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· 1mo ago

In Defeat for AIPAC, Aisha Wahab Wins House Seat, Becoming First Afghan American in Congress

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In Defeat for AIPAC, Aisha Wahab Wins House Seat, Becoming First Afghan American in Congress

Progressive California state lawmaker Aisha Wahab made history last week in a special election that will make her the first Afghan American in Congress. Wahab overcame a flood of attack ads from pro-Israel groups to beat her Democratic rival, Melissa Hernandez, in a race to replace disgraced Congressmember Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Wahab tells Democracy Now! she appreciates voters in her district for “seeing through” the “lies that were spread by

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· 1mo ago

Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are "the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself"

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Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”

Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence relies heavily on human labor — an army of data workers all over the world, primarily in the Global South. These workers “are purposely hidden by the companies that produce AI because they are the secret ingredient of AI itself,” says sociologist Antonio Casilli, the author of Waiting for Robots: The Hired Hands of Automation and co-writer of the documentary In the Belly of AI. Casilli estimates that over 160 milli

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· 1mo ago

"Unbought & Unbossed": Angie Nixon on Winning Democratic Senate Race in Florida, DSA Membership & More

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“Unbought & Unbossed”: Angie Nixon on Winning Democratic Senate Race in Florida, DSA Membership & More

Progressive state Representative Angie Nixon pulled off a stunning victory in Florida last week, defeating the establishment-backed centrist candidate Alexander Vindman to win the state’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Vindman, a former Army intelligence officer who testified during Trump’s first impeachment trial, raised more than 16 times as much campaign money as Nixon. In November, Nixon will face incumbent Republican Senator Ashley Moody, who was appointed by Florida Governor Ron De

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· 1mo ago

"Don't be Squeamish About Squamous, Get a Checkup!" Amy Goodman's Personal Health Update

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“Don’t Be Squeamish About Squamous, Get a Checkup!” Amy Goodman’s Personal Health Update

Amy Goodman is back to hosting Democracy Now! after taking time off following a medical procedure to remove skin cells on her nose that tested positive for squamous cell cancer. “I think it’s important that … we don’t have to be picture-perfect on TV or video. We are not plastic; we are people. And people get by in all sorts of ways around the world,” says Goodman. She reminds listeners and viewers to check in with the dermatologist: “A spot, a bump on their skin, a mole or a blemish anywhere, o

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· 1mo ago

"Platform Extractivism": Inside Venezuela's Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies

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“Platform Extractivism”: Inside Venezuela’s Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies

Julián Posada’s upcoming book, titled Platform Extractivism: Data Work and the People Powering Artificial Intelligence, is based on extensive fieldwork among data workers in Venezuela. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a hyperinflation crisis, entire communities in Venezuela depended on data work, says Posada, a professor at Yale University. Paid as little as 50 cents per hour and monitored by surveillance algorithms, most workers did not even know who or for what end they were wo

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· 3mo ago

Albania's Flamingo Revolution: Protests Against Kushner-Trump Luxury Resort Could Bring Down Gov't http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/9/albania_protests

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Albania’s Flamingo Revolution: Protests Against Kushner-Trump Luxury Resort Could Bring Down Gov’t

Plans for a luxury resort in an ecologically sensitive area have set off more than a month of protests in Albania, where thousands have taken to the streets to oppose the megaproject backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. The Flamingo Revolution — named for its feared impact on migratory birds — began as an environmental protest but has now turned into anger at the entire political system, threatening to bring down the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama. For more, we speak with two members

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· 1mo ago

“Most Americans Are Getting Poorer”: Robert Reich on Inequality & the Failures of Corporate Democrats

http://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/26/most_americans_are_getting_poorer_robert

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“Most Americans Are Getting Poorer”: Robert Reich on Inequality & the Failures of Corporate Democrats

Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly attacked the former labor secretary under President Clinton, Robert Reich. Reich wrote in a post online that “Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this week the K-shaped economy — the widening economic gap between the rich and the poor — is 'dead.' Hogwash. Not only is the K-shaped economy very much alive, even CEOs are admitting it’s a problem.” The treasury secretary went on to suggest the University of California, Berkeley s

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· 2mo ago

"Empire of Abuse": MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/22/tate_brothers_arrested

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“Empire of Abuse”: MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami after British authorities issued new rape and sex trafficking charges against them. The brothers, dual British-U.S. citizens, are prominent in the far-right, hypermasculine online community known as the “manosphere.” They previously lived in Romania, where in 2023 prosecutors filed a criminal indictment against them for human trafficking, while Andrew faces a rape charge. Despite the charges, they were freed from travel restrictions in Romania

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· 2mo ago

As Mamdani Calls on Trump to Arrest Netanyahu, Genocide Scholar Decries Israel's Ongoing Impunity http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/23/omer_bartov_on_gaza

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As Mamdani Calls on Trump to Arrest Netanyahu, Genocide Scholar Decries Israel’s Ongoing Impunity

Israeli American Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov says Israel’s assault on Gaza predicts “the future of genocide,” with the perpetrator not only enjoying impunity for crimes against humanity but also profiting from the death and destruction. He says Israeli leaders will almost certainly escape accountability because international allies, including the United States and many European states, have failed to uphold international law. “The denial of what Israel has done is ubiquitous because there is n

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· 1mo ago

"Shut Down Dilley": Rep. Joaquin Castro on "Abusive" ICE Family Jail, Targeting of Military Families

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“Shut Down Dilley”: Rep. Joaquin Castro on “Abusive” ICE Family Jail, Targeting of Military Families

Calls to shut down the ICE jail known as the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas continue to grow following the detention and deportation of 5-year-old Liam Tadeo and his father Victor Martinez Nieto to Mexico. According to the family’s lawyer, Nieto had begged officers to let his son go as they were arrested on their way to soccer practice in Austin last week. Nieto wanted Liam released to his mother, but ICE reportedly refused. The arrest happened just days before Liam was set

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· 1mo ago

"The Lion King" in Quechua?: New Film "Runa Simi" Profiles Indigenous Artist Keeping Language Alive

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“The Lion King” in Quechua?: New Film “Runa Simi” Profiles Indigenous Artist Keeping Language Alive

Experts estimate that a language is lost every two weeks — and that half of the world’s 7,000 spoken languages could be lost by the end of the century. Quechua is the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with approximately 7 to 10 million speakers living primarily in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. But like so many Indigenous languages, Qechua is vulnerable due to cultural pressures and discrimination. The new documentary Runa Simi — “our language” in Quechua — follows Fernando Val

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· 1mo ago

Glacier Collapse: 2K Dead or Missing in Nepal-Tibet Flood Is "Glaring Example of Climate Injustice"

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Glacier Collapse: 2K Dead or Missing in Nepal-Tibet Flood Is “Glaring Example of Climate Injustice”

We get a report from Nepal, where at least 547 people are confirmed to have died and over 1,500 are still missing after a glacial collapse on Wednesday sent a wall of ice, mud and rock into a Himalayan river, triggering catastrophic flooding in the Nepal-Tibet border region that swept away entire communities. Nepali authorities say they have rescued more than 3,700 people so far. Geologists say the flash floods were set off by a landslide and glacial avalanche so powerful it set off its own seis

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· 1mo ago

As Meta Agrees to $17B Settlement, Now Is the Time to Regulate AI Before It's Too Late: Amba Kak

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As Meta Agrees to $17B Settlement, Now Is the Time to Regulate AI Before It’s Too Late: Amba Kak

Prosecutors across 47 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories have announced a groundbreaking legal settlement with technology giant Meta over accusations that the social media company deliberately designed addictive products they knew to be harmful to children. Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is set to pay at least $12 billion and up to $17.1 billion in financial penalties, in addition to implementing design changes for underage users. “This is the least they can do t

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· 1mo ago

Headlines for August 27, 2026

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Headlines for August 27, 2026

Over 350 Die and Hundreds Are Missing as Glacier’s Collapse Triggers Floods in Nepal and Tibet; Pentagon Says It Killed 4 People in Latest Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats; Iran Blocks IAEA Inspectors from Visiting Nuclear Sites Bombed by U.S. and Israel; Ukraine and Russia Trade Attacks as Moscow Warns the U.K. Against Supplying Arms to Kyiv; Meta Reaches Landmark $17 Billion Settlement over Teen Social Media Addiction; ICE Arrests Parents at School Bus Stops as Agents Target Danbury, Connecticut;

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· 1mo ago

"They Threw Me to the Wolves": Karen Attiah on Censorship Under Trump, Winning Her WaPo Job Back

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“They Threw Me to the Wolves”: Karen Attiah on Censorship Under Trump, Winning Her WaPo Job Back

A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire award-winning opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay. Attiah was fired last fall over comments she made following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Shortly after Kirk was killed last September, Attiah wrote online, “Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred and violence.” “The Washington Post argued tha

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· 1mo ago

Meet Prairieland Protester Autumn Hill: How Her “Act of Solidarity” Became a 50-Year Prison Sentence

http://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/25/autumn_hill_prairieland_nine_50_years

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Meet Prairieland Protester Autumn Hill: How Her “Act of Solidarity” Became a 50-Year Prison Sentence

“I’m absolutely being imprisoned for a political agenda,” activist Autumn Hill tells Democracy Now! in a phone call from Texas’s Johnson County Correctional Facility, where the 30-year-old trans woman is serving a 50-year prison sentence for protesting outside the Prairieland ICE jail last July. Hill is one of nine protesters convicted of terrorism-related charges after federal prosecutors accused them of being members of an “antifa terror cell.” In an interview with Rolling Stone writer Jack Cr

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· 3mo ago

Meet Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American Who Won New York State Senate Primary http://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/30/aber_kawas

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Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American, Wins NY Primary for State Senate

The Democratic Socialists of America’s slate dominated the New York primaries last week, with Aber Kawas winning the Democratic nomination for a New York state Senate seat in the New York City borough of Queens with a 20-point lead against progressive State Assemblymember Steven Raga. Born and raised in New York to Palestinian parents, Kawas campaigned on affordable housing, universal healthcare, immigration reform, public transit, climate action and opposition to U.S. support for Israel’s genoc

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· 2mo ago

"Farmers of the Sea": PBS Film Profiles Puerto Rican Fishermen on the "Frontlines of Climate Change" http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/24/farmers_of_the_sea_documentary_puerto

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“Farmers of the Sea”: Puerto Rican Fishermen on the “Frontlines of Climate Change”

Filmmaker Juan Carlos Dávila’s new film for PBS, Farmers of the Sea, documents climate change’s threats to the fishing industry and food security in Vieques, Puerto Rico. For islands in the Caribbean, explains Dávila, “we are situated geographically in one of the frontlines of climate change. [We’re] not only facing stronger hurricanes now, [but] we could face food shortages, especially the islands that depend so much on the food that comes from the sea.”

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· 3mo ago

"Merciless Indian Savages": Cherokee Podcaster on Racist Slur in the Declaration of Independence http://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/30/rebecca_nagle_first_america

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“Merciless Indian Savages”: Cherokee Podcaster on Racist Slur in the Declaration of Independence

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July Fourth, we speak to award-winning Cherokee author and journalist Rebecca Nagle about what’s missing from the conventional story of the American Revolution. “The last grievance in the Declaration of Independence is about 'merciless Indian savages,'” says Rebecca Nagle. “According to our founders, in their own words, the thing that they were most angry about was Native people.” She also argues that the “bigges

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· 2mo ago

"Frontlines of a Burning World": Climate Change-Fueled "Megafires" Sweep Europe & North America http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/27/fires_europe_heat

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“Frontlines of a Burning World”: Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North America

France and Spain are battling catastrophic wildfires that have forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fires began in the southwest of France on Wednesday before spreading to Spain, where they have consumed more than 120,000 acres in what is now the most destructive fire in Spain’s recent history. Meanwhile, a new heat wave is expected to hit Europe this week, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). Professor Ángel Luis Lara, who fled his home we

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· 2mo ago

"Cockroach Democracy": Arundhati Roy on India's Youth-Led Protest Movement & Modi's Collapsing Support http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/24/india_cockroach_movement_arundhati_roy

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“Cockroach Democracy”: Arundhati Roy on India’s Youth-Led Protest Movement & Modi’s Collapsing Support

A youth-led protest movement in India is demanding an end to the country’s status quo. Sparked by the leak of national exam questions, tens of thousands of young people have taken to the streets. They are protesting under the banner of the Cockroach Janta (People’s) Party — a new party named to reflect the words of India’s chief justice, who compared unemployed youth to cockroaches and parasites. The movement has only swelled in response to a violent crackdown on protesters. Although the protest

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· 2mo ago

"Justice for Lorenzo": Houston Community Demands Accountability After ICE Killing of Mexican Father http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/20/report_from_houston

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“Justice for Lorenzo”: Houston Community Demands Accountability After ICE Killing of Mexican Father

Houston community members continue to demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican father who was shot and killed by an ICE agent July 7. He had lived in the United States for nearly 35 years and had three U.S. citizen children. The ICE agents involved in his killing have not been identified, and it’s unclear whether they remain on active duty. For more on the community response, we get a report from Democracy Now! producers on the ground in Houston. To many people in the c

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· 1mo ago

Headlines for August 26, 2026

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Headlines for August 26, 2026

Iran Announces That It’s Resuming Negotiations with Oman over Strait of Hormuz; Palestinians Hold Vigil for Journalists Killed in Israeli Strike a Year Ago; Israeli Forces Storm Major UNRWA Facility in Occupied East Jerusalem; Far-Right Israeli Lawmaker Destroys Limestone Monument in Occupied West Bank; U.S. Delists Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism; CIA Director Makes Unannounced Trip to Moscow; Canada Responds to U.S. Tariffs as Trump Floats Renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America”; Interfaith

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· 1mo ago

Illinois Is a Sanctuary State, But Cops & Prosecutors Still Secretly Work with ICE: Injustice Watch

http://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/25/aura_bogado_illinois_immigration_police_cooperation

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Illinois Is a Sanctuary State, But Cops & Prosecutors Still Secretly Work with ICE: Injustice Watch

We speak to journalist Aura Bogado, whose new investigation into Illinois law enforcement and prosecutorial collaboration with ICE has revealed that dozens of immigrants have been arrested and deported with the help of local officials in violation of the state’s sanctuary law. “Those are 150 individuals whose lives were very often changed, communities completely split apart,” says Bogado about her reporting. She further explains that while “there are constitutional rights for everybody, that [ar

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· 5mo ago

I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int'l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek

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I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int’l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek

“We were hearing, every day, the screams of other Palestinians who were being tortured inside this investigation center.” Spanish citizen Saif Abukeshek, an activist of Palestinian origin, speaks with Democracy Now! about spending 10 days in Israeli detention after he was abducted in international waters. He was among 175 international activists sailing to Gaza as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which has for years tried to breach Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian ai

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· 2mo ago

"A Company That Trades Privacy for Profit": ACLU on Flock's Growing Nationwide Surveillance Network http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/21/flock_aclu_chad_marlow

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“Privacy for Profits”: ACLU Warns Flock Building a Nationwide Surveillance Network

The tech company Flock, makers of traffic cameras that automatically record and log car license plates for law enforcement agencies, is facing increasing scrutiny over accusations that its vast, AI-sorted database has created a new, nationwide mass surveillance system. With few regulations or oversight on its use, Flock’s data can be sold to third parties or shared with federal agencies such as ICE, says the ACLU’s Chad Marlow, who works on efforts to regulate and cancel Flock’s contracts with l

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· 5mo ago

Meet Guido Reichstadter, the Marine Veteran Who Scaled D.C. Bridge to Protest Iran War & AI

http://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/11/guido_reichstadter_bridge_iran_war_protest

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Meet the Ex-Marine Who Scaled D.C. Bridge to Protest Iran War & AI

Outraged by the civilian casualties from the war on Iran, protester Guido Reichstadter scaled the 168-foot Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. He remained on the bridge for over five days. Upon descending, he was arrested and charged by law enforcement for trespassing. Reichstadter says he undertook his protest as a form of nonviolent opposition against both the Trump administration’s war on Iran and the unchecked acceleration of artificial intelligence sy

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· 2mo ago

"Block the Merger": California AG Rob Bonta on 12 States Suing to Stop Paramount-Warner Mega Deal http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/15/paramount_warner_bros_merger

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California AG Rob Bonta, 12 Other States Sue to Stop Paramount-Warner Merger

Twelve Democratic-led states led by California sued this week to block Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount is run by David Ellison, whose father, Larry Ellison, is the billionaire founder of Oracle and a prominent ally and financial backer of President Donald Trump. Under the proposed deal, CNN and CBS News, streaming services HBO Max and Paramount+, as well as film and television studios, would all be combined under a single entity controlled by th

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· 2mo ago

"Vote Her Out": After Maine ICE Shooting, Sen. Collins Under Fire for Deciding Vote on ICE Funding http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/14/maine_susan_collins

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“Vote Her Out”: After Maine ICE Shooting, Sen. Collins Under Fire for Deciding Vote on ICE Funding

The killing of 26-year-old Colombian immigrant Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine, has put the sparsely populated state back in the national spotlight amid the ongoing fallout from a sexual assault allegation that led insurgent Democratic nominee Graham Platner to suspend his campaign for Senate. The nomination will now be determined by Maine Democratic Party delegates in an accelerated — and more crowded — version of the race’s contentious primary. Platner had been

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· 3mo ago

NATO Meets in Turkey Amid Crackdown on Civil Society; Trump Praises Erdoğan & Considers F-35 Sales http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/8/nato_summit

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NATO Meets in Turkey Amid Crackdown on Civil Society; Trump Praises Erdoğan & Considers F-35 Sales

Trump announced on Tuesday at the NATO summit in Ankara that he would lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey and is considering selling the country F-35 fighter jets. Trump made the comment following a lavish state dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whom he praised as a “great leader.” The mayor of Istanbul and other Turkish politicians, civil society figures and journalists remain jailed on politically motivated charges. “Here in Ankara, and in Turkey more broadly, this NATO summit

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· 2mo ago

"Iraq 2.0"?: Rep. Jim McGovern on Iran War, New Red Scare, Israeli War Crimes & Dem Party Divide http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/27/jim_mcgovern

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“Iraq 2.0”?: Rep. Jim McGovern on Iran War, New Red Scare, Israeli War Crimes & Dem Party Divide

We speak with Democratic Congressmember Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, a longtime critic of U.S. foreign policy, in a wide-ranging conversation about Iran, Cuba, ending military funding for Israel and more. Last week, McGovern joined the entire Democratic caucus and four Republicans to pass a resolution calling on President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran. “It’s just like Iraq,” says McGovern. “We’re getting involved in a quagmire here, an endless war.”

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· 2mo ago

Report from San Juan: New Bill Targets Citizenship Rights As Puerto Rico Marks 10 Years of PROMESA http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/24/puerto_rico_promesa_birthright_citizenship

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Report from San Juan: New Bill Targets Citizenship Rights as Puerto Rico Marks 10 Years of PROMESA

After failing to overturn birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Republican legislators are turning to new tactics to disenfranchise people born on U.S. soil. Their latest targets are those born to noncitizen or permanent resident parents in U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, where the Supreme Court has said citizenship is granted by statute and full constitutional protections do not apply. The proposed “End Birthright Citizenship for the Territories Act” would create “a subclass of people

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· 5mo ago

"Here Where We Live Is Our Country”: Molly Crabapple on Resurfacing the Jewish History of Anti-Zionism

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“Here Where We Live Is Our Country”: Molly Crabapple on Resurfacing the Jewish History of Anti-Zionism

We speak with the acclaimed artist and author Molly Crabapple about her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. Although largely forgotten today, the Jewish Labor Bund was once a powerful secular, socialist revolutionary party that fought for freedom and dignity for Jews in Europe. The movement formed in the waning days of the Russian Empire in an atmosphere of intense antisemitism, but it “rejected, from the very start, calls to create a Jewish ethnostate in P

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· 5mo ago

"Incredibly Unpopular Technology": Astra Taylor on the Backlash to AI & Data Centers

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Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting “Billionaire Big Tech Agenda”

As the “supercharged” construction of new data centers to power artificial intelligence blankets the country, a growing resistance movement to these massive corporate projects amid a lack of public oversight is not far behind. As organizer Astra Taylor explains, local fights across the country are leveraging this “industry chokepoint” to force important questions, from the distribution of land, water and energy resources to democratic governance over an industry currently driven by a “billionair

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· 5mo ago

Canceled over Palestine: Biotech CEO Rami Elghandour on Rutgers Disinviting Him as Graduation Speaker

http://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/11/rami_elghandour_rutgers_hind_rajab_convocation

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Canceled over Palestine: Rutgers Disinvites Rami Elghandour as Speaker

Two weeks before Rami Elghandour was expected to address newly minted engineering graduates at his alma mater Rutgers University, the CEO of biotech firm Arcellx received a shocking call from school administrators. Citing “vague” complaints about his social media posts on Israel and Palestine, the school abruptly withdrew its convocation invitation. We speak to Rami Elghandour about the decision, which he tells Democracy Now! he finds not only “heartbreaking,” but also illogical. “Having a diffe

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· 5mo ago

Family Demands Release of Salah Sarsour, Milwaukee Muslim Leader Taken By ICE

http://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/13/salah_sarsour_ice_milwaukee_muslim_leader

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Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release Milwaukee Mosque Leader

Salah Sarsour, a prominent Palestinian immigrant, green card holder and president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, has been locked up in an ICE jail since late March. Despite his lawful permanent resident status, the government says he could be subject to deportation for failing to disclose a conviction by Israeli military authorities when he was a teenager in the occupied West Bank. Sarsour says he never understood the charges presented against him in Hebrew and

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· 5mo ago

A Return to Jim Crow? Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke Denounces Gutting of Voting Rights Act

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A Return to Jim Crow? Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke Denounces Gutting of Voting Rights Act

We speak with Kristen Clarke, general counsel of the NAACP, about growing threats to democracy in the United States following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Republican lawmakers across the South are responding to the ruling by racing to redraw their congressional maps, which is expected to lead to a historic drop in the number of Black representatives in Congress. “The Supreme Court’s devastating decision in the Louisiana v. Callais case has really turned

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Headlines for May 14, 2026

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Headlines for May 14, 2026

Xi Jinping Warns U.S. of Potential “Conflict” over Taiwan After Beijing Summit with Trump; Senate Narrowly Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution for Seventh Time; Children Among the Dead as Israel Continues Bombing Lebanon Despite Ceasefire; Israeli Police Kill Palestinian Attempting to Scale West Bank Wall to Find Work; Study Finds Israel Increased Attacks on Gaza After Halting Strikes on Iran; Judge Temporarily Blocks U.S. Sanctions Against U.N. Expert on Occupied Palestinian Territories; Israeli

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· 5mo ago

Xi Warns Trump of Potential "Conflict" over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More

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Xi Warns Trump of Potential “Conflict” over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More

U.S. President Donald Trump is in Beijing for a highly anticipated summit with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. It is the first U.S. state visit to China since 2017, during Trump’s first administration. Trade, the Iran war, artificial intelligence and the fate of Taiwan are some of the issues being discussed, although it’s not clear if any new agreements are likely. Trump traveled to China with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Sco

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· 5mo ago

Headlines for May 12, 2026

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Headlines for May 12, 2026

Trump Warns Iran Ceasefire Is “On Life Support”; Saudi Aramco Warns Of “Catastrophic Consequences” Unless Strait of Hormuz Reopens; Israeli Military Issues New Evacuation Orders for Residents of Southern Lebanon; Israeli Forces Continue Deadly Violations of U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire; Palestinian Family Says Israeli Settlers Forced Them to Exhume West Bank Gravesite ; EU to Impose Sanctions on Israeli Settlers in the Occupied West Bank; Protests Erupt at Real Estate Expo Advertising Properties for

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· 3mo ago

Homicide by Asphyxiation: What Happened to Geraldo Lunas Campos, Who Died in a Texas ICE Jail? http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/9/geraldo_lunas_campos

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Homicide by Asphyxiation: What Happened to Geraldo Lunas Campos, Who Died in a Texas ICE Jail?

The family of Geraldo Lunas Campos is suing over the 55-year-old Cuban immigrant’s death at an ICE detention center in Texas earlier this year, with a local coroner ruling his death a homicide from asphyxia. The Department of Homeland Security said Lunas Campos had attempted suicide, but witnesses said he died after being restrained by multiple guards. The family’s lawsuit names four guards and multiple private companies overseeing the jail. Perla Trevizo, a reporter with the ProPublica-Texas Tr

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· 1mo ago

U.S. Threatens New Economic War on Iran by Targeting China & Tehran's Other Top Trading Partners

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U.S. Threatens New Economic War on Iran by Targeting China & Tehran’s Other Top Trading Partners

The Trump administration has announced unspecified plans to further tighten sanctions on Iran, threatening other countries, including China, in the process. We speak to sanctions expert Nicholas Mulder about what he calls the “rhetorical” and “psychological warfare” of the announcement. For Iran, says Mulder, the announcement was not “really materially all that meaningful. And to the extent that they are, they hurt ordinary Iranians and not the government.” The impact on the U.S. relationship wi

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· 1mo ago

Headlines for August 28, 2026

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Headlines for August 28, 2026

Death Toll from Glacier’s Collapse on Nepal-Tibet Border Tops 500; Iran Sets Conditions for Reopening Strait of Hormuz on 6-Month Anniversary of Trump’s “Excursion”; Pentagon Faces “Beyond Critical” Shortage of Interceptors as Iran War Exhausts Supplies; Israel Strikes Lebanon, Killing Newlywed Woman; Gaza’s Children Protest as Israel’s Military Chief Declares Kite Flying a “Terrorist Act”; U.S.-Born Children Are Sent to Haiti Aboard Second Deportation Flight in a Week; ICE Steps Up Raids on Hai

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· 1mo ago

"Who Paid, Who Gained": Juan González on How Chicago Funded Real Estate Instead of Social Services

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“Who Paid, Who Gained”: Juan González on How Chicago Funded Real Estate Instead of Social Services

A team of researchers led by Democracy Now!’s Juan González at the University of Illinois Chicago recently released an in-depth study on how, through a program called Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Chicago has spent some $16 billion in property taxes it collected over the past 40 years to fund downtown development. The money was supposed to be used to eliminate urban blight. ”TIF funding has actually exacerbated economic inequities throughout the city, pouring more than half of the billions of d

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· 5mo ago

Dr. Marty Makary Quits as FDA Chief Amid Growing Turmoil at HHS Under RFK Jr.

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FDA Chief Pushed Out in Latest Sign of Public Health Chaos Under RFK Jr.

Trump’s commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Martin Makary, has resigned. During Makary’s 13-month tenure, he attempted to split the difference between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda and a more traditional approach to regulation, ultimately angering both camps. “Nobody was happy with what he did,” says Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Shortly before his resignation, Makary had

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Headlines for May 13, 2026

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Headlines for May 13, 2026

Pentagon Comptroller Says Cost of Iran War Has Risen to $29 Billion; U.S. Inflation Rate Rose to 3.8% in April; WSJ Receives Subpoenas for Records of Journalists Reporting on Internal Discussions of Iran War; Peace Activists Disrupt Politico Defense Summit, Confronting Iranian Opposition Leader Reza Pahlavi; Israeli Attacks Kill 8 in Lebanon in Latest Breaches of U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire; Senators Grill FBI Director Kash Patel over Reports of Excessive Drinking; U.S. Negotiates with Denmark to Op

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· 1mo ago

Headlines for August 25, 2026

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Headlines for August 25, 2026

SOUTHCOM Resumes Bombing Boats Accused of Drug Smuggling; China Calls on U.S. to “Act Rationally” as Bessent Threatens Secondary Sanctions on Iran’s Partners; Supreme Court Sides with Trump over Limits to Mail-In Voting; Trump Threatens Even More Tariffs on Canada, Deepening Trade War; Israel Bombs Gaza Water Desalination Plant, Mosque and Tents, Killing 7, Including Children; Montreal City Council Passes Watered-Down Palestine Resolution That Doesn’t Halt Ties with Israel; Heavily Armed Gang Ki

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· 1mo ago

Trump's Contested Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting Could Disenfranchise Millions: Ari Berman

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Trump’s Contested Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting Could Disenfranchise Millions: Ari Berman

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court’s injunction on President Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump’s order directs the Department of Homeland Security to create state-by-state lists of eligible voters who are citizens. The U.S. Postal Service would then use the lists provided by states to assess whether voters should be allowed to vote by mail. Justices ruled 6 to 3 that California and 22 other states lacked standing to

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· 3mo ago

As Calls Mount for Graham Platner to Drop Out of Senate Race, What Happens Next in Maine? http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/8/platner_withdrawal

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As Calls Mount for Graham Platner to Drop Out of Senate Race, What Happens Next in Maine?

Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner has yet to drop out of the race despite losing all major endorsements after a rape allegation by an ex-girlfriend, Jenny Racicot, who says Platner assaulted her in 2021. Platner has denied the claim. “There’s no way to force Platner off the ballot; he has to make the decision,” says Amy Fried, professor emerita of political science at the University of Maine. Platner would have to drop out of the race by Monday, “and then there’s two weeks for the

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· 2mo ago

Israeli Settlers Attack Convoy of Journalists & Father of Palestinian American Killed 1 Year Ago http://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/15/israeli_settlers_attack_journalists_west_bank

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Israeli Settlers Attack Convoy of Journalists & Father of Palestinian American Killed 1 Year Ago

Israeli settlers armed with clubs, rocks and a knife attacked a convoy of journalists in the West Bank on Saturday, the latest targeting of foreign journalists documenting the Israeli occupation. Four settlers have reportedly been detained over the attack. The convoy, which included CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, were accompanying the father of Palestinian American Saif Musallet to the site where he was beaten to death by Israeli settlers one year ago. To date, no one has been arrested for Musallet’s kil