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FEATURING THOM HARTMANN - We think of democracy as a relatively recent idea that has taken root only in the last few hundred years of human civilization. But in a new book Thom Hartmann explains that in fact democracy is “the default state of virtually every animal species on Earth, and humanity is no exception.” Dictatorship, fascism, and authoritarianism are unnatural states, wrought by consolidation of disproportionate power, wealth or resources.

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FEATURING CHRISTINE AHN & MARIE BERRY - Hillary Clinton, former Senator and State Secretary, recently made headlines for dismissing campus protesters against the genocide in Gaza as being ignorant of the history of the Middle East. Liberal feminists like Clinton have often equated freedom for women with war making. At a recent Feminist Peace Summit held in Denver, Colorado, progressive women leaders pushed back against this notion and reaffirmed the consistency of feminism with peace and justice. 

    
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Feminism Is About Peace and Justice, Not War


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FEATURING ARUN GUPTA - The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has said he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli politicians including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the crime of genocide, and Hamas leaders, for other war crimes. Mr. Netanyahu remains defiant, as does U.S. President Joe Biden, who called the charges against the Israeli leader “outrageous.” Biden just gave the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta, a Historically Black university, where some students silently protested his policy of continuing to arm Israel. 

    
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ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants As Students Continue Gaza Protests


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FEATURING DÉBORA SOUZA SILVA AND REV. WANDA JOHNSON - A new documentary, released by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY ahead of the 4th anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, highlights how Black mothers cope with the most unimaginable loss of their lives.  The film For Our Children, by award winning Brazilian documentarian Débora Souza Silva, centers Rev. Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar Grant. Johnson acts as a mentor to other women like her whose sons and daughters have been beaten, brutalized, and murdered by police and explores a movement of mothers determined to prevent others’ children from being victimized by the same system. 

    
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How Black Mothers Are Organizing Against Police Violence


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FEATURING LAJWARD ZAHRA - The campus protests that swept the nation in recent weeks are as clear a sign as any that young people are politically aware, active, and willing to put their bodies on the line for their beliefs. But, as we hurtle toward another make-or-break election in November, many are asking, will this political engagement in the streets translate into action at the polls?  In a new story for YES!, a young journalist and Rice University freshman, Lajward Zahra, explored “Gen Z’s Political Paradox.” 

    
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Gen-Zers are Politically Active. Will They Vote?


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FEATURING JENNIFER WELLS - Thousands of childcare workers walked off their jobs the day after Mother’s Day, for the national Day Without Child Care. It was the third annual commemoration of a day intended to draw attention to the unsustainable costs of child care to parents and child care providers. Child care costs are often the biggest expense for parents of young children, even as child care providers are unable to make a living wage. 

    
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