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Democracy Now! Thursday, August 12, 2021

Democracy Now! 2021-08-11 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 11, 2021
• Gov. Cuomo Resigns After Sexual Harassment Probe; Critic Says He Is "Still Gaslighting New Yorkers"
• "A Petty Tyrant with Too Much Power": Former Cuomo Rival Zephyr Teachout Responds to Resignation
• "The End of Neoliberalism": Rep. Ro Khanna Hails "Historic" $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan
• Taliban's Sweeping Offensive in Afghanistan Was "Inevitable" and Stems from Brutal U.S. War

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Democracy Now! 2021-08-10 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 10, 2021
• Gov. Abbott Is a "Direct Threat" to the Children of Texas: Houston Doctor on Mask Bans, Kids & COVID
• Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten on Why She Now Supports Vaccine Mandates for Teachers
• "Unfit to Lead": NY State Sen. Biaggi Says Gov. Cuomo Impeachment Proceedings Should Start Now

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Democracy Now! 2021-08-09 Monday

• Headlines for August 09, 2021
• "A Code Red for Humanity": Major U.N. Report Warns of Climate Catastrophe If Urgent Action Not Taken
• Greta Thunberg: New IPCC Report Is a Wake-Up Call for All About the Escalating Climate Emergency
• From Fires to Floods to Sea Level Rise, Human-Induced Climate Crisis Is Severely Disrupting Earth
• "Band-Aid Over a Bullet Wound": Housing Advocates Welcome CDC Eviction Moratorium But Say It's Not Enough

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Labor leader Richard Trumka dies after more than a decade leading the AFL-CIO; The Taliban threaten provincial capitals in Afghanistan as the U.S. continues withdrawing troops from the country; Lawyer Steven Donziger speaks from house arrest about his fight against the oil giant Chevron. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Democracy Now! 2021-08-05 Thursday

• Headlines for August 05, 2021
• Rep. Ilhan Omar: We Need to Cancel the Rent, Not Just Postpone Evictions
• "This Is What America Looks Like": Ilhan Omar on Her Refugee Journey from Mogadishu to Minneapolis
• Rep. Ilhan Omar Backs Ballot Initiative to Abolish Minneapolis Police & Create New Public Safety Department
• "They Killed Us from the Inside": U.N. Inquiry Demanded into Officials' Culpability in Beirut Blast

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Democracy Now! 2021-08-04 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 04, 2021
• Cuomo Must Go: Sexual Harassment Report Prompts Demands for NY Gov. to Resign or Face Impeachment
• CDC Issues 60-Day Eviction Moratorium After Progressives Pressured Biden & "Moved Mountains"
• Should Progressives in Congress Oppose Biden's Infrastructure Deal If Reconciliation Bill Is Blocked?
• Shot with Rubber Bullets, Hospitalized, Jailed: Line 3 Protester Tara Houska Decries Police Attack

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Aid groups rescue hundreds of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea amid a deadly year for those fleeing poverty, violence and the climate crisis; Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah facing eviction from Jewish settlers refuse a compromise proposed by the Israeli Supreme Court; We speak with the co-authors of a new book on the catastrophic final year of the Trump presidency. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

In an extended interview, we continue our conversation with Dr. Rupa Marya, co-author with Raj Patel of the new book, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice which examines the social and environmental roots of poor health. “We need to understand that it has to be a multi-modal response to this pandemic,” says Dr. Marya. She also discusses the influence of indigenous resistance on the creation of this book, and how this matters today in understanding the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and Enbridge’s Line 3.

Democracy Now! 2021-08-02 Monday

• Headlines for August 02, 2021
• “Inflamed”: Dr. Rupa Marya & Raj Patel on Deep Medicine & How Capitalism Primes Us for Sickness
• "Give Us the Moratorium": Rep. Cori Bush Sleeps on Capitol Steps Demanding Eviction Protection
• "The Ants and the Grasshopper": Raj Patel’s New Film Aims to "Decolonize" Climate & Health Solutions

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Democracy Now! 2021-07-30 Friday

• Headlines for July 30, 2021
• Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of Apparent War Crimes in Gaza Assault; Urges ICC Probe
• Anti-BDS Jewish Orgs Back Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Sales Ban in Settlements Despite Israeli Pressure
• “People Are Outraged”: General Strike in Guatemala Denounces Corruption & Mishandling of Pandemic

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Democracy Now! 2021-07-29 Thursday

• Headlines for July 29, 2021
• "We Can't Trust the Unvaccinated": Dr. Leana Wen on Vaccine Mandates & How to Stop the Delta Variant
• "This Is Not a Climate Bill": Leah Stokes on Why Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Doesn't Go Far Enough

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Democracy Now! Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Democracy Now! 2021-07-27 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 27, 2021
• "Tired of Waiting": Cuban Americans Say Biden Broke Promise to Lift Cuba Sanctions & Thaw Relations
• Calls Grow for Biden to Close Guantánamo Military Prison as U.S. Sanctions Cuba over Human Rights

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As part of our look back at the life of legendary civil rights leader Bob Moses, who has died at the age of 86, Democracy Now! is unearthing this never-before-seen interview from 2010 with Moses and his son, Omo Moses, of The Young People’s Project. Bob Moses served as field secretary for SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and helped register thousands of voters across Mississippi. He also headed the Council of Federated Organizations, and in 1964 helped create the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and organize the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. Moses went on to found the Algebra Project, devoted to improving access to education, particularly in math, for students of color. In October 2010, Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez interviewed Moses after the publication of a book he co-edited, “Quality Education as a Constitutional Right: Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Schools.”

Democracy Now! 2021-07-26 Monday

• Headlines for July 26, 2021
• Epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves: "3 Things Biden Can Do Right Now to Stop COVID and Save Lives"
• "Committing the Truth": Whistleblower Daniel Hale to Be Sentenced Tuesday for Drone Program Leaks
• Remembering Civil Rights Icon Bob Moses: Organized SNCC, Miss. Freedom Summer & Algebra Project

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Democracy Now! 2021-07-23 Friday

• Headlines for July 23, 2021
• "COVID Games" Begin in a Fearful Japan as Olympic Committee Prioritizes "Profits Over All Else"
• Just Out of Jail, Winona LaDuke Decries Militarized Crackdown on Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Protests
• Rev. Liz Theoharis of Poor People's Campaign Arrested in Protest over Voting Rights & Infrastructure

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Democracy Now! 2021-07-22 Thursday

• Headlines for July 22, 2021
• Billionaires Fight to Privatize & Monopolize Space Infrastructure as Earth Burns & Workers Organize
• "All We Can Save": As Climate Disasters Wreck Our Planet, Women Leaders Are Key to Solving the Crisis

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Journalist Ed Yong on why this year may be worse than 2020 for many communities with low vaccination rates; Demonstrators fill the streets of several cities across Colombia again to protest the right-wing government of Iván Duque; A new Haitian prime minister is sworn in as questions grow over who orchestrated the killing of President Jovenel Moïse. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Democracy Now! 2021-07-20 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 20, 2021
• Amnesty Int'l Calls for Moratorium on Private Spyware After Israeli NSO Group Pegasus Revelations
• Mexico Used Private Israeli Spyware Pegasus to Surveil President's Family & a Murdered Journalist
• Amnesty International: Julian Assange's "Arbitrary" Detention Must End. Release Him Now.
• "Gulag of Our Time": Amnesty International Calls on Biden Admin to Shut Down Guantánamo Bay Prison
• "Heartbreaking": Judge's Suspension of DACA Renews Push for Comprehensive Immigration Bill

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