Democracy Now! 2026-05-01 Friday

• Headlines for May 01, 2026
• From Springfield, Ohio, to the Supreme Court: A Pastor's Fight to Protect TPS for Haitians
• "No School, No Work, No Shopping": Workers, Immigrants to Lead Thousands of May Day Protests
• "A People's History of Invisible India": Journalist Neha Dixit on Dire State of Worker Rights

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Democracy Now! 2026-04-30 Thursday

• Headlines for April 30, 2026
• Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act in "Devastating Blow" to Democracy & Civil Rights: Maya Wiley
• Maya Wiley: Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment Is Part of Trump's Broader Attack on Civil Rights
• Scholar Gilbert Achcar on the U.S. War Against Iran & Trump's "Old-New Imperial Doctrine"
• Sunlight Doesn't Go Through the Strait of Hormuz: Bill McKibben on Iran Oil Shock & Green Transition

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Democracy Now! 2026-04-29 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 29, 2026
• "Political Disaster for Donald Trump": Jeremy Scahill on Stalled U.S.-Iran Talks
• UAE Quits OPEC as Many Countries Ramp Up Oil Production Despite Worsening Climate Crisis
• "We Are Bombarding America's Forests with Roundup": Despite Cancer Fear, Trump Admin Pushes Herbicide

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Democracy Now! 2026-04-28 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 28, 2026
• Trump vs. Dreamers: Justice Dept. Moves to Make It Easier to Deport 500K+ DACA Recipients
• Avi Lewis, New Socialist Leader of Canada's NDP: "Life Just Doesn't Have to Be So Grindingly Unfair"
• Colombia Hosts First Global Summit on Transitioning from Fossil Fuels in Attempt to Break U.N. Deadlock

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Democracy Now! 2026-04-27 Monday

• Headlines for April 27, 2026
• Rep. Ro Khanna on White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, Political Violence, Epstein Files & More
• "Slow Civil War" Author Jeff Sharlet on the Growing Normalization of Violence at Home & Abroad
• Death by Firing Squad: Sister Helen Prejean on Trump's Moves to Ramp Up Executions

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Renowned anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean reacts to the Justice Department announcement that it will use firing squads and single-drug lethal injections to kill condemned federal prisoners, as it seeks to ramp up and expedite capital punishment.

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Democracy Now! 2026-04-24 Friday

• Headlines for April 24, 2026
• Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Killed in Israeli Strike, Medics Blocked from Saving Her Under Rubble
• NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé Calls for End to "Deed Theft" After Arrest at Eviction Protest in Brooklyn
• "Muskism": Author Quinn Slobodian on How Apartheid South Africa Inspired Elon Musk's Worldview & More

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Democracy Now! 2026-04-23 Thursday

• Headlines for April 23, 2026
• How Hawkish Democrats, from Schumer to Harris, Paved the Way for War with Iran: Stephen Zunes
• The Looming Food Crisis: Why the Strait of Hormuz Is Disrupting Global Agriculture
• Betting on War: Mysterious Traders Make Millions on Well-Timed Bets Tied to Trump's War on Iran

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Democracy Now! 2026-04-22 Wednesday

• Headlines for April 22, 2026
• AI Data Center Resistance: Maine Passes Nation's First Statewide Moratorium — Will Gov. Mills Sign It?
• "Colossus Failure": Elon Musk's Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis
• "Data Colonialism": Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land
• Greenpeace Sends Ship to Support Global Sumud Flotilla's Attempt to Break Israel's Blockade of Gaza

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Democracy Now! 2026-04-21 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 21, 2026
• Deaths in ICE Custody Skyrocket: 2026 Toll Reaches 17, on Average One a Week
• Caught in the Crackdown: Cases Against Arrested Anti-ICE Protesters Keep Falling Apart
• Animal Rights Activists Target Wisconsin Facility Accused of Breeding Dogs for Medical Experiments

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