The House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress; As Uber prepares IPO, drivers for ride-sharing companies go on strike; A new U.N. report shows an alarming loss in biodiversity due to human activity.

Democracy Now! 2019-05-09 Thursday

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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! 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! 2019-05-09 Thursday

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