Authoritarian Violence & Project 2025
• Voices of the Unhoused: Poor People's Army Sets Up Encampment Near RNC to Protest GOP Policies
• "The Fall of Wisconsin": How GOP Transformed Once-Progressive State into Union-Busting "Laboratory"

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We speak with the producer of a damning exposé on the deadly crackdown on asylum seekers by Greek authorities. A new BBC investigation reveals evidence of the Greek coastguard abducting and abandoning asylum seekers in the Mediterranean Sea, where thousands have died, mostly from Africa and the Middle East, as they attempt to reach Europe. Dead Calm: Killing in the Med? finds the Greek coastguard caused the deaths of as many as 43 migrants in the Mediterranean over a period of three years — including nine asylum seekers who had reached Greek soil but were taken by the Greek coastguard back out to the sea and then thrown overboard.

Democracy Now! 2024-07-12 Friday

• Headlines for July 12, 2024
• In Rare News Conf., Biden Vows to Stay in Race, Defending Record on Ukraine, NATO & More: A Roundtable
• "I'm Bored, So I Shoot": How Israeli Troops Are Authorized to Shoot Palestinians Virtually at Will

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Democracy Now! 2024-07-09 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 09, 2024
• Mohammed Abu Hashem Spent 22 Years in U.S. Air Force. He Quit After Israel Killed His Aunt in Gaza
• "On the Record with Hamas": Jeremy Scahill Speaks with Hamas About Oct. 7, Ceasefire Talks & Israel
• Drop Site News: Jeremy Scahill on Launching Investigative News Outlet with Ryan Grim

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