Virginia's Legislative Black Caucus and NAACP call on Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam to resign over blackface photos; Historian Rhae Lynn Barnes traces the use of blackface in the U.S.; Electricity returns to NYC federal jail after protests.

Democracy Now! 2019-02-04 Monday

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Headlines for April 25, 2024; Bodies Recovered at Mass Graves in Nasser Hospital Bear Signs of Torture, Mutilation & Execution; Amnesty International: Global Breakdown of Int’l Law Amid Flagrant War Crimes in Gaza & Beyond; Hundreds Arrested: Students Across U.S. Protest for Palestine as Campus Crackdown Intensifies

Democracy Now! 2024-04-25 Thursday

Headlines for April 24, 2024; “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel”: 100s Arrested at Jewish-Led Protest Near Schumer’s Home; Naomi Klein: Jews Must Raise Their Voices for Palestine, Oppose the “False Idol of Zionism”; Months Ago State Dept. Panel Exposed Israeli Units’ Rights Abuses, But U.S. Arms Keep Flowing; Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup HQ in NYC to Demand Banking Giant Stop Funding Fossil Fuels; Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister: Deliberate U.S. Policy of “Destroying Cuban Economy” Drives Migration

Democracy Now! 2024-04-24 Wednesday

Headlines for April 23, 2024; Pro-Palestinian Campus Encampments Spread Nationwide Amid Mass Arrests at Columbia, NYU & Yale; Juan González Reflects on Historic 1968 Columbia Protests & Crackdown on Gaza Solidarity Encampment; Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey on UAW’s Astounding Victory in VW Tennessee & Her Fight Against Cancer

Democracy Now! 2024-04-23 Tuesday

Headlines for April 22, 2024; Historic Gaza Protests at Columbia U. Enter Day 6; Campus Protests Spread Across Country; “No Due Process”: Columbia Prof. Mamdani Slams Arrests & Suspension of Students at Gaza Protests; “Collective Punishment”: As Gaza Assault Continues, Israel Ramps Up Violence in Occupied West Bank; “Enormous Expansion of the Law”: James Bamford on FISA Extension, U.S.-Israel Data Sharing

Democracy Now! 2024-04-22 Monday

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! 2019-02-04 Monday

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