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The legendary folk singer Michael Hurley has died at the age of 83. Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1941, he had a remarkable career that stretched from the 1960s until his sudden death this week at his home in Oregon. In 2020, Hurley stopped by the Democracy Now! studio. The initial plan was just for him to record a few songs. He ended up staying in the studio for over an hour for what turned out to be an impromptu concert and discussion about his life and music. He performed many of his most beloved songs, including “O My Stars,” “Wildegeeses,” “Sweedeedee,” “Portland Water” and “Hog of the Forsaken.”

Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media is a new documentary that examines the tragic consequences that the algorithms of Big Tech companies can have on children and teens. This is our extended conversation with director Matthew O’Neill and a lawyer featured in the film, Laura Marquez-Garrett, from the Social Media Victims Law Center in Seattle.

Democracy Now! 2025-04-03 Thursday

• Headlines for April 03, 2025
• "American Empire Is in Decline": Economist Richard Wolff on Trump's Trade War & Tariffs
• Jewish Students Chain Themselves to Columbia Gates to Protest ICE Jailing of Mahmoud Khalil
• ICE Detains Mother & Her Three Children in Farm Raid Near NY Home of Border Czar Tom Homan

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-02 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 02, 2025
• Elon Musk Fails in Attempt to Buy Wisconsin Supreme Court as Judge Susan Crawford Beats Brad Schimel
• A "Coup" at Columbia? Former Law Prof. Katherine Franke on School's Capitulation to Trump
• Trump Sends Hundreds of Immigrants to Brutal Salvadoran Prison as Mass Deportations Expand

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-02 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 02, 2025
• Elon Musk Fails in Attempt to Buy Wisconsin Supreme Court as Judge Susan Crawford Beats Brad Schimel
• A "Coup" at Columbia? Former Law Prof. Katherine Franke on School's Capitulation to Trump
• Trump Sends Hundreds of Immigrants to Brutal Salvadoran Prison as Mass Deportations Expand

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-01 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 01, 2025
• Workers vs. Musk: Federal Unions Resist Attacks on Bargaining Rights & Cuts to Essential Services
• A Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts? Chicago Teachers Reach "Powerful" Tentative Contract
• "The Darkest Hour of Need": Burmese Junta Continues Bombing in Aftermath of Devastating Earthquake
• "We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is": Dr. Joanne Liu on NYU Canceling Her Talk

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Democracy Now! 2025-03-31 Monday

• Headlines for March 31, 2025
• "Obsessed": Elon Musk Pours $20 Million into Wisconsin Supreme Court Race as Voter Anger Builds
• "Taking Down Everything Black": Fired Kennedy Center VP Marc Bamuthi Joseph on Trump's Takeover
• Remembering Robert McChesney, Prescient Critic of Media Consolidation & Big Tech

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Democracy Now! 2025-03-28 Friday

• Headlines for March 28, 2025
• Hip-Hop Star Macklemore on New Film "The Encampments" & Why He Speaks Out Against Israel's War on Gaza
• "The Encampments": New Film on Mahmoud Khalil & Columbia Students Who Sparked Gaza Campus Protests

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Democracy Now! 2025-03-28 Friday

• Headlines for March 28, 2025
• Hip-Hop Star Macklemore on New Film "The Encampments" & Why He Speaks Out Against Israel's War on Gaza
• "The Encampments": New Film on Mahmoud Khalil & Columbia Students Who Sparked Gaza Campus Protests

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Democracy Now! 2025-03-27 Thursday

• Headlines for March 27, 2025
• Fired Kennedy Center VP Marc Bamuthi Joseph Speaks Out After Trump Guts Social Impact Team
• "Kidnapped": 1,000+ Protest After Masked ICE Agents Abduct Tufts Ph.D. Student Rumeysa Ozturk
• Can Elon Musk Buy Wisconsin? Ari Berman on Billionaire-Funded Attempt to Flip State Supreme Court
• Elon Musk's Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements

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