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Democracy Now! 2025-05-15 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2025-05-15 Thursday
- Headlines for May 15, 2025
- "Trump's Fake Refugees": As U.S. Welcomes White South Africans, Trump Falsely Charges "Genocide"
- Israel's "Crime of Apartheid": New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day
- "Surveillance Humanitarianism": As Gaza Starves, U.S.-Israeli Plan Would Further Weaponize Food
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Democracy Now! 2025-05-14 Wednesday
Democracy Now! 2025-05-14 Wednesday
- Headlines for May 14, 2025
- U.S. & Saudis Sign $142B Arms Deal as Trump Meets with Syria's New Leader & Drops Syrian Sanctions
- While Israel Wanted to Bomb Iran, Trump Pushes Talks; But in Gaza, Israel's Mass Killings Continue
- Salvadoran Journalists Exposed Pres. Bukele's Ties to Gangs. Then They Had to Flee to Avoid Arrest
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Palestinian Journalist Abubaker Abed on the Struggle of "Reporting a Genocide of Your Own People"
In Part 2 of our interview with Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed, the 22-year-old recounts leaving Gaza last month for Ireland while facing threats to his safety and suffering from malnutrition. He says he has found solidarity and comfort in Ireland, but says he is still dealing with the trauma of a year and a half of war. The sounds of planes and helicopters still trigger fear in him. “I’m trying to navigate this pain,” he says.
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The Guardian's Oliver Laughland on Starbase, TX; Cops with "Red Flags" Helping ICE; "Detention Alley"
We speak with Oliver Laughland, The Guardian's U.S. southern bureau chief and investigations correspondent, about his reporting on the election in Elon Musk's new company town in Texas called Starbase; his report headlined “Trump officials increasingly recruit local police for immigration enforcement despite red flags,” and also his reporting on conditions in immigrant detention centers in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, which human rights advocates call “Detention Alley” and a “legal black hole.”
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Democracy Now! 2025-05-09 Friday
Democracy Now! 2025-05-09 Friday
- Headlines for May 09, 2025
- Leo XIV: First U.S.-Born Pope Criticized Trump/Vance on Deportations, Lack of Compassion for Immigrants
- Priest Sexual Abuse Survivors Demand Accountability from New Pope: "Open Up Those Archives"
- "We Are Not Living. We Are Enduring." Gaza Mother on Struggle for Food, Safety Under Israeli Blockade
- Tyre Nichols Case: Shock & Anger in Memphis as 3 Cops Acquitted on State Murder Charges
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Democracy Now! 2025-05-06 Tuesday
Democracy Now! 2025-05-06 Tuesday
- Headlines for May 06, 2025
- Trump's Newest Grift: Molly White on First Family's Cryptocurrency Empire & Gutting of Regulations
- Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Winning a Pulitzer: I Can't Celebrate While Gaza Is Starving
- Israel's "Horrific Trifecta" of Starvation, Siege & Bombings Creates Maternal Health Disaster: Nurse
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Democracy Now! 2025-05-05 Monday
Democracy Now! 2025-05-05 Monday
- Headlines for May 05, 2025
- "Chilling": Wisconsin Gov. Evers Pushes Back After Trump's Border Czar Threatens to Arrest Him
- "End Times Fascism": Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right "Don't Believe in the Future"
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Democracy Now! 2025-04-30 Wednesday
Democracy Now! 2025-04-30 Wednesday
- Headlines for April 30, 2025
- "Trump Is Trying to Break Us": Trump Threats to Annex Canada Help Liberal Party Win Critical Election
- DOGE Is Going Global: Elon Musk Is Inspiring Right-Wing Efforts Abroad to Gut Government Programs
- Viet Thanh Nguyen on 50 Years After Vietnam War, Trump's "Ugly American" Politics, El Salvador & More
- "To Save and to Destroy": Viet Thanh Nguyen on New Book Exploring Otherness, Refugees, Gaza & More
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Democracy Now! 2025-04-29 Tuesday
Democracy Now! 2025-04-29 Tuesday
- Headlines for April 29, 2025
- "Taking Our Power Back": Immigrants & Workers Plan for May Day Protests as Trump Marks 100 Days
- "The Hollow Half": Palestinian-American Sarah Aziza on Gaza, Generational Trauma, Anorexia & Exile
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Democracy Now! 2025-04-28 Monday
Democracy Now! 2025-04-28 Monday
- Headlines for April 28, 2025
- Three U.S. Citizen Children, Including 4-Year-Old Battling 4th Stage Cancer, Deported to Honduras
- "Abuse of Power": Trump Admin's "Bizarre" Arrest of Milwaukee Judge Shocks Legal Community
- Former Social Security Chief Martin O'Malley Warns of "Collapse of the Entire System" Under Trump
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Democracy Now! 2025-04-25 Friday
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
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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