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06.05.2023

Headlines for June 05, 2023; David Sirota: Working Class Will Be “Deeply Harmed” by Biden’s “Big Win” on Debt Ceiling; David Sirota: Florida Lawmakers Help Ron DeSantis Shovel More Cash to Wall Street; Ed Bisch Fights to Hold Sacklers Accountable ...

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06.05.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-06-05 Monday Headlines for June 05, 2023; David Sirota: Working Class Will Be “Deeply Harmed” by Biden’s “Big Win” on Debt Ceiling; David Sirota: Florida Lawmakers Help Ron DeSantis Shovel More Cash to Wall Street; Ed Bisch Fights to Hold Sacklers Accountable ...
06.02.2023 Ed Bisch Fights to Hold Sacklers Accountable for Opioid Epidemic 22 Years After Son Died of Overdose We continue our look at the Sackler family — the billionaire owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma — and efforts to hold them accountable.
06.02.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-06-02 Friday Headlines for June 02, 2023; Rep. Ro Khanna: Avoiding Default Was Necessary, But Debt Deal Was Passed at Expense of “Most Vulnerable”; Rep. Ro Khanna Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein Should “Step Down with Dignity”; Armed Police Raid on Bail Fund ...
06.01.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-06-01 Thursday Headlines for June 01, 2023; Artificial Intelligence “Godfathers” Call for Regulation as Rights Groups Warn AI Encodes Oppression; “Turning His Back on Student Debtors”: Biden’s Debt Deal Ends Freeze on Loan Payments for Millions
05.31.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-31 Wednesday Headlines for May 31, 2023; A Dirty Debt Deal: Biden Blasted for Backing Fast-Track Approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline; Supreme Court Guts Clean Water Act as Conservative Justices Side with Polluters and Developers; Ugandan Rights Activist: U.S. Conservatives Exported Anti-LGBTQ ...
05.30.2023 MLK Biographer Jonathan Eig on King's Early Life, Radicalization & How Racism Still Kills In Part 2 of our interview with journalist Jonathan Eig about his new book, King: A Life, the first major biography of the civil rights leader in more than 35 years, he talks about King’s early life and father; King’s ...
05.30.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-30 Tuesday Headlines for May 30, 2023; Debt Deal Raises Military Spending & OKs WV Pipeline While Introducing New Work Rules for Food Stamps; “King: A Life”: New Bio Details Extensive FBI Spying & How MLK’s Criticism of Malcolm X Was Fabricated
05.29.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-29 Monday Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal
05.26.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-26 Friday Headlines for May 26, 2023; Seditious Conspiracy: Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Gets 18 Years in Prison for Jan. 6; “Education Leads to Liberation”: Nikole Hannah-Jones on The 1619 Project & Teaching Black History; Spike Lee on “Malcolm X” & ...
05.25.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-25 Thursday Headlines for May 25, 2023; “Governing by Distraction”: Florida Union Leader Says Ron DeSantis Is No Friend of Workers; Ukraine’s Left Fights for a Future Free from Domination by Russian Tanks & Western Banks; Oxfam: G7 Countries Owe the Global ...
05.24.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-24 Wednesday Headlines for May 24, 2023; Jeffrey Sachs: Bipartisan Support of War, from Iraq to Ukraine, Is Helping Fuel U.S. Debt Crisis; Kissinger at 100: New War Crimes Revealed in Secret Cambodia Bombing That Set Stage for Forever Wars
05.23.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-23 Tuesday Democracy Now! Tuesday, May 23, 2023
05.22.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-22 Monday Headlines for May 22, 2023; Hiroshima Survivor Slams G7 Leaders for Embracing War & Rejecting Nuclear Disarmament; As Gov. DeSantis Preps White House Run, PEN America Sues Florida School District over Book Ban; “African Queens: Njinga”: Kellie Carter Jackson on ...
05.19.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-19 Friday Headlines for May 19, 2023; Malcolm X at 98: Angela Davis on His Enduring Legacy & the “Long Struggle for Liberation”; Ben Crump, Attorney for Malcolm X’s Family: “We Refuse to Let Anybody Exterminate Black History”; “By Any Means Necessary”: ...
05.18.2023 Remembering Malcolm X: Angela Davis, Ilyasah Shabazz, Ben Crump & Others Speak at the Shabazz Center On February 21, the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center hosted an event to mark the 58th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination. Malcolm, who was born on May 19, 1925, was shot dead on February 21, ...
05.18.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-18 Thursday Headlines for May 18, 2023; CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: Giuliani Aide Told Me Presidential Pardon Would Cost Me $2 Million; From Waterboarding to Rape, Abu Zubaydah Depicts Torture at Black Sites & Gitmo in Graphic Sketches; AI Expert: We Urgently ...
05.17.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-17 Wednesday Headlines for May 17, 2023; “The Budget Farce”: Robert Kuttner on Why Biden Admin Can’t Give In to GOP Demands to Gut Safety Net; “The U.S. Should Be a Force for Peace”: Nat’l Security Experts Demand U.S. Push to End ...
05.16.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-16 Tuesday Headlines for May 16, 2023; “Deplorable”: Former Sen. Doug Jones Slams Tuberville for Defending White Nationalists in Military; A Neo-Nazi Working in Congress: Aide to Rep. Gosar Pledged Loyalty to White Supremacist Nick Fuentes; Report from U.S.-Mexico Border as Title ...
05.15.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-15 Monday Headlines for May 15, 2023; Turkey Presidential Election Heads to Runoff as Erdoğan Faces Toughest Challenge of 2-Decade Rule; Ongoing Catastrophe: Israel Threatens New Mass Expulsions as Palestinians, U.N. Mark 75th Nakba Anniversary
05.12.2023 Legendary Singer & Activist Barbara Dane Turns 96; Watch 2018 Interview & Performance Barbara Dane has led a groundbreaking life. In the 1950s, she became a popular blues singer and performed with many leading musicians of the time, including Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Lightnin’ Hopkins and many others. She ...
05.12.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-12 Friday Headlines for May 12, 2023; As Title 42 Ends, Asylum Seekers Face Inhumane Border Conditions, New Restrictions & Fast Deportation; U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela & Cuba Fuel Migration Even as Biden Restricts Asylum Seekers at Border; Former Pakistani PM Imran ...
05.11.2023 Salvadoran Writer Javier Zamora on Coping with Trauma from Being Detained & Undocumented in U.S. Watch Part 2 of our interview with Salvadoran poet and writer Javier Zamora.
05.11.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-11 Thursday Headlines for May 11, 2023; E. Jean Carroll Wins Major Victory for Sexual Abuse Survivors Even as Trump Continues to Target Her; Web of Lies: George Santos Charged with 13 Felonies, But GOP Leaders Refuse to Expel Him from Congress; ...
05.10.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-10 Wednesday Headlines for May 10, 2023; “The World Finally Knows the Truth”: Jury Finds Trump Sexually Abused & Defamed E. Jean Carroll; Trump Accuser Jessica Leeds “Really Pleased” with Verdict After Testifying in E. Jean Carroll Case; “Solito”: Salvadoran Writer Javier ...
05.09.2023 Fatal Subway Chokehold of Jordan Neely Renews Calls for Affordable NYC Rent & Support for Unhoused We continue our look at calls for justice for Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old unhoused Black man who was choked to death on a subway car last week by another passenger.
05.09.2023 Sister Helen Prejean on Stay of Execution for Richard Glossip & Push to Abolish the Death Penalty In Part 2 of our interview with Sister Helen Prejean, one of the world’s most well-known anti-death penalty activists, she discusses her life’s work and being a spiritual adviser to Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip.
05.09.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-09 Tuesday Headlines for May 09, 2023; Phyllis Bennis on Ukraine War & Why a Ceasefire Is the First Step Toward Lasting Peace; Israel Kills 13, Including Women & Children, in Airstrikes Targeting Militant Leaders in Gaza; Sudan: Residents Trapped Between Warring ...
05.08.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-08 Monday Headlines for May 08, 2023; Amid Growing Anti-Immigrant Hate, 8 Killed as Driver Plows Into Group Near Migrant Shelter in Texas; The Coronation Not Seen on TV: Anti-Monarchists Arrested; Slavery & Colonization Reparations Demanded; Can Anyone Hold Justice Clarence Thomas ...
05.05.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-05 Friday Headlines for May 05, 2023; Guilty: Four Proud Boys Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection; In E. Jean Carroll’s “Heroic” Rape Trial Against Trump, His Team Calls No Witnesses. Will He Testify?; Freedom to Learn: Nat’l ...
05.04.2023 Striking TV Writers Speak Out for Fair Pay as Corporate Profits Soar Democracy Now! spoke to striking TV writers on Tuesday outside of the New York offices of Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service. It was the Writers Guild of America’s first picket line since the strike began.
05.04.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-04 Thursday Headlines for May 04, 2023; “Automated Apartheid”: How Israel Uses Facial Recognition to Track Palestinians & Control Movement; U.N. Warns Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Still Urgent as Taliban Expands Crackdown on Women’s Rights; Biden Administration Urged to Accept Afghan Families Who ...
05.03.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-03 Wednesday Headlines for May 03, 2023; Supreme Court: Are New Ethics Rules Needed as Gorsuch, Roberts & Thomas Face Questions over Finances?; Debt Ceiling: Economist James K. Galbraith Warns GOP Proposal Would Gut Social Safety Net; “We’re in Crisis”: Texas Democrats ...
05.02.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-02 Tuesday Headlines for May 02, 2023; Hollywood Writers Strike: Abbott Elementary’s Brittani Nichols Decries “Gig Economy” in Streaming Era; 60 Years Ago Today: Police Attack Children’s Crusade with Dogs & Water Cannons in Birmingham, Alabama
05.01.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-05-01 Monday Headlines for May 01, 2023; After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Daniel Ellsberg Reflects on Leaking Pentagon Papers & His Legacy; Daniel Ellsberg Warns Risk of Nuclear War Is Rising as Tension Mounts over Ukraine & Taiwan
04.28.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-28 Friday Headlines for April 28, 2023; Zooey Zephyr, Montana’s First Trans Lawmaker, Speaks Out After Being Banned & Silenced by Republicans; “Rising Tide of Fascism”: Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones Warns of GOP’s Growing Embrace of Authoritarianism; “Courage Is Contagious”: Zooey Zephyr ...
04.27.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-27 Thursday Headlines for April 27, 2023; Oklahoma Parole Board Denies Clemency for Richard Glossip, Rejecting Plea from State Attorney General; The Monroe Doctrine, Revisited: How 200 Years of U.S. Policy Have Helped to Destabilize the Americas; Medea Benjamin: Pentagon Leaks Show ...
04.26.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-26 Wednesday Headlines for April 26, 2023; “Sing Your Song”: Remembering Harry Belafonte, Who Used His Stardom to Help MLK & Civil Rights Movement; Harry Belafonte in His Own Words on Opposing Iraq War & Calling George W. Bush a “Terrorist”; “Get ...
04.25.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-25 Tuesday Headlines for April 25, 2023; Jeffrey Sachs on China’s “Historic” Push for Multipolar World to End U.S. Domination; Why Did Fox Fire Tucker Carlson? Far-Right Host Helped Fox Mainstream Hate, Conspiracies to Millions; What Does Biden’s Executive Order on Environmental ...
04.24.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-24 Monday Headlines for April 24, 2023; Sudan: Death Toll Tops 420 as Fear Grows That Fighting Between Rival Generals Could Lead to Proxy War; What’s Next in Legal Fight over Mifepristone? Supreme Court Protects Access to Abortion Pill for Now; Sudan ...
04.21.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-21 Friday Headlines for April 21, 2023; Gun Capitalism: How Lobbyists & GOP Fight Regulation & Push Gun Ownership Despite Deadly Shootings; “Colonizing Our Community”: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rocket Explodes in Texas as Feds OK New LNG Projects; Yemen: Deadly Stampede at ...
04.20.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-20 Thursday Headlines for April 20, 2023; “A New Jane Crow”: Abortion Advocates Brace for Supreme Court Ruling That Could Ban Mifepristone; Meet the Abortion Provider Whose Wyoming Clinic Was Firebombed & Who Worked with Slain Dr. George Tiller; Fox Pays Dominion ...
04.19.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-19 Wednesday Headlines for April 19, 2023; New York Times: Biden Admin Ignored Warnings About Migrant Child Labor, Punished Whistleblowers; Ending 30-Year Saga, Judge Rules Haitian Activist Targeted by ICE Should Not Face Deportation Again; The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas ...
04.18.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-18 Tuesday Headlines for April 18, 2023; Family of Lashawn Thompson Demands Justice After He Was “Eaten Alive” by Insects in Atlanta Jail; “Poverty, by America”: Author Matthew Desmond on How U.S. Punishes the Poor & Subsidizes the Wealthy
04.17.2023 Full Interview: Frank Mugisha on New Anti-LGBTQ Bill in Uganda That Could Impose Death Penalty Full interview with Ugandan LGBTQ activist Frank Mugisha about a draconian new anti-gay bill the country is on the verge of imposing, which makes it a crime to identify as queer, considers all same-sex conduct to be nonconsensual, and even ...
04.17.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-17 Monday Headlines for April 17, 2023; Report from Khartoum: Civilians Killed & Trapped Amid Fighting Between Factions in Sudan’s Military; Meet Frank Mugisha: A Ugandan Activist Daring to Speak Out Against Bill to Jail & Kill LGBQT People; “Not Too Late”: ...
04.14.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-14 Friday Headlines for April 14, 2023; DeSantis Signs Six-Week Abortion Ban in Florida; Legal Fight Intensifies over Abortion Pill; Division Remains Deep in Northern Ireland as Biden Marks 25th Anniversary of Good Friday Agreement; Rutgers on Strike: Meet One of Thousands ...
04.13.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-13 Thursday Headlines for April 13, 2023; “Not Giving Up”: Expelled Black Tennessee Lawmakers Are Reinstated as Movement for Gun Control Grows; Author Carol Anderson on How Anti-Blackness Drives U.S. Gun Culture & Right-Wing Assault on Democracy; The Long Haul: Millions with ...
04.12.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-12 Wednesday Headlines for April 12, 2023; “Terrorism from the Sky”: Burmese Junta Bombs Civilians, Killing 100, Escalating Attack on Resistance; Filipino Activist Condemns U.S. Military Drills, Warns That War with China Would Devastate Philippines; Leaked Pentagon Docs Show U.S. & U.K. ...
04.11.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-11 Tuesday Headlines for April 11, 2023; No Justin, No Peace: Expelled TN Rep. Justin Jones Reinstated After Unanimous Nashville Council Vote; “Devastating”: GOP Texas Gov. Moves to Pardon Man Convicted of Murdering Black Lives Matter Protester; “Spyfail” Author James Bamford: What ...
04.10.2023 Democracy Now! 2023-04-10 Monday Headlines for April 10, 2023; “Unconscionable”: Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson Slams Texas Ruling on Abortion Pill; Jessica Mason Pieklo: Republicans’ Anti-Abortion Moves Are Part of Wider “Authoritarian Movement”; What Is the Comstock Act? Texas Judge Cites 1873 Anti-Obscenity Law ...

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