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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 31, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 30, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 29, 2021

U.S. Coronavirus Infections Hit All-Time High

Omicron Drives Record Rates of Infection in Several European Countries

Taliban Fire Warning Shots at Dozens of Women Protesters in Kabul

U.N. Envoy Warns of Civilian Toll as Saudi-Led War on Yemen Escalates

Mahmoud Abbas Meets Israeli Defense Minister

Death Toll from Brazil Flooding Rises to 20

Kodiak, Alaska, Hits 67°F as Climate Emergency Fuels Extreme December Weather

Climate Emergency Cost Global Economy Nearly $200 Billion in 2021

South African Court Halts Shell Oil’s Offshore Oil Exploration Plans

Russia Shutters International Memorial, Which Chronicled Soviet Abuses

Chinese Police Close Hong Kong News Outlet Stand News, Arrest Staffers

Family of Valentina Orellana-Peralta Demands Justice for 14-Year-Old Killed by LAPD

Colorado Gunman’s Shooting Spree Leaves 5 Dead, 2 Injured

Judge Rejects First Amendment Claims of Proud Boys in Capitol Riot Conspiracy Case

Jan. 6 Committee Defers Request for Trump Records as White House Cites National Security

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies at 82

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 28, 2021

World Coronavirus Cases Hit Record High as Omicron Surges

Israel Tests Fourth Vaccine Doses as COVID Surges in Largely Unvaccinated African Nations

Biden Warns Governors of Looming Shortages of Hospital Beds as COVID-19 Cases Near Pandemic Highs

CDC Recommends Shorter Isolation for People with Asymptomatic Coronavirus Infections

Afghan Taliban Bans Women from Road Trips Without Male Escort

Talks on Reviving Iran Nuclear Deal Resume in Vienna

Iraq’s Top Court Ratifies Results of October’s Contested Election

Russia to Hold Talks with U.S. and NATO Allies over Ukraine Border Tensions

New German Government Moves to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Biden Signs NDAA, Lifting Pentagon Budget to Record-Shattering $778 Billion

LAPD Video Shows Officer Fatally Shooting Suspect and 14-Year-Old in Department Store

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 27, 2021

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket as Omicron Spreads at Unprecedented Pace

China Orders Lockdown for 13 Million in Xi’an; Pope Francis Calls for Universal Access to Vaccines

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Who Battled Apartheid and Championed Human Rights, Dies at 90

Israel Plans to Double Population of Illegal Settlements in Occupied Golan Heights

Burmese Military Accused of Massacring Dozens of Civilians 

Iraqi Kurds Hold Funerals for Family Members Who Drowned Crossing English Channel 

Dams Burst After Torrential Rains in Brazil; U.S. Records Record High December Temperatures

Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully Argued Roe v. Wade at Supreme Court, Dies at 76

El Salvador Frees Women Jailed for “Homicide” After Miscarriages

Literary Icon Joan Didion Dies at 87

Georgia Poll Workers Sue Rudy Giuliani, One America News for Defamation

Minnesota Cop Kim Potter Guilty of Manslaughter for Killing Daunte Wright

LAPD Fatally Shoots 14-Year-Old Girl in Department Store Dressing Room

Parents of 43 Missing Mexican Students Demand Answers in 2014 Disappearances

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 24, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 23, 2021

South Africa Says Omicron Coronavirus Surge Has Peaked

WHO Warns Blanket Booster Programs Divert Vaccine Supply, Prolonging Pandemic

FDA Approves COVID-19 Pill; Most Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Fail Against Omicron

New York Coronavirus Cases Surge to Record High; Supreme Court to Weigh Vaccine Mandates

Proud Boys Member Pleads Guilty to Capitol Riot Conspiracy, Will Cooperate with FBI

FBI Undercover Teams Infiltrated Portland Racial Justice Protests

U.S. Relaxes Limits on Aid as Afghanistan Faces Dire Humanitarian Crisis

U.N. Calls for Probe into Reports That Sudanese Security Forces Raped Anti-Coup Protesters

3 Dead, Dozens Missing After Boat Carrying Refugees Sinks in Aegean Sea

Biden Admin Extends Pause on Student Debt Repayment

Explosion at ExxonMobil Oil Refinery in Texas Injures at Least 4

Taylor Energy Agrees to Pay $43 Million in Settlement over U.S.’s Longest-Ever Oil Spill

NYC Divests $3 Billion in Retirement Funds from Fossil Fuels

Alabama Amazon Workers Say Two Warehouse Workers Died Within Hours of Each Other

Oscars Documentary Shorts Shortlist Includes “Takeover,” Which Recounts Young Lords’ 1970 Protest

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 21, 2021

WHO Urges Cancellation of Holiday Gatherings as Omicron Spreads at Record Pace

Omicron Variant Surpasses Delta, Now Accounts for Three-Quarters of U.S. Cases

New York Confirms Record Number of Coronavirus Infections for Fourth Straight Day

NHL Cancels Hockey Games Amid COVID Surge; Record Number of NFL Players Test Positive

White House to Make Half-Billion COVID-19 Home Test Kits Available for Free

Himalayan Glaciers Melt at Accelerating Rate as Climate Emergency Deepens

EPA Rule Would Require Gas-Powered Cars to Average 55 Miles Per Gallon by 2026

Burmese Military Massacred 40 Men and Buried Bodies in Mass Graves, Reports BBC

Egyptian Court Sentences Leading Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah to 5 More Years in Prison

Haitian Asylum Seekers Sue U.S. over Abuse and Racial Discrimination at Border

Humanitarian Aid Group Says British and French Rescue Crews Let 27 Refugees Drown

Pentagon to Crack Down on Extremism in Its Ranks

January 6 Committee Seeks Information from Republican Rep. Scott Perry

Jury Deliberations Open in Ghislaine Maxwell Sex-Trafficking Trial 

Chris Noth Dropped from CBS’s “The Equalizer” Following Sexual Assault Claims

Jury Weighs Manslaughter Charges for MN Officer Kim Potter, Who Killed Daunte Wright

Harvard Won’t Require SAT or ACT Scores for Applicants Through 2026

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 20, 2021

Build Back Better in Jeopardy After Sen. Joe Manchin Announces He Will Not Vote in Favor

Federal Company Vaccine Mandate Reinstated; New Data Show Moderna Booster Helps Fight Omicron

Southwest CEO Tests Positive After Senate Hearing; Sens. Booker and Warren Announce They Have COVID

Omicron Sends COVID Cases Surging, Prompts New Restrictions in Israel, U.K., the Netherlands

35-Year-Old Progressive Activist Gabriel Boric Will Be Chile’s Next President

Death Toll from Super Typhoon Rai Rises to 375 in Philippines; Floods Kill 8 in Malaysia

Hong Kong’s “Patriots Only” Election Sees Record Low Turnout

Hundreds of Thousands of Sudanese Protesters March Against Military Rule

U.N. Human Rights Council to Probe War Crimes in Ethiopia

Islamic Countries Pledge Humanitarian Trust Fund for Afghanistan

NYT Reveals Widespread Pattern of Civilian Deaths and Cover-Ups in U.S. Air Wars

Capitol Rioter Gets 5 Years in Prison, Stiffest Sentence Yet for January 6 Insurrection

Rahm Emanuel, Who Covered Up Police Killing of Laquan McDonald, Confirmed as Ambassador to Japan

Claudette Colvin, Who Resisted Segregation in Alabama, Has Juvenile Court Record Expunged

Black Panther Russell “Maroon” Shoatz, Who Spent 22 Years in Solitary Confinement, Dies at 78

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 17, 2021

Biden Warns of “Winter of Severe Illness and Death” for Unvaccinated Americans

CDC Recommends Moderna and Pfizer Vaccines Over Johnson & Johnson, Citing Rare Blood Clots

Thousands of ICE Prisoners Denied Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

FDA Relaxes Restrictions on Access to Abortion Pills 

Federal Judge Throws Out Opioid Settlement That Shielded Sackler Family from Lawsuits

Lucía Hiriart, Widow of Chilean Dictator Pinochet, Dies on Eve of Presidential Election

At Least Seven Die as Super Typhoon Rai Slams Philippines with 160 MPH Winds

Workers at Candle Factory Destroyed by Tornado Sue Company over “Flagrant Indifference”

Striking Kellogg’s Workers Win Tentative Contract; L.A. Cake Factory Workers Are 6 Weeks into Strike

Calls Mount to Overrule Senate Parliamentarian Who Rejected Immigration Proposal 

U.S. May Stop Detaining Migrant Families But Pulls Out of “Zero Tolerance” Compensation Talks

Haitian Gang Releases 12 Remaining North American Missionaries Held Hostage for Ransom

Haitian Immigrant Activist Jean Montrevil Wins Chance to Pursue Permanent Status in U.S.

Rohingya Genocide Survivor Testifies to Argentine Court in Universal Jurisdiction Case

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 16, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 15, 2021

U.S. Tops 800,000 COVID Deaths as Officials Around the World Warn of Omicron’s Rapid Spread

House Votes to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt; D.C. Sues Oath Keepers, Proud Boys over Insurrection

Judge Dismisses Trump Attempt to Shield Tax Docs from House; NY Probe into Trump Org. Continues

Another GOP Rep. Attacks Ilhan Omar as House Passes Anti-Islamophobia Bill

Congress Votes to Increase Debt Ceiling by $2.5 Trillion, Averting Default

UAE Suspends Talks with U.S. on $23 Billion Arms Sale

Presidents Putin and Xi Meet Amid Mounting Tensions with U.S.

Belarusian Opposition Leader Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

Fuel Tank Explosion Kills at Least 62 People in Haiti’s Second-Largest City

Mexican Families Remember Disappeared Loved Ones

Thermostat Reached Unprecedented 100.4 Degrees in 2020 Arctic Heat Wave

Muhammad Aziz, Exonerated in Murder of Malcolm X, Sues State of New York over Wrongful Conviction

Killing of Mario Gonzalez by Alameda Police Ruled a Homicide

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo Ordered to Repay $5.1 Million Received on Pandemic Book Deal

Ex-NFL Player Had Severe Brain Trauma When He Shot Dead 6 People and Took His Own Life

Voting Rights Advocates Are on Hunger Strike to Demand Passage of Freedom to Vote Act

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 13, 2021

Biden Declares Major Federal Disaster in KY; 100+ Feared Dead After Tornadoes Rip Through 8 States

U.S. Health Officials Say Boosters Could Curb Winter COVID Surge as NY Tightens Mask Rules

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Tests Positive for COVID-19

Over Half a Billion People Faced Extreme Poverty Due to Healthcare Costs During Pandemic

SCOTUS Says Providers Can Sue over Texas Abortion Law But Limits Scope and Keeps Ban in Place

Gov. Gavin Newsom Says He Will Use Texas Abortion Ban as Model for CA Gun Control Laws

NYT: Secret Unit Launched 10,000s of Strikes Against ISIS, Killing Syrian Civilians in the Process

Israeli PM Meets with UAE Crown Prince After Establishing Diplomatic Ties in 2020

Tigrayan Forces Retake Control of UNESCO Town Lalibela as PM Abiy Ahmed Heads Back to Frontlines

Argentine Protesters Reject Deal with IMF on Debt

New Caledonia Votes to Remain French Territory in Referendum Boycotted by Independence Groups

International Donors Release $280 Million in Aid to Afghanistan

Treasury Department Announces New Sanctions on China, Bangladesh, Burma and North Korea

Daunte Wright’s Girlfriend Testifies About Fatal Shooting by Officer Kim Potter

Former New Orleans Police Monitor Elected as Louisiana’s First Black Woman Sheriff

Customs and Border Protection Unit Used Anti-Terrorism Tools on Journalists

Seattle Socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant Survives Corporate-Backed Recall

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 10, 2021

U.K. Court Will Allow Extradition of Julian Assange to U.S. to Face Espionage Charges

Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó, Who Led Failed Coup Efforts, Speaks at White House Democracy Summit

Federal Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Keep January 6 Records Secret

New York Attorney General Letitia James Ends Gubernatorial Bid, Will Subpoena Trump

National Guard Called Out as COVID-19 Cases Overwhelm U.S. Hospitals

WHO Warns Rich Countries Against Vaccine Hoarding as Omicron Variant Spreads 

Truck Carrying Asylum Seekers Crashes in Mexico, Killing 54 and Injuring Over 100

Award-Winning Filipino Journalist Jesus Malabanan, Who Covered Duterte’s Drug War, Shot Dead

Police Thwart Possible Columbine-Inspired Mass Shooting at Florida College

Starbucks Workers in Buffalo Vote to Form Coffee Chain’s First Unionized Shop

Texas Court Finds Abortion Ban Unconstitutional, But Stops Short of Injunction

Reproductive Rights Groups Press California to Become Abortion Sanctuary State

Actor Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Falsely Reporting a Hate Crime

Environmental Lawyer Steven Donziger Released to Serve Rest of Prison Sentence from Home

New Zealand Aims to Phase Out Cigarette Use with Sweeping Anti-Tobacco Legislation

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 9, 2021

As Coronavirus Cases Surge, Study Finds World Dangerously Unprepared for Next Pandemic

Senate Approves Bill to Reverse Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers

Olaf Scholz Sworn In as German Chancellor, Ending Angela Merkel Era

Canada, U.K. and Australia Join U.S. Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

Western Sahara Activists Accuse Moroccan Authorities of Brutality and Sexual Assault

India’s Military Chief Among 13 Killed in Helicopter Crash

Biden Orders Transition to Renewable Energy for Federal Buildings and Vehicles

Lawmakers Grill Instagram Head over App’s Damaging Effects on Children

Mark Meadows Sues Jan. 6 House Cmte.; “Stop the Steal” Rally Organizer Cooperating with Panel 

“She Showed Him How to Kill Someone”: Manslaughter Trial of Kim Potter Gets Underway

CA Justice Dept. Probing Torrance Police After Revelation of Racist, Homophobic Text Messages

Labor Board Counts Votes in Starbucks’ First U.S. Union Elections; Kellogg’s Workers Continue Strike

Sen. Warren Blames Big Tech for Price Hikes as Amazon Employee Shares Inhumane Working Conditions

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 3, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 2, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 29, 2021

South Africa Blasts Travel Bans As Countries Race to Curb Spread of Omicron Variant

Federal Govt Sends Health Workers to Michigan, Which Leads U.S. COVID Surge

Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery’s Three White Killers Guilty of Murder

Shipwreck Kills 27 Refugees in Largest Recorded Tragedy in English Channel

Opposition Leader Xiomara Castro Claims Victory After Record Turnout in Honduras Election

Ukraine’s Zelensky Says He is Target of Imminent Coup as Allies Warn of Possible Russian Invasion

High Death Toll Reported as Ethiopian Soldiers Press Offensive in Afar Region

Oil Well Rupture Leaves Niger Delta Residents Hungry and Homeless

Police Use Violence to Suppress Protests Demanding Elimination of Violence Against Women

Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls on Congressional Leaders to Punish Rep. Boebert Over Anti-Muslim Remarks

Amazon Faces Climate Protests and Labor Actions on Black Friday

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 26, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 25, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 22, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 19, 2021

House to Vote on Build Back Better Act After Filibuster-Style Delay by Republican Leader

Julius Jones Granted Clemency Hours Before Scheduled Execution

Henry Montgomery, Sentenced to Life Term at 17, Leaves Angola Prison on Parole

Belarus Shelters Some Asylum-Seekers on Polish Border, Deports Iraqi Refugees

As COVID Surges in Europe, Austria Orders New Lockdown and National Vaccine Mandate

18,000 Cut Off by Flooding in British Columbia; Millions of Kenyans at Risk of Hunger Amid Drought

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Hits 15-Year Peak; Indigenous Groups in Ecuador Oppose Mining Plans

Delhi School Shutdown Expanded As Toxic Haze Blankets Indian Capital

Narendra Modi Renounces Indian Agricultural Reform After A Year of Farmers’ Protests

Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Has Not Been Seen In Weeks After Posting About Assault by Politician

Travis McMichael Admits Ahmaud Arbery Never Threatened Him as Defense Rests 

Aurora, CO to Pay $15 Million Settlement to Family of Elijah McClain

GOP Sen. John Kennedy Uses “Red Scare” Tactics to Discredit Biden Treasury Nominee

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 18, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Pfizer Seeks Approval For COVID Pill, Agrees to Deal To Make it Available in 95 Poorer Countries

Record Flooding Kills One Person, Displaces 1,000s in British Columbia

Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port For 11 Straight Days

Jury in Rittenhouse Trial Enters Second Day of Deliberations

Medical Examiner Says Ahmaud Arbery Shot at Close Range as Prosecution Rests Case

Julius Jones Set to Be Executed on Nov. 18 Unless Clemency Granted, Despite Evidence of Innocence

U.S. and China Agree to Hold Nuclear Talks

Burmese Coup Leaders Levy New Charges Against Aung San Suu Kyi; Freed U.S. Reporter Speaks Out

Chile’s Senate Votes Against Impeaching President Sebastián Piñera

U.S. Bars Entry For Nicaraguan President Ortega and Other Officials Following Election

Burkina Faso: Protesters Demand President Resign Amid Instability and After Deadly Militant Attack

U.S. Temporarily Curbing Refugee Admissions to Prioritize Resettlement of Afghan Evacuees

North Dakota Bans Teaching About Structural Racism in Schools

Sandy Hook Families Win Case Against InfoWars Propagandist Alex Jones

Workers at Fast-food Chain Burgerville Reach Tentative Agreement 3 Years After Launching Union Effort

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Biden Signs $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill; Build Back Better Act Remains Stalled in Senate

Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping Pledge Cooperation in U.S.-China Virtual Summit

Three Killed and Dozens Wounded as Suicide Bombers Strike Ugandan Capital City

Spanish Coast Guard Rescues More Refugees in Waters Near Canary Islands 

Polish Border Guards Fire Tear Gas and Water Cannons at Asylum-Seekers 

Thai Protesters Call for Reforms to Monarchy After Court Rules Against Activists

U.S. Condemns Russia Over “Dangerous and Irresponsible” Anti-Satellite Missile Test

Biden Proposes Drilling Ban Near Sacred Indigenous Sites in Chaco Canyon

Sen. Patrick Leahy to Resign in 2022; Beto O’Rourke Will Run for Texas Governor

Steve Bannon Surrenders to FBI; Wyoming GOP Dumps Liz Cheney Over Trump Criticism

30,000 Kaiser Healthcare Workers Win Tentative Contract, Averting Planned Strike

IATSE Narrowly Approves Film and TV Contracts, Averting Strike of 60,000 Production Workers

500 National Guard Troops on Standby as Jury Deliberations Open in Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

Judge Rejects Defense Request to Bar Black Pastors from Trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers

Howard University Reaches Agreement With Students Who Protested Campus Housing Conditions

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 15, 2021

COP26 Final Agreement Waters Down Coal Pledges, Leaves World on Track for Climate Disaster

NYT: U.S. Covered Up 2019 Syria Airstrikes That Killed 70 Women and Children

Austria Enacts Lockdown for the Unvaccinated as Europe Becomes Pandemic’s Epicenter Again

COVID Cases Rising in Over Half of U.S. States; OK Nat’l Guard Defies Pentagon’s Vaccine Mandate

Sudanese Military Kills Eight People During Latest Anti-Coup Protests, Detains Al Jazeera Bureau Head

Eight Refugees Found Dead, Dozens Others Rescued on Boat Near Canary Islands

U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster Freed from Burmese Prison

Journalist and Minority Shia Muslims Killed in Afghanistan Blasts

Schools Close in New Delhi Due to Toxic Air Quality

Violence Leaves 68 Dead at Ecuador Prison Where 118 Were Killed in September Riots

Mark Meadows Faces Contempt of Congress Charge; Steve Bannon to Surrender to Authorities

Biden Nominates Robert Califf to Reprise Role as FDA Commissioner

Nat’l Guard Called In to Kenosha Ahead of Rittenhouse Verdict as Closing Arguments Get Underway

9-Year-Old Boy Dies of Injuries Sustained at Astroworld, Pushing Death Toll to 10

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 12, 2021

New Draft Agreement Weakens Earlier Calls to Phase Out Coal, Fossil Fuel Funding as COP26 Nears End

Beyond Oil and Gas: Denmark and Costa Rica Lead New Push to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Biden and Xi Jinping to Hold Virtual Summit Amid Ongoing Tensions

NIH and Moderna in Legal Battle over COVID Vaccine Patent Rights

Another Explosion Targets Mosque in Afghanistan

5,000 Afghan Refugees Fleeing to Iran Every Day as Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

U.N.: 84 Million People Worldwide Displaced by War, Insecurity and the Climate Crisis

Eastern Europe Refugee Crisis Intensifies as Poland Blocks Border, Belarus Issues Threats

Burmese Military Court Sentences U.S. Journalist to 11 Years Behind Bars

Sudanese Military Coup Leader Sworn In Amid Ongoing Protests

Mexican Indigenous Land Protector Irma Galindo Barrios Missing for Over 2 Weeks

Palestinian Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike, 5 Others Continue Protest Against Detention Without Charge

U.S., Israel, Bahrain, UAE Hold Joint Military Training in Red Sea

Trial of White Teenage Gunman Kyle Rittenhouse Moves to Closing Statements

“We Don’t Want Any More Black Pastors”: Lawyer for Arbery’s Killer Says Pastors Are Intimidating Jury

Olympic Gold Medalist Sunisa Lee Suffers Racist Attack in L.A.

“It’s Common Sense”: Trump Defends Calls to Hang Mike Pence on Jan. 6

3,000 Graduate Workers on Strike at Columbia University

U.K. Prison Authorities to Allow Julian Assange to Get Married in Prison

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 11, 2021

U.S. and China Pledge to Reduce Emissions as COP26 Climate Summit Hits Homestretch

Kyle Rittenhouse Breaks Down in Tears on Witness Stand, Claims Self-Defense 

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Rise Again; Texas Judge Halts Ban on School Mask Mandates

Ethiopia Detains World Food Programme Drivers in War-Torn Northern Region

Sudan Restores Internet Service for First Time Since Coup; Civilian Leaders Reject Talks with Junta

Poland Increases Troops at Border Amid Reports of Migrant Deaths, Brutality by Belarusian Soldiers

Chilean Lawmakers Advance Impeachment Effort Against President Piñera

F.W. de Klerk, South Africa’s Last Apartheid President, Dies at 85

Judge Approves $626M Settlement for Flint Residents Who Were Poisoned by Lead in the Water

Boeing Accepts Responsibility for Ethiopia Airlines 737 MAX Crash, Will Compensate Families

DOJ Sues Uber for Discriminating Against Passengers with Disabilities

Advocacy Group Demands Gov. Hochul Increase Clemencies as NY Announces Plan to Close 6 Prisons

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 8, 2021

100,000+ People Take to Streets to Call Out Climate Inaction, COP26 Greenwashing

House Passes Bipartisan $1.2 Infrastructure Bill Without Vote on $1.75T Build Back Better Package

Court Blocks Company Vaccine Mandate; U.S. Lifts Travel Restrictions; Pfizer Seeks OK for COVID Pill

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi Survives Assassination Attempt

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager During West Bank Protest

Ortega Set to Retain Nicaraguan Presidency in Elections Marred by Crackdown on Opposition

U.S. Advises Citizens to Leave Ethiopia as Specter of All-Out War Increases

Sudanese Soldiers Arrest Scores of Anti-Coup Protesters

Sierra Leone Declares Three Days of Mourning After 100+ Die in Fuel Tanker Disaster

Polish Reproductive Rights Protesters Decry Death of Woman Denied Life-Saving Abortion

Opening Arguments Begin in Murder Trial of 3 White Men Who Killed Ahmaud Arbery

Eight Killed, Hundreds Injured in Crowd Crush at Astroworld Music Festival in Houston

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 5, 2021

World’s Biggest Polluters Remain on Sidelines as Over 40 Nations Pledge to Phase Out Coal

House Schedules Votes on Infrastructure Bill & Build Back Better Act

“We Want to Live!”: Climate Activists Confront Sen. Joe Manchin over Climate Emergency

White House Announces Vaccine Mandate for Over 100 Million U.S. Workers by January 4

U.S. to Cancel Contract with COVID-19 Vaccine Maker That Ruined Millions of Doses

Moderna Reports $3.3B Third-Quarter Profit; Protesters Demand It Share Vaccine Recipe

U.S. Proposes New $650 Million Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia, Despite Yemen War Crimes

Two Indigenous Mapuche Leaders Shot Dead in Chile

U.S. Sanctions Nicaraguan Gov’t as President Ortega Sidelines Opponents Ahead of Election

Press Freedom Tribunal in The Hague to Hold Governments Accountable for Journalist Killings

DOJ Sues Texas over Voter Suppression Law; NC’s GOP Passes Gerrymandered Maps

Second Manhattan Grand Jury Will Consider Financial Crimes by Trump Org.

Rittenhouse Trial Judge Removes Juror Who Joked About Shooting of Jacob Blake

Clemency Recommended for OK Man Facing Execution; Judge Denies New Trial for TX Death Row Prisoner

Weeks-Long Indigenous Blockade Protects Wet’suwet’en Land from Coastal GasLink Pipeline

Striking Alabama Coal Miners Return to NYC; 34K Kaiser Permanente Workers Poised to Strike

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 4, 2021

Global Carbon Emissions Near Record High as Nations Meet for Crucial Climate Summit

NJ Gov. Phil Murphy Narrowly Wins Reelection, in Ominous Sign for Democrats Ahead of 2022 Midterms

Socialist Candidate India Walton Concedes Hard-Fought Mayoral Race in Buffalo, NY

Senate Republicans Filibuster Voting Rights Legislation Again

U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 750,000

White House Warns of Vaccine Misinformation, Urges Parents to Get Children Vaccinated

Russia Records Another Record Daily COVID-19 Death Toll

WHO Approves Emergency Use of India’s 2-Shot Coronavirus Vaccine Covaxin

U.S. Blacklists Israel’s NSO Group, Whose Spyware Infected Phones of Journalists, Dissidents

Protests in Mexico Call for Justice for Murders of Women and Transgender Community

Biden Rebuffs Reports His Administration Could Pay $450,000 Per Separated Child at Border

World’s Most Polluting Nations Spend Twice as Much on Border Militarization Than Climate Crisis

Only One Black Juror Selected as Trial for Killers of Ahmaud Arbery Gets Underway

NYC Taxi Drivers Win Historic Victory as City Agrees to New Debt Relief Measures

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Youngkin Beats McAuliffe in VA Gov. Race; India Walton Trails Write-in Primary Loser Byron Brown in Buffalo

Eric Adams Wins NYC Mayoral Race; Michelle Wu Is 1st Woman, BIPOC Elected as Boston Mayor

Ohio Special House Races Go to Republican Mike Carey and Democrat Shontel Brown

Minneapolis Rejects Police Overhaul Measure; Oregon Legalizes “Magic Mushrooms” for Medical Use

COP26: U.S. Joins 90 Nations in Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions; South Africa Coal Deal Announced

CDC Approves Pfizer COVID Vaccine for 5- to 11-Year-Olds

Ethiopia Declares State of Emergency as Tigrayan Forces Advance; U.N. Report Details Mass Atrocities

Sheikh Jarrah Families Reject Israeli Deal That Would Diposess Them of Their Homes

Facebook Shutting Down Facial Recognition Program

Dems Reach Deal for Gov’t to Negotiate Drug Prices Through Medicare

Same-Sex Partners Will Be Able to Access Social Security Benefits of Deceased Loved Ones

John Deere Workers Continue Strike After Rejecting Proposed Contract with Management

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 2, 2021

World Leaders Gather in Glasgow for Start of Crucial COP26 U.N. Climate Summit

Sen. Joe Manchin Won’t Commit to Build Back Better Act, Imperiling Biden’s Domestic Agenda

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Texas’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

Virginia Governor’s Race Takes Center Stage on Election Day

Kids as Young as 5 Set to Be Vaccinated Within Days as Pediatric Doses Begin Shipping

Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Chicago Police Officers

U.N. Security Council Extends Peacekeeping Mandate in Moroccan-Occupied Western Sahara

Burmese Military Forces Accused of Torture and Attacks on Civilians

U.N. Warns Afghanistan Faces World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis Amid Mounting Hunger

Striking John Deere Workers Win Wage and Pension Increases in Tentative Contract

Homicide Trial of Teen Gunman Kyle Rittenhouse Gets Underway in Wisconsin

Senate Confirms Beth Robinson as First-Ever LGBTQ+ Federal Appeals Court Judge

Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized After Fall at Howard University

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 1, 2021

World Leaders, Activists Descend on Glasgow for COP26 as Future of Humanity Hangs in the Balance

G20 Members Agree to Minimum Corporate Tax Rate, Vaccines Push, Make Little Progress on Climate

Global COVID Death Toll Tops 5 Million; FDA Approves Vaccines for 5- to 11-Year-Olds

SCOTUS Rejects Religious Objection to Vaccine for Maine Health Workers; NYC Mandate Takes Effect

Biden Admin Issues New Memo to End “Remain in Mexico” as Migrant Caravan Takes Break on Trek to U.S.

Veteran Reporter Fredy López Arévalo Is at Least the Ninth Murdered Journalist in Mexico This Year

10 People Killed in Marib Fighting as 20 Million Yemenis Face Urgent Humanitarian Crisis

Sudanese Soldiers Kill 3 Protesters as Rallies Continue Against Military Coup

Third Bomb Attack in Under a Week Kills Two Children in Uganda

Texas Homeowner Who Killed Unarmed Driver Will Use “Stand Your Ground” Law as Defense

Philadelphia Bans Cops from Stopping Drivers for Low-Level Traffic Violations

Labor Board Ruling Boosts Union Drive of Buffalo, NY Starbucks Workers

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Texas’s Near-Total Ban on Abortions

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 29, 2021

Biden Unveils Stripped-Down Build Back Better Act After Sens. Manchin, Sinema Demand Cuts

Big Oil Executives Grilled by House Democrats over Deception on Climate Crisis

As Climate Crisis Worsens, 10 World Heritage Forests Become Net Carbon Emitters

China Won’t Commit to New Emissions Targets Ahead of COP26 Climate Summit 

Protesters at Site of COP26 Climate Summit Demand Real Action to Limit Warming to 1.5°C

Ahead of G20, Protesters Demand Biden Make COVID-19 Vaccines Available to Poor Countries

Sudanese Protester Deaths Mount After Monday’s Military Coup

Guantánamo Bay Prisoner Describes Surviving CIA Torture in “Black Sites”

Biden Admin in Talks to Compensate Families Who Were Separated at Border Under Trump

Federal Jury Says GEO Group Must Pay Minimum Wage for Labor by Immigrant Prisoners

Facebook Rebrands as “Meta” as Scandals Pile Up 

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo Charged with Groping Former Aide at Executive Mansion

DOJ to Pay $88 Million to Survivors of 2015 Black Church Massacre

Neo-Nazi on Trial for “Unite the Right” Delivers Racist Opening Statement

Oklahoma Executes John Marion Grant as Witnesses Describe Torturous, Drawn-Out Killing

Lisa Brodyaga, Beloved and Pioneering Immigrant Rights Lawyer, Dies at 80

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 28, 2021

Biden Set to Announce “Framework” for Revised Social Spending and Climate Bill

Iran to Rejoin Talks to Restore Nuclear Deal Abandoned by Trump

Top U.S. General Compares Chinese Hypersonic Missile Test to “Sputnik Moment”

U.S. Voices Rare Criticism as Israel Announces Plans to Further Expand Illegal Settlements

COVID-19 Sickened Nearly 60,000 Meat Industry Workers During Pandemic’s First Year

Inexpensive Antidepressant Fluvoxamine Shows Promise as COVID-19 Therapeutic

Merck to Allow Generic Manufacturing of Pill That Reportedly Can Cut COVID-19 Deaths by Half

Nor’easter Rips Through New England, Cutting Power to 600,000 Customers

New York Denies Permits to 2 Power Plants, Citing Emissions-Curbing Law

Biden Campaigns for McAuliffe in VA as GOP Candidate Revives Attack on Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”

Facebook Papers: Mark Zuckerberg Reinstated Anti-Abortion Video, Opposed Spanish Voting Resources

Environmental Lawyer Who Took On Chevron Starts Serving 6-Month Prison Sentence for Misdemeanor

U.S. Pushes to Extradite WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in London Court

Striking John Deere Worker Hit and Killed by Car as He Joined Picket Line

El Milagro Tortilla Plants Ending 7-Day Workweek After Employees Organize Against Labor Abuses

Harvard Student Workers Strike to Demand Better Pay and Healthcare

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 27, 2021

U.N.'s Guterres Warns World on Track for Climate Catastrophe, Even with Gov't Pledges Ahead of COP26

Brazilian Senators Back Report Accusing Bolsonaro of Crimes Against Humanity for Pandemic Response

Deborah Birx Says 130,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved, But Trump Admin “Distracted” by Election

FDA Panel Recommends Pfizer Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11; Moderna to Sell 110M Vaccines to African Countries

Afghanistan Heading Toward Collapse as Half the Country Faces Acute Food Insecurity

Four People, Including 3 Children, Drown Off Greek Coast

Dozens Arrested as Protesters in Ecuador Condemn Fuel Price Hike, New Economic Policies

Colombian Indigenous Misak Leader Nazaria Calambás Murdered by Gunmen

African Union Suspends Sudan After Military Coup

Rittenhouse Trial Judge Says the Word “Victims” Cannot Be Used to Describe Victims of Fatal Shooting

Senate Democrats Push Tax Plan for Billionaires to Help Fund Build Back Better Act

Staten Island Amazon Workers File Union Vote Petition

El Milagro Tortilla Company Facing Investigations over Working Conditions

AZ Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Others Testify on Threats to Election Workers

Ex-Member of Weather Underground David Gilbert Granted Parole After 4 Decades in Prison

Ex-Black Panther Russell “Maroon” Shoatz Freed After Half-Century Behind Bars, 22 Years in Solitary

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Sudan’s Military Opens Fire on Protesters Opposing Coup

FDA Panel to Review Pfizer’s Application for COVID Vaccines for Children

U.S. to Allow Entry to International Travelers Who Prove Vaccination

New York City Police Union Sues to Roll Back COVID Vaccine Mandate

U.N. Warns Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit Record High in 2020

U.N. Blames Climate Crisis for South Sudan’s Worst Flooding in 60 Years

Rare Mediterranean Hurricane Strikes Italy; California Sees Record October Rainfall 

Extinction Rebellion Climate Protesters Block Busy Streets in New York, Madrid

Netherlands’ Largest Pension Fund to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Facebook Whistleblower to U.K. Parliament: “Zuckerberg Has Unilateral Control Over 3 Billion People”

Guatemala Puts Town Under Martial Law as Indigenous Leaders Protest Mining Project

Amnesty International to Close Hong Kong Office, Citing Fear of Reprisal from Beijing

Turkish President Reverses Threat to Expel Western Ambassadors

Lyft Reports Over 4,000 Incidents of Sexual Assault 

Planners of Deadly Charlottesville “Unite the Right” Rally Face Federal Civil Charges

White House Rejects Trump’s Latest Claims of Executive Privilege in January 6 Probe

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 25, 2021

Sudanese Military Dissolves Transitional Gov’t, Detains Prime Minister in Coup

“Facebook Papers” Reveal How Co. Fueled Violence in India, Facebook’s Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection

“Stop the Steal” Organizers Say GOP Lawmakers, Trump Staffers Involved in Planning Jan. 6 Rallies

Israel Designates Palestinian Human Rights Orgs as “Terrorist” Groups

Turkey’s Erdogan Orders 10 Western Ambassadors Expelled over Support for Jailed Dissident

U.N. Fears Possible “Mass Atrocity Crimes” in Burma as Troops Mobilize

Refugees in Libya Camp Outside U.N. Office to Demand Evacuation

Barbados Elects First-Ever President to Replace British Queen as Head of State

Thousands of Asylum Seekers Form Caravan in Southern Mexico, March Toward U.S.

Apache Nation Asks Federal Court to Halt Proposed Copper Mine at Oak Flat

Supreme Court Again Refuses to Halt Texas’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

Neera Tanden Named White House Staff Secretary Despite Progressives’ Protests

Union Members Walked Off “Rust” Set Ahead of Prop Gun Killing of Halyna Hutchins

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 22, 2021

Report Reveals U.S. Immigration Officers’ Violent and Sexual Abuse of Asylum Seekers 

National Guard Troops Helped Texas Law Enforcement Arrest Over 70,000 Asylum Seekers

Haiti Gang Threatens to Kill Missionary Hostages Amid Dire Security & Economic Conditions 

Just 14% of Vaccines Pledged to Poorer Nations Have Been Delivered as Rich Countries Hoard Doses

Climate Crisis Set to Drive Public Health Crisis and Threaten National Security 

Wealthy Nations Tried to Dilute U.N. Climate Report Ahead of COP26 Global Summit

House Votes to Hold Steve Bannon in Contempt for Defying Capitol Insurrection Subpoena

J&J Spinoff Company Files for Bankruptcy to Stem Damage from Talcum Powder Cancer Lawsuits

Alec Baldwin Fires Prop Gun on Set, Killing Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and Injuring Director

Sen. Chuck Schumer Endorses India Walton for Buffalo Mayor Ahead of Nov. Election

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 21, 2021

Republican Senators Use Filibuster to Block Federal Voting Rights Bill

Biden Touts Compromise Deal After Sens. Manchin and Sinema Reject Build Back Better Agenda

White House Prepares for Mass Vaccinations of Children Aged 5 to 11 in November

Police Unions Oppose COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Senate Questions Rahm Emanual on Police Murder of Laquan McDonald in Ambassadorship Hearing

Syrian Civilians Killed in Idlib Shelling; HRW Warns of Abuses Against Returning Refugees

Ethiopian Gov’t Continues Airstrikes in Tigray Amid Mounting Humanitarian Crisis

U.S. Court Rules in Favor of Guantánamo Prisoner Held for 14 Years Without Charge or Trial

Nigerian Protesters Demand Justice One Year After Deadly “End SARS” Protests

NE GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Resigns from Cmte. Assignments Amid Probe into Campaign Contributions

Netflix Workers Walk Out, Issue Demands to Mgmt. over Transphobic Dave Chappelle Special

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Brazil Senate Report Accuses Bolsonaro of Multiple Crimes for Mishandling COVID-19 Pandemic

House Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Contempt Charges Against Steve Bannon

Climate and Social Provisions at Risk in Reconciliation Plan in Attempt to Appease Corporate Dems

Senate Panel Ups Pentagon Budget as Social & Climate Plans Get Sacrificed in Build Back Better Act

Sunrise Movement Activists Start Hunger Strike in Front of White House

Water Protectors Shut Down Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline in Michigan

NYC Communities and Local Officials Condemn National Grid Pipeline and Price Hikes

Africa’s Last Mountain Glaciers Could Melt Away in Next 20 Years, Exacerbating Climate Disaster

Over 10,000 Children Have Been Killed or Injured in Yemen Conflict; U.N. Calls for Marib Ceasefire

14 Refugees Have Died, Dozens Missing in Mediterranean Sea

Thousands Protest in Streets of Chile 2 Years After Historic Uprising and 1 Month Ahead of Elections

Central American Mothers Travel to U.S. to Demand Action on Missing Children

Parkland Massacre Victims’ Families Reach Settlement with School District Ahead of Gunman Guilty Plea

Texas Poised to Enact Gerrymandered Electoral Map Favoring White and GOP Voters

Family of Elijah McClain Reaches Tentative Deal with the City of Aurora over 2019 Killing

New York City Hall Will Take Down Racist Statue of Thomas Jefferson

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Trump Sues to Block Release of Documents to Congressional Committee on Jan. 6 Riots

FDA Panel Recommends Third Shot of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Groups

Colin Powell Died of COVID-19 Complications After Blood Cancer Left Him Immunocompromised

Sen. Joe Manchin Wants Strict Limits and Work Requirements for Child Tax Credit

Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Halt Texas’s Near-Total Ban on Abortions

SCOTUS Decisions Bolster Doctrine of Qualified Immunity for Police Officers

Kenosha, WI Police Accused of “Deputizing” White Nationalists Ahead of Shooting Deaths

Venezuelan President Maduro Says U.S. “Kidnapped” Diplomat Alex Saab

Biden Administration Plans to Spy on Caravans of Asylum Seekers in Latin America

Protesters Block Miami Port to Demand End to Haiti Deportation Flights

Indigenous Amazonians Sue Ecuador to Halt Oil Drilling and Mining Plans 

Tens of Thousands of Italian Anti-Fascist Protesters Rally in Rome

New York City Taxi Drivers Will Go on Hunger Strike to Demand Debt Relief

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 18, 2021

Gutting Democrats’ Climate Plans, Manchin Opposes Renewable Energy Program in Reconciliation Bill

Manchin Wants Strict Conditions on Child Tax Credit, Which Has Lifted Millions of Kids from Poverty

FDA Panel Unanimously Recommends Booster Shots of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine

Bronx Man Dies of COVID-19 One Hour After Release from Rikers Jail

COVID Cases on the Rise in the U.K, Russia; Melbourne Ends World’s Longest Lockdown

U.S. to Compensate Afghan Families over August Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians

Death Toll in ISIS-K Mosque Attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Rises to 47

British Lawmaker David Amess Fatally Stabbed

17 Missionaries and Children Kidnapped in Haiti

IATSE Reaches Tentative Deal with Hollywood Producers, Averting TV and Film Crew Strike

Advocates Walk Out of Virtual Meeting with White House over “Remain in Mexico” Policy

China Denies Report It Tested Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile

Chinese Authorities Sentence More Hong Kong Democracy Campaigners to Prison

Heavy Monsoon Rains Bring Floods and Landslides to India’s Kerala State

Argentine Judge Indicts Franco-Era Spanish Minister Martín Villa on Homicide Charges

Two Indigenous Children in Brazil Killed in Mining Dredge Used by Illegal Gold Miners

Puerto Ricans March to Protest Ongoing Power Outages After Privatization of Electric Grid

Texas Republicans Pass Bill Banning Trans Youth from School Sports

Donald Trump to Give Video Deposition over Guards’ Assault of Protesters in 2015

Jury Selection Begins in Trial of Three White Men Charged with Killing Ahmaud Arbery

Colin Powell, Whose False 2003 Testimony at U.N. Helped Launch U.S. Invasion of Iraq, Dies of COVID-19

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 15, 2021

Bomb Attack on Mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province Kills at Least 32

Lebanon Holds Day of Mourning After Beirut Violence Leaves Seven Dead

U.K. and EU Nations Block COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver at World Trade Organization

FDA Panel Recommends Moderna Vaccine Boosters for Some Groups

Biden Welcomes Kenyan President Kenyatta Amid Pandora Papers Scandal

Chilean Lawmakers Move to Impeach President Piñera over Pandora Papers Revelations

ICE Sued over “Cruel, Inhumane” Restraints Used on African Asylum Seekers

House Memo Shines Spotlight on Police Use of Tear Gas, a Chemical Banned in Wars

Appeals Court Keeps Texas Abortion Ban in Place

Texas School Official Instructs Educators to Teach Students “Opposing” Views on Holocaust

Actor Lili Bernard Sues Bill Cosby, Says He Drugged and Raped Her

Kenyan Police Arrest Husband of Murdered, Record-Breaking Runner Agnes Tirop

Jan. 6 Committee to Recommend Criminal Charges Against Steve Bannon

President Biden to Attend COP26 in November with Team of Cabinet Members and Top Officials

Climate Activist Confronts Shell CEO: “You Are Directly Responsible for Climate Deaths”

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 14, 2021

Biden Says Port of Los Angeles Will Operate 24/7 to Ease Logjam That’s Fueling Inflation

WHO Advisory Team to Investigate Origins of COVID-19 Pandemic

Pressure Grows to Waive Patent Rights for COVID Vaccines and for U.S. to Release Moderna Recipe

Florida Health Department Fines County That Defied Ban on Vaccine Mandates

Biden Admin to Massively Expand Wind Farms Along U.S. Coastlines

IAE Says Governments Must Do Far More to Avert Climate Catastrophe

Police Arrest Another 90 Activists as Climate Protests Continue in Front of White House

Texas Approves Heavily Gerrymandered Redistricting Map in Favor of GOP, White Voters

DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Reinstate Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber

Heavy Gunfights in Beirut Follow Shooting at Protest Which Killed at Least 5 People

Czechs Vote Out Populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš

Man Armed with Bow and Arrow Kills 5 People in Norway Attack

“Striketober”: 10,000 John Deere Workers Go on Strike; Kaiser Permanente & IATSE Workers Could Be Next

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 13, 2021

U.S. Reopens Borders with Canada and Mexico for Vaccinated Travelers; FDA Considers Moderna Booster

Southwest, American Airlines Rebuff TX Vaccine Mandate Ban; WI Moms Sue Schools for Endangering Kids

House Votes to Temporarily Raise Debt Ceiling

Progressive Dems Say Reconciliation Package Must Not Sacrifice Urgently Needed Social Programs

155 Activists Arrested as Climate Actions Continue in D.C.; Indigenous Leaders March in Latin America

Nonprofit Pursues Jair Bolsonaro at ICC for “Crimes Against Humanity” for Destroying the Amazon

EU Pledges $1.15 Billion in Aid for Afghanistan as European and U.S. Delegates Meet with Taliban

Decaying Oil Tanker Off Yemen Coast Could Cut Off Access to Water and Food for 9 Million People

New Tunisan Gov’t, First Woman Prime Minister Sworn In Amid Political Crisis

Ethiopia Launched Attacks Against Tigray Amid Mounting Humanitarian Disaster

Military and Police Crack Down on Student Protests in Eswatini

Michigan Officials Say Lead-Contaminated Water in City of Benton Harbor Not Safe to Consume

Consumer Protections Advocate Rohit Chopra Sworn In to Lead CFPB

DHS Orders ICE to Halt Massive Workplace Raids

Jury Finds Two Parents Guilty in “Varsity Blues” College Admissions Scandal

Amazon and Google Workers Condemn Project Nimbus Contract with Israeli Military

Novelist Sally Rooney Denies Translation Rights to Israeli Company in Show of Support for BDS

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 12, 2021

WHO: Climate Change Is “The Single Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity”

Heavy Flooding in China Kills 15, Destroys 20,000 Homes

135 Arrested in Indigenous Peoples’ Day Climate Action Outside White House

Greenpeace Installs Statue of Boris Johnson Splattered in Oil Outside 10 Downing St.

Wealthy Nations Denounced for Hoarding COVID-19 Vaccines

Parliamentary Report: COVID-19 Response Was One of Biggest Public Health Failures in U.K. History

Gov. Greg Abbott Bans All Entities in Texas from Enforcing Vaccine Mandates

Iraqi Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Sees Biggest Gains in Parliamentary Election

U.N. Urges World Leaders to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan

Pandora Papers: Ecuador’s President Faces Probe over Use of Tax Havens

Guatemalan Prosecutor in Landmark Ríos Montt Trial Is Transferred in Blow to Human Rights

Honduras: Mayoral Candidate & Daughter of Berta Cáceres Targeted Ahead of November Elections

Trump Pays Tribute to Insurrectionist Shot Dead on Jan. 6

Raiders Football Coach Resigns over Racist, Sexist and Homophobic Emails

GLAAD Criticizes Dave Chappelle Special on Netflix over Anti-Trans Jokes

Sister Megan Rice, Nun Who Broke into Nuclear Weapons Facility, Dies at 91

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 11, 2021

Merck Seeks FDA Approval for Antiviral COVID-19 Pill

COVID-19 Death Toll in Brazil Tops 600,000

“Shameful and Dangerous”: Oxfam Slams New Deal on Global Minimum Corporate Tax

Up to 72 Die in Suicide Blast at Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan

Record Low Turnout Reported for Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections

Lights Go Out in Lebanon After Electrical Grid Collapses

Taiwan Vows Not to Bow to Pressure from China as Tension Escalates

Libya: Six Refugees Shot Dead at Overcrowded Prison Camp

70,000 March in Brussels Demanding Action on Climate Emergency

Report: Sen. Sinema Wants to Cut $100B in Climate Funds

Abortion Ban Reinstated in Texas After Federal Appeals Court Ruling

Police in Dayton, Ohio, Denounced for Dragging Paraplegic Black Man Out of Car

Justice Department: No Federal Charges in Police Shooting of Jacob Blake

Biden Administration Urged to Halt Efforts to Expand Immigration Detention

126 People, Mostly Haitians, Found Locked in Shipping Container in Guatemala

Jan. 6 Committee Considers Charges Against Steve Bannon for Defying Subpoena

AQ Khan, Who Admitted to Role in Global Nuclear Proliferation Scandal, Dies at 85

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 8, 2021

Pfizer-BioNTech Requests Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11

COVID Deaths in Russia Top 900/Day; Venezuela Accuses IMF of Withholding Pandemic Funds

Senate Cmte. Says Trump Repeatedly Asked DOJ for Help Overturning Election Loss

Senate Votes to Lift Debt Ceiling Until Early December

Minneapolis Police Joke About “Hunting Activists” During 2020 Racial Justice Uprising

Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

WSJ: U.S. Military Secretly Training Taiwanese Forces for Possible Conflict with China

Gunmen Kill 2 School Teachers in Kashmir Amid Mounting Attacks on Civilians

Family of Argentinian Reporter Found Dead During 2019 Bolivian Coup Demands Probe

U.N. Agency to Close Probe into Yemen War After Pressure from Saudis and Allies

Biden Admin to Turn Pennsylvania Prison into For-Profit ICE Jail

Immigrant Advocates Petition Int’l Rights Body to Call for End of Title 42

Texas to Appeal U.S. Judge Ruling Which Blocked State’s Abortion Ban

Reuters: AT&T Helped Build Far-Right, Pro-Trump One America News Network

Biden Admin Restores Protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 7, 2021

Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Texas’s Near-Total Ban on Abortions

Senate GOP Leader McConnell to Allow Debt Limit Extension into December

WHO Approves Use of First-Ever Vaccine Against Malaria

U.S. COVID Deaths in 2021 Surpass 2020’s Total

U.N. to Pay Salaries of Aid Workers in Afghanistan

U.N. Appoints Envoy to Western Sahara After Two-Year Vacancy

Education Department to Expand Student Loan Forgiveness for Public Workers

Crude Oil Spills from Galveston Bay, TX Refinery

Biden Administration Restores Key Environmental Review Provisions to NEPA

Appeals Court Blocks California Law Banning Private Prisons

Shooter Injures Four at Texas High School; Student Taken into Custody

Colorado Workers Sue Amazon for Refusing to Pay for Time Spent at Mandated COVID Screenings

Bernie Sanders Challenges Joe Manchin to Name Benefits He Wants Stripped from Build Back Better Act

Immigrant Justice Advocates Demand Schumer Include Immigration Reform in Reconciliation Package

Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to Tanzanian Author Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Whistleblower Tells Lawmakers to Regulate Facebook Before It Causes More Harm

Schumer Sets Up Debt Limit Vote Amid Ongoing GOP Obstructionism

Voters Confront AZ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over Reconciliation Bill as She Heads Back to D.C.

Missouri Executes Man with Intellectual Disability Despite High-Profile Pleas

China-Taiwan Tensions Mount as Biden Reaffirms U.S.-Sino Commitment to Diplomatic Agreement

Amnesty Says Taliban Killed 13 Ethnic Hazaras After Taking Power; Kabul Faces Winter Power Outages

U.N. Rejects Expulsion of Top Officials from Ethiopia as Millions in Urgent Need of Humanitarian Assistance

Romanian Lawmakers Oust Prime Minister After 9 Months in Power

French Trade Unions Protest Against Low Pay, Pension & Unemployment Reforms

Kellogg’s Workers Go on Strike over Threats to Healthcare, Wages

President of NYC Police Union Resigns After FBI Raids Headquarters

Descendants of Henrietta Lacks Sue Pharmaceutical Co. for Using Her Cells Without Consent

USPS Now Offers Check Cashing in Four Locations, Could Lead to Expansion of Postal Banking Services

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen to Urge Congress to Take Action

Johnson & Johnson Seeks FDA OK for Booster Shot

New York Healthcare Provider Fires 1,400 for Refusing to Get Vaccinated

Biden Accuses GOP of Playing “Russian Roulette” with U.S. Economy

Activists Confront Sen. Sinema in Arizona Bathroom

State Department Lawyer Blasts Biden for “Inhumane” Expulsions of Haitians

California Declares State of Emergency After Offshore Oil Pipeline Spill

Biden Administration to Open Up 80 Millions of Acres for Drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Report: 14% of World’s Coral Reefs Lost Since 2009 Due to Climate Emergency

Biden Reverses Trump-Era Domestic Gag Rule on Title X Family Planning Clinics

Judge Ignores Federal Prosecutors and Sentences Insurrectionist to Jail

Hollywood Crew Workers Vote to Authorize Strike

Commission Estimates 330,000 Children Sexually Abused in French Catholic Church

Masked Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinians in “Pogrom” as Settler Violence Surges

Bangladesh Probes Murder of Prominent Rohingya Activist

Duterte Announces Plan to Retire from Politics Amid ICC Probe

U.N. Investigators Document Possible War Crimes in Libya by Warring Factions

National Women’s Soccer League in Crisis Amid Coach Abuse Scandal

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart on Trial for Opioid Epidemic

Missouri Prepares to Execute Ernest Lee Johnson, an Intellectually Disabled Black Man

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 4, 2021

Rallies Across U.S. Call for Reproductive Justice Amid GOP Assault on Abortion

U.S. Tops 700K COVID Deaths; CA Announces Student Vaccine Mandate as NYC Educator Mandate Starts

Major Orange County Oil Spill Blankets Beaches, Kills Wildlife

Pandora Papers Expose Secret Financial Dealings of World Leaders, Billionaires and Other Elites

Facebook Whistleblower Says Co. Repeatedly Put Profit Over Safety, Calls for Regulations

Kabul Blast Kills Five People as Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Grows

8 Killed at Indian Farmworker Protest

4,000 Refugees, Including Children, Arrested in Raids by Libyan Authorities

3 Million in Northern Syria Face Water Shortages After Decade of War

Qatar Holds First-Ever Legislative Election in Poll That Excludes Many from Voting

Canary Islands Volcanic Eruption Grows More Powerful

Taiwan Scrambles Warplanes After Chinese “Air Incursion”

With Democrats at Impasse, Biden Proposes Scaling Back $3.5T Spending Bill

House Passes Bill to End Racist Sentencing Disparity for Cocaine Offenses

Lawyer Steven Donziger, Who Led Suit Against Chevron, Sentenced to Six Months for Contempt

George Floyd Memorial Statue Defaced in New York City

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 1, 2021

Congress Extends Gov’t Funding as Pelosi Delays House Infrastructure Vote Amid Democratic Split

Court Allows Biden to Continue Mass Expulsions Without Due Process Under Title 42

Merck Applies for Emergency Use of Antiviral Drug That Could Halve Number of Severe COVID Cases

Rep. Cori Bush Opens Up About Having an Abortion After Rape as House Members Share Abortion Stories

Over 50% of Police Killings Go Unreported, Police Kill Black People at 3.5x Higher Rate Than Whites

Protesters Demand Accountability After Officials Suspend Probe into 2020 Beirut Port Blast

Salvadorans Protest New Cryptocurrency, Power Grab by President Bukele

Judge to Sentence Steven Donziger, Lawyer Who Sued Chevron for Amazon Oil Spills

Footage from Animal Rights Group Shows Mistreatment of Chickens at Foster Farms

Biden Admin Restores Migratory Bird Protections as Another 23 Plant & Animal Species Go Extinct

Youth Activists Rally in Milan to Demand Climate Justice Ahead of November’s COP26

NYC Taxi Drivers Hold 24/7 Protest to Demand Debt Relief from Purchase of Medallions

Chicago Tortilla Plant Workers Escalate Protests Against El Milagro

Canadian Gov’t to Pay Billions in Compensation to First Nations Children for Welfare Discrimination

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 30, 2021

As Government Shutdown Looms, Biden’s Legislative Agenda Hangs in the Balance

Second Alaska Hospital to Ration Care Amid Surge in Unvaccinated COVID Patients

YouTube to Ban Anti-Vaccine Misinformation

CDC Urges Pregnant People to Get Vaccinated

Protesters Target Moderna CEO and Top Biden Aide, Demanding Vaccine Equity 

U.N. Warns Tigray Blockade Leading to Famine, Dire Medical Shortages for Millions

Pentagon Knew U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Missed Target, Hit Civilians Weeks Before Public Admission

Ecuador Prison Riot Claims 116 Lives 

North Korea Says It Tested New Hypersonic Missile

La Palma Residents Lock Down as Volcano Lava Reaches Atlantic Ocean

House Cmte. Subpoenas Organizers of Jan. 6 Rallies, Incl. Trump Campaign Spokesperson 

Baby Food Makers Kept Selling Products with Arsenic Levels Exceeding FDA-Approved Limits

Land Defenders Vow to Continue Struggle as Enbridge Announces Oil Will Start Flowing Through Line 3

Canadian Judge Ends Injunction That Led to Violent Crackdown on Indigenous Fairy Creek Activists

Wet’suwet’en Land Protectors Set Up Blockades Against Incursion by Coastal GasLink

Right Livelihood Award Goes to Environmental Activists, Rights Defenders Across the Globe 

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Progressives Hold Firm on Opposing Infrastructure Bill Without Vow to Pass Build Back Better Act

Vanessa Nakate, Greta Thunberg Condemn Climate Inaction

U.S. Military Leaders Acknowledge “Strategic Failure” in Afghanistan During Senate Questioning

Gen. Milley Denies Going Around Chain of Command During Trump Term

Pfizer-BioNTech Submits Vaccine Data on 5-to-11-Year-Olds to FDA; Mask Mandate Bans Halted in SC and AZ

Cuba Starts Shipping Abdala Vaccine; COVID Surges in Russia and Syria; Japan Lifts State of Emergency

Fumio Kishida, from Ruling Party Establishment, Set to Become Next Japanese Prime Minister

Report Finds WHO Workers Responsible for at Least 20 Cases of Sexual Abuse and Assault in DRC

Haiti Elections Delayed Amid Mounting Crises

Berliners Vote to Expropriate Housing Units from Developers, Mega Landlords

Court Annuls Trade Deals Between EU and Occupied Western Sahara

Capital Gazette Mass Murderer Receives Multiple Life Sentences

Judge Blocks Key Part of Arizona Anti-Abortion Law Involving Genetic Abnormalities

Chile to Debate Expanded Abortion Access as Rallies Call for Reproductive Justice In Latin America

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 28, 2021

As Government Shutdown Looms, Senate GOP Blocks Bill to Fund Government and Raise Debt Ceiling

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Solicits Funds from Lobbyists Opposing Democrats’ $3.5T Spending Bill

R. Kelly Found Guilty on All Counts in Sex Trafficking Trial

Biden Receives COVID-19 Booster, Urges Unvaccinated to Get First Shots

New York National Guard May Fill Roles of Healthcare Workers Who Refuse Vaccinations

CIA Pushed Trump Administration to Kidnap or Assassinate WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

International Criminal Court Probe on Afghanistan War Crimes Excludes U.S. and Allies

Taliban Tightens Restrictions on Afghan Women’s Rights

Tunisians Protest Power Grab by President Kais Saied

Biden Administration Seeks to Protect Young Immigrants After Texas Judge Voids DACA 

Pioneering Black Filmmaker and Artist Melvin Van Peebles Dies at 89

Myron Dewey, Who Documented Resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline, Killed in Car Accident

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 27, 2021

Haitians Condemn Mass Deportations and Inhumane Treatment by the U.S.

Social Democrats to Form Coalition Gov’t in Germany After Edging Out Merkel’s Long-Standing Bloc

Israeli Forces Kill 5 Palestinians in West Bank; Political Leader Khalida Jarrar Released from Prison

Mahmoud Abbas Gives Israel One Year to End Occupation

Vanuatu to Ask for ICJ Opinion on Climate Crisis

Activists Take to Streets for Global Climate Strike

PG&E Charged with Manslaughter over 2020 Zogg Fire as Wildfires Rage in California

Al-Shabab Suicide Attack Kills at Least 8 People in Mogadishu

Canada’s Catholic Bishops Apologize for Abuse of Indigenous Children

Swiss Voters Approve Bid to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

San Marino Votes to Legalize Abortion

House Approves Bill to Protect Abortion Rights, But Measure Unlikely to Pass Senate

House Sets Up Vote for Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill as Larger Spending Package Moves Forward

Judge Blocks NYC Teacher Vaccine Mandate as Hochul Eyes Plans to Replace Unvaccinated Health Workers

Workers at Chicago Tortilla Plant Walk Out to Protest Low Pay and Poor Working Conditions

Frances “Sissy” Farenthold, Trailblazing Texas Politician and Activist, Dies at 94

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 24, 2021

Haiti Envoy Resigns over Mass Deportations, Blasts “Catastrophic” History of U.S. Interventions

Immigrant Rights Activists Demand an End to ICE Jails on Day of Nationwide Action

CDC Dir. Walensky Approves Pfizer Boosters for High-Risk Workers, Overruling Agency Panel

South African and Bolivian Presidents Highlight Global Vaccine Inequity at UNGA

Guyana’s President Calls Out Disproportionate Effects of Climate Crisis on Small Island Nations

EPA Slashes Use of Industrial Chemicals Widely Used in Air Conditioners, Refrigerators

House Approves Increased $768 Billion Pentagon Budget, Rejecting Bids to Rein In Military Spending

House Approves Amendment Ending U.S. Support for Saudi-Led Bombing of Yemen

Rep. Tlaib Condemns U.S. Support for Israeli War Crimes & Abuses as House Approves Military Funding

Exiled Catalan Separatist Leader Arrested in Italy

“Texans Are in Crisis”: Abortion Providers Ask SCOTUS to Review Texas Abortion Ban

House Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Four Aides and Allies to Trump

GOP-Ordered Maricopa County Recount Ends with 261 Fewer Votes for Trump, 99 More Votes for Biden

Derek Chauvin to Appeal 22.5-Year Sentence for Murdering George Floyd

One Killed, 14 Injured After Tennessee Mass Shooting

Facebook Official to Face Senate Questioning After Reports Instagram Harmful to Adolescent Girls

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 23, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 22, 2021

World Leaders Address Climate Crisis, Pandemic at UNGA as Guterres Warns World “On Edge of Abyss”

House Dems Pass Bill to Avert Gov’t Shutdown, Raise the Debt Limit, But Fate in Senate Is Precarious

Cori Bush and Elizabeth Warren Intro Eviction Ban Bill as Housing Activists Rally in D.C.

J&J Says Second Dose of Vaccine Increases Efficacy to 94%

Chinese City of 10 Million Goes into Partial Shutdown After Single COVID Case Confirmed

Mexican Authorities Target Haitian Asylum Seekers Fleeing Dangerous Conditions in U.S.

Immigrant Rights Activists Demand Dems and Biden Establish Pathway to Citizenship

At Least 8 Refugees Died at Sea Off Spanish Coast Since Sunday

La Palma Evacuates 1,000s as Volcano Lava Buries Homes, Threatens Environmental Disaster

Texas Continues Crackdown on Reproductive Rights, Restricting Use of Abortion-Inducing Meds

Bernie Sanders, Healthcare Activists Slam Big Pharma’s Greed as Many Americans Die or Go Untreated

House Dems Unveil Legislation to Rein In Presidential Powers

Trump Campaign Allowed Lawyers to Spew False Election Fraud Claims

Charles Mills, Renowned Political Philosopher and Author of “The Racial Contract,” Has Died

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 21, 2021

U.S. Border Patrol Agents on Horseback Whip Haitian Asylum Seekers

Biden to Raise U.S. Cap on Refugee Admissions to 125,000 Per Year

Fears Grow of Coronavirus Superspreader Event at U.N. General Assembly

U.N. Leader Calls for Countries to Meet $100 Billion Climate Fund Commitments

Student Activists to Lead Global Climate Strike on Friday

U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Surpass Toll of 1918 Flu Pandemic

Wealthy Nations on Track to Waste 100 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses This Year

Sudan’s Government Says It Thwarted a Coup Attempt by Bashir Loyalists

Justin Trudeau Reelected as Canada’s Prime Minister But Doesn’t Win Majority

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Roe v. Wade; Texas Doctor Sued for Performing Abortion

10 Women and Girls Killed Each Day in Mexico, Warns Amnesty International

Prosecution Rests in R. Kelly Sex Trafficking Trial

Man Jailed for Parole Violation Becomes 11th Prisoner to Die at Rikers Jail This Year

“Hotel Rwanda” Dissident Paul Rusesabagina Sentenced to 25 Years on Terrorism Charges

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 20, 2021

Pentagon Admits Drone Strike Killed Afghan Civilians as Victims’ Families Demand Probe

Women and Girls Increasingly Left Out of Education, Public Life in Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover

Biden Admin Starts Deporting Haitian Asylum Seekers Without Due Process as Humanitarian Crisis Mounts

Senate Parliamentarian Says Dems Cannot Use Spending Bill to Create Pathway to Citizenship

FDA Panel Says Booster Shots Should Be Offered to People 65+ and High-Risk Patients

CA Firefighters Protect Trees with Foil Blankets as Wildfire Threatens Sequoia National Park

U.N. Warns Planet Headed Toward Catastrophic 2.7°C Warming

Biden Unveils Plan to Curb U.S. Emissions, But Climate Agenda Could Be Blocked by Manchin

Activists Demand JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and Bank of America Stop Investing in Fossil Fuels

France Recalls U.S. and Australia Ambassadors Amid Row over Trilateral Nuclear Pact

Russian Parliamentary Election Hands Victory to Putin as Critics Allege Voting Fraud

Canadians Vote in Snap Election Called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Ex-Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Dies at 84, Two Years After He Resigned Amid Protests

Tunisian Protesters Decry “Autocracy” of President Kais Saied, Who Suspended Parliament

Supporters of January 6 Insurrectionists Outnumbered by Police at Capitol Hill Rally

Nabisco Workers Approve New Contract, Ending Weeks-Long Strike

New York Gov. Hochul Signs “Less Is More Act” to End Jail Time for Nonviolent Parole Violations

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 17, 2021

U.S. Resumes Deportation Flights to Haiti as 10,000 Haitian Asylum Seekers Cross Rio Grande

Haitian Prime Minister, Accused of Aiding President’s Murder, Sacks Justice Minister

Federal Judge Bars Biden Administration’s Use of Trump-Era Rule to Fast-Track Deportations

U.N. Warns Time Is Rapidly Running Out to Limit Global Heating to 1.5 Degrees Celsius

U.S. Reports 3,400 COVID Deaths in One Day; One-Quarter of ICU Beds Are At or Near Capacity

France, China Blast U.S.-U.K.-Australia Nuclear Partnership

Biden Calls for Corporations and Super Wealthy to Pay Fair Share of Taxes

Police Put Fence Around Capitol Ahead of Pro-Insurrection Rally

Ohio GOP Rep. Who Voted to Impeach Trump After Jan. 6 Resigns Amid Threats

U.S. Soccer to Offer Same Contract to Women’s and Men’s Teams After Years of Discriminatory Pay

West African Bloc Sanctions Military Coup Leaders in Guinea

10,000s March Against Unemployment, Poverty in Argentina Amid Mounting Political Crisis

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 16, 2021

1 in 500 U.S. Residents Have Died of COVID-19; FDA Scientists Skeptical of Vaccine Boosters

Pope Calls Out Anti-Vaccine Sentiment in Catholic Church

USA Gymnasts to Senate: FBI Failed to Investigate Reports of Larry Nassar’s Sexual Abuse

Survivor Recounts Walking in on R. Kelly Sexually Assaulting Aaliyah When She Was Just 13 or 14

Chinese Court Rejects Landmark #MeToo Case, But Survivor Vows to Appeal

ICC to Open Full Probe into Rodrigo Duterte’s Deadly War on Drugs in Philippines 

Brazil’s Top Court Delays Ruling on Case That Could Reshape Indigenous Sovereignty 

U.S., U.K. and Australia Form New Coalition to Counter China’s Power

New Book Says Gen. Milley Took Covert Measures to Prevent Trump from Starting War, Launching Nukes

DOJ to Ban Chokeholds During Arrests and “No-Knock” Warrants 

Philadelphia to Pay $2 Million to Black Mother Attacked by Police After Being Yanked from Car

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom Claims Victory in Right-Wing Recall Effort

Biden Calls for Vaccinating 70% of World in One Year as WHO Slams Ongoing Vaccine Inequity

Gov’t Pandemic Assistance Led to Drop in U.S. Poverty Rates in 2020

Biden Warns Extreme Weather Is Killing More Americans, Costing Billions Each Year

Haitian Prime Minister Fires Prosecutor After He Seeks to Charge Henry in Killing of Jovenel Moïse

South and North Korea Both Fire Ballistic Missiles as Tensions Mount on Peninsula

DOJ Charges 3 Ex-Military and Intelligence Officers over UAE Hacking Activities

DOJ Seeks to Block Texas’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

Senate Dems Introduce “Freedom to Vote” Act After Making Concessions on Election Protections

“A Humanitarian Crisis”: New York Officials Call Out Horrific Conditions at Rikers

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Donors Pledge $1.2B in Aid to Afghanistan as U.N. Warns of Looming Humanitarian Catastrophe

Secretary of State Blinken Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

1 Million Public School Students Return to New York City Classrooms Despite COVID-19 Surge

Departing FDA Scientists Blast Biden’s Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters

Pressure Mounts on Germany to Support COVID-19 Patent Waiver as WTO Panel Meets

Public Citizen: Biden Could Share Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Recipe with the World

Hurricane Nicholas Brings Storm Surge and Heavy Rain to Gulf Coast

Biden Calls for Urgent Action on Climate Crisis After Touring Western Wildfire Destruction

“Tax the Rich”: Progressives Say House Democrats’ Tax Plan Falls Short

Israel Bombs Gaza Strip for Third Consecutive Night Amid Palestinian Rocket Fire

U.S. to Withhold 10% of $1.3 Billion in Military Aid to Egypt, Citing Human Rights

White Supremacist with Bayonet and Machete Arrested Near DNC Headquarters

Apple to Patch Software Flaw That Left 1.65 Billion Devices Vulnerable to “Zero-Click” Spyware

Left-Leaning Coalition Wins Landslide Election in Norway After Climate-Focused Campaign

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 13, 2021

U.S. Marks 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

FBI Releases First Declassified Document on Saudi Links to 9/11 Hijackers

George W. Bush Compares “Violent Extremists at Home” to 9/11 Attackers 

Capitol Police Want to Reinstall Fencing Ahead of Far-Right “Justice for J6” Rally 

Taliban Government Orders Segregated Schools and Dress Codes for Women

No Evidence of Bomb in Vehicle Hit by U.S. Drone Strike That Killed 10 Afghan Civilians

Appeals Court Sides with Florida Gov. DeSantis, Reinstates Ban on Mask Mandates

Lebanon Announces New Government Headed by Former Prime Minister

Wildfires Rage in Spain and California as Monsoon Floods Kill 17 in Pakistan

Global Witness: Record Number of Environmental Activists Killed in 2020

4,000 Indigenous Women Take to Streets of Brazil Ahead of High Court Ruling on Tribal Sovereignty

U.S. Army Was Training Guinean Soldiers When They Launched Military Coup

Fighting in Burma Kills 20 as U.N. Weighs Whether to Recognize Junta or National Unity Government

Iran and U.N. Atomic Watchdog Reach Deal to Resume Monitoring of Nuclear Sites

North Korea Tests “Strategic” Long-Range Cruise Missiles

Biden Campaigns with Newsom in California on Last Day of Recall Vote

Chileans Commemorate Sep. 11, 1973, Coup That Overthrew Allende and Imposed Brutal Dictatorship

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 10, 2021

Biden Orders Vaccine Mandates for Federal Workers and Large Employers

International Flights Resume from Kabul Airport; Taliban Torture Journalists Covering Protests

Syrian Army Enters Daraa, Birthplace of Uprising Against Assad a Decade Ago

Biden Admin Extends TPS for 400,000 People Through 2022

Whistleblower Details Abuse of Migrant Children at Fort Bliss Base in Texas

SCOTUS Stays Execution of Texas Death Row Prisoner

DOJ Sues Texas over Unconstitutional Abortion Ban 

Biden Withdraws Gun Control Advocate as ATF Nominee, Names Ally to Big Polluters for Key Energy Post

EPA Seeks Permanent Block on Pebble Mine Project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay 

Harvard Divests from Fossil Fuels After Years-Long Student Campaign 

Nabisco Workers in 5 States Continue Strike, as Buffalo Starbucks Workers Fight to Unionize

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 9, 2021

WHO Calls for Halt to COVID Booster Shots in 2021, Says Vaccines Should Go to Poorer Countries

COVAX Cuts 2021 Vaccine Forecast; Australia Joins Call for Waiver on Vaccine Patents

Los Angeles Schools Poised to Require Vaccinations for Students 12 and Older 

Afghanistan Evacuations Continue as Taliban Reestablishes Ministry of “Virtue and Vice”

Main Suspect in 2015 Paris Attacks Tells Court He Was a Soldier for the Islamic State

Human Rights Campaign President Fired in Latest Fallout from Cuomo Sexual Harassment Probe

Virginia Removes Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee

17 Patients Die as Floods Hit Mexican Hospital; Record Drought Worsens Brazil’s Energy Crisis

Super Typhoon Chanthu Hurtles Toward Philippines and Southeast China

Ida’s Death Toll Hits 82 as Hundreds of Thousands Remain Without Power in South

Biden Admin Aims to Boost U.S. Solar Output to 45% of All Energy Use by 2050

Indigenous Activists Lead Months-Long Campaign to Protect Vancouver Island’s Ancient Forests

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Taliban Announces Acting Gov’t as Protests Take Place Across Afghanistan

75% of U.S. Adults Partially Vaccinated; Quarter of New Cases Are Children Amid Delta Surge

New Zealand Eases Restrictions; Cuba Rolls Out Vaccines for Children as Young as 2

Pro- and Anti-Bolsonaro Protesters Rally on Brazil’s Independence Day

Gov. Abbott Claims He Will “Eliminate Rapists” as He Signs Voter Restriction Bill into Law

Biden Warns of Existential Threat of Climate Change as He Visits NY and NJ in Ida’s Wake

Global Coalition Calls on U.N. to Postpone November Climate Talks Amid Pandemic, Vaccine Inequity

Mexico’s Top Court Decriminalizes Abortion

7.0 Earthquake Rattles Acapulco, Killing at Least One Person

Bitcoin Crashes as El Salvador Adopts Cryptocurrency as Legal Tender

Amnesty Report Finds Syrian Refugees Were Raped, Tortured After Returning Home

9/11 Suspects Return to Court After Pandemic Delay, But Trial Won’t Start Until at Least 2022

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Jobless Benefits for Millions Expire on Labor Day After Congress and White House Fail to Act

Over 1,000 U.S. Schools Cancel In-Person Classes Due to COVID-19

Taliban Defeat Last Pocket of Resistance, Step Up Attacks on Afghan Women

90% of Afghanistan’s 2,300 Healthcare Centers May Soon Be Forced to Close, Warns WHO

Millions in Ethiopia’s Tigray Are on Brink of Famine, Warns World Food Programme

Guinean Army Colonel Deposes President Alpha Condé in Military Coup

Millions Rally for Brazil’s Far-Right President, Raising Fears of Trump-Like Insurrection

Mexico Breaks Up Caravan of Asylum Seekers; U.S. Deports Refugees to Guatemala City

Hundreds of Thousands Lack Electricity More Than a Week After Hurricane Ida

Weather Disasters Struck Counties Home to One in Three U.S. Residents This Summer

Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads “The Squad” in Protests Against Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline

Hundreds of Detroit-Area Families Urged to Evacuate Homes Near Gasoline Spill

Ex-Marine Sniper Who Fought in Iraq and Afghanistan Kills Four in Their Florida Home

Michael K. Williams, Who Starred in HBO’s “The Wire,” Dies of Apparent Drug Overdose

Composer Mikis Theodorakis, Who Survived Torture and Exile by Greek Dictatorship, Dies at 96

Mexico City to Replace Columbus Monument with Statue of Indigenous Woman

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, September 6, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 3, 2021

Ida’s Death Toll Soars After Record Rains Flood Northeastern States

Aerial Photos Show Oil and Chemical Spills Spawned by Hurricane Ida

Humanitarian Flights to Afghanistan Resume as U.N. Warns of Widespread Hunger

Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga Resigns After Critics Blast His Response to COVID-19

Over 15 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Have Gone to Waste in the United States

Democrats Ready Reproductive Rights Bill After SCOTUS Refuses to Halt Texas Ban on Most Abortions

7.5 Million U.S. Residents to Lose Jobless Benefits, with Millions Bracing for Cuts in Aid

Sen. Joe Manchin Demands “Pause” on $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill, Enraging Fellow Democrats

EPA Study Finds Climate Crisis Will Impact Communities of Color the Hardest

Court Orders Biden Administration to Stop Turning Asylum Seekers Around at Border

Georgia Ex-Prosecutor Indicted for Allegedly Protecting Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers

Israeli Soldiers Kill 1 Palestinian, Wound 15 Others at Protest Against Gaza Blockade

Protests Mount as El Salvador Prepares to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, September 2, 2021

Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Texas Anti-Abortion Law While Legal Challenges Proceed

Hurricane Ida’s Remnants Bring Tornadoes, Flooding and Record Rainfall to Northeast

Gulf Coast Faces Shortages of Food, Water and Energy Days After Hurricane Ida’s Landfall

U.N. Says Fivefold Increase in Extreme Weather Events Caused Over 2 Million Deaths Since 1970

Taliban Parade U.S.-Made Military Hardware as Refugees Gather at Afghanistan’s Borders

New York Extends Eviction Moratorium Halted by U.S. Supreme Court

Texas School District Cancels Classes After 2 Teachers Die of COVID-19

Colorado Grand Jury Indicts 3 Cops, 2 Paramedics in Killing of Elijah McClain

Nigerian Officials Shut Down Zamfara Schools After Latest Mass Kidnapping

Judge Approves $4.5 Billion Settlement, Shielding Sackler Family from Future Opioid Lawsuits

Biden Issues Warning to Russia as Ukrainian President Zelensky Visits White House

GOP Leader McCarthy Threatens Companies That Cooperate with House Insurrection Probe

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Biden Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Signals End to U.S. Nation-Building Through War

Louisiana Gov. Tells Hurricane Ida Evacuees “Do Not Return” Amid Power Outages, Lack of Services

Texas Enacts Near Total Ban on Abortions, the Most Draconian Anti-Choice Law in the Country

Texas Legislature Passes Voter Suppression Bill, Sending Measure to Governor’s Desk

Pennsylvania, New York Announce New Measures to Curb COVID Transmission in Schools

NYC Housing Advocates Call for Extension of Eviction Moratorium

EU Vaccinates 70% of Adults; Israel Rolls Out Booster Shots; Filipino Health Workers Protest Gov’t

Court Gives Jail Time to 7 Prominent Pro-Independence Activists in Hong Kong

New Saudi Labor Rules Put Hundreds of Yemenis at Risk of Deportation

Virginia Gov. Grants Posthumous Pardons to 7 Black Men Executed in 1951

R. Kelly Survivors Recount Assault, Patterns of Abuse and Control During Federal Trial

HHS Opens New Office to Address Health Impacts of Climate Crisis

Progressive Dems Call on Biden to Replace Powell with Fed Chair Who Will Take on Climate Crisis

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Taliban Celebrate as Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan

Over 1 Million in Path of Hurricane Ida Could Remain Without Power for Weeks

Florida Withholds Funds to Schools Defying Gov. DeSantis’s Ban on Mask Mandates

Advocates Demand Biden End Deportations to Haiti After Devastating Earthquake

Over 500 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean; EU Plans to Bar Entry to Afghan Refugees

U.N. Hails End to Worldwide Use of Toxic Leaded Gasoline

Mass Evacuations Ordered for Lake Tahoe Region as Caldor Wildfire Spreads

Federal Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Rule Gutting Clean Water Act

Emergency Petition Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Texas Anti-Choice Law

Texas House Advances Bill to Severely Restrict Use of Abortion Pills

Lawmakers Order Telecom Companies to Preserve Records of January 6 Insurrection

John Pierce, Anti-Vax Lawyer for Capitol Insurrectionists, Hospitalized with COVID-19

Relatives of Mexico’s Disappeared Accuse Government of Failing to Act

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, August 30, 2021

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Biden: U.S. “On Pace” to Withdraw from Afghanistan by Aug. 31

Taliban Blocks Afghans from Accessing Kabul Airport

World Bank Cuts Funds for Afghanistan as U.N. Warns of Looming Catastrophe

House Democrats Approve $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

House Passes John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Immigration: Supreme Court Revives Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” Program

Judge Faults DHS for Not Considering Ecological Harm of Militarizing Border

U.S. Records 1,400 New COVID Deaths as AMA Calls for Broad Vaccine Mandates

U.S. & Cuba Pledge Vaccines for Vietnam, But Only Cuba Offers to Share Vaccine Technology

Minnesota Court Denies Appeal Aimed at Halting Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline

Indigenous Groups Protest Against Bolsonaro in Brasília

Student Leader Assassinated in Colombia, Three Years After He Lost Eye in Police Shooting

Israel Shoots Palestinian Teen Dead as He Documents Raid on Refugee Camp

Israeli’s New PM Naftali Bennett Pushes Hard-Line Positions Ahead of Meeting Biden

Wildfires: Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Northern California

Black Police Groups Back Release of Ex-Black Panther Sundiata Acoli, Jailed Since 1973

Former U.S.-Backed Dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, Dies

Lucille Times Dies at 100, Inspired Montgomery Bus Boycott

“Lies My Teacher Told Me” Author James Loewen Dies at 79

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 24, 2021

G7 Leaders Urge Biden to Delay Withdrawal from Afghanistan as Taliban Warns of “Consequences”

WHO Calls for Two-Month Pause on Booster Shots Amid Stark Vaccine Inequity

FDA Fully Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Prompting Vaccine Mandates

Florida Doctors Hold Protest as Students Return to Classes Amid Massive COVID-19 Surge

Haiti’s Earthquake Death Toll Rises to Over 2,200 with Thousands Still Homeless

Kathy Hochul Sworn In as New York Governor as Andrew Cuomo Resigns

Weather Underground Radical David Gilbert Granted Clemency

North Carolina Court Restores Voting Rights to Tens of Thousands with Felony Convictions

Far-Right Proud Boys Members Clash with Anti-fascists in Portland, Oregon

Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced on Weapons and Vandalism Charges

Extinction Rebellion Launches New Resistance Campaign with London Direct Action Protests

Legendary Black Performer Joséphine Baker to Be Buried in Paris’s Panthéon

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, August 20, 2021

Pentagon Boosts U.S. Troop Levels in Kabul as Chaotic Evacuations Follow Taliban Takeover

Taliban Says It Executed Former Islamic State Leader Abu Omar Khorasani

Afghan Youth Soccer Player Zaki Anwari Died in Fall from U.S. Plane Evacuating Kabul Airport

Afghan Immigrants in Greece Demand Sanctuary for Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan

WHO Slams Rich Nations for Offering Booster Shots While Just 2% of Africa’s Population Is Vaccinated

Texas Supreme Court to Allow Schools to Defy Gov. Abbott’s Ban on Mask Mandates

Major Hospital in Port-au-Prince Closes After Gangs Kidnap Doctors, Hampering Earthquake Relief

Rep. Mo Brooks Voices Sympathy for Man Behind Capitol Hill Bomb Threat

Texas House Reaches Quorum After Dems Return to Capitol as Fate of Voting Bill Hangs in Balance

Movement for Black Lives Says Federal Government Worked to Undermine Protest Groups

FTC Asks Court to Compel Facebook to Divest from WhatsApp and Instagram

Biden Admin Cancels Federal Student Loan Debt for Over 300,000 People with Disabilities

R. Kelly’s Doctor Says He’s Had Genital Herpes for Years as Survivor Details Abuse Endured as a Teen

Rain Falls on Greenland’s Highest Peak for First Time on Record Amid Record Temperatures

Extinction Rebellion U.K. Stages Die-in, Blocks Entry to ExxonMobil Facility

Immigrant Justice Groups Protest Reopening of Berks County ICE Jail

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, August 19, 2021

Two Die as Taliban Open Fire on Independence Day Celebration

Ashraf Ghani: I Fled to Prevent Afghanistan from Becoming “Bloodbath Like in Syria and Yemen”

Biden: U.S. May Stay in Afghanistan Beyond Aug. 31

U.S. Announces Plans for Vaccine Boosters Despite Criticism from WHO

Biden Moves to Mandate Vaccines at Nursing Homes & Fight Mask Mandate Bans

Paralympics Report First Confirmed COVID Case in the Olympic Village

Death Toll from Haitian Earthquake Nears 2,200

Caldor Fire Destroys Most of Grizzly Flats in California

Texas Supreme Court Rules Absent Democratic Lawmakers Can Be Arrested

Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ban on Standard Abortion Procedure

Report: Over 1,000 Civilians Have Died in Burma Since Military Coup

Armed Men Kill Dozens in Burkina Faso & Niger

Israeli Authorities Demolish Palestinian Kindergarten

Judge Blocks Massive ConocoPhillips Oil & Gas Project in Alaska

EPA Bans Use of Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children

Dr. Gino Strada, War Surgeon, Dies at 73

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Taliban Addresses Women’s Rights, Press Freedom in First Press Conference Since Takeover

U.S. Continues Evacuations as Top Dems Pledge to Investigate Biden’s Afghanistan Exit

Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Hits 2,000 as Survivors, Many Now Unhoused, Lashed by Tropical Storm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Alabama Runs Out of ICU Beds; 3,000 NOLA Students and Staff in Quarantine

New Zealand Orders Lockdown After ID’ing One COVID Case

Tokyo Extends State of Emergency; Thai Protesters Demand PM Step Down for Mishandling COVID

India Bans Single-Use Plastics, But New Law Contains Major Loopholes

Caldor and Dixie Fires Rage in Northern California; French Wildfire Displaces Thousands

Rep. Terri Sewell Introduces John Lewis Voting Rights Act in Front of Edmund Pettus Bridge

Reproductive Rights Groups Challenge Abortion Laws in Arizona and Montana

Nabisco Workers in Virginia, Oregon and Colorado Strike Against Long Hours, Outsourcing

Philadelphia Ex-Cops Charged in Wrongful Conviction of Black Man Who Was Jailed for 25 Years

Sacklers Say They Won’t Pay $4.5 Billion Opioids Settlement Unless Shielded from Future Lawsuits

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Biden Defends U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan After Taliban Capture Kabul 

Advocates Demand U.S. and Other Nations Open Doors to Afghan Refugees

Tropical Storm Adds to Haiti’s Misery Two Days After Massive Earthquake Kills Over 1,400

Immigrant Advocates Denounce Biden Administration for Deporting Haitian Refugees

U.S. Will Recommend COVID Booster Shots After 8 Months, Despite Global Vaccine Inequity

Johnson & Johnson Ships Millions of Vaccine Doses from South Africa to Europe

U.S. Coronavirus Hospitalizations Soar, with Record Infection Levels in Five States

Republican Governors Erect New Barriers to COVID-19 Public Health Measures

Malaysian Prime Minister Resigns as COVID-19 Surges; Iran Orders 6-Day Lockdown

Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Restoration of “Remain in Mexico” Policy Rejected by Biden

U.S. Declares Shortage on Colorado River, with Mandatory Water Cuts to Southwestern States

Water Protectors Take Direct Action to Halt Construction of Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, August 16, 2021

Taliban Takes Control of Afghanistan After 2 Decades of U.S. Occupation

Haiti’s Earthquake Death Toll Soars to 1,300 as Tropical Storm Barrels Toward Stricken Island

U.S. Hospitalizations Are Younger Than Ever; Dallas Schools Defy High Court Ruling on Mask Mandate

Canada’s Trudeau Calls Snap Election, Seeking Mandate and Legislative Majority

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Steps Down Amid Criticism of Pandemic Response

Grenade Attack Kills 12 People in Karachi, Pakistan

Fuel Tank Blast in Lebanon Kills at Least 28 People

Nicaraguan Police Raid Offices of La Prensa, Arrest Editor Critical of President Ortega

Israeli Soldiers Raid Jenin Refugee Camp, Fatally Shoot Four Palestinians

Ivory Coast Records First Case of Ebola in 25 Years

Zambia Opposition Leader Wins Presidential Election in Landslide

Shell to Pay $111 Million for Nigeria Oil Spills in 1970s

Record Heat Drives Unrelenting Wildfires in Western United States

Death Toll in Turkey Floods Hits 70, with Dozens Still Missing

Biden Administration to Boost SNAP Food Benefits by 25%

NY Assembly Suspends Impeachment Investigation into Disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, August 13, 2021

U.S. Begins Evacuating Afghanistan Embassy Staff as Taliban Seize Kandahar and Herat

China Closes Shipping Terminal over Single COVID-19 Case; Russia Logs Record Death Toll

FDA Approves Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised People

New Orleans, San Francisco to Require Vaccination Card or Negative Test for Indoor Venues

Four Teachers in Florida’s Duval County Die of COVID-19 in One Day

Supreme Court Blocks Part of New York Eviction Moratorium Despite Worsening Pandemic

Israel to Resume Building Illegal Settlements in Occupied West Bank

Jewish American Leaders Demand AIPAC Apologize over Islamophobic Ads Attacking “The Squad”

U.S.-Mexico Border Apprehensions Hit 212,000+ in July, Highest Rate in 20+ Years

Texas Senate Passes Voter Suppression Bill After 15-Hour Filibuster by Democratic Lawmaker

Sen. Rand Paul Failed to Disclose His Wife Bought Stock in Company That Makes COVID Drug

2020 Census Shows U.S. More Diverse Than Ever as White Population Dips Below 60%

9,000+ Anti-Asian Incidents Reported in U.S. Since Start of Pandemic

Water Protector Begins 8-Year Sentence for DAPL Eco-Sabotage

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WHO Warns World Could Log 100 Million More COVID-19 Cases by 2022 

200+ Scientists Ask Biden to Adopt “Wartime Footing” to Scale Up Vaccine Production

CDC Urges Pregnant People to Get Vaccinated; FDA to Approve Third Dose for Immunocompromised

Florida Asks U.S. Government for Hundreds of Ventilators Amid Its Worst COVID-19 Surge

California to Require K-12 Teachers and Staff to Get Vaccinated or Face Weekly Tests

Sen. Joe Manchin Has “Serious Concerns” About Democrats’ $3.5T Spending Bill

Sen. Ted Cruz Filibusters Senate Bills on Gerrymandering, Campaign Finance & Voting

Sicily Sets Europe-Wide Temperature Record of 120 Degrees Fahrenheit

Pacific Northwest Faces Another Heat Wave with Triple-Digit Temperatures

White House Asks OPEC to Pump More Oil

Taliban Seizes 10th Provincial Capital in a Week

U.K. Judge Says U.S. Can Expand Scope of Appeal Arguments Against Julian Assange

Mexican News Anchor Confronts Drug Cartel on Live TV After Threat

U.N. Condemns U.S. Expulsion of Central American Asylum Seekers to Mexico

Report: Canada Violated Arms Treaty With Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia

Activists Blockade Raytheon Weapons Facility in Rhode Island 

Kathy Hochul Distances Herself from Gov. Cuomo, Promises Her Office Will Not Be a “Toxic” Workplace

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Senate Dems Approve $3.5 Trillion Budget Hours After Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigns, Continues to Faces Ongoing Probes and Possible Impeachment

Cases Spike in Tacoma ICE Jail; TX Counties Can Bypass Mask Mandate Ban as Delta COVID Cases Surge

COVID-19 Surges in Mexico; Bangladesh Launches Rohingya Refugee Vaccination Drive

Taliban Claim More Territory, Seizing Three More Afghan Cities

Ethiopian PM Calls for Citizens to Join Fight Against Tigray Forces as Humanitarian Disaster Grows

U.S. Appeals Ruling That Blocked Julian Assange’s Extradition

Algerian Wildfires Kill 42 People as Severe Drought in Chile Threatens Crops and Water Supply

Lawsuit Against Biden Admin Details Abuse, Neglect of Migrant Children at Texas Facilities

Texas Law Enforcement Could Start Arresting Dems Who Fled the State to Block Voter Suppression Bill

USPS to Start Slowing Down Deliveries, Grants Major Contract to Co. Tied to Postmaster General DeJoy

Australia Will Pay Reparations to Indigenous People Taken from Their Families as Children

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Pentagon Will Require All Military Personnel to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Florida Reopens Schools, with Masks Optional, as State Becomes Coronavirus Epicenter

Canada Reopens Border to Vaccinated U.S. Travelers

California Officials Warn Record-Shattering Wildfire Could Burn for Weeks

Greek Prime Minister Apologizes Amid Protests over Government’s Handling of Wildfires

Germany Sets Up 30 Million Euro Recovery Fund After Devastating Floods

Small Island States Warn Climate Crisis Threatens “Our Very Future”

Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital Falls to Taliban  

Indigenous Brazilians Seek Genocide Charges Against President Bolsonaro at International Court

Senators Unveil $3.5 Trillion Spending Package Amid Vote on $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

New York Lawmakers Pledge Swift Impeachment Probe of Gov. Andrew Cuomo 

Epstein Accuser Virginia Giuffre Sues Prince Andrew over Alleged Sexual Abuse

R. Kelly Sex Trafficking Trial Opens in New York

Brooklyn Protesters Reject Fracked Gas Pipeline 

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, August 9, 2021

Irreversible Climate Devastation Unavoidable, World Has Little Time to Make Drastic Change

Dixie Fire Explodes to Largest Single Fire in CA History; Wildfires Continue to Ravage Greece

Taliban Seize 5 Afghan Cities as War Threatens to Claim Even More Lives

Fauci Warns New Variant Could Emerge If Pandemic Not Brought Under Control

Cases Surge in TX, FL as GOP Govs Fight Health Measures; Teachers Union Considers Vaccine Mandate

Biden Admin Extends Pause on Federal Student Loan Repayment

Senators Push Forward $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

Texas Democrats Absent from Special Session, Again Blocking GOP Voter Suppression Effort

Texas Facilities for Immigrant Children Could Soon Operate Without Official Oversight

42 Refugees Feared Dead After Shipwreck Off Coast of Western Sahara

Mass Protests Erupt Across Argentina as Anger Mounts over Poverty & Unemployment

Thai Protesters Demand Resignation of Prime Minister over Economic Crisis & COVID-19

Former Acting AG Jeffrey Rosen Says Deputy Tried to Subvert 2020 Election Results

Aide Accuses Gov. Andrew Cuomo of Groping: “What He Did to Me Was a Crime”

Nagasaki Marks 76th Anniversary of U.S. Nuclear Attack

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, August 6, 2021

Dixie Fire Grows to Become Sixth Largest in California History

Greek PM Blames Climate Change as Thousands Flee Wildfires Near Athens

Study Warns Atlantic Ocean Current Could Collapse, with Devastating Impact on Climate

Biden Restores Tailpipe Emissions Standards, Promotes Switch to Electric Vehicles

Democratic Bill Would Tax Big Polluters $500 Billion to Pay for Climate Damage

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Six-Month High with Over 100,000 Daily Infections

Africa COVID-19 Deaths Surged by 80% in Last Month as Delta Variant Spread

U.N. Security Council Meets on Afghanistan as Taliban Offensive Sparks Humanitarian Crisis

Nicaraguan Police Arrest Another Candidate Challenging President Ortega

New Guatemalan Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Accused of Protecting the Corrupt

Texas Governor Orders Special Legislative Session in Latest Attempt to Pass Voter Suppression Bills

Richard Trumka, Longtime Head of AFL-CIO Labor Federation, Dies at 72

Justice Department to Probe Excessive Force, Abuse and Discrimination by Phoenix Police

ACLU Sues to Overturn Texas Order Restricting Travel by Asylum Seekers

Biden Administration Will Outfit Thousands of Border Agents with Body Cameras

Hiroshima Marks 76th Anniversary of U.S. Nuclear Attack

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, August 5, 2021

WHO Calls for Moratorium on Third Doses Amid Stark Global Vaccine Inequity

Amid Soaring Profits, Moderna and Pfizer to Raise COVID-19 Vaccine Prices 

Over Half of China’s Provinces Log New COVID Cases; Tokyo Olympics Registers Worst Daily Toll

Illinois Issues Mask Mandate for Schools; Arkansas Governor Regrets Signing Anti-Mask Bill

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Bans Mask Mandates, Blames Immigrants & Biden for Record COVID Surge

Landlords Ask Federal Judge to Block Biden CDC’s New Eviction Moratorium

Protesters in Lebanon Demand Justice on First Anniversary of Beirut Port Explosion

Unfolding Climate Crisis Fuels Massive Fires in Turkey, Southern Europe, California and Siberia

Mexican Government Sues Glock, Colt and Other Gunmakers in U.S. Federal Court

Olympic Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya of Belarus Granted Humanitarian Visa in Poland

U.S. Ranks Dead Last for Healthcare Among 11 Wealthy Countries

Report on NCAA Finds Stark Gap in Resources for Men’s and Women’s Athletics

New York Gov. Cuomo Faces Multiple Criminal Probes over Sexual Harassment Claims

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 4, 2021

CDC Issues New Eviction Moratorium Following Rep. Cori Bush Protest to Protect Renters

Rep. Tlaib Calls for House Democrats to Return Donations from Real Estate Tycoon

COVID Death Toll in Indonesia Tops 100,000; Tokyo Reports Record Daily Cases

Hospitals Fill Up in Florida & Louisiana with Unvaccinated Patients

Report: 72K Children Tested Positive for COVID Last Week in 85% Jump

New York City to Require Proof of Vaccine for Indoor Dining & Events

NY Gov. Cuomo Faces Call to Resign over Probe Finds He Sexually Harassed 11 Women

Ohio House Primary: Shontel Brown Defeats Nina Turner

Afghanistan: Car Bombing Kills 8 in Kabul as Fight in Provincial Capitals Intensifies

Greece & Turkey Battle Wildfires Amid Heat Wave

Ukraine Probe Death of Belarusian Activist

Lebanon Marks One Year Since Blast at Port of Beirut Killed 218

Ebrahim Raisi Becomes New Iranian President, Vows to Fight U.S. Sanctions

Federal Judge in Texas Blocks Abbott’s New Anti-Migrant Executive Order

Missouri Governor Pardons White Couple Who Aimed Guns at Black Lives Matter Protesters

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Louisiana Orders Mask Mandate as U.S. Logs Highest Coronavirus Toll Since February

Federal Employees Must Show Proof of Vaccination or Face Regular Tests

U.S., U.K. Say Afghan Taliban Massacred Civilians in Spin Boldak

State Department Offers to Resettle Thousands of Afghans Who Worked with U.S. 

Refugee Advocates Sue as Biden Admin Continues Trump-Era Border Policy

HHS Watchdog to Probe Reports of Dire Conditions at Migrant Youth Detention Camp 

Progressive Blast White House for Allowing Eviction Moratorium to Expire

200+ Arrested at D.C. Protest Demanding End to Filibuster, Voting Rights

Study: Gerrymandering Could Win Republicans House Majority in 2022

Two More Officers Who Responded to January 6 Capitol Insurrection Die by Suicide

5 Miami Beach Police Officers Face Criminal Charges over Brutality Caught on Video

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Questioned for 11 Hours on Sexual Harassment Allegations

Palestinian Families in Occupied East Jerusalem Reject Israeli Court Offer to Delay Evictions

Brutal Heat Wave Threatens to Topple Europe’s All-Time Temperature Record

Water Protectors Shot with “Less Lethal” Police Munitions at Line 3 Pipeline Protests

Zürich Protesters Block Entrances to Swiss Banks That Finance Climate Crisis

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, August 2, 2021

Millions Could Face Eviction as Congress Fails to Extend Moratorium

“Things Are Going to Get Worse”: Fauci Warns Nation as COVID Cases Surge

China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan Battle Delta Variant

Eight Die in Southwestern Turkey as 100 Wildfires Burn

Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Displaced By Mass Flooding in Bangladesh

U.S.: 91 Large Wildfires Burn in Western States

Trump to DOJ: “Just Say the Election was Corrupt + Leave the Rest to Me”

Rep. McCarthy: “It Will Be Hard Not to Hit” Pelosi With Gavel

Taliban Launches Attacks on Three Afghan Provincial Capitals

Iran Denies Responsibility For Attack on Israel-Linked Oil Tanker

Mexico, Russia & Bolivia Send Aid to Cuba as U.S. Announces New Sanctions

700 Refugees Rescued Off Coasts of Libya and Malta

New Zealand Apologizes for Anti-Migrant Raids in 1970s

Head of Burmese Military Junta Names Himself Prime Minister

Washington Post: Police Fatally Shot 1,021 People In 2020, Highest in Years

Ecuadorian Father Granted Temporary Reprieve After 2 Years in Connecticut Church

U.S. Olympic Medalist Probed For Displaying “X” Gesture to Protest Oppression

Belarusian Athlete Seeks Political Asylum in Poland’s Embassy in Tokyo

Bread and Puppet Co-Founder Elka Schumann, 85, Dies

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, July 30, 2021

Biden Announces New Federal COVID Mandates

CDC Finds Delta Variant Just as Transmissible in Breakthrough Infections, More Contagious Than Flu

House Weighing Bill to Extend Eviction Moratorium Hours Before Expiration

Half of Burma Could Contract COVID, Pakistan Enacts New Restrictions, Haiti Hospitals Overwhelmed

Congress Passes Emergency Funding Bill for Capitol Security, Resettlement of Afghan Interpreters

Report: Over 80 Afghan Troops Killed in Insider Attacks During Taliban Offensive

Dozens Killed in Flash Floods in Rural Afghanistan

U.S. Will Return 17,000 Looted Archaeological Treasures to Iraq

U.S. Weighing New Sanctions on Iran as Nuclear Deal Hangs in Balance

Israeli Soldiers Kill 20-Year-Old Palestinian at Funeral for Slain 12-Year-Old

First Protester Tried Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law Receives 9 Years

Greenland Lost Enough Ice in One Day to Cover Florida in Two Inches of Water

Ex-Archbishop of D.C. Theodore McCarrick Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor

Rep. Cori Bush Unveils Bill to Protect Rights of Unhoused People

Brooklyn Mutual Aid Group Attacked by NYPD While Serving the Community

NYPD Arrest 11 People Protesting City’s Plan to Evict Unhoused People From Hotels

Alabama Coal Miners Bring Strike to BlackRock Offices in NYC

Carl Levin, Michigan Democratic Senator Who Fought Against Wall Street Criminality, Dies at 87

Lummi Nation Totem Pole Arrives in Capital After Lengthy Cross-Country Journey

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 29, 2021

Senate Votes to Open Debate on $1.2T Infrastructure Bill

WTO Fails to Agree on Waiving IP Rights for COVID Vaccines

Vaccination Mandates Expand Across the Nation

Report: Pandemic Aid Helped Poverty Fall by 45%, But Gains May Be Just Temporary

Pelosi Argues Against Broad-Based Student Debt Cancellation

Peru: Pedro Castillo Sworn In, Vows to Be Champion of the Poor

Israeli Forces Shoot Dead 12-Year-Old Palestinian Boy in West Bank

Israel Launches Campaign Against Ben & Jerry’s, But Some U.S. Jewish Groups Back Ice Cream Maker

Macron: Polynesians Owed “Debt” for French Nuclear Tests

U.S. and Russia Hold Nuclear Talks in Geneva

Whistleblowers: Migrant Children Are Being Mistreated at Fort Bliss

Acetic Acid Leak in Texas Kills Two, 30 Hospitalized in Texas

Voting Rights Activists Begin Selma-to-Montgomery-Style March in Texas

Virginia Cop Sent Back to Jail on Jan. 6 Charges After Ordering 37 Guns

Jailed Gymnastics Coach Spent $10K on Himself in Jail While Just $8 a Month to Victims

Black Agenda Report Founder Glen Ford, 71, Dies

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, July 28, 2021

U.S. House Cmte. Hears Harrowing Testimony from Officers Who Responded to Capitol Insurrection

CDC Says Vaccinated People Should Wear Masks Indoors in High-Risk Areas Amid Delta Spread

Tanzania Receives 1 Million J&J COVID Vaccines

Whistleblower Daniel Hale Sentenced to 45 Months for Exposing U.S. Drone Program

North and South Korea Restore Communications Hotline

U.S. Suspends Cooperation with Guatemala AG After Ousting of Anti-Corruption Prosecutor

Simone Biles Withdraws from Olympic Competition, Citing Mental Health

Atlanta-Area Mass Murderer Sentenced to Life in Prison, Still Faces Death Penalty

Man Sentenced to Life for Murder of South Carolina Student Who Mistook His Car for Uber

Democratic Donor Ed Buck Found Guilty in Death of Two Men He Injected with Drugs

AP: KKK Member Who Worked in Florida Jail Plotted to Kill a Black Former Prisoner

Immigration Prosecutors Continue to Deport Immigrants Who Gov’t Memo Says Should Not Be Expelled

Nina Turner Racks Up Endorsements Ahead of Ohio Special Election

Texas GOP Voters Reject Trump Candidate in Special U.S. Congressional Election

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, July 27, 2021

California & New York City to Require Workers to Get Vaccine or Weekly Tests

CDC: Florida Accounts for One in Five of All U.S. COVID Cases

Study: Lifting of Eviction Moratoriums Resulted in Over 10,000 COVID Deaths

Tokyo Reports Record Number of COVID Cases as It Hosts Olympics

Protesters Denounce “Coup” as Tunisian President Expands Power Grab

U.S. Troops to Remain in Iraq, But Biden Says “Combat Mission” Is Ending

57 Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Libya

Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of War Crimes in Gaza Assault

Lebanese Billionaire Tapped to Be Next Prime Minister

U.S. Sends Over 2 Dozen F-22 Fighter Jets to Guam as Tensions Rise with China

Filipino Police Shot Dead Activists Who Spray-Painted “Oust Duterte” Sign

Haiti Makes More Arrests in Moïse Assassination Probe

Nicaragua Arrests More Opposition Candidates; Ortega Accuses U.S. of Meddling

Six Rohingya Refugees Die in Mass Flooding at Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camp

85 Wildfires in U.S. Burn Over 1.5 Million Acres of Land as Drought Spreads

Biden Administration to Expedite Removal Proceedings of Migrant Families

House Select Committee Begins Probe of January 6 Insurrection at the Capitol

Tom Barrack Pleads Not Guilty for Secretly Lobbying for UAE

Mary Simon Becomes Canada’s First Indigenous Governor General

Revs. Jesse Jackson & William Barber Arrested at Sit-In at Sen. Sinema’s Office

Frito-Lay Workers Win a Day Off After 19-Day Strike

Steven Donziger, Who Sued Chevron over Amazon Oil Spills, Blasts Contempt of Court Conviction

Naomi Osaka Eliminated from Olympics; Simone Biles Pulls Out of Team Finals

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, July 26, 2021

France Approves COVID Health Pass; Germany Considers Restrictions for Unvaccinated People

COVID Cases Skyrocket in Southeast Asia, with Children Making Up 12.5% of Indonesian Death Toll

Fauci Says U.S. “Going in the Wrong Direction”; St. Louis Reintroduces Indoor Mask Mandate

4,000 Homebound Detainees Could Be Sent Back to Prison After Pandemic Emergency Order Lifted

Tunisia’s President Sacks Prime Minister, Suspends Parliament Following Protests

Afghanistan Sees Record Number of Casualties in 2021; U.S. Could Continue Airstrikes Beyond August

U.S. Launches Second Drone Strike in Somalia in Under a Week

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teen, Injure Hundreds Protesting Illegal West Bank Settlement

Sierra Leone Abolishes Colonial-Era Death Penalty

Protests Demand Resignation of Guatemalan President After Firing of Top Anti-Corruption Prosecutor

Mexico Sends Food and Medical Supplies to Cuba, Condemns U.S. Blockade

Monsoon Floods Kill 135 People in India

Dixie and Bootleg Wildfires Rage in West as Another Heat Wave Settles Across Much of U.S.

Pelosi Adds Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Trump Critic, to House Insurrection Committee

Mississippi Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade

Immigrant Communities Rally in NYC to Demand Pathway to Citizenship

Bob Moses, Civil Rights Leader and Educational Pioneer, Dies at the Age of 86

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, July 23, 2021

Tokyo Olympics Kick Off Amid COVID Surge, Protests; Italy Unveils New Pass for Vaccinated People

Missouri Hospital Worker Warns COVID Surge Will Get Worse; 20% of L.A.’s Cases Are Vaccinated People

U.S. Imposes New Cuba Sanctions as 400+ Noted Activists, Political Figures Call for End to Embargo

Rep. Hank Johnson, Prominent Black Voting Rights Advocates Arrested at Pro-Democracy Demonstration

Indian Farmworkers Renew Protests Against Neoliberal Agricultural Reforms

South Africa Updates Death Toll from Unrest to at Least 337 People

20 Refugees Likely Dead After Mediterranean Shipwreck

U.S. Launches Airstrikes in Afghanistan; House Votes to Issue More Special Visas for Afghans

Senate Cmte. Votes in Favor of Upping Military Budget by $25 Million

Protesters Condemn UAE Plan to Extradite Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner, Demand Justice for All Detainees

Labor and Healthcare Advocates Call on Biden to Stop Closure of Largest U.S. Generic Drugs Plant

House Cmte. Considers AOC’s Public Banking Proposal to Democratize Financial Services

UNESCO Refrains from Listing Great Barrier Reef as “In Danger” Despite Major Climate-Induced Damage

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 22, 2021

WHO: Global COVID Cases Jumped 12% Over Past Week

Pelosi Rejects GOP Reps. Jordan & Banks for Jan. 6 Select Committee

Armed DEA Agent Arrested for Taking Part in Jan. 6 Insurrection

Republicans Block $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

Opioid Crisis: States Reach $26 Billion Settlement with J&J and Drug Distributors

Four Colombian Mercenaries Tied to Moïse Assassination Were Trained at Fort Benning in U.S.

U.S. Launches First Drone Strike on Somalia Under President Biden

Biden Administration Seeks 9-Year Sentence for Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale

Argentina Issues Gender-Neutral ID Cards in First for Latin America

Federal Courts Block Anti-Trans Laws in Arkansas and West Virginia

Israel Asks U.S. States to Probe Ben & Jerry’s for Violating Anti-BDS Laws

Report: Government Informants Played Key Roles in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor

Texas Starts Jailing Immigrants on State Charges After Crossing U.S. Border

Biden Taps Leading Antitrust Attorney to Key DOJ Post

Head of U.N. Climate Talks: Nations “Must Consign Coal Power to History”

3 Die in Iran Protests Sparked by Historic Drought

Toronto Police Arrest 26 While Evicting Unhoused Residents at Encampment

Tokyo Olympic Committee Fires Director of Opening Ceremony over Holocaust Joke

Spanish Swimmer Slams Olympic Rules Preventing Her from Breastfeeding Son During Games

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, July 21, 2021

“Once in a 1,000 Years” Rains and Flooding Kill at Least 25 People in China

Record-Breaking Wildfires Continue to Rage in Siberia, Western U.S., Releasing Toxic Fumes

Tokyo Olympic Events Start Even as Head of Organizing Committee Puts Games in Doubt

Thailand, Iran Impose COVID Lockdowns as France Launches “Health Pass” Amid Major Spike

Delta Variant Accounts for 83% of New U.S. Cases; Millions of Surplus Vaccines Could Go to Waste

Senators Unveil Legislation to Curb Presidential War Powers, Giving Authority Back to Congress

Immigrant Justice Activists Block New Jersey ICE “Black Site”

Judge Blocks Arkansas Near-Total Abortion Ban

Veracruz Becomes Latest Mexican State to Decriminalize Abortion Before 12 Weeks of Pregnancy

Protesters Call for Release of Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Leaders in Honduras

State Department Bans Former Honduran President Lobo from Entering U.S.

Emmanuel Macron, Cyril Ramaphosa, Imran Khan Among 14 Heads of State Targeted by NSO Group

Jeff Bezos Thanks Amazon Workers and Customers for Paying for His 10-Minute Suborbital Flight

Trump Associate Tom Barrack Arrested, Charged with Acting as Foreign Agent for UAE

Harvey Weinstein Extradited to Los Angeles to Face More Rape Charges

South Carolina State University Forgives $10 Million of Student Debt Using Stimulus Funds

Americans Owe $140 Billion in Medical Debt to Collection Agencies

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Report: COVID Death Toll in India May Be Over 4 Million

As COVID Cases Rise in All 50 States, Biden Urges Unvaccinated to Get the Shot

Pediatricians Recommend Universal Masking in Schools

Ariel Henry to Become Haitian PM After Getting Support from U.S. & Core Group

Socialist Teacher & Union Leader Pedro Castillo Wins Peruvian Presidential Election

35 Killed in Market Blast in Baghdad on Eve of Eid al-Adha

Rockets Land Near Afghan Presidential Palace During Outdoor Eid Prayers

In Victory for BDS Movement, Ben & Jerry’s to Stop Selling Ice Cream in Israeli Settlements

Morocco Sentences Journalist Omar Radi to 6 Years in Prison

Trump Supporter Sentenced to Eight Months in Prison for Capitol Insurrection

McCarthy Names 5 to Select Committee Probing Jan. 6 Insurrection

Bootleg Fire Becomes Third-Largest Fire Ever in Oregon

Winona LaDuke & Water Protectors Arrested in Enbridge Pipeline Protest

100 Arrested in D.C. at Poor People’s Campaign’s Women’s Moral March

Trans Model Leyna Bloom Appears on Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover

NHL Prospect Luke Prokop Comes Out as Gay in First for League

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, July 19, 2021

COVID Cases on the Rise Among Olympic Athletes Days Ahead of Tokyo Opening Ceremony

Boris Johnson Self-Isolates as U.K. Reopens; Mass Protests in France over COVID Measures

Delta Variant Spreads Across Africa, Latin America, Where Vaccines Are Sorely Lacking

Young Children at Risk as U.S. Cases Surge in Areas with Low Vaccination Rates

DOJ Set to Challenge U.S. Judge Ruling Declaring DACA Unlawful

Israeli Spyware Company Targeted Phones of Journalists and Politicians Around the World

Death Toll in Western Europe Flash Floods Nears 200; 70 Major Wildfires Rage in Western U.S.

Colombian Police Say Former Haitian Gov’t Official Ordered Assassination of Jovenel Moïse

Israeli Forces Violently Evict Palestinian Worshipers from Al-Aqsa Mosque

Egyptian Rights Activist Esraa Abdel Fattah Freed from Prison

Abdul Latif Nasser Released from Guantánamo Bay After 19 Years Without Charge

Thousands of Families Displaced Amid Heightened Violence in Afghanistan

Award-Winning Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Killed While Covering Afghan Conflict

Shooting Disrupts MLB Game in Washington, D.C., in Another Weekend of Gun Violence Across U.S.

Illinois Bans Police from Lying to Minors During Interrogations

Rosebud Sioux Bury Remains of Indigenous Children Who Died in U.S. Gov’t Schools

Workers at Kansas Frito-Lay Factory Strike Against Horrific Conditions

Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson, Who Fought for Desegregation, Economic Justice, Dies at 99

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, July 16, 2021

COVID-19 Cases Rise in Nearly Every U.S. State as Delta Variant Becomes Dominant

Surgeon General Calls on Social Media Giants to Stop Spread of Anti-Vaccine Misinformation

Coronavirus Infections Continue Exponential Rise in Southeast Asia and Africa

German Chancellor Confronted over Blocking Patent Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines

WHO Warns 23 Million Children Missed Vaccinations in 2020 Due to Pandemic

110 Dead, 1,300 Missing as Once-in-a-Century Flooding Hits Germany and Belgium

Smoke Blankets Much of North America as Western Wildfires Grow in Size

Research Shows Parts of Amazon Rainforest Now Emit More Greenhouse Gas Than They Absorb

U.S. Military Trained Colombian Soldiers Arrested for Assassinating Haitian President

Biden Brands Cuba a “Failed State” Without Acknowledging Role of U.S. Blockade in Crisis

South Africa Sends 25,000 Troops into Street After Days of Protests and Unrest

Dutch Crime Reporter Peter R. de Vries Dies One Week After He Was Shot on the Street

IRS Begins Child Tax Credit Rollout to 60 Million Families

Biden’s ICE Nominee Says He Would Let Local Law Enforcement Continue to Collaborate with Agency

FBI Failed to Intervene in Abuse Claims Against Larry Nassar, Leading to 100+ More Sex Crimes

Capitol Police Arrest Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty and Others as They March to Defend Democracy

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 15, 2021

1 Million Acres Burn in Western U.S. and Canada as Another Heat Wave Builds

Russia Deploys Military to Battle Siberian Wildfires Amid Record Heat

Global COVID-19 Cases Rise Again, Fueled by Surges in Southeast Asia and Africa

Anti-Vaccination Protesters March in France and Greece

U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Rose by 30% in 2020 to Record High

Biden Selects Dr. Rahul Gupta, Who Oversaw West Virginia Response to Opioid Crisis, as “Drug Czar”

Sen. Schumer Unveils Proposal to Decriminalize Marijuana at the Federal Level

Haitian Police Arrest More Suspects in Assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

Cuba Lifts Restrictions on Essential Goods Brought in by Travelers

Taliban Captures Key Border Crossing with Pakistan

Indigenous Children’s Remains Returned to Families Amid Reckoning over Genocidal U.S. Gov’t Schools

General Mark Milley Says Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Felt Like “Reichstag Moment”

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Sunscreens Containing Carcinogen

Family of Andrew Brown, Who Was Gunned Down by Police, Files Civil Rights Lawsuit

Jamaica Seeks Reparations for Slavery from Britain

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Biden Condemns Republican “Election Subversion” But Does Not Call for End to Filibuster

U.S. Starts Vaccinating ICE Prisoners; Calls Mount for Germany to Support Vaccine IP Waivers

More Suspects Sought in Moïse Assassination as Groups Call on U.S. to Welcome Haitian Asylum Seekers

72 Killed Amid Growing Unrest in South Africa

Mourners Gather in Ramallah for Funeral of Human Rights Activist Suha Jarrar

U.N. Rapporteur Says Israeli Settlements Constitute War Crimes, Calls for International Action

More Unmarked Graves Found at Another Canadian School for First Nations Children

Reproductive Rights Groups Sue Texas over 6-Week Abortion Ban

Fracking Companies Pumped Toxic PFAS into the Ground After Obama’s EPA Approved Its Use

Jailed Immigrants File Complaint over Abuse and Neglect at Bergen County ICE Facility

Senate Dems Reach $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan That Could Forgo GOP Support

Care Workers Demand Proper Compensation and Benefits in Infrastructure Legislation

Sunrise Mvt Activists Camp Out at Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Offices to Demand Climate Action

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Texas House Democrats Flee State to Stop GOP-Backed Voter Suppression Bills

Dozens Killed, 100+ Injured as Fire Tears Through COVID Ward in Iraq

Conflict, Climate Crisis and COVID-19 Cause Sixfold Rise in People Suffering Famine 

WHO Blasts Calls for Extra Booster Shots While Billions Lack Vaccine Access

FDA Warns of Very Rare Guillain-Barré Cases Tied to Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

Suspects in Assassination of Haitian President Had Ties to U.S. Law Enforcement

Cuban President Calls for End to Blockade as Biden Voices Support for Cuban Protesters

32 Killed Across South Africa in Protests That Erupted After Jailing of Former President 

Press Freedom Groups Demand Release of Jailed Moroccan Journalist Soulaimane Raissouni

Protests Erupt in Tblisi, Georgia, over Killing of Journalist by Homophobic Mob

Guatemalan Protesters Demand Resignation of President over Mishandling of Pandemic

Federal Judge Blasts “Fantastical” Claims of Voter Fraud by Pro-Trump Attorneys

2,500 Chicago-Area Workers Win Tentative Contract, Ending 18-Day Strike

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, July 12, 2021

Police Arrest Man Who Planned to Assume Haitian Presidency as More U.S. Ties Emerge

COVID Cases on the Rise in 42 U.S. States; CDC Urges Schools to Reopen in Fall

Thousands Take to Streets of Cuba to Protest Economic Crisis, Pandemic

Top U.S. Military General Leaves Post in Afghanistan as Withdrawal Nears End

Ethiopian Elections Deliver Win for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Racist Trolls Attack England Soccer Team’s Black Players After Loss to Italy in Euro 2020

G20 Members Back 15% Global Minimum Tax; Critics Say Greater Change Is Needed

Biden Signs Order to Combat Monopolies, Low Wages

Biden Fires Trump-Era Social Security Head with Anti-Union, Anti-Benefits Agenda

ACLU Says Trump Admin Began Family Separations in 2017, Months Before “Zero Tolerance” Policy

62-Year-Old Hervis Earl Rogers Faces 40 Years in Prison for “Illegal Voting” in Texas

Charlottesville, Virginia, Removes Racist Statues After Protracted Legal Battle

Surfside Condo Collapse Death Toll Rises to 90

Branson Beats Bezos in Billionaire Space Race

California on Pace for Worst-Ever Wildfire Season as 300,000 Acres Burn in Western U.S.

Records Fall in Las Vegas and Palm Springs as Western U.S. Suffers Latest Heat Wave

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, July 9, 2021

“I Will Not Send Another Generation of Americans to War”: Biden Steps Up Afghanistan Pullout

Haiti Arrests Colombian Ex-Soldiers and Two U.S. Citizens for Assassination of President Moïse

Africa Suffers Worst Week Since Start of COVID-19 Pandemic 

White House Coronavirus Task Force Warns of Surging Cases in Low-Vaccination Areas 

Pfizer Tweaking Vaccine to Target Delta Coronavirus Variant, Will Seek Authorization for Third Shot

Texas GOP Unveils Sweeping Voter Suppression Measures in Special Legislative Session

15 States Drop Case Against Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Plan in Landmark Opioids Case

White House Vows to Step Up Pressure on Russia After Cyberattacks

Dozens Killed in Factory Fire in Bangladesh

3 Suspects Arrested in Homophobic Killing That Spurred Massive Protests in Spain

European Lawmakers Suspend Hungary’s Funding over Its Attacks on LGBTQ Rights

Israel Continues Demolition of Palestinian Homes in Occupied West Bank

El Salvador Expels Mexican Journalist Daniel Lizárraga Amid Crackdown on Dissent

Pacific Northwest Heat Wave “Impossible Without Human-Caused Climate Change”

Gov. Newsom Asks Californians to Reduce Water Use Amid Record Heat and Drought

14-Year-Old Zaila Avant-garde Is the First African American Scripps Spelling Bee Champion

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 8, 2021

Haiti Declares “State of Siege” After Assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

Japan Declares Virus Emergency Through Tokyo Olympics as Global COVID-19 Deaths Pass 4 Million

North America Recorded Hottest June on Record Amid Worsening Climate Crisis

Line 3 Pipeline Foes Say Enbridge Spilled Drilling Chemicals in Minnesota River

U.S. Soldiers and Diplomats Come Under Fire in Iraq and Syria

Human Rights Commission Calls for Demilitarization of Colombia’s Police

Unhoused Atlanta Residents Form Union, Occupy City Hall Pressing Demands 

Dozens of States Sue Google for Creating App Store Monopoly 

Trump Sues Big Tech CEOs; D.C. Court Suspends Giuliani’s Law License

Surfside Search-and-Rescue Mission Ends With Dozens Still Missing

Darnella Frazier’s Uncle Killed by Officer Pursuing Suspect in High-Speed Chase 

NY Governor Declares Gun Violence Emergency

U.S. Says Assange Would Be Kept Out of Supermax Prison as U.K. Court Reopens Door to Extradition

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated

Eric Adams Set to Become New York City’s Next Mayor After Clinching Primary

Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects Tenure at UNC, Heads to Howard University with Ta-Nehisi Coates

Biden Admin Extends Temporary Protected Status for Yemenis

Pentagon Cancels $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract with Microsoft

White House Quietly Hosts Brother of Mohammed bin Salman

Lebanon on Brink of Economic Collapse as People Face Hunger, Poverty and Political Uncertainty

Far-Right Israeli Gov’t Fails to Renew Apartheid “Citizenship Law”

Iran Hosts Intra-Afghan Talks Amid Taliban Advances, U.S. Withdrawal

84-Year-Old Indian Priest and Activist Dies in Police Custody

Indigenous Land Defender Assassinated in Chiapas

Colombian Special Tribunal Accuses Soldiers of Killing 120 Civilians as Part of Drugs War

140 Children Taken by Gunmen as Nigeria’s Kidnapping Crisis Mounts

Dutch Reporter Peter R. de Vries in Critical Condition After Being Shot on the Street

EU Bans Common Single-Use Consumer Plastics

Heat Wave May Have Killed 1 Billion Shellfish, Other Sea Creatures on Canadian Coast

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, July 6, 2021

WHO Warns Against Dropping Public Health Measures as Delta Coronavirus Variant Spreads 

President Biden Says Getting Vaccinated Is “Most Patriotic Thing You Can Do”

U.N. Says 400,000 in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Are in Famine, with 1.8 Million on the Brink

U.S.-Trained Honduran Ex-Military Officer Found Guilty of Participating in Murder of Berta Cáceres

Tropical Storm Elsa Makes History as Worsening Climate Crisis Bakes Northern Hemisphere

“Eye of Fire” Erupts from Ruptured Pipeline Near Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform

Black Community in Memphis Defeats Oil Pipeline That Threatened Water Supply

Jessica Reznicek Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Eco-Sabotage on Dakota Access Pipeline

Israel Bombs Gaza Strip as Palestinians Launch Incendiary Balloons

Mapuche Leader Elisa Loncón to Lead Rewrite of Chile’s Pinochet-Era Constitution

Eswatini Protesters Killed, Tortured Amid Demands for End to Absolute Monarchy

Surfside Condo Disaster Death Toll Rises to 28, with 117 Still Missing

11 Heavily Armed Men with “Rise of the Moors” Militia Group Arrested in Massachusetts

Track Star Sha’Carri Richardson Suspended Ahead of Olympics over Positive Marijuana Test

Native Hawaiian Activist Haunani-Kay Trask, Who Opposed U.S. Imperialism, Dies at 71

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Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voter Suppression Law in Latest Blow to Voting Rights Act

Supreme Court Strikes Down California Donor Law in Major Win for Dark Money Groups

Trump Organization Charged with Criminal Tax Fraud, CFO Charged with Grand Larceny

WHO Warns Delta Coronavirus Variant Driving Massive Third Wave Across Africa

Venezuela Begins Administering Cuban-Made Abdala COVID-19 Vaccine

Extreme Heat Wave Scorches Canada, Nearly Wiping Out Canadian Town of Lytton

Pelosi Appoints Republican Liz Cheney to Select Committee to Probe Capitol Insurrection

Attorney General Merrick Garland Halts Federal Executions

U.S. Troops Withdraw from Bagram Airbase as Afghanistan’s Future Hangs in the Balance

10 Sentenced for Child Trafficking in Ivory Coast Cocoa Industry as Corporations Go Unpunished

Turkish Women Condemn Government Withdrawal from Treaty on Gender-Based Violence

NFL Slaps Washington Football Team with $10 Million Fine for Systemic Sexual Harassment

Boy Scouts of America Reach $850 Million Settlement with Survivors of Sexual Abuse

“No Pride in Genocide”: Protests and Vigils Eschew Canada Day Celebrations

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 1, 2021

Trump Organization CFO Surrenders After Grand Jury Indictment

Bill Cosby Released from Jail After Court Overturns Sexual Assault Conviction on Technicality

Hundreds Feared Dead in Pacific Northwest in Unprecedented Heat Wave

Indigenous Groups Blockade White House Urging End to Fossil Fuel Projects

ExxonMobil Lobbyist Tricked into Disclosing How Firm Fights Climate Initiatives

Death Toll in Miami Beach Building Collapse Reaches 18; 145 Still Missing

Highly Contagious Delta COVID Variant Drives Cases, from Bangladesh to Russia

Brazilians Call for Bolsonaro Impeachment as COVD Death Toll Tops 500K

Iraq War & Torture Architect Donald Rumsfeld, 88, Dies

Just Two Republicans Back House Plan to Establish Jan. 6 Select Committee

Billionaire Funds Deployment of South Dakota National Guard to U.S.-Mexico Border

Amazon Seeks to Force New FTC Chair to Recuse Herself over Past Amazon Criticism

China Marks 100th Anniversary of Chinese Communist Party

U.S. & Japan Held Secret War Games & Military Exercises Targeting China

U.N. Sec.-Gen. Guterres Urges U.S. to Lift Sanctions on Iran

182 More Unmarked Graves Found at First Nations Residential Schools in Canada

Report: Palestinian Authority Asks Israel for Munitions to Quell West Bank Protests

State Department to Allow “X” Gender Marker on Passports

Absentee Ballots Will Decide NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary

UNC-Chapel Hill Board Votes to Give Tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Israeli Forces Begin Demolitions in East Jerusalem’s Silwan, Attack Protesters

U.S. Military May Be Near End of Afghan Withdrawal as Top General Warns of Possible Civil War

Russia Tests Missiles in Crimea After Start of Ukraine-NATO’s Black Sea Military Drill

Israel’s Foreign Minister Inaugurates Embassy in UAE

Former South African President Jacob Zuma Sentenced to Prison for Contempt of Court

COVID Surge Brings Indonesia to “Edge of Catastrophe”; Virus Lowered Brazil’s Life Expectancy

Vaccinated Angelenos Urged to Keep Masking Amid Delta Variant Spread; 800 Line 3 Workers Got COVID

Pfizer & Moderna Vaccines Could Offer Years of Protection; SCOTUS Allows Eviction Moratorium to Stand

NYC Board of Elections Posts, Then Retracts, Updated Tally in Mayor’s Race After Counting Error

Maricopa County Will Replace Voting Machines Handled by GOP-Hired Firm in 2020 Election Audit

House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues from the Capitol

Rep. Cori Bush Introduces Bill to End Police Response in Mental Health and Substance Use Crises

NYT: Far-Right Spies Infiltrated Democratic Groups During 2020 Elections

SCOTUS Rules Asylum Seekers Who Were Once Deported Can Be Denied Bond, Locked Up Indefinitely

Immigrant Prisoners in New Jersey Attacked by Guards, Moved to Undisclosed Location

Dozens of Deaths in Canada Linked to Searing Heat Wave

Climate Activists Demand Congress End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Pacific Northwest’s Stifling Heat Breaks All-Time Records for Second Straight Day

Moscow Storms Break Russia’s Record-Setting June Heat Wave

Dozens of Youth Climate Activists Arrested at White House Demanding Action on Climate Crisis

“An Overt Political Blockade”: Minnesota Police Barricade Line 3 Pipeline Protest Camp

Ethiopia Declares Ceasefire After Separatists Claim Tigray’s Capital City  

Iranian-Backed Militia Strikes Back After Biden Orders Bombings in Iraq and Syria

Federal Judge Throws Out Antitrust Lawsuits Seeking to Break Up Facebook 

Trump Reportedly Asked to Send Coronavirus-Infected Americans to Guantánamo Bay

Death Toll Reaches 11 in Florida Condo Collapse, with 150 Still Missing 

Juul Reaches $40 Million Settlement with North Carolina over Teen Nicotine Addiction

SCOTUS Won’t Hear Challenge to Ruling Declaring Transgender Student Segregation Unconstitutional

California Bans State-Funded Travel to 17 States with Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws

Human Rights Court Holds Honduran State Responsible for Killing of Trans Woman Vicky Hernández

Mexican Supreme Court Decriminalizes Adult Use of Marijuana

U.N. Demands End to Impunity for Officers Who Violate Human Rights of Black People 

Olympian Gwen Berry Turns Back on U.S. Flag in Protest Against Systemic Racism 

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, June 28, 2021

Iraq Condemns Violation of Sovereignty After U.S. Launches Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria

Judge Sentences Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin to 22.5 Years in Prison for Murdering George Floyd

WHO Urges Vaccinated People to Keep Taking COVID Precautions as Delta Variant Spreads Across Globe

Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa Among Nations Ordering New Restrictions Amid Surge in Cases

Biden Says U.S. Will Continue to Support Afghan Gov’t After Withdrawal as Taliban Takes New Territory

9 Dead, 150+ Missing in Miami Condo Collapse as 2018 Report Shows Building Was Vulnerable

VP Kamala Harris Visits El Paso on U.S.-Mexico Border

Thousands of Cook County Workers Strike for Better Pay and Affordable Healthcare

Justice Department Sues Georgia over Voter Suppression Law

Manhattan District Attorney Set to File Criminal Charges Against Trump Organization

Trump Sought to Use Insurrection Act to Crush Black Lives Matter Protests in 2020

Millions Worldwide Celebrate LGBTQ Pride, Defying Police Harassment

Johnson & Johnson Reaches $230 Million Settlement with New York over Role in Opioid Epidemic

Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel, Who Read Pentagon Papers into Congressional Record, Dies at 91

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, June 25, 2021

Biden and Senators Reach Compromise Infrastructure Bill That Excludes Climate and Jobs Programs

Biden Administration Backs Permits for Enbridge Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline

Climate Crisis Driving Record-High Temperatures in Pacific Northwest

Federal Fire Agency Warns Historic Drought Is Increasing Demand for Firefighters

“Half-Measures and Broken Promises”: European Parliament Commits to Climate Neutrality by 2050

Climate Crisis Pushes 1 Million People in Madagascar to “Edge of Starvation”

751 Unmarked Graves Found at Former Residential School for Indigenous Children in Saskatchewan

U.S. Bans Solar Panel Parts Produced in Xinjiang by Forced Labor

At Least Four Dead, Dozens Missing After Miami-Area Apartment Building Collapses

Pelosi Announces Select Committee to Investigate U.S. Capitol Insurrection

Michigan Senate Report Discredits Trump and GOP Voter Fraud Claims

New York Court Suspends Rudy Giuliani’s Law License over 2020 Election Lies

Judge to Deliver Derek Chauvin’s Sentence for Murder of George Floyd

Pandemic Exacerbating Vulnerability of Children in Conflict

West Bank Protesters Condemn Palestinian Authority After Death of Prominent Critic Nizar Banat

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, June 24, 2021

White House to Crack Down on Illegal Gun Dealers and Increase Police Funding

Revs. Jesse Jackson and William Barber Arrested at Nonviolent Protest Against Senate Filibuster

CDC Links COVID-19 Vaccines to Rare Cases of Myocarditis But Says Benefits Far Outweigh Risks

Supreme Court Rules Cheerleader’s Profane Social Media Post Was Protected Speech

SCOTUS Cuts Off Union Organizers’ Access to Farm Workers in Major Defeat for Organized Labor

ICE Force-Fed Immigrant Prisoners Who Went on Hunger Strike Against Poor Conditions

U.N. General Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly to Condemn U.S. Embargo on Cuba for 29th Time

Britain Disputes Russia’s Claim of Naval Confrontation in Waters Near Russian-Annexed Crimea

Brazil Environment Minister Steps Down; Police Attack Indigenous Activists in Brasília

First Capitol Rioter Sentenced as Nancy Pelosi Set to Announce Cmte to Probe Jan. 6 Insurrection

Top Pentagon Chief Fends Off GOP Attacks over Military Teaching About Historical Racism

Connecticut Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

NY Judge Dismisses New York City Law Banning Chokeholds

Parents of Shooting Victim Trick Ex-NRA Head into Giving Fake Graduation Speech for Gun Control PSA

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Republicans Block Major Voting Rights Bill as Democrats Vow to Continue Fight

Air Raid in Tigray Kills Dozens, Adding to Conflict-Fueled Devastation

Japan Restarts First Nuclear Reactor in Over 3 Years Amid Widespread Opposition

Rights Groups Sound Alarm as Nicaragua’s Gov’t Escalates Crackdown on Opposition

Shooting in Mexican Border Town Kills at Least 15 People in Crossfire

At Least 3 Arab Israeli Journalists Have Come Under Attack in Past Month

U.S. Gov’t Seizes PressTV.com and Other Websites Linked to Iran

Hong Kong Newspaper Apple Daily Shuts Down Days After Police Raid Newsroom, Arrest Editors

Catalan Separatist Leaders Released After Spanish Pardon

200+ Groups Call for Permanent End to U.S. Global Gag Rule

NYT: Saudi Men Involved in Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Were Trained by U.S. Group

Biden Admin to Reconsider Cases of Rejected Asylum Seekers Subjected to “Remain in Mexico” Plan

Interior Dept. to Probe Impact of Historic Boarding Schools for Native American Children

Nikole Hannah-Jones Will Not Join UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Without Tenure

Eric Adams Leads in NYC Mayoral Race; Socialist India Walton Set to Become Buffalo’s 1st Woman Mayor

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, June 22, 2021

South African President Blasts Big Pharma for Refusing to Share COVID-19 Vaccine Technology

Cuba Says Abdala Vaccine Shows 92% Efficacy Against COVID-19

Coronavirus Surges in Indonesia; Colombia Death Toll Passes 100,000

White House Falls Behind Goal of Donating 80 Million Vaccine Doses by End of June

Deaths Soared by 32% in U.S. Nursing Homes, Where 4 in 10 Had COVID-19 in 2020

Senate GOP to Filibuster Restoration of Voting Rights Protections

Belarus Hit with New Sanctions as U.N. Rights Chief Decries Torture and Other Abuses

Zapatistas Arrive in Spain, Marking 500 Years Since Cortés’s Conquest of Mexico

U.S. Bishops Seek to Deny Communion to Joe Biden over His Support for Reproductive Rights

California to Pay Off All Past-Due Rent Accumulated During the Pandemic

Dozens of Incarcerated Texans Died in Prison After They Were Cleared for Parole

Lawsuit Accuses Smithfield Foods of Stoking Fears over Meat Shortages as Workers Died of COVID-19

Tornado Devastates Chicago Suburbs; Record Heat Wave Sparks Fires in Western States

400-Mile Youth Climate March Ends with Protest at Houston Home of Sen. Ted Cruz

New York Mayoral Primary to Be Decided by Largest-Ever Ranked-Choice Vote

Supreme Court Rules NCAA Can’t Deny Education-Related Pay and Benefits to Student Athletes

Carl Nassib Becomes First Active NFL Player to Come Out as Gay

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, June 21, 2021

More Transmissible Delta Variant Becoming Dominant, Threatening COVID Recovery

Cuba’s Soberana 02 Vaccine Offers Hope as COVID Surges in Latin America, Brazil Tops 500,000 Deaths

Japan, Uganda Impose New Measures Amid Mounting COVID Cases

Hard-Line Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi Wins Iranian Presidency as Nuclear Deal Talks Continue

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Meet with Biden Amid Surging Violence and Taliban Advance

MSF Warns Access Urgently Needed to Bring Aid to Syria’s Idlib Region

Authorities Uncover Likely Remains of Missing Indigenous Activist 3 Weeks After Disappearance

Ethiopia Holds Twice-Delayed Elections Amid Conflict and Hunger Crisis

U.N. Resolution Condemns Coup in Burma, Stops Short of Calling for Arms Embargo As Crisis Deepens

Over 82 Million People Were Forcibly Displaced in 2020

Two Guantánamo Prisoners Granted Release After 17 Years in Captivity Without Charge

Georgia GOP Secretary of State to Purge Over 100,000 from Voter Rolls

Seven Killed, Dozens Injured in Mass Shootings Across U.S.

Portland Riot Police Quit Unit En Masse After Officer Indicted for Assaulting Protester

13 Killed as Tropical Storm Slams Southeastern U.S.

Hugs Not Walls: Separated Families Briefly Reunite at U.S.-Mexico Border

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