We speak to author, professor and cancer survivor Ibram X. Kendi about the death of actor Chadwick Boseman, his own fight against cancer, racial disparities in healthcare, Trump, white supremacy and "How to Be an Antiracist."

Democracy Now! 2020-08-31 Monday

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Headlines for April 19, 2024; “No Palestinian Is Safe”: Renowned Feminist Scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Arrested in Jerusalem; Over 100 Arrested at Columbia After Univ. President Orders NYPD to Clear Pro-Palestine Student Protest; “Fear and Terror”: Gaza Photographer Ahmed Zakot on Documenting the Carnage of Israel’s Assault; U.N. Photo Collection Shows Gaza War Through the Lens of Palestinian Journalists

Democracy Now! 2024-04-19 Friday

Headlines for April 18, 2024; Meet USC Valedictorian Asna Tabassum: School Cancels Commencement Speech by Pro-Palestinian Student; The New McCarthyism: Congress Grills Columbia Univ. President Amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech; Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus; Israel Considers Attacking Iran and Invading Rafah as Netanyahu Seeks Lifelines to Stay in Power

Democracy Now! 2024-04-18 Thursday

Headlines for April 17, 2024; One Year into War, Sudan Wracked by World’s Largest Displacement and Hunger Crises; No Tech for Apartheid: Google Workers Arrested for Protesting Company’s $1.2B Contract with Israel; Can UAW Unionize the South? Volkswagen Tennessee Vote Could Change U.S. Labor Landscape

Democracy Now! 2024-04-17 Wednesday

Headlines for April 16, 2024; Yanis Varoufakis Banned from Germany as Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference; “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism”: Yanis Varoufakis on New Book & Why Assange Should Be Freed; Under Cover of War in Gaza, Assault on West Bank Intensifies: Palestinian Journalist Dalia Hatuqa; “I’m Jewish, and I’ve Covered Wars. I Know War Crimes When I See Them”: Reporter Peter Maass on Gaza

Democracy Now! 2024-04-16 Tuesday

Headlines for April 15, 2024; Is Regional War at Stake as Israel Weighs Response to Iran? Roundtable from Tehran, Tel Aviv & D.C.; Trump in the Dock: First Criminal Trial of a Former U.S. President Begins Today in NYC

Democracy Now! 2020-08-31 Monday

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