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Democracy Now! 2026-07-03 Friday
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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Democracy Now! 2026-07-02 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2026-07-02 Thursday
- Headlines for July 02, 2026
- Profiting from the Presidency: Trump and Family Rake In Billions from Crypto, Real Estate & More
- "Rule of Law vs. Rule of Billionaires": Supreme Court Says Trump Can Fire Regulators, Except at Fed
- "The American Revolution Was Hardly an Anti-Colonial Movement": UCLA Historian Robin D. G. Kelley
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Democracy Now! 2026-07-01 Wednesday
Democracy Now! 2026-07-01 Wednesday
- Headlines for July 01, 2026
- "America Is a Multiracial Democracy": Supreme Court Denies Trump's Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
- "We Continue to Fight": Chase Strangio on the Supreme Court's Ban on Trans Girls & Women in Sports
- Supreme Court Approves Mail-In Voting, But Trump Keeps Pushing Extremist SAVE Act Ahead of Midterms
- Reparations Efforts "Sweeping the Country" Despite DOJ Attack on Evanston, IL Groundbreaking Program
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Democracy Now! 2026-06-30 Tuesday
Democracy Now! 2026-06-30 Tuesday
- Headlines for June 30, 2026
- "Merciless Indian Savages": Cherokee Podcaster on Racist Slur in the Declaration of Independence
- Meet Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American Who Won New York State Senate Primary
- "Keep Supporting the Venezuelan People": Thousands Missing as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Continue
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Democracy Now! 2026-06-29 Monday
Democracy Now! 2026-06-29 Monday
- Headlines for June 29, 2026
- "America, U.S.A.": Eddie Glaude on the 250th Anniv., Race & "The Madness at the Heart of the Country"
- "Meet a Stranger": StoryCorps Facilitates Conversations Across the U.S. for 250th Anniversary
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Democracy Now! 2026-06-26 Friday
Democracy Now! 2026-06-26 Friday
- Headlines for June 26, 2026
- In "Devastating" Immigration Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to "Turn Back" Asylum Seekers
- Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars
- Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in "Racially Inflected" Decision
- Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer
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Democracy Now! 2026-06-25 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2026-06-25 Thursday
- Headlines for June 25, 2026
- "Utter Devastation": Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes
- Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists
- "How to Think About AI": Cory Doctorow on Big Tech, Understanding AI, Labor Automation & More
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Actor Elliot Page on Growing Up Queer, Trans Identity & "Second Nature" Film Directed by Drew Denny
We continue our discussion with actor, writer and producer Elliot Page, an Oscar nominee and author of the memoir Pageboy, about his trans identity, transgender rights and his work on the groundbreaking new documentary directed by Drew Denny, Second Nature, about gender and sexuality in nonhuman animal species.
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Democracy Now! 2026-06-19 Friday
Democracy Now! 2026-06-19 Friday
- Juneteenth Special: Historian Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
- Rhiannon Giddens on Pulitzer-Winning Opera "Omar" About Enslaved Muslim Scholar Omar ibn Said
- "Another Wasted Life": Rhiannon Giddens on How Death of Kalief Browder Inspired Her Song
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Nigerian British Photographer Misan Harriman on Rise of U.K. Far Right & Speaking Out Against Injustice
Part 2 of our conversation with the Nigerian British photographer and activist Misan Harriman, an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights. His photographs of the Black Lives Matter movement went viral, and he became the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of British Vogue. There’s a new documentary about Harriman called Shoot the People.
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Sean Murray on Anti-Immigrant Violence in Belfast, the Far Right, and Ireland's Colonial Legacy
Amy Goodman speaks with Irish filmmaker Seán Murray in Belfast, where tens of thousands of people attended an anti-racism rally recently to protest a wave of far-right anti-immigrant violence. The riots broke out after an asylum seeker from Sudan was charged with attempted murder. Murray discusses the rise of the Irish far right, the historical context of British colonial racism and the impact on Irish society. Murray’s latest documentary is Journacide: The War on Truth, documenting Israeli killings of journalists in Lebanon.
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Democracy Now! 2026-06-15 Monday
Democracy Now! 2026-06-15 Monday
- Headlines for June 15, 2026
- Will Israel Blow Up Trump's Deal? Jeremy Scahill on Iran Talks, Strait of Hormuz, Nukes & More
- Major Antiracist Rally Held in Belfast to Condemn Anti-Immigrant Riots Egged On by Elon Musk
- DOJ Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Amid Fears Trump Allies Will Tighten Grip on Media
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