Democracy Now! 2025-06-09 Monday

• Headlines for June 09, 2025
• L.A. Under Siege: Trump Sends in National Guard as Protests Continue over Militarized ICE Raids
• "Absolutely Unprecedented": Trump Deploys National Guard to L.A. & Hegseth Threatens to Send in Marines
• "Kidnapped in Int'l Waters": Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Ship, Detains Greta Thunberg & Others

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Democracy Now! 2025-06-09 Monday

• Headlines for June 09, 2025
• L.A. Under Siege: Trump Sends in National Guard as Protests Continue over Militarized ICE Raids
• "Absolutely Unprecedented": Trump Deploys National Guard to L.A. & Hegseth Threatens to Send in Marines
• "Kidnapped in Int'l Waters": Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Ship, Detains Greta Thunberg & Others

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Democracy Now! 2025-06-06 Friday

• Headlines for June 06, 2025
• Musk vs. Trump? Quinn Slobodian on the Risks of Billionaire Rule
• Trump Budget Bill Would Lead to 51,000 More Deaths Each Year, as Health Experts Urge Medicare for All
• "Completely Unwarranted": Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Sues Trump Officials over His Arrest at ICE Jail
• High Seas Update from Aid Ship Sailing to Gaza: Activists Vow to "Win Through Solidarity"
• Fired over Gaza? Dr. Rupa Marya Sues UCSF, Says She Was Targeted for Speaking Up for Palestine

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Ten years ago today, Kalief Browder died by suicide, on June 6, 2015, after spending three years at New York’s Rikers Island jail without trial, much of that time in solitary confinement and brutal conditions — after he was accused at the age of 16 of stealing a backpack. We speak with his brother and the director of a new film that aims to remember Kalief and his mother Venida and explores the impact of the trauma they faced and how his family responded. Sisa Bueno is the director of For Venida, For Kalief, which is premiering this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival. It features the poetry of Kalief’s late mother, archival footage from the 1970 uprising in New York City jails, and interviews about the ongoing push to shut down Rikers Island jail. Akeem Browder is the older brother of Kalief Browder and a founder of the Campaign to Shut Down Rikers.

Democracy Now! 2025-06-06 Friday

• Headlines for June 06, 2025
• Musk vs. Trump? Quinn Slobodian on the Risks of Billionaire Rule
• Trump Budget Bill Would Lead to 51,000 More Deaths Each Year, as Health Experts Urge Medicare for All
• "Completely Unwarranted": Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Sues Trump Officials over His Arrest at ICE Jail
• High Seas Update from Aid Ship Sailing to Gaza: Activists Vow to "Win Through Solidarity"
• Fired over Gaza? Dr. Rupa Marya Sues UCSF, Says She Was Targeted for Speaking Up for Palestine

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Democracy Now! 2025-06-05 Thursday

• Headlines for June 05, 2025
• Trump Revives Travel Ban, Bars Citizens of 12 Nations in Move Decried as "Devastating"
• Mahmoud Khalil, Trapped in "Immigration Gulag" for Nearly 3 Months, Challenges Deportation Efforts
• As U.S. Vetoes U.N. Gaza Ceasefire Resolution, Kathy Kelly & Veterans Enter 3rd Week of Hunger Strike
• "The Shame of Israeli Medicine": How Israeli Doctors Turned on Palestinian Colleagues & Patients
• "How to Survive the Broligarchy": Carole Cadwalladr on Tech Titans & Rising U.S. Authoritarianism

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We continue our conversation with investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr about the rise of unregulated tech behemoths like OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT that has been embroiled in scandals surrounding its generation of easily disseminated false information, and Palantir, the secretive data-mining company that now heavily contracts with the U.S. government to provide mass surveillance and data collection services.

Democracy Now! 2025-06-05 Thursday

• Headlines for June 05, 2025
• Trump Revives Travel Ban, Bars Citizens of 12 Nations in Move Decried as "Devastating"
• Mahmoud Khalil, Trapped in "Immigration Gulag" for Nearly 3 Months, Challenges Deportation Efforts
• As U.S. Vetoes U.N. Gaza Ceasefire Resolution, Kathy Kelly & Veterans Enter 3rd Week of Hunger Strike
• "The Shame of Israeli Medicine": How Israeli Doctors Turned on Palestinian Colleagues & Patients
• "How to Survive the Broligarchy": Carole Cadwalladr on Tech Titans & Rising U.S. Authoritarianism

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Democracy Now! 2025-06-04 Wednesday

• Headlines for June 04, 2025
• "Death Traps": U.S.-Israeli Aid Scheme Paused in Gaza After 100+ Palestinians Killed While Waiting for Food
• Greta Thunberg Speaks from Aid Ship Heading to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats: It's My Moral Obligation
• "Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

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Extended interview with Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI. The book documents the rise of OpenAI and how the AI industry is leading to a new form of colonialism.