Democracy Now! 2025-05-27 Tuesday

• Headlines for May 27, 2025
• Israel Bombs Home of Gaza Pediatrician, Killing 9 of Her 10 Kids, in Latest Attack on Health Workers
• Trump vs. Academic Freedom: President Escalates Attacks on Harvard & International Students
• Georgia Abortion Ban Forces Family to Keep Pregnant, Brain-Dead Woman on Life Support
• "Unconscionable & Deliberate": GOP Budget Defunds Planned Parenthood Amid Maternal Health Crisis

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Democracy Now! 2025-05-26 Monday

• "Sinners": Director Ryan Coogler on His Latest Hit, Delta Blues, His Mississippi Roots & Vampires
• The Injustice of Justice: Keith LaMar Speaks from Ohio Death Row as Movement Grows to Save His Life
• "I'm Innocent": Keith LaMar Speaks Live from Death Row About His Case, Conditions & Pending Execution

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Democracy Now! 2025-05-23 Friday

• Headlines for May 23, 2025
• "Theft from On High": Trump's Budget Bill Guts Medicaid, Medicare & More to Pay for Tax Cuts
• Mahmoud Khalil: Jailed Activist Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time
• "I Can't Breathe": Five Years After George Floyd's Murder, Trump Admin Rolls Back Police Oversight
• "King of the North": New Book Examines MLK's Fight Against Police Brutality & Racism Outside Dixie

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Historian Jeanne Theoharis joins us for an in-depth discussion about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South. After more than a decade of research, she offers a major reexamination of his experiences and activism confronting police brutality, alongside his wife Coretta Scott King. In Part 2 of our interview, she describes his work in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City, including long meetings with gang leaders to reduce violence, like the Turfmasters Summit in Chicago to address what he called “domestic colonialism.” King often addressed how police and courts were used as “enforcers,” and stopped using the phrase “law and order,” instead calling for “law and justice.” Theoharis also critiques the role of the media in portraying King's organizing against police abuse and racism in the North as “reckless,” when they previously praised his work in the South.

Democracy Now! 2025-05-23 Friday

• Headlines for May 23, 2025
• "Theft from On High": Trump's Budget Bill Guts Medicaid, Medicare & More to Pay for Tax Cuts
• Mahmoud Khalil: Jailed Activist Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time
• "I Can't Breathe": Five Years After George Floyd's Murder, Trump Admin Rolls Back Police Oversight
• "King of the North": New Book Examines MLK's Fight Against Police Brutality & Racism Outside Dixie

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Democracy Now! 2025-05-22 Thursday

• Headlines for May 22, 2025
• "Nothing Can Justify It": Journalist Gideon Levy Reacts to Killing of Israeli Embassy Staffers in D.C.
• "The Worst It's Ever Been": U.K. Surgeon in Gaza Warns Kids Are Bearing Brunt as Israel Widens Assault
• U.K. MP Jeremy Corbyn & EU MP Lynn Boylan on Europe Pressuring Israel to Halt Atrocities in Gaza
• Trump Repeats "White Genocide" Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

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Democracy Now! 2025-05-22 Thursday

• Headlines for May 22, 2025
• "Nothing Can Justify It": Journalist Gideon Levy Reacts to Killing of Israeli Embassy Staffers in D.C.
• "The Worst It's Ever Been": U.K. Surgeon in Gaza Warns Kids Are Bearing Brunt as Israel Widens Assault
• U.K. MP Jeremy Corbyn & EU MP Lynn Boylan on Europe Pressuring Israel to Halt Atrocities in Gaza
• Trump Repeats "White Genocide" Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

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Democracy Now! 2025-05-21 Wednesday

• Headlines for May 21, 2025
• "A Big, Ugly, Destructive, Deadly Bill": Bishop William Barber Slams Bill Cutting Medicaid, Medicare
• "It Is Going to Kill People": Disability Rights Activist Speaks Out on Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"
• Tax Revolt: Arjun Singh on the Roots of Trump's Push for Massive $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut for the Rich
• Trump's Brain Drain: Scientists Look to Move Abroad as DOGE Slashes Research Funding in U.S.

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Democracy Now! 2025-05-21 Wednesday

• Headlines for May 21, 2025
• "A Big, Ugly, Destructive, Deadly Bill": Bishop William Barber Slams Bill Cutting Medicaid, Medicare
• "It Is Going to Kill People": Disability Rights Activist Speaks Out on Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"
• Tax Revolt: Arjun Singh on the Roots of Trump's Push for Massive $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut for the Rich
• Trump's Brain Drain: Scientists Look to Move Abroad as DOGE Slashes Research Funding in U.S.

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Democracy Now! 2025-05-20 Tuesday

• Headlines for May 20, 2025
• "The Suffering Is Beyond Description": Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
• Making Gaza Unlivable: Israel Intensifies Attacks as Netanyahu Vows to Seize All of Gaza
• From a Palestinian Refugee Camp to Columbia: Mohsen Mahdawi Graduates After Being Jailed by Trump

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