As the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast Suave returns for its second season, we continue our conversation with journalist Maria Hinojosa and David Luis “Suave” Gonzalez, the subject of the series. Gonzalez was sentenced to life in prison at age 17, but got an unexpected second chance when he was paroled in 2017 following a Supreme Court ruling that found sentences like his unconstitutional. The first season of the podcast followed Gonzalez’s case, his decadeslong friendship with Hinojosa and his eventual release from prison. The second season looks at his struggle to reintegrate into society.

Watch our extended interview with British Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi and Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri, who discuss the new feature film The Teacher. Inspired by true events, the drama looks at how Israel’s decadeslong military occupation impacts Palestinian children. Nabulsi details the challenges of filming The Teacher in the occupied West Bank, and Bakri discusses how he drew on his own experience as a father to play the titular role.

Democracy Now! 2025-04-14 Monday

• Headlines for April 14, 2025
• Mahmoud Khalil's Lawyer: Trump Admin Is Delaying in Federal Court While Racing to Deport Activist
• Maria Hinojosa: El Salvador's "Dictator" Key to Disappearing Migrants Like Kilmar Abrego Garcia
• "I'm Not Really Free": Pulitzer Winners "Suave" & Maria Hinojosa Examine Life After Prison in Season 2

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-11 Friday

• Headlines for April 11, 2025
• Supreme Court Orders U.S. to "Facilitate" Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador
• Michigan Lawyer Detained at Detroit Airport, Phone Seized; He Represents Pro-Palestine Protester
• Microsoft Worker Fired for Israel Protest: "Cloud & AI Are the Bombs & Bullets of the 21st Century"
• "The Teacher": Director Farah Nabulsi and Actor Saleh Bakri on New Film Based in Occupied West Bank

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-10 Thursday

• Headlines for April 10, 2025
• From "Liberation Day" to Chaos: Trump Pauses Most Tariffs While Escalating Trade War with China
• Trump Threatens Joint U.S.-Israeli Attack on Iran If Talks on Iran's Nuclear Program Fail
• Columbia Prof. Marianne Hirsch: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Reminds Me of Growing Up Under Authoritarianism

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-10 Thursday

• Headlines for April 10, 2025
• From "Liberation Day" to Chaos: Trump Pauses Most Tariffs While Escalating Trade War with China
• Trump Threatens Joint U.S.-Israeli Attack on Iran If Talks on Iran's Nuclear Program Fail
• Columbia Prof. Marianne Hirsch: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Reminds Me of Growing Up Under Authoritarianism

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-09 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 09, 2025
• A War on the First Amendment: David Cole on Trump Targeting Students, Law Firms, Schools & Journalists
• Elon Musk Stands to Get Even Richer as Trump Backs $1 Trillion Budget for Pentagon

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-08 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 08, 2025
• "What About the Capitalists?": Autoworkers in U.S., Mexico Call for Solidarity, Not Divisive Tariffs
• "Detained Without Evidence": Maryland Father Remains in El Salvador Prison After SCOTUS Ruling
• "Black Americans Are Not Surprised": Christina Greer on Trump's Attacks on Students, DEI & History

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Democracy Now! 2025-04-07 Monday

• Headlines for April 07, 2025
• "Point-Blank": Israeli Soldiers Execute 15 Gaza Medics & Rescue Workers, Bury in Unmarked Mass Grave
• "Hands Off!": 1 Million Protest Trump's Cuts, Attacks on Education, Immigration, War on Gaza & More
• "Terrifying": Poorest Countries & Global Working Class Face Worst Impacts of Trump's Tariffs

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In Mali, thousands of mourners gathered in Bamako Sunday for the funeral of Amadou Bagayoko, half of the the world-renowned duo Amadou & Mariam. Bagayoko died on Friday at the age of 70. The blind husband-and-wife music duo came to the Democracy Now! studio in 2018 to perform and talk about their music.