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Democracy Now! Thursday, September 12, 2024

We continue our post-presidential debate conversation with former presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Nader and Stiglitz analyze the forces driving the economic performances of the Trump and Biden administrations and share their respective forecasts for what could be Trump’s second term in the Oval Office or Kamala Harris’s first.

Democracy Now! 2024-09-11 Wednesday

• Headlines for September 11, 2024
• "They're Eating the Dogs": Trump Touts Anti-Migrant Conspiracy Theory in Debate with Kamala Harris
• "Dystopian Vision": Carol Anderson on Trump's Election Denial & Racist Fearmongering
• Will Harris Take on Corporate Greed? Ralph Nader & Joe Stiglitz on Debate, Trump's Tariffs & More
• Kamala Harris Highlights "Trump Abortion Bans" Across U.S., Vows to Restore Roe v. Wade

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Democracy Now! 2024-09-10 Tuesday

• Headlines for September 10, 2024
• Tariq Ali on U.S. & U.K. Arming Israel's War on Gaza, Pakistan Protests & Macron's Embrace of the Right
• "A Horrifying Undercount": Ralph Nader Says True Gaza Death Toll Could Be Many Times Higher
• RIP James Earl Jones: Watch Him Read Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

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We continue our conversation with Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti on Israel’s deadly raid on Jenin and other areas of the occupied West Bank. Watch Part 1 here.

Democracy Now! 2024-09-09 Monday

• Headlines for September 09, 2024
• Justice for Ayşenur Eygi: As Israel Kills Another American in West Bank, Will U.S. Demand Accountability?
• Rachel Corrie's Parents Mourn Death of Ayşenur Eygi, Warn of Israeli Military Cover-Up
• "The Brutality Is Truly Unprecedented" in West Bank: Mariam Barghouti on Israel's Deadly Incursions

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Democracy Now! 2024-09-06 Friday

• Headlines for September 06, 2024
• Russia Intensifies Strikes on Ukraine as U.S. Pledges $250 Million More for Kyiv Amid Deepening War
• "Beyond Catastrophic": U.N. Issues Dire Warning on Gaza as Israel Hinders Polio Vaccination Drive
• Fred Trump III Denounces His Uncle Donald Trump for Saying Disabled People "Should Just Die"

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In Part 2 of our interview with Steven Thrasher, chair of social justice in reporting at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, we get an update on his book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. He discusses the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and mask bans being passed by local governments and on college campus. “This is really, really dangerous situation,” Thrasher says, “because it is dissuading people from being able to mask, but it is also putting the power of what public health is in the hands of police officers.” He also gives a preview of his forthcoming book, The Overseer Class: Representation as Repression. Thrasher is an assistant professor of journalism, but Northwestern canceled his classes and suspended him when it put him under investigation this year, after Republicans attacked him during congressional hearings about pro-Palestine protests on college campuses, which he discussed in Part 1.

Democracy Now! 2024-09-05 Thursday

• Headlines for September 05, 2024
• Lax Gun Laws a "Death Sentence": Georgia Teen Kills 4 in Deadliest School Shooting of 2024
• EXCLUSIVE: Northwestern Suspends Journalism Professor Steven Thrasher After Gaza Solidarity Protest
• "Campus Has Become Unrecognizable": Columbia Prof. Franke Faces Firing After DN Interview on Gaza
• How U.S. College Administrators Are "Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests"

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Democracy Now! 2024-09-04 Wednesday

• Headlines for September 04, 2024
• Dire: Aid Workers Vaccinate Gaza Children During Pauses in Israeli Attacks, Urge Permanent Ceasefire
• Fmr. Israeli Hostage Negotiator Gershon Baskin Slams Netanyahu for Blocking Ceasefire Deal
• "Dynamite Nashville" Book Reveals KKK Behind Unsolved Civil Rights-Era Attacks, Prompts New Probe

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Democracy Now! 2024-09-03 Tuesday

• Headlines for September 03, 2024
• Mass Israeli Protests as 6 More Hostages Killed, But Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, U.S. Sends Arms
• 10,000 Hotel Workers Strike at Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton for Raises, Fair Workloads & Respect
• The New Yorker Publishes 2005 Haditha, Iraq Massacre Photos Marines "Didn't Want the World to See"

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Democracy Now! Monday, September 2, 2024

The prolific historian Gerald Horne joins us to discuss his new book that explores some of the themes of what is known as Black August. The Center for Constitutional Rights defines Black August as a time designated to commemorate and honor “the freedom fighters, especially those inside the walls of our sprawling prison-industrial complex, who, with their vision, tenacity, and deep love for our communities, are leading us toward the horizon of abolition.” Black August began in 1979 inside San Quentin State Prison in California in part to commemorate the anniversary of the death of imprisoned Black Panther George Jackson, who was shot and killed by guards during an escape attempt on August 21, 1971. The work of Jackson and others are examined by professor Gerald Horne in his new book, Armed Struggle? Panthers and Communists; Black Nationalists and Liberals in Southern California Through the Sixties and Seventies. The book also draws on Horne’s own experience in Berkeley in the ’70s. Horne is a professor of history and African American studies at the University of Houston and author of many books.

Democracy Now! 2024-08-30 Friday

• Headlines for August 30, 2024
• From Decriminalization to Border Crackdown, Harris Defends Hard-Line Shift in 1st Interview as Nominee
• No Policy Change: In CNN Interview, Harris Refuses to Condition U.S. Military Support for Israel
• "Opportunity Economy": Kamala Harris Promotes Expanded Child Tax Credit, Regulating Price Gouging
• No Ban on Fracking: Kamala Harris Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels in Shift from 2019
• "Master Plan": New Lever Podcast Series Traces How Oligarchs "Legalized Corruption" in U.S.

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Democracy Now! 2024-08-29 Thursday

• Headlines for August 29, 2024
• Report from Gaza: Israel Kills Dozens More, Increases Forced Evacuations, Attacks Aid Truck
• "They Want Palestine Empty": Artist in Jenin Blasts U.S. Support for Israel Amid West Bank Assault
• "Gender Apartheid": Taliban Approves Law in Afghanistan Requiring Women Remain Silent in Public
• Warnings of Nuclear Catastrophe as Power Plants in Russia and Ukraine at Risk Amid Escalating War

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Democracy Now! Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-08-27 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 27, 2024
• Palestinian Healthcare Workers Chained, Starved, Sexually Abused: New HRW Report on Israeli Prisons
• What Is RealPage? DOJ Sues Software Firm Using Algorithm Enabling Landlords to Fix High Rents

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Democracy Now! 2024-08-26 Monday

• Headlines for August 26, 2024
• "Colonial Process": How U.S.-Led Ceasefire Talks Are Latest Erasure of Roots of Arab-Israeli Conflict
• "How Many More?" Attorney Ben Crump on Latest in Breonna Taylor, Tyre Nichols & Roger Fortson Cases
• Trump Wanted Them Dead: Exonerated Central Park 5 Speak at DNC & Fight to Defeat Trump

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Democracy Now! Friday, August 23, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-08-22 Thursday

• Headlines for August 22, 2024
• Uncommitted Delegates Launch Sit-In After DNC Rejects Request for a Palestinian Speaker at Convention
• Tim Walz Accepts VP Nomination; A Look at His Record on George Floyd Murder, IVF, Guns and Gaza
• "Stop Sending Bombs": Rep. Ilhan Omar Visits Uncommitted Sit-In & Demands Israeli Arms Embargo
• Uncommitted Delegates Speak Out After Sleeping Outside DNC to Protest Silencing of Palestinian Voices
• "So Horrific": Doctor Recounts Treating Patients in Gaza Injured in Massacres Enabled by U.S. Bombs
• Climate Crisis & Election Roundtable: From Tim Walz's Record to Project 2025 to Israel

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