Democracy Now! 2025-02-17 Monday

• Headlines for February 17, 2025
• Trump vs. Public Health: Funding Cuts Gut CDC's Disease Detectors, Medical Research & More
• Patients "Abandoned": Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials "Profoundly Unethical," Says Dr. Faden
• Rebels Take 2nd Major City in Eastern DRC Amid Fight to Control Congo's Vast Mineral Wealth
• Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" Revisits Lumumba Assassination

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Watch our full, in-depth interview with Belgian director Johan Grimonprez about his Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, featuring clips from the film, which recounts the events leading up to Black American jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach’s 1961 protest at the United Nations of the CIA-backed killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.

Democracy Now! 2025-02-17 Monday

• Headlines for February 17, 2025
• Trump vs. Public Health: Funding Cuts Gut CDC's Disease Detectors, Medical Research & More
• Patients "Abandoned": Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials "Profoundly Unethical," Says Dr. Faden
• Rebels Take 2nd Major City in Eastern DRC Amid Fight to Control Congo's Vast Mineral Wealth
• Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" Revisits Lumumba Assassination

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Democracy Now! 2025-02-14 Friday

• Headlines for February 14, 2025
• "You Don't Have to Comply": U.S. Attorney, 5 DOJ Lawyers Quit, Refuse to Drop Case Against NYC Mayor
• "Frenzy of Warmongering": Critics of Munich Security Summit Warn of Musk, Rising Fascism in Europe
• Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Owned by Match Group, Track Reports of Rape. Why Don't They Warn Users?

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Democracy Now! 2025-02-14 Friday

• Headlines for February 14, 2025
• "You Don't Have to Comply": U.S. Attorney, 5 DOJ Lawyers Quit, Refuse to Drop Case Against NYC Mayor
• "Frenzy of Warmongering": Critics of Munich Security Summit Warn of Musk, Rising Fascism in Europe
• Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Owned by Match Group, Track Reports of Rape. Why Don't They Warn Users?

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Democracy Now! 2025-02-13 Thursday

• Headlines for February 13, 2025
• War in Ukraine: As Trump & Putin Agree to Begin Peace Talks, Will Kyiv Get a Seat at the Table?
• NYT's Eric Lipton on How Musk Empire Benefits as He Slashes Fed. Gov't; Trump Cryptocurrency Schemes
• "The World After Gaza": Author Pankaj Mishra on Gaza & the Return of 19th-C. "Rapacious Imperialism"

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We speak at length with Tariq Ali, Pakistani British historian, activist, filmmaker. He is an editor of the New Left Review and the author of over 50 books, including his latest, You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980–2024.

Democracy Now! 2025-02-13 Thursday

• Headlines for February 13, 2025
• War in Ukraine: As Trump & Putin Agree to Begin Peace Talks, Will Kyiv Get a Seat at the Table?
• NYT's Eric Lipton on How Musk Empire Benefits as He Slashes Fed. Gov't; Trump Cryptocurrency Schemes
• "The World After Gaza": Author Pankaj Mishra on Gaza & the Return of 19th-C. "Rapacious Imperialism"

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Democracy Now! 2025-02-12 Wednesday

• Headlines for February 12, 2025
• Elon Musk Will Personally Profit from Dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Ex-CFPB Official
• "Are We Sleepwalking into Autocracy?" Trump Embraces Authoritarian Playbook of Hungary's Orbán
• Tariq Ali on Trump's Embrace of Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Global Rise of the Far Right

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Democracy Now! 2025-02-12 Wednesday

• Headlines for February 12, 2025
• Elon Musk Will Personally Profit from Dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Ex-CFPB Official
• "Are We Sleepwalking into Autocracy?" Trump Embraces Authoritarian Playbook of Hungary's Orbán
• Tariq Ali on Trump's Embrace of Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Global Rise of the Far Right

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