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Democracy Now! Friday, February 16, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-02-15 Thursday

• Headlines for February 15, 2024
• Doctor Reports on Bombing of Nasser Hospital Just Before Israeli Troops Storm Complex
• "I Always Imagine Myself Being Blown Up": Journalist in Rafah on Dire Situation as Invasion Looms
• Kenneth Roth: Only Joe Biden Has Power to Stop "Massive Bloodshed" of a Rafah Invasion
• "Obscene": Biden Pushes House to Approve Bill with $14B in Military Aid to Israel, Cuts UNRWA Funding

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Democracy Now! 2024-02-12 Monday

• Headlines for February 12, 2024
• "Our Children Deserve to Live": Mother in Rafah Desperate to Escape as Israel Prepares Ground Invasion
• "Worst-Case Scenario": Noura Erakat on Israel's Looming Invasion of Rafah
• Race, Gender, Class: Bishop Barber, Economist Michael Zweig on Poor & Low-Wage Voters in 2024 Election
• Bishop William Barber on the "Moral Case for a Ceasefire" in Gaza

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Democracy Now! Friday, February 9, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-02-08 Thursday

• Headlines for February 08, 2024
• Ex-UNRWA Official: Funding Cuts Make Donor Countries Complicit in Starvation of Gaza
• Senegal's "Unraveling": President's Delay of Election Is Latest in String of Anti-Democratic Actions
• "Io Capitano": Oscar-Nominated Film Dramatizes Perilous Migrant Journey from West Africa to Europe

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Democracy Now! 2024-02-07 Wednesday

• Headlines for February 07, 2024
• Former Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy: Only U.S. Pressure on Israel Can End Gaza Assault, Lead to Truce
• Jeremy Scahill: Israel Has Waged a "Deliberate Propaganda Campaign" to Justify Brutal Gaza Assault

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Democracy Now! 2024-02-06 Tuesday

• Headlines for February 06, 2024
• Dissent Grows Inside Biden Administration over Gaza Policy as Blinken Holds Talks in Middle East
• "Unconscionable": American Pediatrician Who Worked in Gaza Hospital Recalls Horrors of Israel's War

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Democracy Now! 2024-02-05 Monday

• Headlines for February 05, 2024
• U.S. & Israel vs. Axis of Resistance: Biden Strikes New Targets in Middle East as Gaza War Continues
• "Incandescent" with Rage: Matt Duss on Voter Anger over Biden Support for Netanyahu & Gaza Assault
• After Losing Nearly 100 Relatives in Gaza, Palestinian American Doctor Refuses to Meet with Blinken
• Israel's Use of Starvation as a Weapon of War Brings Gaza to the Brink of Famine

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Democracy Now! 2024-02-02 Friday

• Headlines for February 02, 2024
• Dearborn Mayor to Biden: "Lives of Palestinians Should Not Be Measured Simply in Poll Numbers"
• "Origin": Ava DuVernay's New Film Dramatizes "Caste," from U.S. Racism to India's Dalits to Nazi Germany

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Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Uché Blackstock about her new book, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

Democracy Now! 2024-02-01 Thursday

• Headlines for February 01, 2024
• "The Houthis Are Not Iranian Proxies": Helen Lackner on the History & Politics of Yemen's Ansar Allah
• "Climate of Fear": Inside UAE's Use of U.S. Mercenaries to Carry Out Assassinations in Yemen
• "Legacy": Dr. Uché Blackstock on How Racism Shapes Healthcare in America

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Democracy Now! 2024-01-31 Wednesday

• Headlines for January 31, 2024
• Biden's Middle East Policy "Leading Us into a War Whose Aims We Have Not Defined"
• "An Act of Assassination": Mustafa Barghouti Slams Undercover Israeli Raid on Jenin Hospital
• Israeli Cabinet Members Join Settler Event of Thousands Calling for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza

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Democracy Now! 2024-01-30 Tuesday

• Headlines for January 30, 2024
• Ohio Will Consider Execution by Nitrogen Gas After Alabama Used Method Witness Calls "Horrific"
• Sister Helen Prejean: Will Oklahoma Free Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip After SCOTUS Hears Case?
• "Monumental Decision": Biden Pauses Approvals for New LNG Terminals in Victory for Climate Movement
• "We're Dying Here": Human Rights Watch on the Fight for Life in Louisiana's Fossil Fuel Cancer Alley
• Cost of Doing Business? Amnesty Int'l Documents Health, Environmental Impact of Fossil Fuels in Texas

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In Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Thaer Ahmad, an emergency room physician who spent three weeks volunteering at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, he describes how he saw UNRWA providing key aid to Palestinians displaced by Israeli attacks, including a shelter “packed with families and children” dependent on UNRWA to provide their daily meals. He says it is “unconscionable” to cut off their lifeline as hospitals are no longer able to provide basic medicine and care, and many people have died because they are “overwhelmed.” He also discusses the impact of the war on medical staff, who are working without pay, some of whom have been killed, including Dr. Hammam Alloh, who was killed when an Israeli artillery shell struck his wife’s home, killing him, his father, brother-in-law and father-in-law.

Democracy Now! Monday, January 29, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-01-26 Friday

• Headlines for January 26, 2024
• International Court of Justice Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide in Gaza But Fails to Order Ceasefire

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Extended discussion with Mahmood Mamdani, professor of government at Columbia University who specializes in the study of colonialism. He’s the author of numerous books including most recently, “Neither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities.” He was previously a professor and director of the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

Democracy Now! Thursday, January 25, 2024