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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 29, 2023

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U.N. Warns One-Quarter of Gazans Are Starving Amid Israeli Assault and Siege

Committee to Protect Journalists: Israel Is Killing Media Workers at Unprecedented Pace

U.N. Security Council Delays Vote on Watered-Down Gaza Resolution Again Amid U.S. Veto Threat

Facebook and Instagram Censor Voices in Support of Palestine

Labor-Led March Protests AIPAC Campaign Contributions to New York Politicians

Last French Soldiers Depart Niger After Decadelong Occupation, But U.S. Troops Remain

Biden Administration Grants Two More Permits to Contested Mountain Valley Pipeline

Much of North America Won’t See a White Christmas Amid Hottest Year in Human History

Jury Acquits 3 Tacoma Officers Who Killed 33-Year-Old Unarmed Black Father Manuel Ellis

GOP Crackdown on “Voter Fraud” Targets Voters of Color, Democrats

Trump Audio Shows Ex-President Pressured Michigan Election Workers Not to Certify His 2020 Defeat

Giuliani Files for Bankruptcy After Judge Orders Him to Pay $148M to Defamed Election Workers

Gunman Kills at Least 14 in Prague University Rampage, Czech Republic’s Worst Mass Shooting

U.S. Judge Blocks Law That Would Ban Guns in Public Places

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 21, 2023

Death Toll Tops 20,000 as Northern Gaza’s Last Functioning Hospital Fails Under Israeli Onslaught

U.N. Says Israeli Troops Summarily Executed Palestinians in Gaza City

3-Day-Old Infant Pulled from Rubble of Rafah Home Flattened in Israeli Strike

France Renews Call for Ceasefire, U.S. Continues to Reject It, as UNSC Vote Delayed for 3rd Time

“It Will Lead to Greater Human Suffering”: France, EU Impose Harsh New Restrictions on Migrants

Texas Gov. Flies 120 Migrants to Chicago Amid Ongoing Weaponization of Immigration by GOP

NBC News: Xi Jinping Told Biden China Will Force Reunification of Taiwan

Maduro Hopes for New Page in U.S.-Venezuela Relations Following Prisoner Swap

Javier Milei Deregulates Argentine Economy as Protesters Defy Crackdown on Dissent

140+ Opposition Lawmakers Suspended in India Ahead of Key Votes and Pivotal Elections

Paul Chevigny, Pioneering Lawyer Who Took on Police Brutality, Dies at 88

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Openings for New Truce as Deadly Israeli Attacks Continue to Target Civilians in Jabaliya, Rafah

U.N. Security Council Again Delays Gaza Resolution Vote as U.S. Stalls over Language

Lloyd Austin Announces Coalition to Combat Houthi Red Sea Attacks

Police Arrest High-Profile Activists as Multifaith Groups from Across the U.S. Protest at Capitol

Colorado Supreme Court Bars Trump from Appearing on Presidential Primary Ballot

Senate Confirms Final Pentagon Nominees as Tuberville Blockade Ends

U.N. Says Russian Forces Have Committed War Crimes in Ukraine, Incl. 142 Civilian Executions

Sudan’s Paramilitary RSF Seizes 2nd-Largest City Amid Spiraling Humanitarian Crisis

DRC Voters Face Polling Site Issues as Presidential Election Gets Underway

Foreign Firms Court Bolivia as It Ramps Up Lithium Exploitation

New York Establishes Commission to Explore Reparations for Black Residents

Masha Gessen Receives Hannah Arendt Prize in Pared-Down Ceremony

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Israeli Strikes on Jabaliya and Rafah Kill Dozens, Pushing Gaza Death Toll Toward 20,000

Palestinian Journalists Adel Zorob, Abdullah Alwan and Haneen Al-Qashtan Killed by Israeli Strikes

In Tel Aviv, Pentagon Chief Calls U.S.-Israel Ties “Unshakable,” Pledges More Arms for Israel

U.N. Security Council Delays Vote on Gaza Ceasefire Resolution After U.S. Delegation Objects

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs SB4, Making It a Crime to Enter the U.S. Outside Ports of Entry

Egypt’s el-Sisi Claims Victory in Presidential Election After Barring and Intimidating Opponents

Pope Francis Allows Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples But Won’t Budge on Gay Marriage

Earthquake Strikes Northwestern China, Killing at Least 118 and Injuring Hundreds

EPA to Review Safety of Vinyl Chloride in Wake of Ohio Rail Disaster

Judge Denies Trump’s Request to Toss Civil Fraud Trial

Former Election Workers Sue Rudy Giuliani Again After Winning $148 Million Defamation Suit

Italian Marxist Philosopher Antonio Negri Dies at 90

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 18, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 14, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Israel’s Barbaric Assault on Gaza Destroys More Schools, Homes, Hospitals as Death Toll Tops 18,000

IDF Uses Telegram Channel to Post Congratulatory Images of Killed and Abused Gazans

UNGA Overwhelmingly Backs Call for Ceasefire; U.S. Is Just One of 10 Nations to Oppose Resolution

Biden Cites “Indiscriminate Bombing” of Gaza But Refuses to Halt Flow of Money and Arms to Israel

COP28 Ends with Historic Deal to Move Away from Fossil Fuels; Activists Say It’s Full of Loopholes

Zelensky Fails to Gain Bipartisan Support for More Aid; Biden Weighs Immigration Concessions to GOP

Russian Antiwar Dissident Boris Kagarlitsky Freed from Detention

Poland Swears In Donald Tusk as Prime Minister; Extremist Lawmaker Extinguishes Parliament Menorah

Pakistan Rejects Indian Supreme Court Ruling Revoking Special Status for Disputed Kashmir Region

Arizona, New Mexico Supreme Courts Hear Pivotal Abortion Cases This Week

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 11, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 8, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, December 7, 2023

More Palestinian Civilians Killed as Israel’s Assault on Gaza Enters Third Month

As Israeli Siege Continues, U.N. Warns 97% of Gazans Have “Inadequate” Food Supplies

Reuters Investigation Reveals Israeli Tank Killed Journalist Issam Abdallah and Injured 6 Others

U.N. Chief António Guterres Invokes Article 99 in Rare Move to Force Debate on Gaza Ceasefire

Doctors Without Borders Holds Vigil for Medical Workers Killed in Gaza

Senate GOP Blocks $111 Billion Package with Military Funding for Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel

Gunman Kills 3 People on University of Nevada, Las Vegas Campus

Kevin McCarthy Announces Retirement 2 Months After Ouster as House Speaker

Presidential Hopefuls Attack Transgender Youth in 4th Republican Debate

Trump Says He Won’t Be a Dictator If Reelected, “Other Than Day One”

Ex-President Alberto Fujimori Released from Peruvian Prison on “Humanitarian Grounds”

Norman Lear, Prolific Activist and Producer Who Changed the Landscape of Television, Dies at 101

Legendary Linguist, Professor and Public Intellectual Noam Chomsky Turns 95

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Israeli Forces Intensify Assault on Khan Younis as U.N. Official Decries “Apocalyptic” Situation

IDF Spokesperson Lauds Reported Ratio of 2 Civilians Killed for Death of Every Hamas Fighter

U.S. Bans Visas for Settlers Involved in Violence; Divided Senate Votes on Israeli, Ukraine Funding

14 Congressmembers Vote Against House Resolution Conflating Anti-Zionism with Antisemitism

AIPAC Throws Millions at Possible Insurgent Campaigns to Unseat Progressive Democrats

Advocates Condemn Lack of Attention to Sexual Assault Accusations Against Hamas

Senate Confirms 400+ Military Nominees After Sen. Tuberville Ends 10-Month Blockade

Woman Sues Texas After She Was Denied an Abortion for Nonviable Pregnancy

Drone Attack in Nigeria’s Kaduna State Kills 85 Civilians Celebrating Religious Holiday

Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Suspected Mastermind in Berta Cáceres Assassination

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Gaza Death Toll Approaches 16,000 as Israel Intensifies Attacks and Lays Siege to Hospitals

Israeli Strikes Kill World-Renowned Researcher Sofyan Taya, Journalist Montaser Al-Sawaf

U.S. State Department Says It’s “Too Soon” to Judge Whether Israel Is Protecting Civilians

Lawsuit Accuses Netherlands’ Government of Complicity in Israeli War Crimes

Death Toll from Tanzania Floods Rises to 63

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood COP28 Climate Summit as Carbon Emissions Reach Record Pace 

Trial Opens of Two Paramedics Charged with Negligent Homicide in Death of Elijah McClain

Ex-U.S. Ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha Charged with Spying for Cuba

Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Bankruptcy Plan Shielding Sacklers from Opioid Liability 

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, December 4, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, December 1, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 30, 2023

Israel and Hamas Agree to Last-Minute Deal Extending Truce by 24 Hours

Decomposing Bodies of Premature Babies Discovered in Besieged Gaza Hospital

Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Children in Raid on Jenin Refugee Camp

Palestinian Gunmen Kill 3 at Jerusalem Bus Stop; Netanyahu Pledges Gaza Assault Will Resume

“Christmas Is Canceled”: Protesters at NYC Tree-Lighting Ceremony Call for End to Israeli Occupation

House Progressives Join White House Hunger Strikers in Call for Gaza Ceasefire

Prominent Law Firm Rescinds Job Offer to Arab American Attorney Who Supports Palestinian Rights

Henry Kissinger, Who Instigated Wars and Backed Dictatorships Under Nixon and Ford, Dies at 100

DOJ Indictment Alleges Indian National Plotted to Assassinate Sikh Activist in U.S.

Elon Musk Tells Advertisers Pulling Out of X, “Go F*** Yourself”

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Israel and Hamas Agree to Extend Truce by 48 Hours to Exchange More Captives 

Elon Musk Says Starlink Internet Service Will Operate in Gaza Only with Israel’s Approval 

Vermont Man Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder of Three Palestinian Students

Former Obama Adviser Pleads Not Guilty to Hate Crimes over Racist Harassment of NYC Vendor

Activists at White House Launch Hunger Strike Demanding Biden Press for Gaza Ceasefire

Ahead of COP28 Climate Summit, U.N. Warns of Rapidly Melting Antarctic Sea Ice 

Biden Won’t Join World Leaders at COP28 Climate Talks

Climate Reporters’ Sting Reveals Saudi Plan to “Hook” Poorer Countries on Fossil Fuels

U.N. Warns of Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Russia Cracks Down Further on Journalists Masha Gessen, Evan Gershkovich

Vermont Community Radio Pioneer and NASCAR Enthusiast Ken Squier Dies at 88 

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 27, 2023

Calls Mount to Extend Truce as Dozens of Hamas Captives and Palestinian Prisoners Freed

Israeli Forces Kill at Least 8 West Bank Palestinians Amid Surge in Violence

Vermont Police Arrest Suspect in Shooting of 3 Palestinian Students

Activists Shut Down Manhattan Bridge; Demonstrators Disrupt Macy’s Parade Over Protest-Filled Weekend

BBC Censors BAFTA Acceptance Speeches Expressing Solidarity with Palestine

NYU Cancer Doctor Sues After Firing for Racist Posts

Far-Right Xenophobe Geert Wilders on Path to Become Dutch PM After Parliamentary Election

Russia Launches Largest Drone Attack in Ukraine Since Start of Invasion

Far-Right Groups Riot in Dublin After Knife Attack Stokes Anti-Immigrant Hatred

Tens of Thousands March to Demand the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Over 100 Arrested as Australian Climate Activists Blockade World’s Largest Coal Port

Portland Teachers End Strike After Winning Higher Wages and Smaller Class Sizes

Thousands of Amazon Workers Strike on Black Friday

Young Lords Co-Founder Turned “Best Street Reporter on TV” Pablo Yoruba Guzmán Dies

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 24, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 23, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 20, 2023

IDF Attacks Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital After Forcing Al-Shifa to Shutter, U.N. Helps Evacuate Babies

Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens of Gazans Sheltering at U.N. School as Death Toll Soars Above 13,000

Families of Hostages Complete March to Jerusalem as Int’l Talks Indicate Possible Progress

Houthi Fighters Seize Israeli-Linked Japanese Ship in Red Sea

Israeli Forces Continue Deadly Raids in West Bank; Residents of Hebron’s H2 Under Harsh Lockdown

Protesters Disrupt Yale-Harvard Football Game to Call for Gaza Ceasefire

Activists Shut Down Event for California Candidates to U.S. Senate

American Public Health Association Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza

Far-Right Libertarian Javier Milei Elected as Argentina’s Next President

Joseph Boakai Elected President of Liberia

Texas GOP Bills Turn Police into Immigration Enforcers, Criminalize Asylum Seekers

U.K. Supreme Court Rejects PM Sunak’s Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda

Average Global Temperature Rises 2°C Above Pre-Industrial Levels for First Time on Record

Flooding Kills at Least 130 Across Horn of Africa with 770,000 Displaced

Climate Crisis and Slash-and-Burn Agriculture Drive Record Wildfires in Bolivia

Colorado Judge Won’t Bar Donald Trump from 2024 Ballot

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies at 96

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 17, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 13, 2023

Gaza’s Largest Hospitals Close, Premature Babies Taken Out of Incubators, as Health System Collapses

French President Emmanuel Macron Says It’s Time for Ceasefire in Gaza

British PM Rishi Sunak Fires Home Sec. Who Branded Pro-Palestinian Marches “Hate Crimes”

President of Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald Calls for Israel to Be Held Accountable at ICC

300,000 Protest in London to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza

Hezbollah Attack Injures 7 Israeli Soldiers and 10 Others Near Lebanon Border

Pentagon Says It Bombed Two More Sites in Syria in Response to Drone and Missile Attacks

Sudanese Paramilitary Group Carried Out Massacre of Masalit in Darfur

Protesters Challenge Spanish Government Deal Granting Amnesty to Catalan Separatists

Australia Agrees to Resettle Climate Refugees from Tuvalu in Exchange for Security Pact

FBI Seizes Electronic Devices of NYC Mayor Eric Adams Amid Campaign Finance Probe

Sen. Tim Scott Drops Bid for 2024 GOP Presidential Nomination

Animal Rights Defender Wayne Hsiung Convicted of Felony for Rescuing Factory Farm Animals

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 10, 2023

Israeli Tanks Surround Gaza Hospitals After Repeated Strikes on Medical Facilities 

“A New Nakba”: Palestinians Condemn Forcible Transfer from Northern Gaza

Attacks on U.S. Forces in Mideast Surge Amid Warnings Gaza War Could Spread Like “Wildfire” 

U.S. Official Says Toll from Israeli Strikes Is “Even Higher” Than Official Figure of 10,000+ Killed

Media Workers Protest New York Times for Biased, Anti-Palestinian Coverage of Israeli War on Gaza

Nan Goldin Cancels NYT Project over Its “Complicity with Israel”

Students at Brown, MIT, Columbia and Other Colleges Risk Arrest, Retaliation to Protest War on Gaza

7 Million People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Are Now Displaced

Joe Manchin Says He Will Not Seek Reelection to Senate

Jill Stein to Seek 2024 Green Party Presidential Nomination

U.S. Court Sides with Biden, Allows Willow Oil Project in Alaska to Go Ahead

Texas Executes Brent Brewer Despite Glaring Issues with His Case

DOJ Launches Federal Civil Rights Investigation into Lexington, Mississippi

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 9, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, November 7, 2023

U.N. Warns Gaza Is Becoming a “Graveyard for Children” as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Ambulances

Netanyahu Rules Out Ceasefire, Says Israel Will Take Responsibility for Security in Gaza

Israeli Minister Calls Nuclear Attack on Gaza “An Option”

South Africa Recalls Ambassador to Israel, Citing “Collective Punishment” of Palestinians

“Not in Our Name”: Jewish Peace Activists Rally at Statue of Liberty to Demand Gaza Ceasefire

Pakistan Bulldozes Homes of Refugees to Enforce Mass Deportation of Afghan Immigrants 

Zelensky Rules Out Elections in Ukraine as Russian Assault Continues

Trump Takes Witness Stand in $250 Million Civil Fraud Trial

Second Officer Acquitted of Homicide Charges over 2019 Killing of Elijah McClain

Dozens of “Stop Cop City” Activists Appear in Georgia Court to Face RICO Charges

Father of Highland Park Shooter Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanors After Helping Son Obtain Assault Rifle

On Election Day, Virginia’s Legislature Is Up for Grabs; Ohio Voters Will Decide Abortion Rights 

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, November 6, 2023

Democracy Now! television program for Friday, November 3, 2023

Gaza Death Toll Tops 9,200 as U.N. Experts Warn “Time Is Running Out to Prevent Genocide” 

Israeli Strike Kills Palestinian Journalist Mohammad Abu Hattab and His Family

Israeli Raids on Occupied West Bank Kill 9 Palestinians, Including Children 

Hezbollah Chief to Make First Speech on Gaza Amid Mounting Violence on Israel-Lebanon Border

House Approves $14.3 Billion Military Aid Package for Israel 

“We Choose Humanity”: Chile’s Gabriel Boric Condemns U.S. Support for Israel’s Massacre in Gaza

Multifaith Protests Demanding Gaza Ceasefire Continue Across the U.S. Despite Police Crackdown

Cornell Cancels Classes After Student Posts Antisemitic Mass Shooting Threats

100+ Activists Stage Die-in in Front of Raytheon as Arms Maker Projects Profits from U.S. War Funding 

Russia Deratifies International Nuclear Testing Ban

Only Israel Stands with U.S as UNGA Votes for 31st Straight Year to Condemn U.S. Embargo on Cuba

Mexico Announces Plans to Rebuild Acapulco After Hurricane Otis; Europe Hit by Record Wind and Rain

FBI Raids Home of NYC Mayor Adams’s Top Fundraiser in Campaign Financing Probe

Sam Bankman-Fried Faces 110 Years in Prison After Guilty Verdict in FTX Fraud Case

Ex-Memphis Police Officer Pleads Guilty in Beating Death of Tyre Nichols

Domestic Abuse Survivor Tracy McCarter Sues NYC, Police Officers over Wrongful Arrest

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, November 2, 2023

U.N. Warns Israel’s Attacks Could Amount to “War Crimes” as Gaza Death Toll Passes 9,000

Biden Responds to Rabbi Calling for Gaza Ceasefire: “We Need a Pause”

Protesters Hold Die-in in Office of Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed

Jordan Recalls Ambassador to Israel over Gaza’s “Unprecedented Humanitarian Catastrophe”

Iran Warns of “Grave” Consequences If Israel Continues Gaza Assault

Ukraine’s Military Commander Says War with Russia Has Reached a Stalemate

Republican Senators Confront Tommy Tuberville over Holding Up Military Confirmations

House Rejects Resolution to Expel New York GOP Rep. George Santos

House Tables Censure Resolution Against Palestinian American Rep. Rashida Tlaib

Oregon Teachers Strike for Higher Wages and Smaller Class Sizes

“Pharmageddon”: Pharmacists and Technicians Launch Wildcat Strikes at CVS and Walgreens

Healthcare Activist Ady Barkan, Who Championed Medicare for All, Dies of ALS at 39

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 50 Gazans in Jabaliya as Overrun Hospitals on Brink of Catastrophe

Rafah Border with Egypt Opens for Foreign Nationals and Some Injured Gazans

Antiwar Protesters Disrupt Blinken and Austin Senate Hearings to Call for Ceasefire

GOP Wants to Divert IRS Funding to Fulfill Biden’s Request for $14 Billion for Israel

Baited by Fox, White House Likens Palestinian Rights Protests to Charlottesville

Bernice King Corrects Record on Her Father After Misleading Tweet by Amy Schumer

“A Text-Book Case of Genocide”: New York’s U.N. Rights Chief Steps Down over Response to Gaza Assault

Chile and Colombia Recall Ambassadors to Israel; Bolivia Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Israel

Houthis Say They Launched Air Attacks in Southern Israel

Iranian Authorities Detain, Beat World-Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

China-Mediated Plan to Repatriate Rohingya Refugees to Burma Advances Despite Fears of More Violence

Pakistani Police Arrest Afghan Nationals as Crackdown on Immigrants Intensifies

King Charles Expresses “Deepest Regret” for Colonial Violence in Kenya But Does Not Offer Apology

Michigan Closes Cases Against Public Officials Responsible for Flint Water Crisis

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 31, 2023

UNICEF Warns Israel’s Assault on Gaza Is Killing or Wounding 420 Children a Day

Israeli Tanks Press Deeper into Gaza After Netanyahu Rules Out Ceasefire, Condemns Hostage Video

Israeli Military Warns Al Jazeera Correspondent in Gaza to Leave Home or Die

Reporters Without Borders Says Israel “Targeted” Journalists in Attack That Killed Issam Abdallah

Sit-in Protesters Across Canada Demand Lawmakers Press for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza 

Antisemitic Mob Storms Airport in Russia’s Dagestan Region Seeking Israeli Passengers 

U.S. Officials Warn of Surge of Hate Crimes Against Muslims, Arabs and Jews 

Records Show Police Ignored Warnings Ahead of Maine Gunman’s Violent Rampage

Colorado Court Hears Arguments in Lawsuit Seeking to Bar Trump from 2024 Ballot

Pence Drops 2024 Presidential Bid; Rep. Dean Phillips to Challenge Biden for Democratic Nomination

UAW Reaches Tentative Deal with GM, Ending Strike Against Big Three U.S. Automakers

Prison Banned Books Week Highlights Censorship Behind Bars

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 30, 2023

Palestinian Death Toll Tops 8,300 as Israeli Tanks Advance on Gaza City

Families of Israeli Hostages Plead with Netanyahu to Protect Hostages, Call for Prisoner Swap

West Bank Toll Rises to 111 After Israeli Settler Kills Palestinian Harvesting Olives

U.S. and Israel Side Against Overwhelming Majority at UNGA Calling for Gaza Ceasefire

Jewish Voice for Peace Leads Protest of Thousands in NYC’s Grand Central Station

Maine Mass Shooting Suspect Found Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot

United Auto Workers Wins Tentative Deal with Stellantis and GM, Following Ford

Iranian Teen Assaulted by Morality Police for Not Wearing Headscarf Dies of Injuries

Extinction Rebellion Protesters Demand Germany Decarbonize by 2030

Leading Climate Scientist Saleemul Huq Dies in Bangladesh

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 27, 2023

“Gaza Is Being Strangled”: U.N. Says Israel’s Siege Will Lead to More Palestinian Deaths

Gaza Health Ministry Publishes Names of Nearly 7,000 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strikes

Al Jazeera’s Wael al-Dahdouh Returns to Work One Day After Israeli Strike Kills 12 Family Members

EU Appeals for “Humanitarian Pause” in Gaza But Stops Short of Ceasefire Call

“Vote to Stop This Madness”: Palestinian U.N. Envoy Implores UNGA Members to Back Ceasefire

U.S. Forces Attack Iran-Linked Facilities in Syria

Florida Moves to Ban Chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine in State Colleges

Hurricane Otis Kills at Least 27 in Mexico, Leaving Trail of Destruction in Acapulco

Major Protests in Panama Take Aim at Canadian Copper Mine

U.S. Seeks to Turn Page on Fraught Relations with China with High-Profile Official Meetings

Maine Rep. Reverses Stance on Gun Laws, Calls for Ban on Assault Rifles, After Lewiston Massacre

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 26, 2023

Israeli Tanks Enter Northern Gaza Strip as Palestinian Death Toll Passes 7,000 

Al Jazeera Gaza Bureau Chief Loses Wife, Daughter, Son and Grandson to Israeli Airstrike 

Hamas Rocket Fire Wounds Six in Israel

U.N. Security Council Fails to Pass Resolution to End Deadly Israeli Assault on Gaza

House Elects GOP Hard-Liner Mike Johnson as Speaker, Ending Weekslong Legislative Standstill

“Not in Our Name”: Jewish American Protesters Occupy Lawmakers’ Offices Demanding Gaza Ceasefire

Gunman Kills At Least 15 in Maine; Suspect Is Army Reservist and Weapons Trainer

Judge Reinstates Charges Against Ex-Officer Who Killed Eddie Irizarry 

UAW Reaches Tentative Deal with Ford After 6 Weeks on Strike

White Nationalist Arrested and Charged in Hit-and-Run Killing of Mika Westwolf

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, October 25, 2023

UNRWA Is Hours Away from Running Out of Fuel as Gaza Hospitals Shut, Sickness Spreads

Pentagon Sends Military Advisers to Israel Ahead of Expected Ground Invasion in Gaza

Israel Retaliates Against U.N. After Guterres Comments on Gaza Assault

Activists Ramp Up Protests Calling for Democrats to Back Ceasefire in Gaza

CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe in Ohio Car Ramming

University of Vermont Cancels Campus Event with Mohammed El-Kurd

House GOP Nominates Trump Ally Mike Johnson for Speaker After Tom Emmer’s Bid Falls Apart

Third Ex-Trump Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Georgia 2020 Election Interference Case

Michael Cohen Testifies Trump Ordered Him to Inflate Assets in New York Civil Fraud Trial

Dozens of States Sue Meta for Addictive Social Media Features Targeting Kids

Hurricane Otis Makes Landfall in Mexico as Category 5 Storm; Rare Cyclone Displaces 1000s in Yemen

Iceland’s Prime Minister Joins 24-Hour Strike Against Gender-Based Violence and Pay Discrimination

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Israeli Strikes Kill 700 Palestinians Across Gaza as Hospitals Face Critical Fuel Shortage

Freed Israeli Hostage Yocheved Lifshitz Says She Was Treated Well by Hamas Captors

Israel-Hezbollah Cross-Border Violence Displaces 20,000 in Southern Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron Visits Israel Pledging “Full Support” for Gaza Bombardment

Ontario Legislative Assembly Censures MPP Sarah Jama After She Calls for Gaza Ceasefire

New Delhi Police Arrest Protesters Near Israeli Embassy as They Demand Gaza Ceasefire

Jewish Peace Activists in New Mexico Hold Protests Demanding Senators Call for Gaza Ceasefire

Russia and Ukraine Trade Deadly Artillery Fire After Russian Missile Kills Six at Kharkiv Postal Center

Lubbock Becomes Largest Texas County to Ban Travel by Pregnant People Seeking Abortions

6,800 Walk Out of Stellantis Assembly Plant as United Auto Workers Expands Strike

92NY Suspends Literary Events as Writers Protest Censorship of Gaza Assault Critic Viet Thanh Nguyen

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, October 23, 2023

Israel Intensifies Bloody Assault on Gaza; U.N. Warns Babies Could Die in Minutes If Power Lost

Gazan Journalist Roshdi Sarraj Killed; 29 UNRWA Workers Dead in Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks

Israeli Airstrikes Kill West Bank Palestinians Amid Unchecked Assault on Gaza

American Israeli Mother and Daughter Are First Two Hamas Hostages Released

Protests Continue to Demand Immediate Ceasefire; 100,000 Rally for Palestinian Rights in London

Activists Occupy Office of Rep. Ro Khanna After He Refused to Sign On to Ceasefire Resolution

Former U.S. Rep. Justin Amash Announces Family Members Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza Church

Acclaimed Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Has NYC Event Canceled After Condemning Israel’s Assault on Gaza

Detroit Synagogue Leader Samantha Woll Found Murdered Outside Home

Mother of Murdered 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Released from Hospital

Peronist Candidate Sergio Massa to Face Far-Right Populist in Argentina Presidential Runoff

Opposition Leader María Corina Machado Wins Venezuela Presidential Primary

Iranian Journalists Sentenced to Prison for Covering Death of Mahsa Amini in Police Custody

Nawaz Sharif Returns to Pakistan; Former PM Imran Khan Indicted over “State Secrets”

9 Republicans Vie for House Speakership After Rep. Jim Jordan Drops Bid

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, October 20, 2023

Gaza Death Toll from Israeli Attacks Tops 4,100 as Blast Kills Civilians Sheltering in Church

Nearly One-Third of Palestinian Homes Have Been Damaged or Destroyed

U.N. Urges Distribution of Lifesaving Aid to Gaza as Rafah Crossing Remains Closed

Israeli Raid and Airstrike on West Bank Refugee Camp Kills 13 Palestinians, Including Children

Israeli Defense Minister Rallies Soldiers for Ground Invasion of Gaza

“An Inflection Point in History”: President Biden Urges Support for Massive Foreign Aid Package

China’s Xi Jinping Calls for Gaza Ceasefire

Drone Attacks on U.S. Forces in Iraq & Syria Increase Fears of Wider Middle East War

British PM Rishi Sunak Discusses Gaza War with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Protests from Paris to Pakistan Demand Gaza Ceasefire, End to Israel’s Occupation

Police Arrest Joseph Félix Badio, Key Suspect in 2021 Assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

Jim Jordan Faces Third Vote in Bid to Become House Speaker Amid GOP Disarray

Former Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Georgia Racketeering Case

Sen. Laphonza Butler Will Not Seek Full Term as U.S. Senator in 2024

Hotel Cancels CAIR Event Amid Death Threats

California Judge Rules Against Law Banning Assault Weapons for 2nd Time

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, October 19, 2023

Gaza Death Toll Nears 3,800 as Israel’s Siege and Bombardment Enters 13th Day

British PM Rishi Sunak Visits Israel, Voices Support for Siege and Bombardment of Gaza

Israeli Troops and Settlers Attack Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, Push Death Toll to 69

U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution Calling for “Humanitarian Pause” of Gaza Assault

Knesset Suspends Lawmaker Ofer Cassif for Criticizing Israel’s War on Gaza

Bernie Sanders Blocks Ban on U.S. Aid to Gaza as Pentagon Sends More Materiel to Middle East

State Department Official Quits to Protest Biden Administration’s “Blind Support” of Israel

Hundreds Arrested on Capitol Hill at Jewish-Led Protests Against Gaza War 

Protests from The Hague to Cape Town Condemn Israeli “Genocide” in Gaza

Colombia and Spain Anger Israel by Condemning War Crimes in Gaza

Ukraine Fires U.S.-Supplied Long-Range Missiles at Russian Targets  

Russian American Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva Detained in Russia

Jim Jordan Loses Second Vote for House Speaker, Receiving Fewer Votes Than First Round

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Biden Sides with Israel After Airstrikes Level Gazan Hospital, Killing Hundreds of Palestinians

Iran Warns of Possible Attacks Against Israel Amid Cross-Border Skirmishes Between Israel and Lebanon

Reports: Israel to Ban Al Jazeera for Reporting on Gaza War

Major Jewish-Led Protest in Capital Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

U.N. Warns of “Humanitarian Nightmare” in Sudan; Press Groups Condemn Killing of Reporter

Venezuelan Gov’t and Opposition Sign Election Deal That Could Ease U.S. Sanctions

Amazon River Reaches Record Low Amid Drought and Wildfires

Greta Thunberg Arrested During London Oil and Gas Conference Protest

A Black Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years Shot Dead by Georgia Officer

Jim Jordan Fails in First Vote to Become House Speaker

SCOTUS Reinstates Regulations on Ghost Guns in Blow to Gun Makers

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Gaza Water and Health Crisis Deepens as Israel’s Bombardment Stretches into 11th Day

IDF Says Hamas Took 199 Hostages; Families Hold Vigil Outside Israeli Defense Ministry

U.S. and Allies Reject U.N. Security Council Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire

White House Says Biden Will Visit Israel Wednesday in Show of Solidarity

Jewish American Activists Arrested at White House Protest Demanding Gaza Ceasefire

13 House Democrats Call on Biden to Press for Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

6-Year-Old Palestinian American Killed in Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Laid to Rest in Illinois

GOP Rep. Jim Jordan’s Bid to Become House Speaker Heads to Uncertain Floor Vote

U.S. Reaches Settlement in Class-Action Suit Brought by Families Separated at Border

Guinean Asylum Seeker Dies in Open-Air Detention Site Near San Diego

Protesters Take Nonviolent Direct Action Against Mountain Valley Pipeline

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“This Is a Genocide”: Gazans Face Constant Israeli Attacks, a Closed Border as Essentials Run Out

At Least 12 Reporters Killed Covering Israel-Gaza War Amid Reports of Harassment and Attacks

State Dept. Reportedly Bans Officials from Publicly Using Terms “De-escalation,” “Ceasefire”

Protests Across the U.S. Call for Israel to End Its Siege and Genocide in Gaza

6-Year-Old Illinois Boy Killed, Mother Injured, in Anti-Muslim Hate Crime

More Earthquakes Strike Western Afghanistan, Compounding Humanitarian Crisis

Donald Tusk Poised to Lead Poland as High Voter Turnout Drives Opposition Parties to Victory

35-Year-Old Banana Baron Daniel Noboa Elected New President of Ecuador

New Zealand Conservatives Set to Form New Government as Labour Party Falters

Australian Voters Reject Referendum to Recognize Indigenous Peoples in Constitution

U.N. Suspends 8 Peacekeepers in DRC over Allegations of Sexual Violence

Jeff Landry Elected Governor of Louisiana, Bolstering Republican Supermajority

Healthcare Workers at Kaiser Win Safer Staffing Levels and Pay Raises After Historic Strike

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U.N. Warns of “Devastating Humanitarian Consequences” as Israel Orders 1.1 Million to Evacuate Gaza

Israel Fires White Phosphorus in Lebanon and Gaza

Iran’s Foreign Minister Meets Lebanese Leaders, Warns Israel Could Face “Other Fronts”

Hamas Says 13 Hostages Captured in Israel Have Died in Gaza Airstrikes

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Says U.S. Won’t Place Conditions on Weapons to Israel

Western Governments Ban Palestinian Solidarity Demonstrations

Competing Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine Demonstrations Raise Tensions on College Campuses

Rep. Scalise Drops Bid to Become House Speaker Amid Republican Infighting

Sen. Bob Menendez Faces Fresh Charge of Acting as Unregistered Foreign Agent of Egypt

One Officer Convicted of Homicide, Another Acquitted, in 2019 Killing of Elijah McClain

Actors Vow to Continue Strike as SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood Studios Suspend Talks

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Gaza Death Toll Tops 1,350 as Relentless Israeli Assault Worsens Humanitarian Crisis

Israel Death Toll Tops 1,300 as Newly Formed War Cabinet Vows to Wipe Hamas Off Face of Earth

Settlers Backed by Israeli Army Kill Palestinians in Occupied West Bank

Israel Bombs Syrian Airports, Says Air Raid Alert Near Lebanon Border Was False Alarm

Netanyahu Thanks Blinken for U.S. Support in Fight Against “Barbarians of Hamas”

Jewish Voice for Peace Calls for Restraint After Sen. Lindsey Graham Urges Israel to “Level” Gaza

Turkish President Condemns Israeli “Massacre” in Gaza

Europe Shows Support for Israel While Cracking Down on Pro-Palestinian Protests

World Food Programme Can Only Support 1 in 5 Afghans as Humanitarian Crisis Spirals

Steve Scalise Receives GOP Nomination for House Speaker But Lacks Votes to Clinch the Job

UAW Workers at Ford’s Kentucky Plant Join “Stand-Up” Strike Against Big 3

Arundhati Roy Faces Possible Prosecution over Kashmir Comments Made in 2010

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Death Toll in Israel and Gaza Tops 2,200 as Gazans Face Total Energy Blackout and No Safe Refuge

Journalists Hold Funeral Procession for Their Colleagues Killed in Attacks on Gaza

Families of Israeli Hostages Speak Out as Survivors Grapple with Hamas Attack

Biden Does Not Urge Restraint in IDF Attacks Against Gaza as New U.S. Weapons Arrive in Israel

Another 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Afghanistan

29 People Killed in Burmese Military Attack on Refugee Camp in Kachin State

Dutch Lawmakers Move Toward Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies After Highway Blockade

World Food Programme Resumes Food Distribution in Ethiopia; U.N. Warns of Genocide Risk

French Soldiers Begin Withdrawal from Niger as U.S. Labels Military Takeover a Coup

George Santos Hit with 10 More Charges Around Campaign Financing Fraud

Hughes Van Ellis, One of the Last 3 Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 102

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Gaza Death Toll Tops 770 as Israeli Strikes Hit Schools, Hospitals and a Market

Israel Says Death Toll from Hamas Attack Has Climbed to 900

“No Electricity, No Food, No Fuel”: U.N. Condemns Israel’s “Complete Siege” of Gaza Strip

Cross-Border Fighting Between Israel and Hezbollah Sparks Fears of Wider War

Biden and Western Leaders Pledge “Steadfast and United” Support to Israel

Protesters Rally to Demand End to U.S. Military Aid to Israel

Afghanistan Earthquake Survivors Plead for Aid as Death Toll Nears 3,000

Guatemala’s Attorney General Demands Crackdown on Pro-Democracy Protesters

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Breaks from Democratic Party, Announces Independent Bid for Presidency

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Cap Out-of-Pocket Insulin Costs

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill to Ban Caste Discrimination

Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for Research on Gender Gap

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Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise to Run for Speaker of the House After McCarthy’s Ouster

Biden Suggests He Might Circumvent Congress to Continue Arming Ukraine

11 Arrested at Protest Demanding Sen. Bernie Sanders Support Peace Talks for Ukraine

Record-Shattering September Heat Keeps 2023 on Track as Hottest Year on Record

Biden Administration Waives 26 Laws to Hasten U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Construction

Israelis Kill Two in West Bank, Days After Settlers Destroy Farm of Palestinian American Family

Gaza Medics See Increase in Ankle Injuries as Israeli Forces Shoot at Protesters’ Legs

Candidates Challenging Egyptian President el-Sisi Face Attacks, Intimidation

Sen. Bob Menendez’s Wife Nadine Killed a Man with Her Car in 2018. She Was Then Gifted a New Car

Biden Administration Cancels Another $9 Billion in Student Loans

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U.S. House Is Without a Leader After Historic Vote to Remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker

Judge Places Gag Order on Trump After He Posts Attack on Law Clerk During Civil Fraud Trial

Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Gun Charges

Colombia Issues Apology for Extrajudicial Killings in “False Positives” Affair

Indian Police Raid Journalists in Ongoing Crackdown on Press

Pakistan Tells Undocumented Immigrants to Leave by Nov. 1

Sen. Cardin Halts U.S. Military Funding for Egypt in Wake of Menendez Bribery Indictment

Sahel Unrest: Attack in Niger Kills 29 Soldiers; Siege on Timbuktu Puts Malians on Edge

Oil Blast at Nigerian Homemade Refinery Kills 37 People

Climate Groups Sue TotalEnergies over East African Pipeline, Climate Destruction

Climate Activists Descend on Insurance Forum to Demand Industry Stop Funding Fossil Fuels

Shooter on the Loose After Injuring 5 People at Morgan State Homecoming Event

Baltimore Archdiocese Files for Bankruptcy as Maryland Enacts Child Victims Act

75,000 Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Workers Walk Off Job Across Half a Dozen States

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U.N. Approves Armed Intervention Force for Haiti

U.N. Mission Arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh as Some 120,000 Ethnic Armenians Flee Azerbaijan’s Takeover

Supreme Court Opens New Term with Case on Reduced Sentences for Nonviolent Offenders

Supreme Court Won’t Halt Execution of Texas Prisoner Sentenced over “Junk Science” Testimony

Clarence Thomas Recuses Self from Appeal of Trump Legal Adviser Who Communicated with Ginni Thomas

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Files Resolution to Remove Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker

Laphonza Butler to Be Sworn In as First-Ever Out Lesbian Black Senator

Trump Assails Judge and Prosecutors as Civil Trial Opens in Manhattan Court

Labor Department Opens Probe of Child Labor at Perdue and Tyson Foods

WHO Approves Second Vaccine Against Malaria for Children

Dolores Sanchez, Publisher of Bilingual Newspapers for L.A.’s Latinx Community, Dies at 87

Journalists Mark 5th Anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder with Calls for Accountability

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Kevin McCarthy Reverses Course, Passes Deal with House Democrats to Avert Gov’t Shutdown at 11th Hour

Gavin Newsom Picks EMILY’s List President Laphonza Butler to Fill Dianne Feinstein’s Senate Seat

Dianne Feinstein, Longest-Serving Woman Senator, Dies at 90 After Months of Declining Health

Record Rains Turn NYC Streets into Rivers as Gov. Hochul Warns Extreme Weather Is “New Normal”

Labor News: UAW Ramps Up Strike; Kaiser Permanente Health Workers Inch Closer to Major Strike

Migrants Killed Near U.S. Border; Traffic Deaths Expose Dangers for Migrants Traveling Through Mexico

Russia-Friendly Candidate Wins Slovakia’s Parliamentary Election

Right-Wing Opposition Leader Loses Bid to Form New Spanish Government

Mohamed Muizzu Wins Runoff Election to Become Maldives President

Protesters Rally to Oppose Police Training Center in San Pablo, CA

Donald Trump Arrives in New York for Start of Civil Fraud Trial

Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Scientists Whose Work on mRNA Led to COVID Vaccines

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Ahead of Shutdown, Biden Says GOP Extremists Are Trying to “Burn the Place Down”

Biden Warns Trump & MAGA Movement Are a Threat to Democracy

Activist Disrupts Biden Speech, Urges Him to Declare Climate Emergency

18 Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Occupying Speaker McCarthy’s Office

GOP Witnesses Admit No Evidence Yet to Support Impeaching Biden

GOP Lawmakers Refuse to Say Trump Should Be Held Accountable If Convicted

NY Appeals Court Rejects Trump Effort to Delay Civil Fraud Trial

Dozens Killed in Two Blasts in Pakistan

U.N.: Over 2,500 Migrants Have Died or Gone Missing This Year Trying to Cross the Mediterranean

Protesters in Niger Rally Outside French Military Base Demanding Immediate Troop Withdrawal

Former Bolivian President to Pay Damages for 2003 Indigenous Massacre

Mexico: Three Arrests Made After Bodies of Six Kidnapped Teenagers Found

Texas Man Pleads Guilty for Role in Death of 53 Migrants Trapped Inside Truck

MAGA Gunman Attacks Protest in New Mexico over Reinstallment of Conquistador Statue

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sues Tesla over Racial Abuse of Black Workers

California: Gov. Newsom Raises Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers to $20

Rep. Bowman and Sen. Markey Introduce Green New Deal for Public Schools Act

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GOP Presidential Candidates Attack an Absent Trump, Each Other at Chaotic Debate

Trump Calls on Unions to Support Him in 2024 as He Addresses Nonunion Auto Plant

Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Authorize Strike

U.S. Gov’t on Cusp of Shutdown Amid Republican House Dysfunction

Nagorno-Karabakh’s Gov’t to Self-Dissolve by Jan. 1 as 50,000 People Flee

Burkina Faso Military Coup Leaders Say They Thwarted Another Coup Attempt

North Korea Expels Soldier Travis King Back to the U.S.

Palestinian Rights Advocates Condemn U.S. Visa Waiver for Israeli Travelers

Ethiopian Researchers Verify at Least 1,329 Hunger Deaths in Tigray

Justin Trudeau Apologizes over Nazi Soldier Applause After House Speaker Steps Down

Dutch Climate Activists Have Been Blocking a Major Highway for 20 Days

Environmentalists Slam U.K. Approval of Rosebank Oil Project in North Sea

European Court Hears Historic Case from Portuguese Youth Suing 32 Nations over Climate Crisis

Bob Menendez and Co-Defendants Plead Not Guilty to Bribery as 30 Dems Calls for His Resignation

Outrage in Philadelphia After Judge Dismisses Charges Against Cop Who Shot and Killed Eddie Irizarry

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“Stick with It”: Biden Joins Striking Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan

WGA Ends 148-Day Strike After Reaching Tentative Deal as Writers Prepare to Vote on Ratification

SCOTUS Again Rejects Alabama’s Gerrymandered Maps

Judge Rules Trump Illegally Inflated Value of Assets Ahead of NY Attorney General Trial

FCC to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules Repealed Under Trump

FTC, 17 States Sue Amazon over Illegal Practices to Maintain E-Retail Monopoly

Senate Advances Stopgap Funding Deal as House Remains at Stalemate over Far-Right Demands

Hunter Biden Sues Giuliani for Illegally Accessing His Private Data

At Least 100 Killed in Iraq as Blaze Tears Through Wedding Party

Death Toll from Fuel Depot Blast Climbs to 68 as Tens of Thousands Flee Nagorno-Karabakh

Canada’s House Speaker Steps Down After Leading Applause for Former Nazi Soldier

Ukraine Is “Clarifying” Whether Russian Black Sea Commander Is Dead After Claiming He Was Killed

Saudi Arabia Simultaneously Tightens Ties with Both Israel and Palestine

JPMorgan Chase Settles Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit with U.S. Virgin Islands for $75 Million

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Bob Menendez Under Fire as Calls Mount to Step Down After Bribery Indictment

WGA Reaches Tentative Deal with Major Studios That Could End 146-Day Strike

Biden to Join UAW Picket Line as Auto Union Expands Strike to 38 Locations Across 20 States

France to Withdraw Troops and Ambassador from Niger After Failing to Overturn Coup

21 People Killed in Somalia Bombing as Defense Secretary Austin Praises Fight Against al-Shabab

Ghanaians Take to Streets to Protest Worsening Economic Crisis

Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank Raid, Ramp Up Attack on Gaza

Top Canadian Lawmaker Apologizes for Nazi Soldier Standing Ovation at House Session with Zelensky

U.S. Surveillance Helped Canada Conclude India Was Involved in June Killing of Canadian Sikh Leader

Thousands Flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Armenia Warns of Ethnic Cleansing

Four Killed as Serb Gunmen Ambush Kosovo Police Patrol and Storm Monastery

Nebraska Mother Who Helped Daughter Obtain Abortion Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

Pope Says European Countries Have a Duty to Rescue Migrants at Sea

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As Government Shutdown Looms, McCarthy Says GOP Hard-Liners Want to “Burn the Whole Place Down”

Ukraine’s Zelensky Visits Washington, D.C., Seeking Additional Aid to Counter Russia

Brazil’s Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Communities’ Land Claims

Guatemalan President-elect Rallies Supporters as Prosecutors Seek to Ban His Party

U.S. to Grant Temporary Protected Status to 472,000 Venezuelans in U.S.

3-Year-Old Child Dies in Rio Grande Near Deadly Border Buoys Installed by Texas Governor

India Suspends Visas for Canadians After Trudeau Accuses Modi Government of Killing Sikh Leader

Rupert Murdoch Steps Down as Leader of Right-Wing Media Empire, Hands Power to Son

Rights Groups Slam Arrest of Reporter Who Exposed French Role in Killings of Civilians in Egypt

Baton Rouge Police Officers Accused of Torturing Civilians in Unmarked Warehouse

Ex-White House Aide Says Giuliani Groped Her; Ex-NYC Mayor Sued by Law Firm for Unpaid Fees

Alabama Auto Workers Strike for Livable Wages as UAW Prepares to Escalate Strike Against “Big 3”

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U.N. Chief Warns Climate Ambition Summit, “Humanity Has Opened the Gates of Hell”

Biden Announces Climate Corps as Activists Demand He Declare Climate Emergency

Study Finds Climate Change Made Libya Flood Catastrophe 50 Times More Likely

U.N. Warns Fighting Between Sudan’s Rival Military Factions Is Sickening and Killing Children

CNN: Ukraine Likely Behind Drone Strikes on Wagner-Backed Paramilitary in Sudan

Nagorno-Karabakh Residents Seek Security Guarantees as Peace Talks Get Underway

Patients Billed Up to $190 for COVID-19 Shots That Insurance Plans Are Required to Cover

Senate Confirms Top Military Officer, Circumventing Anti-Abortion Protest of Sen. Tuberville

Merrick Garland Defends Justice Department Handling of Hunter Biden Case in Combative Hearing

Trial Opens for Colorado Officers Whose Violent Arrest of Elijah McClain Led to His Death

School Book Bans Surged 33% Over Prior Year with Florida Leading the Charge

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Ceasefire Announced in Nagorno-Karabakh After Azerbaijani Military Operation Kills 100

Israelis Kill at Least 5 Palestinians in Last 2 Days as Gaza Blockade Tightens

Biden Meeting with Netanyahu in New York as U.S. Pushes for Saudi-Israeli Normalization

Houthi and Saudi Negotiators Wrap Another Round of Talks on Possible End to Yemen War

Volodymyr Zelensky Warns Russian War on Ukraine Threatens the World

Iranian President Calls on U.S. to Recommit to Nuclear Deal, Says “Americanization” of World Failed

Latin American Nations Challenge Old World Order at UNGA and G77

Gov’t Shutdown Inches Closer as McCarthy Faces Hard-Right Revolt, Fails to Advance 2 Spending Bills

Pennsylvania Automates Voter Registration; Lindsay Powell Wins Election, Keeping PA House Blue

Conservative Group Sues West Point over Affirmative Action Policy

Climate Activists Take Aim at Bank of America over Its Funding of Fossil Fuel Projects

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Justin Trudeau Accuses Indian Government of Involvement in Killing of Sikh Leader in Canada

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Reaches “Mind-Blowing” Record-Low Winter Level

Scores Arrested as Civil Disobedience Protesters Demand Wall Street End Support for Fossil Fuels

MN Judge Rejects Charges for Pipeline Protesters: “To Criminalize Their Behavior Would Be the Crime”

Five U.S. Citizens Return Home After Prisoner Swap with Iran

U.N. General Assembly Opens with Calls for Action on War, Climate, Poverty and Hunger

NYTimes: Errant Ukrainian Missile Likely Caused Deadly Marketplace Blast 

Mexican Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto Granted Asylum in U.S. After 15-Year Appeal

UAW President Challenges Biden to Support Auto Workers as Strike Enters Fifth Day

Australian MPs Urge U.S. to Halt Prosecution of Julian Assange

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U.N. Revises Death Toll from Libya Floods as Recovery Efforts Continue

75,000 March to End Fossil Fuels in NYC as Hundreds of Thousands Worldwide Demand Climate Justice

Striking Workers Warn U.S. Automakers They May Expand Work Stoppage

Zelensky to Visit D.C. as Congress Debates Billions of Additional Dollars for Ukraine

Military Juntas in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Sign Mutual Defense Pact

Office High-Rise Burns in Sudan’s Capital Amid Fierce Fighting by Rival Factions

Iran and U.S. Finalize Prisoner Swap

Father of Mahsa Amini Arrested on First Anniversary of Her Death in Police Custody

Rights Groups Condemn Egyptian Court’s Sentencing of Journalist and Activist Hisham Kassem

Russell Brand Accused of Rape, Sexual Assault

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Removes Rolling Stone Magazine’s Jann Wenner over Racist, Sexist Comments

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UAW Launches Unprecedented Strike Against Big Three U.S. Auto Makers

Confirmed Death Toll from Libya Floods Tops 11,000 as U.N. Says Catastrophe Could Have Been Averted

Deaths From Phoenix Heat Wave Top 200, With Another 350+ Heat-Related Deaths Under Investigation

Exxon Leaders Secretly Undermined Science After Publicly Acknowledging Climate Crisis

Climate Activists Block Entry to NYC’s Citibank Ahead of Global Actions to #EndFossilFuels

Hunter Biden Indicted on Federal Gun Charges

Thousands of Asylum Seekers Arrive in Italy’s Lampedusa

Migrant Survivors Sue Greece Over Shipwreck That Killed Hundreds

Wisconsin GOP Attempts to Oust Top Election Official Ahead of 2024 Presidential Vote

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood to Resume Abortions Next Week Amid Ongoing Legal Battles

Democrats Push For $16 Billion in Childcare Funding as Pandemic Relief Runs Out

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Mayor of Flooded Libyan City Says Death Toll Could Rise to 20,000

Environmental Damage Has Brought Earth Outside “Safe Operating Space for Humanity”

Morocco Rejects Offers of Foreign Aid as Earthquake Death Toll Nears 3,000

Human Rights Groups Accuse World Leaders of Failing to Act on Atrocities in Sudan

Ukraine Says Attack on Russian Black Naval Sea Fleet Struck Two Warships

Senate Subpoenas Saudi Wealth Fund as It Probes PGA-LIV Merger

New England and Eastern Canada Brace For Hurricane Lee

UAW on Cusp of Historic Strike as Automakers Fail to Meet Worker Demands Despite Massive Profits

“Inhumane and Shameful”: Bush-Appointed Judge Rules DACA Unlawful For Second Time

United Nations: U.S.-Mexico Border Has Become the Deadliest Land Migration Route

Wisconsin GOP Attempt to Impeach Liberal Judge Who Could Overturn Abortion Ban, Gerrymandering

Mitt Romney Will Not Seek Re-Election, Says GOP Operates in “Shadow of Donald Trump”

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Rescue Efforts Continue in Libya’s Inundated Derna as Bodies Line the Ground Outside Main Hospital

Kevin McCarthy, Under Pressure from GOP’s Far Right, Orders Impeachment Inquiry Against Biden

Kim Jong-un Vows “Unconditional Support” to Vladimir Putin as Leaders Meet in Russia

Hanoi Apartment Building Fire Kills at Least 30 People, Including Children

Filipina Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa and Her News Site Rappler Cleared of Final Tax Evasion Charge

Child Poverty Rates Doubled in 2022 After GOP, Joe Manchin Allowed Child Tax Credit to Expire

Patients, Doctors Sue over Denial of Care Due to Abortion Bans in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma

Five Ex-Memphis Officers Indicted on Federal Charges for Murder of Tyre Nichols

Family Demands Justice for Police Killing of Pregnant Black Mother Ta’Kiya Young

Justice Department’s Antitrust Case Against Google Opens This Week

New York University to Divest from Fossil Fuels After Years of Student Organizing

Indigenous Activists Gather in D.C. to Demand Release of Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier

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Thousands Feared Dead in Libya as Torrential Rains Cause Dams to Collapse

Greece Warns of Infectious Diseases After Cyclone Brings Unprecedented Flooding

Death Toll from Morocco Earthquake Nears 3,000

U.S. Breaks Record for Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters

U.N. Human Rights Chief on Climate Inaction: “The Dystopian Future Is Already Here”

Ukraine Seizes Russian-Held Oil and Gas Platforms in Black Sea

NATO Plans Largest War Games Since Cold War; U.S. Launches Military Exercises with Armenia

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Arrives in Russia for Talks with Putin

France Defies Niger Coup Leaders’ Ultimatum to Abandon Military Bases

Biden Administration Will Unfreeze Iranian Oil Revenue as Part of Prisoner Swap

Former Mossad Chief Tamir Pardo Calls Israel an “Apartheid State”

FDA Approves New COVID-19 Booster Shots

Protesters Occupy House Speaker’s Office to Demand Renewed Funding for HIV/AIDS

Atlanta Officials Refuse to Process 116,000 Signatures for Public Referendum on Cop City

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6.8-Magnitude Quake Kills 2,500+ in Morocco as Rescuers Struggle to Reach Remote Areas

African Union Joins G20; U.S., EU, India Unveil Alternative to China’s “Belt and Road”

In Vietnam, Biden Denies Strengthening Ties with Vietnam Is an Effort to “Contain” China

Dutch Police Detain 2,400, Unleash Water Cannons on Massive Climate Protest

Activists Confront Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer over Climate Crisis Hypocrisy

Airstrike in Khartoum Kills 40+ Civilians Amid Ongoing Fighting Between Sudanese Army and RSF

At Least 4 Die as Fighting Resumes Between Rival Groups in Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon

Maldives Presidential Election Headed to Sept. 30 Runoff

Chile Marks 50th Anniversary of U.S.-Backed Military Coup That Overthrew Elected President

New York Medical Examiner Identifies Remains of Two More 9/11 Victims

Georgia Grand Jury That Indicted Trump and 18 Others Also Recommended Charging Sen. Lindsey Graham

Federal Court Orders Louisiana to Transfer Children from Angola Prison

Philly Cop Mark Dial Charged with Murdering Eddie Irizarry During Traffic Stop

Spanish Soccer Chief Luis Rubiales Resigns Amid Furor over Forcible Kiss of Jenni Hermoso

Coco Gauff Thanks Women’s Tennis Trailblazers After Winning US Open

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Oxfam Says G20 Leaders Are Falling Drastically Short on Climate Action 

Hong Kong Flooded as 6 Inches of Rain Falls in One Hour

380 Remain Missing in Hawaii a Month After Wildfires Scorched Lahaina

Amid Record Heat in D.C., Protesters at White House Demand Biden Declare Climate Emergency 

Climate Protesters Disrupt U.S. Open Tennis Tournament Amid Searing Heat

Spectator Ejected from US Open After Shouting Nazi Slogan at German Player

NATO Head Says Ukrainian Counteroffensive Making “Gradual” Progress 

New Book Says Elon Musk Intervened to Thwart Attack by Ukraine on Russian-Occupied Crimea

North Korea Unveils “Tactical, Nuclear-Armed Submarine” as Kim Jong-un Set to Meet with Putin

Ex-Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Convicted of Contempt of Congress

Fulton Cty. DA Requests Protection for Trump Grand Jurors, Calls Out Congressional Harassment

Shawndre Delmore Is the 10th Person to Die at Fulton County Jail This Year

More Activists Arrested Protesting Atlanta’s Cop City as Police Crackdown Intensifies

Actor and Scientologist Danny Masterson Gets 30+ Years in Prison for Rape

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Russian Missile Strike Kills 17 and Wounds Dozens in Ukraine’s Donetsk

Russia Accused of Violating Territorial Integrity of Romania, a NATO Ally

Sudanese Army Shelling Kills 32 Civilians in Omdurman

Gabon Coup Leaders Say Deposed Leader Ali Bongo Has Been Freed from House Arrest

U.N. to End Food Aid for Another 2 Million Afghans as 15 Million Face Hunger

Biden to Cancel Oil & Gas Leases in Alaska Wildlife Refuge, But Willow Project Remains

Judge Sets October Trial for 2 Trump Co-Defendants in Georgia Election Interference Case

Federal Judge Finds Trump Liable for Defaming Writer E. Jean Carroll for Second Time

Mitch McConnell Rebuffs Retirement Speculation After Recent Health Problems

Justice Department Plans to Indict Hunter Biden This Month

Mexico Set to Elect First Woman President in 2024

Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion

Texas Finds New Ways to Criminalize Abortion, Targeting People Who Travel for the Procedure

U.S. Judge Orders Texas to Take Down Deadly Floating Border Barrier

Jenni Hermoso Files Sexual Assault Complaint Against Luis Rubiales over Forcible Kiss at World Cup

Leonard Mack Exonerated by DNA Evidence Nearly Half a Century After Wrongful Conviction

Nancy Buirski, Award-Winning Documentarian & Founder of Full Frame Film Festival, Dies at 78

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Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy

Blinken Visits Kyiv to Unveil New $1 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine

Meadows, Eastman & Clark Plead Not Guilty in Georgia Election Case

Special Counsel Jack Smith Warns Trump’s Remarks May Be Prejudicing Jury Pool in D.C.

Trial Begins for Trump’s Former Trade Adviser Peter Navarro

61 Cop City Activists Face RICO Charges in Atlanta for Protests Against Police Facility

U.N. Head Warns “Climate Breakdown Has Begun”

Brazil: 21 Die After Cyclone Triggers Floods & Landslides

Seven Killed After Massive Rainstorm Hits Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria

India Bulldozes Poor Areas Ahead of G20 Summit in Delhi

Lula Announces Brazil Will Recognize Two More Indigenous Territories

Saudi Arabia and Iran Exchange Ambassadors, Ending Diplomatic Rift

Montse Tomé Becomes First Woman to Coach Spanish Women’s National Soccer Team

Federal Court Strikes Down Alabama’s Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map

Impeachment Trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Begins

NYPD Agrees to Respond to Protests Differently to Settle Suits Stemming from BLM Protests

Former NM Governor Bill Richardson, 75, Dies

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Biden Administration to Supply Ukraine with Depleted Uranium Munitions

Russia and Ukraine Trade Drone Attacks; Zelensky Sacks Defense Minister Amid Graft Probe

Putin Rules Out Renewal of Black Sea Grain Deal

U.N. Predicts Conflict in Sudan Will Produce 1.8 Million New Refugees by Year’s End

Coup Leader Brice Oligui Nguema Sworn In as Interim President of Gabon

Massive Protests in Niger Demand Withdrawal of French Troops

Chinese Leader Xi Jinping to Skip G20 Summit in India

U.N.-Backed Report Finds Accelerating Spread of Harmful Invasive Species

First Africa Climate Summit Opens in Kenya

Torrential Rains Bring Floods to Spain and Greece; U.S. Swelters in Record September Heat Wave

Minnesota Prisoners Locked Down After Protesting Sweltering Temperatures

Following Climate Protests, Torrential Rain Strands Thousands at Burning Man Festival

Florida Judge Strikes Down Racist GOP-Gerrymandered Congressional Maps

Alabama GOP Defies Supreme Court Order to Redraw Congressional Maps Targeting Black Voters

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, September 1, 2023

Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Georgia Racketeering Charges, Asks to Sever Case from Co-Defendants

Two Proud Boys Leaders Get 17 and 15 Years in Jail for Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection

AU Suspends Gabon After Coup; Opposition Seeks Ballot Count After Pre-Coup Election Loss

AFP Reports 48 People Killed by Soldiers in Eastern Congo

Chile Launches Nationwide Search for 1,000 Disappeared During Pinochet Rule

Tribunal Finds U.S-Trained General Responsible for Extrajudicial Killings in Colombia’s War on Drugs

Biden Admin Advises Americans to Leave Haiti as It Continues to Deport Haitian Asylum Seekers

China Condemns U.S. Military Aid to Taiwan Under Program for Sovereign Nations

Clarence Thomas Finally Discloses Luxury Travel in Financial Disclosure Filings

Texas Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Goes into Effect as Canada Warns LGBT Citizens Traveling to U.S.

No Tech for Apartheid: Protesters Call Out Google for Cloud Contract with Israel

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, August 31, 2023

Tropical Storm Idalia Weakens After Lashing Florida, Still Carries Threat as It Moves North

Gabon’s Military Rulers Announce Transitional Leader Following Coup

Johannesburg Building Fire Kills at Least 73 People, Including Children

U.N. Says Recent Fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region Killed 183 People

Migrant Death Toll Near El Paso Hit Record High as Heat Waves Scorched the Southern Border

Texas Judge Blocks Law Barring Cities from Requiring Worker Water Breaks

Labor Dept. Proposes Lifting Salary Threshold for Mandatory Overtime Pay from $35K to $55K

Mitch McConnell Freezes During Press Conference for Second Time in Two Months

NY Attorney General Says Trump Inflated His Wealth by $2.2 Billion

Rudy Giuliani Found Liable in Defamation Lawsuit Brought by Georgia Election Workers

Indigenous Groups Rally in Brazil as Top Court Considers Pivotal Challenge to Ancestral Land Riights

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Military Officers in Gabon Seize Power, Place Pres. Bongo Under House Arrest Days After Reelection

Hurricane Idalia Slams Florida Coast as Officials Warn of Life-Threatening Storm Surge

Biden Admin Announces First 10 Medications That Will Be Subject to Medicare Negotiations

Uganda Sees First Charges of “Aggravated Homosexuality” After Passing Homophobic New Law

Militia Kills 14 Villagers in Latest Violent Attack in Eastern DRC

Denmark Introduces Law to Criminalize Burning the Qur’an

Hundreds of Prisoners Are on Hunger Strike in Bahrain’s Largest Prison

Pakistani Court Suspends Imran Khan’s Corruption Sentence, But Ex-PM Remains Jailed in Separate Case

Dozens of States Consider Bills Barring Chinese Entities and Citizens from Buying Land

Air Pollution Shortens Average Life Span by 2.3 Years, Worse Than Being a Smoker

Greek Evros Wildfire Largest Ever Recorded in EU

Louisiana Wildfires Kill 2; Maui Search for Wildfire Victims Moves from Land to Water

Biden Administration Forced to Roll Back Wetlands Protections After SCOTUS Ruling

U.N. Body Says Governments Should Address Children’s Demands to Fight Climate Crisis

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Trump’s Federal Criminal Trial for Election Interference Set for March 2024

UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Locks Down After Faculty Member Shot Dead

Tennessee Republicans Vote Once Again to Silence Rep. Justin Jones

Sudan’s Military Ruler Rules Out Peace Talks with Rival Paramilitaries

French Ambassador to Niger Rejects Junta’s Ultimatum to Leave Within 48 Hours

Guatemalan Tribunal Certifies Bernardo Arévalo’s Victory, But Electoral Registry Suspends His Party

Hurricane Idalia Strengthens and Takes Aim at Florida’s Gulf Coast

Four Migrants Die as Boat Capsizes Off Greek Island of Lesbos

Biden Administration Knew Saudi Border Guards Were Killing Asylum Seekers

HRW: “More Palestinian Children Will Be Killed” Unless Israel Pressured to Change Course

In Beijing, Commerce Chief Touts U.S. Trade Ties with China

Denver to Pay $4.7 Million to Settle Police Brutality Claims of Black Lives Matter Activists

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, August 28, 2023

White Supremacist Shooter Kills 3 Black People in Jacksonville; DOJ Investigating as Hate Crime

Rallygoers, Rights Leaders Gather in D.C. on 60th Anniversary of March on Washington

Mnangagwa Declares Victory in Zimbabwe Presidential Election as Challenger Chamisa Calls Fraud

Gabon Shuts Down Internet, Imposes Curfew Following Voting Delays in Nationwide Elections

Niger’s Coup Leaders Order Troops to Be on Maximum Alert, Expel French Ambassador

7 People Shot Dead at Church Rally in Haiti as Gang Violence Spirals

Russian Officials Say DNA Analysis Confirms Yevgeny Prigozhin Died in Plane Crash

Ex-Guatemalan Colonel Sentenced to 20 Years for 1982 Indigenous Massacre

Judge Agrees to Release Imprisoned Ex-Guatemalan Pres. Otto Pérez Molina to House Arrest

Texas, Missouri Bans on Trans Healthcare for Young People Take Effect

Hearings on Trump’s 2 Election Interference Trials Have Major Implications for His Fate, 2024 Race

EU Legislation on Big Tech Takes Effect in Hopes of Regulating Harmful and Illegal Online Practices

Trump Returns to X with His Mugshot; Paying X Users May Have to Send Personal Data to Israeli Firm

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, August 25, 2023

Donald Trump Booked at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail, Released on $200,000 Bond

Ukrainian Forces Launch Amphibious Assault on Russian-Occupied Crimea

U.S. Intelligence Says Russian Mercenary Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin Was Assassinated

Opposition Leader Accuses Zimbabwe’s President of Vote Rigging and Voter Suppression

China Bans Japanese Seafood After Release of Radioactive Wastewater from Fukushima

Record Heat Waves Put 2023 on Track to Become Hottest Year in Human History

Maui County Sues Hawaii’s Largest Utility over Wildfires That Killed at Least 115

Fracking in Pennsylvania Linked to Cancer and Host of Other Health Issues

Tennessee Special Session on Gun Control Brings Chaos, No Concrete Measures

150,000 Autoworkers Edge Near Strike as Workers Demand Wage Increases on Par with CEOs

Minnesota Mayor Vetoes Guaranteed Minimum Wage for App Drivers

Brazilian Supreme Court Says Homophobic Slurs Can Be Punishable by Prison

FIFA Looks to Discipline Spanish Soccer Head After He Forcibly Kissed Woman Player

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, August 24, 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin and Other Russian Mercenary Leaders Reportedly Die in Plane Crash

Bipartisan Senate Delegation to Kyiv Urges $21 Billion in New U.S. Aid to Ukraine

U.S. Approves $500 Million in Additional Arms Sales to Taiwan for F-16 Fighter Jets

BRICS Alliance Expands to Include Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and UAE

Protesters Demand China End Support for East African Crude Oil Pipe Line

Wildfires Rage in Turkey, Greece, as Heat Wave Bakes Much of U.S.

British Columbia Premier Says Historic Wildfires and Global Climate Havoc Linked to Global Heating

Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell Surrender to Georgia Jail in 2020 Election Interference Case

8 GOP Hopefuls Square Off in Primary Debate Shunned by Front-Runner Donald Trump

South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Ban, Reversing Previous Ruling

Politico: D.C. Investigating Far-Right Judicial Activist Leonard Leo and His Dark Money Network

India Lands Spacecraft Near Moon’s South Pole in First for Humanity

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Bodies of 18 Asylum Seekers Uncovered in Greek Forest Ravaged by Wildfire as Europe Roasts

Zimbabwe Votes in Rematch of Presidential Race Between Incumbent Mnangagwa and Chamisa

African Union Suspends Niger over Military Coup

500 Children Killed in Sudan Conflict; 30,000 Lose Access to Nutrition Centers After NGO Ends Services

Japan to Start Releasing Fukushima Nuclear Wastewater into Pacific Despite Major Objections

Hun Manet to Succeed Father as Cambodia’s New PM After Transfer Approved by Cambodian Lawmakers

BRICS Expansion, Common Currency on the Agenda as World Leaders Meet in South Africa

Drone Strikes Kill 3 in Belgorod; U.S. Urges Citizens to Leave Belarus

16 People Killed and Dozens Injured, Including Migrants to U.S., After Bus Crash in Mexico

Plainfield, NJ Official Removed from City Board After Video of Anti-Immigrant Rant Prompts Outrage

Trump Lawyer John Eastman Surrenders to Georgia Jail in 2020 Election Interference Case

Trump Skips First GOP Presidential Debate as 8 Hopefuls Take to Milwaukee Stage

Appeals Court Reinstates Alabama Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

U.S. Judge Blocks Part of Georgia Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

Atlanta Mayor Orders Probe into Death of Black Man Who Died After Being Tased by Police

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Biden Pledges Federal Support to Maui Wildfire Survivors

House Democrats Demand Probe of Prisoner Deaths Amid Unrelenting Summer Heat

Ukraine’s Zelensky Wins Promise of F-16 Fighter Jets as War Toll Nears 500,000 Soldiers

Real Estate Tycoon Srettha Thavisin Selected as Prime Minister of Thailand

Trump to Pay $200,000 Bail After Surrendering to Georgia Authorities on Thursday 

Mike Pence and Mark Meadows Dispute Trump’s Claim He Declassified Documents

Texas Authorities Reposition Deadly Floating Barrier in Rio Grande Ahead of Court Hearing

Atlanta Activists Gather 100,000+ Signatures for Referendum to Stop Cop City

Video Shows Raid by Kansas Deputies on Home of 98-Year-Old Newspaper Publisher

California Store Owner Shot Dead by Man Who Tore Down Pride Flag and Shouted Slurs 

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, August 21, 2023

Progressive Bernardo Arévalo Wins Guatemala Presidency in Landslide

Ecuador Sends Progressive Luisa González and Businessman Daniel Noboa to Presidential Runoff

Ecuadorian Voters Back Referendum to Ban Oil Extraction in Yasuní National Park

Tropical Storm Hilary Lashes SoCal, Mexico as Wildfires Rage in Washington and Canada

Niger Coup Leader Proposes 3-Year Transition as Junta Supporters Remain Defiant of ECOWAS Threats

Six Children Killed by Fire at Camp for Congolese Displaced by Floods

Egyptian Arab Spring Activist Ahmed Douma Pardoned After Decade in Prison

Human Rights Watch: Saudi Border Guards Have Killed Hundreds of Ethiopian Asylum Seekers

Biden Pledges Deeper Ties with Japan and South Korea, Citing Threats by China and DPRK

Biden Administration Urges COVID-19 Booster Shots for All This Fall

New York Bans Release of Radioactive Water from Decommissioned Nuclear Plant

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, August 18, 2023

Canada Orders More Evacuations as Wildfires Rage Across the Country

Hawaii’s Head of Emergency Quits as Hawaiians Warn of Climate Gentrification After Lahaina Tragedy

Hurricane Hilary Intensifies to Category 4 Storm

Thousands Evacuated as Tenerife Wildfires Burn “Out of Control”

Biden Hosts Leaders of Japan and South Korea as China Slams Summit as Provocation

U.S. Intelligence Predicts Ukraine Counteroffensive Will Fall Short

China Defense Minister Visits Belarus; Pres. Lukashenko Says He Would Deploy Russian Nukes

1,000 Palestinian Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike as Israel Continues Deadly Attacks in West Bank

Progressive Presidential Candidate Bernardo Arévalo Seeks Change as Guatemala Heads to Polls

Ecuador Voting in Snap Election with Progressive Candidate Favored to Win

Outrage and Calls for Justice After Torching of Christian Homes and Churches in Pakistani City

Trump Asks to Push Jan. 6 Trial to 2026, Cancels Plans for Presser “Exonerating” Him from GA Indictment

Canadian Police Arrest Forest Defenders as Crackdown on Fairy Creek Activists Resumes

Latinx Children Living in States with Harsh Anti-Immigrant Laws More Vulnerable to Health Issues

Prosecutors Seek 33-Year Prison Sentence for Ex-Leaders of Far-Right Proud Boys

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, August 17, 2023

Hawaii Officials Defend Response to Wildfires; Gov. Calls for Moratorium on Lahaina Land Purchases

Yellowknife Orders Evacuation of 20,000 Residents as Record Wildfires Continue to Devastate Canada

Appeals Court Backs Restrictions on Abortion Pill, Sending Case to Supreme Court

60 Asylum Seekers Feared Dead Near Cape Verde

ECOWAS Military Chiefs Meet over Niger Coup Amid Mounting Humanitarian Concerns

Libya Fighting Kills 55 People

U.N. Warns of “Spiralling” Humanitarian Situation in Sudan as Army Leader Says Talks Needed

NATO Official Apologizes for Saying Ukraine Could Give Up Territory in Exchange for Joining NATO

TX Woman Jailed for Threatening to Kill Judge in Trump Jan. 6 Case; Trump Supporters Dox GA Jurors

Kansas Prosecutor Withdraws Search Warrant Used in Last Week’s Marion County Record Raid

North Carolina GOP Overrides Gov. Veto on 3 Anti-Trans Bills

Protesters Decry Erasure, Rewriting of Black History from Florida Schools

“Children Are Locked Away in Cages”: ACLU Demands Louisiana Remove Children from Angola Prison

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Hawaii Officials ID First 2 Victims of Maui Wildfires as Hawaiians Warn of Real Estate Vultures

2 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women and Girls, Refugees and Ordinary Afghans Face Dire Conditions

Landslide Kills at Least 32 People at Burmese Jade Mine

North Korea Acknowledges U.S. Soldier Travis King Crossed the Border, Claims He Was Fleeing Racism

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Pledges to Continue Taiwan Support at Inauguration

Rights Groups Challenge Imprisonment of Minors at Angola Prison

Woman Sentenced to 30 Years for Helping Cover Up Murder of Fort Hood Soldier Vanessa Guillén

Trump and Allies Expected to Surrender to Georgia Police by Aug. 25 in 2020 Election Indictment

3 Candidates Have Not Yet Signed GOP Loyalty Pledge One Week Ahead of First Primary Debate

Planned Parenthood Arsonist Gets 10 Years in Prison

Arkansas Orders Credits Be Withheld for AP African American Studies in High School

Florida Colleges Drop AP Psychology as Chilling Effect from Draconian Censorship Law Takes Hold

Rights Groups Sue Oklahoma to Halt Funding of First Religious Public School in U.S.

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Georgia Grand Jury Indicts Trump & 18 Others for Trying to Overturn 2020 Election

Maui Fires: Death Toll Rises to 99; 1,300 People Remain Unaccounted For

Montana Judge Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs in Landmark Climate Case

NASA: Last Month Was Hottest July Ever Recorded “By a Long Shot”

More Than 50 Die in Northern India Due to Heavy Rain & Landslides

Another Political Leader Assassinated in Ecuador Days Before National Elections

Ethiopian Airstrike Kills 26 in Amhara Days After State of Emergency Declared

Explosion at Gas Station in Russian Republic of Dagestan Kills at Least 35

Israel Kills Two Palestinians, Including Teen, Near Jericho

Palestinian Family Ordered to Pay $13,000 to Cover Costs of Their Own Eviction

Egypt Marks 10 Years Since Rabaa Massacre, the “Worst Single-Day Killing of Protesters in Modern History”

“Goon Squad” Officers in Mississippi Plead Guilty to Torturing Two Black Men After House Raid

Nebraska Judge Upholds Ban on Abortion & Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

Report: Population of Unhoused People in U.S. Increases by Record 11%

Smithsonian Still Holds “Racial Brain Collection” Gathered by Racist Anthropologist in Early 20th Century

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, August 14, 2023

Maui Wildfire Death Toll Nears 100 as Residents Continue Search for Missing Loved Ones

Nigerien Military Leaders Announce Plan to Prosecute Deposed President Bazoum

At Least 6 Asylum Seekers Drown in Channel; 2 Off Tunisian Coast

3-Year-Old Toddler from Venezuela Dies on Migrant Bus from Texas to Chicago

Taiwan Vice President Defies Chinese Intimidation While on U.S. Visit

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian in West Bank as Int’l Group of Academics Slams Israeli Apartheid

Jordan Cracks Down on Online Speech with “Draconian” Cybercrime Law

U.N. Completes Transfer of 1 Billion+ Barrels of Oil from Red Sea Decaying Tanker

Pakistan Names Caretaker PM Amid Mounting Doubts Country Will Be Ready for Nov. Elections

Argentine Far-Right Populist Javier Milei Becomes Presidential Front-Runner After Primary

Ecuador Presidential Debate Proceeds with Empty Podium for Slain Anti-Graft Candidate Villavicencio

Media Organizations Blast Kansas Police for Raid and Seizure of Local Marion County Newspaper

Judge Orders Sam Bankman-Fried to Jail for Interfering with Witnesses Ahead of Fraud Trial

Hunter Biden Case Gets Special Counsel as Trial Looks Increasingly Likely

Fulton County DA Expected to Indict Trump This Week over Bid to Overturn Georgia 2020 Loss

Atlanta Effort to Get “Stop Cop City” on Nov. Ballot Successfully Passes Signature Threshold

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, August 11, 2023

Maui Wildfire Death Toll Rises to 55 as Residents Survey Unfathomable Devastation

ECOWAS Says Use of Force Is Possible in Niger Coup Response as Bloc Activates “Standby Force”

One Dead, Six Arrested over Assassination of Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio

23 Rohingya Refugees Drown, Dozens Missing After Shipwreck

Americans Jailed in Iran Transferred to House Arrest on Way to Possible Release

SCOTUS Blocks Purdue Pharma Settlement Deal That Would Protect Sackler Family from Civil Liability

Louisiana Gov. Orders Pardon Board to Review Clemency Requests for 56 Death Row Prisoners

Trump and Mar-a-Lago Aide Plead Not Guilty; DOJ Requests January Start Date for 2020 Election Trial

Mexico Demands Texas Remove Floating Barrier of Buoys with Saw Blades in Rio Grande

Democrats Ramp Up Calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to Step Down After New Corruption Revelations

Jess Search, Documentary Champion Driven by Film’s Transformative Power, Dies at 54

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, August 10, 2023

At Least 36 Dead, Town of Lahaina Burned to the Ground as Wildfires Devastate Hawaii

Ecuadorian Anti-Corruption Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio Assassinated

Biden Seeking More Funding for War in Ukraine, Arming Taiwan

Niger Coup Leaders Accuse France of Destabilizing Country as ECOWAS Summit Kicks Off

The Intercept: U.S. State Dept. Pushed for Pakistan’s Now-Imprisoned Ex-PM Imran Khan to Be Removed

Death Toll from Mediterranean Refugee Shipwreck Rises to 41 as Black Africans Expelled from Tunisia

Venezuela Wins Fight to Recover $1.5B of Frozen Funds from Novo Banco

Biden Bans U.S. Companies from Investing in Chinese High-Tech Goods

Trump Indictments Expected Next Week over Attempts to Reverse 2020 Election Loss in Georgia

FBI Kills Utah Man Who Threatened to Assassinate President Biden

CNN: Former U.S. Coast Guard Leadership Covered Up Sweeping Rape and Sex Abuse Report

Report Reveals Justice Clarence Thomas Received Even More Gifts from Right-Wing Billionaires

Palestinian Bedouin Community Forced to Evacuate Due to Violent Threats from Israeli Settlers

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Ohio Voters Reject GOP Attempt to Impose Higher Barrier to Enshrining Abortion Rights in Constitution

SCOTUS Allows Biden Admin to Regulate Ghost Guns for Now

Sudan Conflict Rages On: 4 Million Displaced, 24 Million in Need of Aid

U.N. Warns Burmese Military Is Escalating Attacks on Civilians

Brazil Summit Produces Pledge to Protect Amazon But Fails to Adopt Vow to End Deforestation by 2030

King Center Backs Referendum on Cop City; ACLU, NAACP Call for Probe into Targeting of Activists

Hawaii Wildfires Prompt Evacuations as People Take to Ocean to Escape Fire and Smoke

Community Members, Loved Ones of Murdered Dancer O’Shae Sibley Pay Tribute at Philly Funeral

Zoom’s Altered User Policy Language Raises Alarm over Privacy Rights, Use of User Data in AI

L.A. City Workers Go on 1-Day Strike; Hotel Workers Report Retaliation from Security for Striking

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 8, 2023

ECOWAS to Hold Emergency Summit Thursday on Niger Coup as U.S. Freezes Funds to Niger

Mali and Burkina Faso Warn Against Foreign Military Intervention in Niger

Ukraine: Russian Missile Strikes in Pokrovsk Targeted Rescue Workers

Ohio Election Day: Anti-Abortion GOP Megadonor Funds Effort to Make It Harder to Amend State Constitution

George Floyd Murder: Ex-Cop Tou Thao Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison

Judge Dismisses Trump Defamation Countersuit Against E. Jean Carroll

Over 1 Million Lose Power in Deadly U.S. Storm; Death Toll Rises from Record Heat Waves

Mass Flooding Kills Six in Slovenia in Nation’s “Worst Natural Disaster”

South American Leaders Gather in Brazil to Discuss Preserving Amazon Rainforest

India: 300 Muslim Homes & Businesses Demolished in Possible “Exercise of Ethnic Cleansing”

Britain Begins Housing Asylum Seekers on a Barge Described as a “Potential Deathtrap”

New York City to House as Many as 2,000 Migrants in Tent Complex on Island

Biden to Preserve a Million Acres of Land Near Grand Canyon as New National Monument

Chicago Police Arrest Man Who Fatally Shot 9-Year-Old Girl Riding Scooter for Making Too Much Noise

Alabama Brawl: Police Issue Arrest Warrants After White Boaters Attacked Black Dockworker

11,00 City Workers in Los Angeles Begin One-Day Strike

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, August 7, 2023

Nigerien Coup Leaders and Supporters Remain Defiant as ECOWAS Deadline to Restore Bazoum Passes

Attacks by Ukrainian and Russian Forces Intensify as World Leaders Meet in Jeddah for Peace Talks

Ukrainian Authorities Charge Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko, Raid His Home

Russian Court Sentences Alexei Navalny to Another 19 Years in Prison

Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan Calls for Supporters to Keep Up Protests as He Receives 3-Year Sentence

Rahul Gandhi, Lawmaker Critical of Narendra Modi, Reinstated to Indian Parliament

Another Bloody Weekend in the West Bank as Israelis Kill at Least 5 Palestinians, Incl. Teenagers

Saudi Arabia, U.K. Issue Warnings to Citizens in Lebanon Amid Clashes in Palestinian Refugee Camp

At Least 16 Asylum Seekers Died at Sea in Recent Days en Route to Europe

Court Rules Lifetime Disenfranchisement of People with Felonies in Mississippi Is Unconstitutional

Texas Judge Rules Abortion Ban Is Too Restrictive; TX AG Blocks Order, Keeping Ban in Place for Now

Ohio Voters Cast Ballots in GOP Measure That Could Affect Abortion Rights

FDA Approves First-Ever Pill to Treat Postpartum Depression

Teenager Charged with Hate Crime in Brooklyn Murder of Black Dancer O’Shae Sibley

Charles Ogletree, Prominent Civil Rights Defender and Harvard Law Professor, Has Died at Age 70

Trump Faces Deadline in DOJ Protective Order Request as He Can’t Stop Posting About His Indictments

A Black Mother Is Suing After She Was Wrongfully Arrested Due to Faulty Facial Recognition ID

Japanese Leaders Call for Global Nuclear Disarmament on the 78th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, August 4, 2023

Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges He Plotted to Overturn 2020 Election

Third Trump Ally Charged over Alleged Plot to Tamper with Michigan Voting Machines

Amnesty Warns of “Rampant” War Crimes Against Civilians in Sudan

Ukraine Says Sea Drones Damaged Russian Warship in Black Sea

Blinken Accuses Russia of Assaulting Global Food System with Attacks on Ukraine’s Granaries

Greenpeace Activists Cover U.K. Prime Minister’s Home with Anti-Oil Message

Tribunal Finds Mexico Guilty of Ecocide and Ethnocide over Mayan Rail Project

Appeals Court Allows Biden Administration to Continue Blocking Asylum Claims at U.S. Border

Minnesota Trooper Kills Black Father Ricky Cobb II During Traffic Stop

Mississippi Police Officers Plead Guilty to Civil Rights Violations in Torture of 2 Black Men

Louisiana Ex-Trooper Acquitted for Beating Black Motorist During Traffic Stop 

Ron DeSantis Increases Violent Rhetoric on Campaign Trail

Texas A&M Reaches $1M Settlement with Black Professor Whose Tenure Offer Was Rescinded

“They Could Not Beat People Power”: Voters Reelect TN Dems Expelled by GOP for Gun Violence Protest

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, August 3, 2023

Trump to Be Arraigned on Charges over Jan. 6 and Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

Federal Jury Unanimously Sentences Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter to Death

Memphis Police Say Gunman Attempted Mass Shooting at Jewish School

Iran Orders Two-Day National Holiday as Temperatures Soar to 123°F

Death Toll from China Floods Rises to 20 After Beijing Receives Heaviest Rains in 140+ Years

Scorching Temperatures Drive Deaths and Illnesses in Japan, South Korea

Unprecedented Winter Heat Wave Brings 100° Temperatures to Chile and Argentina

Nigerien Junta Leader Vows to Resist Any Attempts to Remove Coup Leaders as Foreign Exodus Continues

Tunisian President Replaces Prime Minister Amid Ongoing Political and Economic Crises

Brazilian Police Accused of Retribution in Killings of Dozens in Raids Targeting Gangs

Body Found in Rio Grande Floating Barrier Amid New Reports of Migrant Abuse

Fitch Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating in Wake of Partisan Debt Ceiling Fight

Pope Francis Meets with Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse in Portugal

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Trump Indicted over His Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election

Michigan Prosecutors Charge 2 Trump Allies for Tampering with Voting Machines in 2020

ACLU Sues FBI, Colorado Springs Police for Surveillance of Activists During 2020 Uprising

U.S. Judge OKs Trial for Lawsuit Brought by Abu Ghraib Torture Survivors

Burma’s Military Junta Grants Partial Pardon to Aung San Suu Kyi, Delays Elections

Indigenous Groups in Argentina Protest Lithium Extraction on Their Land

Sweden Says It Will Not Alter Free Speech Laws After Burning of Qur’an Sparks Protests

Rep. Cori Bush Reintroduces Unhoused Bill of Rights

Migrants Sleep on NYC Streets as Advocates, Officials Call for Permanent Housing, Work Authorization

Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Suspect Appears in Court

New York Public Hospital Nurses Win Pay Parity with Private Hospital Employees

Yellow Trucking Co. to Shut Down, Costing 30,000 People Their Jobs

Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles with Biotech Co. That Made Billions Thanks to “HeLa” Cell Line

Roberto Cintli Rodríguez, Chicano Writer, Professor and Activist, Has Died at 69

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Russian Attack on Kryvyi Rih Kills 6 as Ukraine Steps Up Drone Attacks on Moscow

Burkina Faso and Mali Warn Against Foreign Intervention in Niger After Last Week’s Coup

Two Killed as Protests Erupt over Senegal Government’s Arrest of Opposition Leader

Death Toll Climbs as Fighting Continues Between Rival Palestinian Groups in Lebanon

Torrential Rains Trigger Deadly Floods in Northern China; U.S. Heat Wave Enters Third Month

U.K.’s Rishi Sunak to Authorize Over 100 New Oil and Gas Leases in North Sea

U.S. Prepares U.N. Security Council Resolution to Deploy Multinational Force to Haiti

Filmmaker K.K. Kean, Who Documented Haiti’s History and Culture, Dies at 84

Biden Reverses Trump Plan to Move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama

At Least 4 Million Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic-Era Eligibility Rule Expired

Antony Blinken Rejects Australian Officials’ Calls to End U.S. Pursuit of Julian Assange

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, July 31, 2023

Suicide Bomb at Political Rally Kills at Least 54 in Pakistan

Russia Says It Downed Ukrainian Drones Over Moscow as Medvedev Warns of Nuclear War

AU Says Ceasefire Only Way to Ensure Flow of Grain After Putin Promises Deliveries to Africa

Sudanese Refugees in Chad Struggle Amid Extreme Heat and Water Scarcity

U.S. Local Leaders Call on Congress to Pass Extreme Heat Emergency Act

Youth Activist Confronts White House Press Secretary over Biden’s Fossil Fuel Projects

Turkish Forest Defenders Brave Arrest to Save Land from Coal Mine Expansion

ECOWAS Threatens to Remove Niger’s Coup Leaders by Force

Kenyan Government to Negotiate with Opposition Groups Following Nationwide Protests

At Least Five Killed as Rival Palestinian Groups Clash in Lebanon

Palestinian Rivals Fatah and Hamas Form “Reconciliation Committee”

Department of Justice Launches Civil Rights Probe of Memphis Police

Federal Court Blocks Arkansas Censorship Law Criminalizing Librarians and Booksellers

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, July 28, 2023

Federal Prosecutors File More Charges Against Trump over Mishandling of Classified Documents

U.N. Leader Declares New Era of “Global Boiling” Amid Hottest Month in Human History

Biden Pledges Protections Against Climate Change as 170 Million Across U.S. Face Heat Alerts

Supreme Court Will Allow Construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline to Resume

Nigerien Military Leaders Pledge Support for Coup Plotters Who Deposed President

Masalit Leader Says 10,000 Have Been Killed by Militias in Sudan’s Darfur Region

After Pulling Out of Black Sea Grain Deal, Putin Pledges Free Grain to 6 African Nations

Senate Passes Record $886B Military Budget, Rejecting Sanders Amendment Cutting Pentagon Funding

El Salvador to Hold Mass Trials for Suspected Gang Members; Honduras to Build Island Prison

At Least 31 People Killed in Ecuador Prison Riot

For First Time, Gun Suicides Among Black Adolescents Surpasses Rate for White Teens

Houston to Eliminate Librarians in 28 Schools; Booksellers Sue over Texas Book Ban Bill

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 27, 2023

Military Officers Claim to Have Deposed Niger’s President

World Leaders Condemn Apparent Coup in Niger

Human Rights Watch Documents Atrocities by Mali’s U.S.-Backed Army and Wagner Group

U.S. to Hold Talks with Taliban Representatives

14-Year-Old Palestinian Shot Dead in Qalqilya Is 37th Child Killed by Israeli Troops in 2023

Ghana Outlaws Capital Punishment

Chilean Teachers Hold One-Day Nationwide Strike

Fed Hikes Interest Rates Again Despite Rising Black Unemployment Rate

GOP Leader Mitch McConnell Freezes Mid-Sentence During News Conference

U.S. Judge Blocks Hunter Biden Plea Deal

Former Columbia OB-GYN Robert Hadden Sentenced to 20 Years for Sexually Assaulting Patients

Ohio Cop Who Sicced Dog on Unarmed Black Man Fired After Video Goes Public

Singer Sinéad O’Connor, Shunned for Standing Up for the Rights of the Most Vulnerable, Dies at 56

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Atlantic Ocean Current at Risk of Collapse in Coming Years; Ocean Temps in Florida Surge to 101.1°

Judge Blocks Biden Asylum Ban in Victory for Immigration Rights

Ex-Marine Trevor Reed Injured on Ukrainian Frontlines a Year After Release from Russian Prison

Russian Sociologist and Dissident Boris Kagarlitsky Facing Terrorism Charges

U.N. Operation Underway to Pump 1.1 Million Barrels of Oil from Decaying Tanker Near Yemen

Demonstrators Mark 2 Years Since Tunisian President Kais Saied Launched Power Grab

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen Announces Transfer of Power to Son, Days After Winning Election

Modi Faces No-Confidence Vote Amid Mounting Horror of Ethnic Violence in India’s Manipur State

Report: Mexican Military, Security Forces Complicit in Killing and Cover-Up of Ayotzinapa Students

Northwestern Student Athletes Sue over Abusive Hazing Practices

Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal with UPS One Week Ahead of Feared Strike

New Bill Seeks to Increase Min. Wage to $17/Hour; Sanders Slams $7.25 “Starvation Wage”

Rep. Greg Casar Goes on Water Strike to Demonstrate Need for Federal Heat Protections for Workers

Juan Ramos, Leader of Phila. Young Lords, Councilmember & Puerto Rican Rights Activist, Dies at 71

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Study Finds Human Activity Responsible for Record July Heat Waves 

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Arrested Again at Swedish Oil Terminal Protest

Wildfires Fueled by Extreme Heat Kill at Least 34 in Algeria

Asylum Seekers Trapped on Tunisia-Libya Border Appeal to U.N. for Rescue

Department of Justice Sues Texas over Rio Grande Barrier

Mass Protests Continue in Israel as Lawmakers Vote to Radically Limit Judiciary’s Power

Sudanese Army Warns Kenya Against Sending Peacekeepers

Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Arms Depot in Crimea, Buildings in Moscow

Russia Bombs Grain Hangar in Southern Ukraine After Withdrawal from Black Sea Grain Deal

Guatemalan Police Raid Offices of Progressive Opposition Party Ahead of August Runoff Vote

Capitol Rioter Filmed Beating Police Officer Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison

U.S. Designates National Monuments to Emmett Till and His Mother in Illinois and Mississippi

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, July 24, 2023

30,000 Flee Rhodes as Greece Battles Dozens of Wildfires; Italy Hit by Ice Storms After Record Heat

Monsoon Brings Deadly Floods, Landslides in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Triggers Dengue Outbreak

Nova Scotia Inundated with 3 Months’ Worth of Rain; Washington Wildfire Tops 52,000 Acres

Right Underperforms Expectations in Spain Election; Separatist Parties Emerge as Kingmakers

Hun Sen Retains Cambodian Leadership, Likely to Hand Power to Son, After Suppressing Opposition

Israel Passes Contentious Judicial Reform as Protesters Say They Won’t Back Down

Israeli Forces Kill Two More Palestinian Teenagers in Occupied West Bank

44-Year-Old Prisoner’s Death at Rikers Is Seventh So Far This Year

Body-Camera Video Shows Ohio State Trooper Unleashing Police Dog on Black Driver

Video Shows L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Brutally Beating Trans Man

Trump’s Trial for Mishandling Classified Documents Set for May 2024

Biden Says 7 Silicon Valley Giants Have Committed to AI Safety and Transparency

8,000+ Authors Demand End to AI’s Use of Their Works Without Consent

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, July 21, 2023

Russia Targets Ukrainian Grain Supplies; Ukraine Starts Deploying U.S.-Supplied Cluster Bombs

Nebraska Teen Who Used Abortion Pill Gets Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail

Women Suing Texas over Abortion Ban Share Harrowing Personal Accounts

Florida’s New Black History Standards Say Slavery Had “Personal Benefit”

Florida Rights Groups Sue over Law Cracking Down on Immigrant Communities

Florida Rights Group Sue for Illegal Intimidation of People with Felonies Seeking to Vote

GA to Purge Nearly 200,000 Voters; AL Legislature Ignores SCOTUS Redistricting Order

Alabama Executes James Barber as It Resumes Lethal Injections

Video of Mob Sexually Assaulting Manipur Women Sets Off Protests Across India

1,200-Barrel Oil Spill Coats Ecuadorian Coastline

Lawyers Warn NYPD Still Abusing Protesters After $13B Settlement for Violence in 2020 BLM Uprising

Senate Panel Passes Legislation to Impose Code of Ethics for SCOTUS with Zero GOP Support

IATSE Averts Strike That Threatened to Grind Broadway to a Halt

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 20, 2023

More Temperature Records Fall as U.S. Heat Wave Intensifies

Migrants Face Intense Heat in Mexico as They Wait to Apply for Asylum at U.S. Border

Receding Floodwaters in Northern India Prompt Warnings over Waterborne Diseases

Russia Bombards Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports and Threatens Cargo Ships

Kenyan Police Crack Down as Protesters Rally Against Tax Hikes and Inflation

Taliban Guards Attack Women Protesting Closure of Beauty Parlors and Salons

Iraqis Storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad to Protest Qur’an Burning in Stockholm

Egyptian President Pardons Rights Researcher and Lawyer for Political Prisoner 

Morocco Invites Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to State Visit 

Mass Protests in Peru Demand Departure of President Dina Boluarte

Cost of Maintaining U.S.’s Nuclear Command Swells, Expected to Hit $117B Over Next Decade

Chuck Schumer OKs Vote on Pentagon Abortion Policy as Tuberville Blocks Military Appointments

U.S. Judge Upholds $5M Verdict in Favor of E. Jean Carroll, Denies Trump Request for New Trial

Immigrant Teenage Student Dies of Poultry Factory Injury

NYC Will Pay $13 Million to Settle Claims of Police Brutality During 2020 Protests

Broadway Could Shut Down as IATSE Votes on Strike Covering Some Members

Hollywood Strikes Continue Amid Reports of Shady Retaliation Tactics 

Stanford President Resigns After Freshman Reporter Shines Light on Manipulated Data

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Trump Says He’s the Target of Federal Criminal Probe of Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

Michigan Attorney General Charges 16 GOP “Fake Electors” with Felonies

Chinese Coal Consumption Hits Record High as Temperatures Soar

Floodwaters Lap Walls of India’s Taj Mahal; Heat Index in Iran Tops 150°F

Wildfires Erupt in Greece as Europe Swelters in Record Heat

ACLU Asks Court to Release Children from Angola Prison as Heat Index Tops 130°

Whistleblower Says Texas Officers Were Ordered to Push Migrant Children into Rio Grande

ICC to Probe Reports of Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur as Violence Escalates Across Sudan 

South Africa Says Vladimir Putin Will Not Attend BRICS Summit as ICC Seeks His Arrest

Syria Says Two Soldiers Injured by Israeli Airstrikes on Damascus

Palestinian Medical Workers Receive Body Armor Amid Spike in Israeli Assaults

Israelis Continue Mass Protests as Lawmakers Prepare Vote on Gutting of Courts 

Biden Vows Continued Support to Israel as Progressives Boycott Speech of President Herzog 

Israel Recognizes Morocco’s Sovereignty Over Western Sahara, Which It Has Occupied Since 1975

Thai Court Suspends Reformist Pita Limjaroenrat, Top Candidate to Become Prime Minister

Illinois Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Eliminating State’s Racist Cash Bail System

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, July 18, 2023

U.N. Warns Russia’s Suspension of Black Sea Grain Deal Puts Millions at Risk of Hunger

Russia Attacks Ukraine’s Odesa One Day After Ending Black Sea Grain Export Deal

Major Typhoon Strikes Southern China Amid Record Heat Wave

Smoke Blankets Eastern U.S. as Phoenix Suffers Record Number of Consecutive 110°+ Days

John Kerry Says “Under No Circumstances” Will U.S. Commit to Climate Reparations

U.N. Begins Effort to Drain Oil from Stricken Supertanker Off Yemeni Coast

Judge Puts Iowa’s Six-Week Abortion Ban on Hold

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Says Federal Government Should Take Over NYC’s Troubled Rikers Jail

NYC Mayor Appoints Edward Caban as First Latino Police Commissioner

New Experimental Drug Shows Promise at Slowing Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Condemned over Claims COVID-19 Was “Ethnically Targeted”

Sen. Joe Manchin’s Address to Billionaire-Funded Group Fuels Speculation of 2024 Presidential Run

UPS to Train Nonunion Employees Ahead of Potential Strike by 340,000 Workers

Jesse Jackson Steps Down as President of Rainbow PUSH Coalition

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, July 17, 2023

Unrelenting Heat Scorches Planet, Shattering Records from U.S. to China

Climate Change-Fueled Floods and Wildfires Bring Death and Misery Across the Globe

Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal After Explosions on Kerch Bridge Kill 2

Russia Says It’s Prepared to Use Cluster Bombs; Putin Visit to South Africa Could Result in Arrest

U.N. Says Nearly 300 Migrant Children Have Drowned in Mediterranean Crossings This Year

Libyan Border Guards Apprehend Asylum Seekers Abandoned by Tunisia in Desert

Mexico Apprehends Hundreds of U.S.-Bound Asylum Seekers

Mexican Journalist Nelson Matus Assassinated in Guerrero

Iran’s Morality Police Resume Patrols 10 Months After Mahsa Amini’s Death Sparked Protests

DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe of Atlanta-Area Jails After Deaths of Prisoners

House GOP Approves Record Military Budget with Anti-Abortion and Anti-LGBTQIA Provisions

Biden Administration to Cancel $39 Billion in Student Debt for 800,000+ Borrowers

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, July 14, 2023

Russia Threatens to End Ukraine Grain Deal as U.N. Warns 1 in 10 Worldwide Faced Hunger in 2022

Senior Russian Commander Fired After Blasting Military’s Handling of Ukraine War

Russian Lawmakers Approve New Restrictions on Transgender Rights

FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive

Unaccompanied 15-Year-Old Migrant from Guatemala Dies in U.S. Custody

Phoenix Poised to Surpass Record Number of Consecutive 110° Days

Unionized Actors Join Writers on Picket Line, Bringing Hollywood to a Standstill

Federal Jury Finds Pittsburgh Synagogue Gunman Eligible for Death Penalty

Fox News Hit with New Lawsuit by Trump Supporter over Jan. 6 Falsehoods

Egypt to Sell $1.9 Billion in State Assets as It Battles Economic Crisis

Self-Groping Videos Go Viral in Italy After High School Staffer Cleared of Assaulting Student

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 13, 2023

As NATO Summit Wraps, Biden Pledges Ukraine Will Join Military Alliance “Some Day”

Russian General with Advance Knowledge of Wagner Rebellion Disappears

U.N. Security Council to Meet Following North Korean Ballistic Missile Test

U.N. Calls for Probe After 87 Bodies Discovered in Mass Grave in Sudan’s Darfur 

Guatemala AG Suspends Progressive Semilla Party as Court Sends Leader Bernardo Arévalo to Runoff

Thailand’s Coup-Installed Senate Rejects Popular Reformist Candidate Pita Limjaroenrat

20 Million in Indian Capital Face Drinking Water Shortages Amid Historic Flooding

Spain Faces Highs of 45°C as Report Finds 2022’s Heat Wave Killed 61,000+ in Europe

112 Million Under Heat Alerts Across U.S.

Marine Biologists Warn Ocean Heat Threatens Mass Die-Off of Caribbean Coral Reefs

Leaders of Colombia and Brazil Pledge to Protect Amazon from Deforestation

Telecom Giants Hid Dangers of Lead in Sprawling Cable Network; EPA Clamps Down on Lead Dust

Clarence Thomas Aide Received Payments from Lawyers with Supreme Court Cases

GOP House Members Accuse Christopher Wray of Politicizing FBI in Heated Hearing

Actors Set to Strike After “Insulting” Offer by Hollywood Studies to SAG-AFTRA Union

Mutulu Shakur, Black Liberation Activist, Dies 7 Months After Release from 37 Years in Prison

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Turkey Drops Opposition to Sweden’s Membership as NATO Summit Opens in Lithuania

Kremlin Says Putin Spoke with Wagner Group Leaders, Including Prigozhin, After Mutiny 

Historic Floods Hit Northeastern U.S. as Heat Wave Bakes Southern States

Witnesses Say Palestinian Shot by Israeli Troops Was Left to Bleed Out at Checkpoint

Protests Erupt as Israeli Lawmakers Advance Bill to Gut Judiciary

U.S. and Israel Launch Joint War Games

Rights Groups Condemn Tunisia’s Government for Abandoning Asylum Seekers at Libyan Border

Iowa’s GOP-Controlled Legislature Convenes Special Session to Consider Abortion Ban

Nebraska Mother Pleads Guilty to Helping Daughter with Criminalized Abortion

Sen. Tuberville Stalls Confirmation of Top U.S. Generals over Reproductive Healthcare Benefits

“Freedom of the Press Has Gone Up in Smoke”: Protesters Demand U.S. Drop Charges Against Assange

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, July 10, 2023

Biden Visits U.K. Ahead of NATO Summit Amid Condemnation of Plan to Send Ukraine Cluster Bombs

U.S. Destroys Final Chemical Weapons More Than a Decade Behind Schedule

White Nationalist Mass Murderer Who Killed 23 People at El Paso Walmart Gets 90 Life Sentences

Dozens Killed in South Asian Flooding; Torrential Downpours Hit Northeast U.S

Tennessee Court Reinstates Ban on Transgender Healthcare

U.N. Warns Sudan Could Plunge into “Full-Scale Civil War” as Airstrikes Kill Dozens

Pentagon Claims U.S. Airstrikes in Somalia Killed 10 al-Shabab Fighters and No Civilians

Pentagon Claims Drone Strike Killed Islamic State Leader Osama al-Muhajer

La Jornada Journalist Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez Found Murdered in Mexico

Dutch Government Collapses over PM Mark Rutte’s Harsh Anti-Immigrant Policies

Afghan Ex-Interpreter for U.S. Forces Killed During Shift as Lyft Driver in Washington, D.C.

Protesters at U.N. Demand Israel Release Palestinian Political Prisoner Walid Daqqah

Biden Announces Crackdown on “Junk” Health Insurance Plans

Oklahoma Judge Tosses Reparations Suit by Last Known Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, July 6, 2023

IAEA Sees No Evidence of Explosives Planted at Russian-Held Nuclear Plant in Ukraine

Belarus President Says Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin Is in Russia

Biden Welcomes Swedish PM to White House, Pressing NATO Membership for Sweden

U.S. Judge Restricts Biden Administration’s Ability to Stem Misinformation on Social Media

Meta Launches Twitter Competitor “Threads”; Canada Blocks Facebook and Instagram Ads

Biden Nominates Elliott Abrams, Death Squad Backer Convicted of Lying to Congress, to Gov’t Commission

Hunger and Malnutrition Surge in Ethiopia’s War-Torn Tigray After U.S. and WFP Halt Food Aid

Mass Protests in Tel Aviv After Police Commander Resigns Amid Ongoing Uproar over Judicial Reform 

UPS Workers Move Closer to Strike; L.A. Hotel Workers Return to Jobs; NLRB Rules for Starbucks Union

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Supreme Court Bars Affirmative Action at Colleges, Exempts Military and Legacy Admissions

California Task Force Recommends Reparations for Harms of Slavery and Racial Discrimination

Supreme Court’s Samuel Alito Ruled Against EPA as Wife Leased Land to Oil and Gas Firm

Death Toll from Heat Wave Hits 112 in Mexico, 14 in Southern U.S.

Mike Pence Pledges Support for Arming Ukraine During Surprise Trip to Kyiv

Biden Mulls Cluster Bombs for Ukraine as Reports Emerge of Kyiv’s Use of Banned Landmines

400 Arrested Across France in Third Night of Protests over Police Killing of 17-Year-Old

U.K. Court Rules Conservatives’ Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda “Unlawful”

Protests Erupt in Baghdad Over Qur’an Burning Outside Swedish Mosque

Officer Who Failed to Intervene in Parkland Massacre Found Not Guilty of Criminal Charges

NYC Mayor Faces Tenant Anger over Rent Hikes as Record 100,000 Unhoused People Enter Shelters

Christine King Farris, Last Surviving Sibling of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies at 95

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, June 26, 2023

Wagner Group’s Prigozhin Exiled to Belarus After Calling Off Advance on Moscow

Paramilitaries Seize Police HQ in Sudan’s Capital; U.N. Warns Fighting Has Displaced 2.5 Million

Russian Warplanes Bomb Syria’s Idlib, Killing at Least 9 Civilians

Guatemalan Presidential Race Headed to Runoff After Weekend Election

Rival Candidates Claim Victory in Sierra Leone Election as Police Raid Opposition HQ

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis Reelected as Syriza Falls Short and Far-Right Makes Gains

Beijing Suffers Record-Breaking Heat Wave with More Dangerous Temperatures Forecast

“A Marine Wildfire”: Record North Atlantic Heat Threatens Ocean Life

Paris Climate Finance Summit Wraps Without Agreement on Shipping Tax

Supporters and Opponents of Abortion Rights Hold Competing Rallies on Anniversary of Dobbs Ruling

Turkish Police Attack Pride Marchers; Hundreds Marry in Mexico City LGBTQIA Celebration

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Federal Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

Settlers Attack Palestinian Villages After 4 Israelis Shot Dead in Occupied West Bank

At Least 41 Women Die Inside Honduran Prison

Top Aide to Jair Bolsonaro Caught in Possession of Plans to Stage Military Coup

Pentagon to Send Ukraine More Arms After Finding $6.2 Billion “Accounting Error”

Heavy Fighting Resumes in Sudanese Capital of Khartoum as Ceasefire Ends

Amnesty Calls for End of Racist Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers

Reps. Tlaib, Omar & Raskin to Boycott Narendra Modi Address to Congress

Hunter Biden Reaches Deal with Federal Prosecutors

Disciplinary Hearing Held for Attorney John Eastman over Role in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election

Judge Sets Aug. 14 Trial Date for Donald Trump for Mishandling Classified Documents

Sen. Bernie Sanders Launches Probe of Dangerous Working Conditions at Amazon

ProPublica Reveals Justice Alito Took Undisclosed Luxury Trip with GOP Billionaire Megadonor

Heat Dome Over Texas and Mexico Shatters Temperature Records

Search Continues for Submersible Exploring Wreck of the Titanic

Official Death Toll Reaches 81 in Migrant Shipwreck Near Greece, But Hundreds More Feared Dead

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Blinken Meets with Xi Jinping in Beijing in Attempt to “Stabilize” U.S-China Relations

Israel Deploys U.S.-Made Apache Helicopter Gunships in Deadly Raid on Jenin Refugee Camp

Sudan Health Minister Says Death Toll Has Topped 3,000 Since Fighting Broke Out

37 Students Among Dead in Deadly Attack on School in Uganda

African Leaders Go to Moscow & Kyiv to Urge End to War in Ukraine

Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, 92, Dies

Justice Department Accuses Minneapolis Police of Unlawful Use of Force

Report: DOJ & FBI Waited a Year to Probe Trump for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection

In Fox Interview, Trump Admits Telling Aide to Move Boxes of Classified Documents

19 Mass Shootings Reported Across U.S. in Another Deadly Weekend

Report: 1.5 Million Dropped from Medicaid in Recent Months

Deadly Heat Wave in India Kills 170 as Temps Top 110 Degrees Fahrenheit

World Refugee Day: Fear Grows Death Toll from Migrant Shipwreck Could Top 700

U.N. Adopts Historic High Seas Treaty

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, June 19, 2023

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Greek Police Arrest 9 as Hopes Fade for Hundreds of Migrants Missing in Deadly Shipwreck

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Condemned for Busing 42 Migrants to Los Angeles

Texas Governor Signs Bill Restricting Trans Athletes in College Sports

Supreme Court Affirms Indian Child Welfare Act in Major Victory for Tribal Sovereignty 

3 Killed, Over 75 Injured as Tornado Strikes Texas Panhandle

Mass Death of Birds on Mexico’s Coast Caused by Warm Ocean Temperatures

U.N. Leader Calls Fossil Fuels “Incompatible with Human Survival” as Temperatures Pass 1.5°C Threshold

African Leaders Visit Kyiv, Pressing for Ukraine-Russia Peace Negotiations

As Ukraine’s Military Suffers Heavy Losses, U.S. Leaders Ask Allies to “Dig Deep” on Arms Shipments

Accused Pentagon Leaker Jack Teixeira Indicted on Same Espionage Charges Faced by Donald Trump

West Coast Dockworkers Agree to Tentative Union Contract

Nevada Lawmakers Approve $380 Million in Public Funding to Move Oakland A’s to Las Vegas Stadium

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, June 15, 2023

West Darfur Governor Assassinated After Accusing Paramilitaries and Militias of “Genocide”

Vladimir Putin Admits Russia Is Running Short of Weapons and Drones as Ukraine Fighting Rages

President Alexander Lukashenko Says Russia Sent Nuclear Arms to Belarus

Protesters Take to Polish Streets After Death of Pregnant Woman Who Was Denied Abortion Care

DOJ Charges 2 over Planned Parenthood Firebombing; Google Made $10M from Anti-Abortion Ads

Southern Baptist Convention Votes to Uphold Expulsion of Women-Led Churches

India and Pakistan Brace for Cyclone Biparjoy

Minnesota Records Record Air Pollution as Canadian Wildfire Smoke Spreads Over Region

Biden Vetoes Effort to Block Large Vehicle Emissions Rule

House Falls Short in Effort to Override Veto of D.C. Police Accountability Law

New York Grand Jury Indicts Ex-Marine Who Killed Street Performer Jordan Neely in Chokehold

Fed Pauses Interest Rate Hikes

EU Moves to Rein In AI as U.N. Considers Global Regulatory Agency

Arizona Mother Recounts Horror of Deepfake Kidnapping Scam

Fears Mount of AI-Driven Misinformation in 2024 Elections

Guatemala Court Sentences Journalist José Rubén Zamora to 6 Years in Prison

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Democracy Now! television program for Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Donald Trump Travels to Miami to Face Federal Charges over Classified Documents

Russian Missile Attack on Ukrainian City of Kryvyi Rih Kills at Least 10

NATO Opens Largest-Ever Aerial War Games in Germany as Allies Expand Support for Ukraine

U.S. Spent More on Nuclear Arms in 2022 Than All Other Nations Combined

Iran’s Supreme Leader Says He’s Open to Reviving Nuclear Agreement

Pace of Executions Surged in Iran After Anti-Government Protests

45 Killed as Militia Attacks Camp for Displaced People in Congo’s Djugu Territory

U.S. Will Rejoin UNESCO and Pay $600 Million in Back Dues

Warm Ocean Waters Leave Thousands of Fish Dead on Texas Beaches

Montana Court Hears Landmark Youth Climate Lawsuit

Chase Bank to Pay $290 Million to Settle Class-Action Suit Brought by Epstein Survivors

Body Found in I-95 Collapse Wreckage; Officials Warn Major U.S. Artery Will Be Closed for “Months”

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Democracy Now! television program for Monday, June 12, 2023

Ukraine Says It Liberated 4 Villages as Counteroffensive Gets Underway

Law Enforcement Braces for Unrest Ahead of Trump Court Hearing as Supporters Issue Violent Threats

Deadly Battles Resume in Sudan After Ceasefire Ends; South Sudan Violence Kills 20 Displaced People

New Haven Reaches $45 Settlement with Randy Cox, Who Was Paralyzed in Police Van

I-95 Highway in Philadelphia Could Be Closed for Months After Tanker Truck Fire Leads to Collapse

New York City Establishes First-of-Its-Kind Minimum Wage for App Delivery Workers

Four Indigenous Children Found Alive 40 Days After Plane Crash

Colombia Signs Ceasefire Agreement with ELN Rebels

Torrential Rains in Northwest Pakistan Kill at Least 25

More Than 20 Killed in Somalia After Discarded Mortar Shell Explodes

Scandal-Plagued Italian Media Tycoon and Ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi Dies at 86

2 Nonbinary Performers Win Tony Awards as Unscripted Ceremony Acknowledges Writers Strike

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Democracy Now! television program for Friday, June 9, 2023

Donald Trump Indicted on Federal Criminal Charges over Mishandling of Classified Documents

Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Spreads South and West Across United States

Supreme Court Orders Alabama to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps

SCOTUS Upholds Ability of Medicaid Recipients to Sue States That Violate Their Rights

SCOTUS Justices Thomas and Alito Get Extensions on Financial Disclosure Filings

U.S. Halts Food Aid to Ethiopia, Accuses Military of Diverting Deliveries Away from Civilians

Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Journalist During Demolition of Home in Ramallah

Aid Groups Say New EU Measures for Asylum Seekers Do Nothing to Aid Humanitarian Disaster

China, Cuba and U.S. Reject Reports of Chinese Surveillance Base in Cuba

Mexican Authorities Probe Extrajudicial Killing of 5 Men by Military as Zapatistas Protest Violence

Pat Robertson, Televangelist Who Made a Career by Spewing Racism, Homophobia and Misogyny, Dies

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Democracy Now! television program for Thursday, June 8, 2023

Wildfire Smoke Shrouds Huge Swaths of North America, Turns New York City’s Skies Orange

Hundreds of Trapped Children Rescued from Orphanage in Sudan’s Capital

Ukraine Dam Breach Prompts Warnings over Disease, Abandoned Farms and Floating Landmines

Germany Prepares to Host Largest-Ever NATO Air Exercises

Prosecutors Inform Trump He’s Target of Federal Criminal Investigation

Mike Pence Announces 2024 Presidential Bid, Rebukes Trump over Jan. 6 Actions

Ron DeSantis Takes Credit for Flying Asylum Seekers to California

CNN Ousts CEO Chris Licht After Short-Lived, Chaotic Tenure

DHS Says Cop City Protesters Are Not Domestic Terrorists, as Labeled by Georgia Law Enforcement

Black Activists in Mississippi Sue State over Law Cracking Down on Peaceful Protest

Biden Vetoes Bill Canceling Student Loan Relief

EU Court Rules Against Polish Move to Undermine Courts as 500,000 March Against Government

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Democracy Now! television program for Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Air Quality Alerts Issued as Thick Smoke Blankets Large Swaths of U.S. and Canada

Heat Waves Stifle Puerto Rico, South Asia; Bangladesh Closes Schools Amid Ongoing Power Cuts

Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free by Next Decade

Activists Shut Down Manchin Talk at D.C. Event over Climate Destruction, Mountain Valley Pipeline

Ukraine Dam Collapse Wreaks Havoc Along Dnipro River as Thousands Forced to Evacuate

Mexico’s AMLO Claims Major Win After His Party Clinches Mexico’s Governorship

Fresh Protests Take Over French Streets in Hopes of Reviving Campaign Against Retirement Reform

Blinken Tightens Ties and Pushes U.S. Middle East Agenda with MBS in Saudi Arabia

PGA Tour Announces Surprise Merger with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Tour

UNRWA and WFP Facing Major Funding Shortages for Work in Palestine Despite Dire Need

Sen. Van Hollen Calls on Biden Admin to Release Report on Israeli Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Gunman Kills Two People, Injures 5, After High School Graduation in Richmond, VA

Ajike Owens, a Black Mother of 4, Shot Dead by White Neighbor Who Had Just Harassed Her Children

HRC Issues First-Ever State of Emergency for LGBTQ+ People in the U.S.

Judge Sides with FL Families Seeking Care for Trans Children; LA Advances Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Texas Sheriff Recommends Criminal Charges over 2022 Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard

Merck Sues Biden Admin over Medicare Negotiation Law

Trump Lawyers Meet with Special Counsel as Possible Indictment Nears

SAG-AFTRA Members Back Strike Authorization as Writers Remain on Strike

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Ukraine and Russia Blame One Another as Dam Breach Forces Mass Evacuations Along Dnipro River

Torrential Rains Trigger Flooding and Landslides in Haiti, Killing at Least 42

Firefighters Battle Massive Blazes in Canada’s Nova Scotia Province

Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Surge to Highest Levels in 4 Million Years

China Accuses U.S. Military of “Provocative” Actions 

U.S. Defense Secretary Pledges Military Cooperation with India to Counter China

Palestinian Toddler Shot in Head by Israeli Soldiers Dies of Injuries

Blinken Promotes Saudi-Israeli Ties in AIPAC Speech

Atlanta City Council Votes 11-4 to Fund $67 Million “Cop City” Training Center

Missouri Prepares to Execute Michael Tisius Despite Clemency Pleas from Former Jurors

Oklahoma Approves First-Ever Publicly Funded Religious Charter School

Trump’s Attorneys Meet Special Counsel Jack Smith Amid Mounting Grand Jury Investigations

Cornel West Will Run for President in 2024 as People’s Party Candidate

Brazilian President Unveils Plan to End Amazon Deforestation by 2030

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Authorities Point to Signal Failure in India Train Disaster That Killed 275+ Passengers

Ukrainian Military Says It’s Moving Forward Near Bakhmut as Russia Claims to Thwart Offensive

At Least 40 Killed in Darfur as Ceasefire Expires, Deadly Fighting Continues in Sudan

Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Bill, Averting Default But Sacrificing Food Assistance, Climate Goals

Interior Dept. Announces 20-Year Halt on New Oil and Gas Leasing at Chaco Canyon

DuPont and Spinoff Companies Will Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle “Forever Chemicals” Lawsuit

170+ Nations Agree to Draft Treaty on Plastic Pollution

Saudi Arabia Will Slash Oil Production by 1 Million Barrels Per Day

Deadly Protests Erupt in Senegal After Arrest of Opposition Leader Ousmane Sonko

German Police Arrest Dozens Protesting Conviction of Anti-Fascist Activists

“State-Sanctioned Kidnapping”: California Blasts Migrant Flights

Authorities Denied Care to 8-Year-Old Who Died in Border Patrol Custody

Federal Judge Rejects Tennessee Law Banning Drag Shows

West Coast Dock Workers Strike; Directors Guild Reaches Tentative Deal with Hollywood Studios

Reporters and Staff at Gannett Newspapers Launch One-Day Strike

Amazon Fires Leader of Union Organizing Drive in Bessemer, Alabama

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Senate Approves Debt Deal Limiting Domestic Spending and Rolling Back Climate Protections

Senate Votes to Rescind Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan

Russia Fires More Missiles at Kyiv Amid Fresh Cross-Border Attacks from Ukraine

U.N. Warns Foundering Black Sea Grain Deal Could Exacerbate Food Crisis

Zelensky Presses EU and NATO to Grant Ukraine Membership; China Calls for Peace Talks

Protesters Disrupt Arms Convention as Canadian Defense Minister Touts Cybersecurity Plans

Rights Groups Slam “Sham Trial” for Iranian Journalists Who Helped Expose Death of Mahsa Amini

Workers Protest Florida’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Law Targeting Farm Laborers

Republican States Challenge DACA in Court Before Judge Who Ruled Against Program in 2021

Chicago Will Use $50 Million in City Surplus Funds to Assist Asylum Seekers Sent from Texas

SCOTUS Decision Will Make It Easier for Employers to Sue Workers Who Strike

Amazon’s Corporate Workers Walk Out to Protest Climate Inaction, Labor Issues

Bill Cosby Sued for 1969 Sexual Assault as Part of California’s Survivor Lookback Law

NYC to Stop Reporting Prison Deaths as Federal Investigator Probes Recent Death at Rikers

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House Approves Debt Ceiling Deal Slammed by Progressives as “Extortion” 

19 Killed, 100+ Injured as Shells Fall on Market Near Sudan’s Capital

U.S. to Send Additional $300 Million in Weapons to Ukraine

Failed North Korean Rocket Launch Triggers Evacuation Alert in Seoul

Protests Mount over Planned Release of Radioactive Water from Fukushima Plant into Pacific

Tennessee Woman Is Left Infertile After She’s Denied Abortion Care

Georgia Police Arrest 3 Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters

Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Raping Women He Met Through Church of Scientology

NASA Holds First Public Meeting on “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena”

Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Doug Burgum to Enter Crowded 2024 GOP Presidential Race

CUNY Law Graduate Faces Death Threats After Condemning Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians

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Debt Limit Deal Heads to House Vote Amid Objections on Both the Left and Right

NYC Climate Protesters Call on Sen. Schumer to Remove Climate Concessions Before Passing Debt Deal

Climate Crisis: Canada Wildfires Grow; Heat Wave Scorches Asia; EU Ups Summer Firefighting Force

Tech Experts Warn Against “Risk of Extinction from AI”

Hotline Workers at Nat’l Eating Disorder Association Are Being Replaced by Chatbot

Sudan’s Army Suspends Participation in Ceasefire Talks

NATO to Deploy 700 More Troops to Kosovo Amid Mounting Tensions

Over 1 Million Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk of Humanitarian Aid Shortages

Malta May Have Violated International Law by Neglecting Calls for Help from Refugee Ship

U.N. Launches Operation to Remove Oil from Decaying Tanker Off Yemen’s Coast

Indigenous Groups in Brazil Protest Against Bill Restricting Protections for Tribal Land

Court Grants Immunity to Sackler Family in Purdue Pharma Legal Saga over Opioid Epidemic

Joshua Valles Is the Third Rikers Island Detainee to Die in 2023

Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Prison to Start 11-Year Sentence for Defrauding Theranos Investors

Federal Trial Begins for 2018 Massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue

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Debt Ceiling Deal Would Cap Nonmilitary Spending, Add Welfare Work Requirements, Slash IRS Funds

Sudan’s Rival Military Factions Extend Shaky Truce

Drone Attacks on Moscow Follow Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wins Reelection in Presidential Runoff

Israeli Settlers Move to Reestablish Illegal Outpost in Occupied West Bank

Libyan Court Sentences 23 Men to Death over ISIS Takeover of Sirte

Ugandan President Signs Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Includes Death Penalty

Lula Welcomes Venezuelan President Maduro to Brazil, Blasts U.S. Sanctions

16 Killed Across U.S. in Memorial Day Mass Shootings

South Carolina Court Puts Temporary Hold on Near-Total Abortion Ban

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Impeached and Suspended over Corruption Allegations

Texas GOP Approves Bill Giving Secretary of State Power to Overturn Houston-Area Elections

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McCarthy Rules Out Repealing Tax Cuts for the Rich After White House Talks Fail to Secure Deal on Debt Ceiling

Anti-Putin Militias Launch Cross-Border Raid on Russia’s Belgorod from Ukraine

U.N. Finds Wagner Mercenaries Led Massacre on Village in Mali in 2022

India Issues Heat Alerts as Temperatures Top 113 Degrees Fahrenheit

Alberta Wildfires Scorch Millions of Acres and Trigger Air Quality Alerts

Western States Reach Deal to Conserve Water from Colorado River

Nevada Lawmakers Approve Bill Protecting Out-of-State Abortion Patients

Sen. Tim Scott Enters Race for 2024 Republican Presidential Nomination

E. Jean Carroll Seeks Further Damages from Trump over CNN Remarks

Special Counsel to Probe Trump’s Foreign Ties in Mar-a-Lago Documents Investigation

Driver Who Crashed Into White House Barriers Had Nazi Flag in Truck

Border Patrol Agents Shoot and Kill Tohono O’odham Artist in Arizona

Mother Says Agents Denied Medical Care to 8-Year-Old Girl Who Died in CBP Custody

Autopsy Finds Lashawn Thompson Died of Homicide Due to Severe Neglect of Fulton County Jailers

“Pay Your Writers!”: Warner Bros. CEO Booed at Boston University Commencement

Transgender Youth Hold First-Ever “Trans Prom” Celebration on National Mall 

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Biden Won’t Apologize for 1945 Nuclear Attacks on Japan as G7 Leaders Gather in Hiroshima

Russia and Ukraine Agree to Extend Black Sea Grain Deal

Pentagon Says Accounting Error Will Allow U.S. to Send $3 Billion in Additional Arms to Ukraine

Family of Syrian Killed in U.S. Drone Strike Says He Had No Ties to al-Qaeda

Bashar al-Assad Joins Arab League Summit for First Time Since Start of Syrian Civil War

Israeli Flag Day Marchers Chant “Death to Arabs” and Attack Palestinians and Journalists

Democrats Mull 14th Amendment Workaround as Republicans Stonewall on Debt Limit

New Details Reveal Gravity of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Health Problems 

Medicare for All Act Reintroduced with Record 120+ Congressional Backers

New Bill Would Make Paid Sick Leave Mandatory for Most U.S. Workers

8-Year-Old Girl from Panama Dies in Border Patrol Custody

Supreme Court Tosses Republican-Led Effort to Revive Title 42

Cori Bush Unveils Reparations Bill to Address Slavery and Its Enduring Effects on Black Americans

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Turkish Elections Head to Runoff as Pres. Erdoğan Fails to Capture 50% of Vote Against Kilicdaroglu

Thai Voters Back Reform Parties in Sharp Rebuke to Monarchy and Military Gov’t

Ukraine Makes Gains in Bakhmut as European Leaders Up Military Support for Zelensky

Israel and Gaza Fighters Agree to Truce After 5 Days of Fighting Kills 33 Palestinians

Powerful Cyclone Kills at Least 6 People in Burma, Destroys Rohingya Refugee Shelters

Death Toll from Kenyan Starvation Cult Tops 200, Including Many Children

Guatemalan Newspaper El Periódico Shutters After Persecution by Giammattei Gov’t

Unaccompanied Honduran Migrant Teen Dies in U.S. Custody

Sen. Tuberville Under Fire for Backing White Nationalists in Military

Buffalo Remembers Victims of Racist Massacre One Year After Tops Supermarket Mass Shooting

North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Vetoes Abortion Ban, Setting Up Possible GOP Override

Texas Woman Killed by Partner After Returning from Colorado, Where She Had an Abortion

Florida Bans Textbooks Dealing with Race, Social Justice; Allows Discrimination in Healthcare

SF Community Members Demand Justice for Banko Brown, a Trans Activist Killed by Security Guard

Jordan Neely’s Family Blasts Manslaughter Charge; Lawyer Implores Bystanders to Help Those in Need

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Donald Trump Found Liable for Sexual Abuse and Defamation of E. Jean Carroll

Rights Groups Call on Biden to Implement Humane Immigration Policies as Title 42 Ends

Immigrant Rights Defenders Condemn Texas Bills That Would Create Vigilante ICE Force

No Progress on Debt Limit Talks After Biden-McCarthy Meeting as White House Weighs Unilateral Action

Israel Continues Air Attacks on Gaza, Killing at Least 16 People in Two Days

AFP Journalist Killed Covering Ukraine War; France and U.K. Move to Label Wagner a Terrorist Group

Protests Mount, Hundreds Arrested in Pakistan as Court Charges Detained Imran Khan with Corruption

President Erdogan Faces Challenge from More Liberal Kilicdaroglu as Turks Reel from Earthquake

NY Rep. George Santos Charged by Federal Prosecutors

California Advances Effort to Offer Reparations to Black Residents

SEIU Workers at D.C. Headquarters Authorize Strike over Stalled Contract Negotiations

MTV News Shutting Down as Part of Mass Layoffs at Paramount

David Miranda, Journalist, Ex-Lawmaker and Fighter for Brazil’s Poor and LGBTQ Community, Dies at 37

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Israel Bombs Gaza Strip, Killing 13 People, Including Children