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Democracy Now! 2025-04-25 Friday

• Headlines for April 25, 2025
• "Sinners": Director Ryan Coogler on His Latest Hit, Delta Blues, His Mississippi Roots & Vampires
• "Musk Is Scamming the City of Memphis": Meet Two Brothers Fighting Colossus, Musk’s xAI Data Center

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-24 Thursday

• Headlines for April 24, 2025
• "Ultimate Grifter": Bob Kuttner on How Trump Could Drop His Tariffs & Take Credit for Saving Economy
• As Trump Attacks CBS, Maria Ressa Warns He Is Following Philippine Model to Crack Down on Free Press
• Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa Remembers Pope Francis for Progressive Views & Embracing the Global South
• Trump's War on Children: DOGE Guts Head Start, Child Abuse Programs, Healthcare & More

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-22 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 22, 2025
• Remembering Pope Francis on Earth Day: How He Linked Capitalism, Climate & Catholicism
• "The Doxxing-to-Deportation Pipeline": Update on Abduction & Jailing of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk
• Vijay Prashad: Historic 1955 Anti-Colonial Bandung Conference Inspired New Era in Global South

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We speak with Ana Tijoux,, the French Chilean musician and hip-hop artist known for her socially conscious lyrics, as she launches her U.S. tour. Her parents were exiled to France during the U.S.-backed Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, and she returned to Chile in 1993 and has been making music ever since. Her first new album in 10 years was released in 2024, Vida, and Serpiente de Madera is her new EP out this year. “In this historical moment, we are in constant movement. … [E]verything is quick,” says Tijoux of her latest music. “Sometimes for me it is important to come back to my community, to my people, to not lose hope.” Tijoux also discusses the Palestinian diaspora in Chile and the ongoing crackdown on protests against the genocide in Gaza, and the role of artists in confronting the Trump administration’s culture wars.

Democracy Now! 2025-04-21 Monday

• Headlines for April 21, 2025
• Sen. Van Hollen on Meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador & Escalating Constitutional Crisis
• Pope Dies at 88: Pax Christi's Marie Dennis on How He Championed the Marginalized, Changed the Church
• "Heart of Compassion" for Palestine: Pope Francis Called for Gaza Ceasefire Until His Final Days
• Pope Francis's Book Editor Robert Ellsberg on the Pontiff's Life, Legacy & Care for Refugees
• Mohsen Mahdawi Arrest Sends Message "Peacemakers Are Not Welcome": Israeli American Columbia Student

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-18 Friday

• Headlines for April 18, 2025
• "Absolute Nonsense": As Measles Cases Soar & Kids Die, Expert Slams RFK Jr. on Vaccine-Autism Link
• Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona; A Day Later, She's Killed in Israeli Strike

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In Part 2 of our interview with award-winning author and journalist Omar El Akkad, he discusses the roots of his new book about the war on Gaza, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, and how he draws hope from people engaged in “active resistance.”

Democracy Now! 2025-04-17 Thursday

• Headlines for April 17, 2025
• Constitutional Crisis: As Trump Ignores Judges' Orders, Will the Courts Capitulate?
• "Need the World to Pay Attention": Sudan Faces World's Worst Displacement Crisis After 2 Years of War
• Trump Eyes Congo's "Incredible Mineral Riches" as Armed Conflict Devastates Region
• "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This": Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Western Complicity

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Democracy Now! Wednesday, April 16, 2025

In Part 2 of our conversation with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, he discusses in detail his new set of documentaries that premiere April 15 and April 16 on HBO in The Dark Money Game series, which investigate the origins and impacts of campaign finance in the U.S. Building on reporting by Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, in “Ohio Confidential” he tracks the corruption case of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and in “Wealth of the Wicked,” he looks at the history of campaign financing and what led up to the Citizens United decision of 2010.

Democracy Now! Tuesday, April 15, 2025

As the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast Suave returns for its second season, we continue our conversation with journalist Maria Hinojosa and David Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, the subject of the series. Gonzalez was sentenced to life in prison at age 17, but got an unexpected second chance when he was paroled in 2017 following a Supreme Court ruling that found sentences like his unconstitutional. The first season of the podcast followed Gonzalez’s case, his decadeslong friendship with Hinojosa and his eventual release from prison. The second season looks at his struggle to reintegrate into society.

Democracy Now! 2025-04-14 Monday

• Headlines for April 14, 2025
• Mahmoud Khalil's Lawyer: Trump Admin Is Delaying in Federal Court While Racing to Deport Activist
• Maria Hinojosa: El Salvador's "Dictator" Key to Disappearing Migrants Like Kilmar Abrego Garcia
• "I'm Not Really Free": Pulitzer Winners "Suave" & Maria Hinojosa Examine Life After Prison in Season 2

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Watch our extended interview with British Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi and Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri, who discuss the new feature film The Teacher. Inspired by true events, the drama looks at how Israel’s decadeslong military occupation impacts Palestinian children. Nabulsi details the challenges of filming The Teacher in the occupied West Bank, and Bakri discusses how he drew on his own experience as a father to play the titular role.

Democracy Now! Friday, April 11, 2025

Democracy Now! 2025-04-10 Thursday

• Headlines for April 10, 2025
• From "Liberation Day" to Chaos: Trump Pauses Most Tariffs While Escalating Trade War with China
• Trump Threatens Joint U.S.-Israeli Attack on Iran If Talks on Iran's Nuclear Program Fail
• Columbia Prof. Marianne Hirsch: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Reminds Me of Growing Up Under Authoritarianism

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-09 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 09, 2025
• A War on the First Amendment: David Cole on Trump Targeting Students, Law Firms, Schools & Journalists
• Elon Musk Stands to Get Even Richer as Trump Backs $1 Trillion Budget for Pentagon

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-08 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 08, 2025
• "What About the Capitalists?": Autoworkers in U.S., Mexico Call for Solidarity, Not Divisive Tariffs
• "Detained Without Evidence": Maryland Father Remains in El Salvador Prison After SCOTUS Ruling
• "Black Americans Are Not Surprised": Christina Greer on Trump's Attacks on Students, DEI & History

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In Mali, thousands of mourners gathered in Bamako Sunday for the funeral of Amadou Bagayoko, half of the the world-renowned duo Amadou & Mariam. Bagayoko died on Friday at the age of 70. The blind husband-and-wife music duo came to the Democracy Now! studio in 2018 to perform and talk about their music.