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KPFA - Democracy Now! episodes

April 16, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 16, 2025
On today’s show:
Mohsen Mahdawi’s Abduction “Should Terrify” Us, Says VT Rep. Balint, Whose Grandfather Was Killed in Holocaust
Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: Breaking Up Meta’s Monopoly Would Improve Service, Safety
“Unquestionably Unconstitutional”: Harvard Law Prof Slams Cuts as School Rejects Trump Demands
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
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1 hr
April 15, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 15, 2025
On today’s show:
Liberation Seder: Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Demand Release of Foreign Students Abducted by ICE
Trump Weighs Expelling U.S. Citizens, as Salvadoran President Says He Won’t Return Wrongfully Removed Man
Cover-Up in Ecuador? Disputed Presidential Election Rocked by New Allegation from 2023 Assassination
“The Dark Money Game”: Director Alex Gibney on How Citizens United Ushered in “Legalized Corruption”

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21 min
April 14, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 14, 2025
On today’s show:
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” and Maria Hinojosa Examine Life After Prison in Season 2

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1 hr
April 11, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 11, 2025
On today’s show:
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 and AI Are the Bombs and 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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1 hr
April 10, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 10, 2025
On today’s show:
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 Professor Marianne Hirsch: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Reminds Me of Growing Up Under Authoritarianism

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1 hr
April 09, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 9, 2025
On today’s show:
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
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
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1 hr
April 08, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 8, 2025
On today’s show:
“What About the Capitalists?”: Autoworkers in U.S. and 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, and History

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1 hr
April 07, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 7, 2025
On today’s show:
“Point-Blank”: Israeli Soldiers Execute 15 Gaza Medics and Rescue Workers, Bury them in Unmarked Mass Grave
“Hands Off!”: 1M+ Protest Trump’s DOGE Cuts, Attacks on Education, Immigration, War on Gaza, and More
“Terrifying”: Poorest Countries and Global Working Class Face Worst Impacts of Trump’s Tariffs

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1 hr
April 04, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 4, 2025
On today’s show:
Reproductive Rights Crackdown: Planned Parenthood CEO on Supreme Court Case, Title X, and More
“An Attack on Labor”: Washington Farmworker Organizer “Lelo” Detained in Trump Immigration Crackdown
“Can’t Look Away”: New Documentary Examines How Social Media Addiction Can Harm — Even Kill — Kids

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1 hr
April 03, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 3, 2025
On today’s show:
“American Empire Is in Decline”: Economist Richard Wolff on Trump’s Trade War and Tariffs
Jewish Students Chain Themselves to Columbia Gates to Protest ICE Jailing of Mahmoud Khalil
ICE Detains Mother and Her Three Children in Farm Raid Near New York State Home of Border Czar Tom Homan

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