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"The American Revolution Was Hardly an Anti-Colonial Movement": UCLA Historian Robin D. G. Kelley
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- "The American Revolution Was Hardly an Anti-Colonial Movement": UCLA Historian Robin D. G. Kelley
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- 10:50
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- 3 months ago
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Ahead of the July Fourth holiday and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we speak with the acclaimed scholar Robin D. G. Kelley, who examines how Black radicals have interpreted the document throughout U.S. history in a new essay for Hammer & Hope. Although the declaration famously asserts that "all men are created equal," Kelley says that clearly did not extend to Indigenous or enslaved Black people. "When the drafters developed this declaration, they assumed that human beings were basically white men," he says. But despite the "hypocrisy" of the declaration, many Black radicals still found value in its words, including a "justification for rebellion," says Kelley.
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- "Rule of Law vs. Rule of Billionaires": Supreme Court Says Trump Can Fire Regulators, Except at Fed
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- 9:14
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- 3 months ago
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In a 6-3 ruling this week that overturned nine decades of precedent, the Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump the power to fire and replace officials at independent government agencies like the Federal Trade Commission. But in a separate 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can stay in her job as she challenges Trump's efforts to fire her.
The seemingly contradictory rulings suggest a two-tier system of regulation, says Alvaro Bedoya, a former FTC commissioner who was fired by Trump last year. The independence and stability of the Federal Reserve is important to "billionaire Wall Street Bankers," and therefore remains protected, says Bedoya. "But then you have this whole series of other agencies that keep your toys safe, that keep health insurers from robbing people blind, that keep supermarkets from merging to make milk, eggs and beef … even more expens...
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- Profiting from the Presidency: Trump and Family Rake In Billions from Crypto, Real Estate & More
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- 19:07
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- 3 months ago
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 2, 2026
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- 16:02
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- 3 months ago
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- AI, Automation & "Reverse Centaurs"
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- 1:10
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- 3 months ago
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- What's a "reverse centaur"? Science writer and AI critic Cory Doctorow explains.
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- House Republicans block vote on amendment to halt U.S.-Israeli military integration
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- 0:59
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- 3 months ago
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- Republicans controlling the House Rules Committee have refused to allow a floor vote on a bipartisan amendment seeking to block the integration of the U.S. and Israeli militaries.
The proposed U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative would accelerate U.S.-Israeli technology sharing, co-production of weapons systems and partnerships on the military use of artificial intelligence, biotechnology and more.
The amendment by California Democrat Ro Khanna and Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie would have removed the initiative from the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
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- A groundbreaking reparations program in Illinois
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- 1:59
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- 3 months ago
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- Justin Hansford is helping Evanston city officials defend their reparations program from the DOJ’s claims that its race-based criteria are unconstitutional.
The program, funded through donations and a local tax on recreational marijuana sales, grants Black residents and their descendants up to $25,000 for property down payments, mortgages, home repairs and other related fees.
It is the first of its kind in any U.S. city and seen as a model for similar initiatives across the country and the world.
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- Reparations Efforts “Sweeping the Country” Despite DOJ Attack on Evanston, IL Groundbreaking Program
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- 13:09
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- 3 months ago
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The Department of Justice is attempting to sabotage a reparations initiative that compensates victims of historic housing discrimination in Evanston, Illinois. For decades, Black residents of Evanston were subjected to redlining and other forms of housing discrimination, which prevented them from obtaining bank loans to purchase property. “Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century, housing has been the primary way that families have built wealth, and we are in a country where there is 10 times as much wealth in the white community as there is in the Black community. … [T]hat gap is a result, primarily, of this type of dispossession on the grounds of housing,” explains Howard University law professor Justin Hansford.
Evanston’s reparations program, funded through donations and a local tax on recreational marijuana sales, grants Black residents and their descendants up to $25,000 fo...
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- Supreme Court Approves Mail-In Voting, But Trump Keeps Pushing Extremist SAVE Act Ahead of Midterms
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- 10:36
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- 3 months ago
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President Donald Trump has received another setback in his ongoing quest to control U.S. elections. In a 5-4 split, the Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots do not need to be received by Election Day to be counted, as long as they were postmarked by then. Although a “rare victory for voting rights,” the conservative justices’ assertion that voting by mail is prone to fraud — a disproven theory that Trump blames his loss in the 2020 election for — is “very disturbing,” says Ari Berman, the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones. “My fear is that this is going to embolden Republicans to double down on their efforts to try to get rid of mail voting, including the SAVE America Act, Trump’s sweeping voter suppression bill, which he seems desperate to go to any lengths to try to pass,” says Berman, who also comments on the court’s decision to strike down a federal law limiting c...
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- “We Continue to Fight”: Chase Strangio on the Supreme Court’s Ban on Trans Girls & Women in Sports
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- 8:55
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- 3 months ago
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The Supreme Court has ruled that states can prohibit transgender student athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports teams, with the court’s conservative justices finding that such bans — currently introduced in Idaho and West Virginia — do not violate the Constitution, and all nine justices agreeing that they do not violate Title IX, the federal anti-sex discrimination statute. These bans are part of an “effort that we’re seeing escalate to push trans people out of public life,” says Chase Strangio, co-director of the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. They have the ultimate effect of “increasing the legitimacy of the Trump administration’s authority over every aspect of our bodily autonomy and everyday life.”
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- "America Is a Multiracial Democracy": Supreme Court Denies Trump's Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
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- 10:51
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- 3 months ago
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“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to 'every free-born person in this land.' … We keep that promise today.” So concludes the decision of the Supreme Court in the landmark case Trump v. Barbara, affirming the constitutional right to birthright citizenship and rejecting President Trump’s attempt to end it. Trump’s executive order had aimed to prevent babies born to undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign residents from automatically becoming American citizens. We speak to Columbia University historian of immigration Mae Ngai about the case and the white nationalist logic behind Trump’s challenge.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 1, 2026
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- 13:04
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- 3 months ago
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- Venezuela’s earthquake victims receive solidarity, need long-term support
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- 1:44
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- 3 months ago
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- Rescue efforts in Venezuela continue as thousands of people remain missing — trapped under the rubble of flattened homes and buildings nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes devastated the capital, Caracas, and the nearby city of La Guaira.
In the face of the wreckage, "we're seeing also a lot of solidarity from the Venezuelan people" who are sharing space and resources with those displaced by the earthquakes, says Beatriz Ochoa, Latin America head of advocacy for the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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- Current government abuse in the U.S. has roots in treatment of Native peoples
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- 1:59
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- 3 months ago
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- Cherokee author and journalist Rebecca Nagle links U.S. policies that dispossessed Indigenous nations to ongoing state repression. "I would be reporting on America's past, and then the same thing would happen in our present," she says. "Rounding people up, putting people in detention, even shooting anybody who gets in the way, these are things that our government has done before — not once, not twice, but many, many times."
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- Why democratic socialists are winning
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- 1:36
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- 3 months ago
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- 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 genocide in Gaza.
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- "Keep Supporting the Venezuelan People": Thousands Missing as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Continue
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- 8:17
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- 3 months ago
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Rescue efforts in Venezuela continue as thousands of people remain missing — trapped under the rubble of flattened homes and buildings nearly a week after two back-to-back earthquakes devastated the capital, Caracas, and the nearby city of La Guaira. Rescue teams are desperately searching for survivors, with Venezuelan health officials saying Monday that over 1,700 people are confirmed dead. The toll is expected to rise dramatically as the window for finding survivors closes.
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- Meet Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American Who Won New York State Senate Primary
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- 12:59
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- 3 months ago
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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 genocide in Gaza.
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- "First America": Cherokee Podcaster Rebecca Nagle on the Full Story of the U.S. Founding
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- 19:14
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- 3 months ago
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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.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 30, 2026
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- 13:19
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- 3 months ago
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- Hungarians celebrate first post-Orbán Pride
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- 0:50
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- 3 months ago
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- Millions of people took to the streets of cities around the world over the weekend for Pride celebrations. Tens of thousands of Hungarians braved triple-digit heat to march through Budapest on Saturday in the city's first Pride event since longtime far-right leader Viktor Orbán lost reelection in April. The demonstration came a year after Orbán's government rammed through a constitutional amendment to outlaw Pride events.
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- Stephen Miller's white nationalist agenda: Eddie Glaude
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- 1:07
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- 3 months ago
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- "White nationalists have seized the federal government," says Princeton historian Eddie Glaude. His new book is "America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries."
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- StoryCorps Facilitates Conversations Across the U.S. for 250th Anniversary
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- 6:36
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- 3 months ago
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The Trump administration’s commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding have drawn criticism for their overt partisanship and conflicts of interest for the Trump family. Surveys show widespread ambivalence and lack of enthusiasm for the semiquincentennial.
StoryCorps founder Dave Isay has set out to capture the national mood with Connect250, an oral history project matching strangers across the United States to interview each other about their lives, families and formative experiences. The series is produced in partnership with NPR’s Morning Edition, with the conversations to be preserved in the Library of Congress.
“It’s actually a very hopeful project,” says Isay. “We have to hold on to hope.”
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- "America, U.S.A.": Eddie Glaude on the 250th Anniv., Race & "Madness at the Heart of the Country"
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- 36:24
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- 3 months ago
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“I do not love America, and never have, especially now.” Those are the opening words of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries, a new book from Princeton historian Eddie Glaude. Released ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the book is a critical look back at how the United States has celebrated previous milestone birthdays, including what narratives were left out of the official commemorations. This comes as President Donald Trump has made himself the center of many events and celebrations for the 250th anniversary, while promoting a “storybook version” of U.S. history that elides the injustice that was baked into the very founding of the country, Glaude tells Democracy Now! in a wide-ranging conversation about race, inequality and the legacy of slavery.
“Donald Trump and his supporters, they want to be white without judgment,...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 29, 2026
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- 10:59
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- 3 months ago
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- JD Vance Praises Richard Nixon, Downplays Watergate Scandal
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- 1:06
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- 3 months ago
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- Vice President JD Vance on Thursday praised disgraced former President Richard Nixon, downplaying the Watergate break-in and cover-up as a minor event.
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- Trump's asylum policy & echoes of Holocaust history
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- 2:16
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- 3 months ago
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- Trump's anti-asylum policy, recently approved by the Supreme Court, echoes a decision in 1939 to block a boat carrying German Jews fleeing Nazi persecution from seeking asylum in the United States. Around one-third of the boat's passengers were later murdered during the Nazi Holocaust.
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- Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer
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- 9:02
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- 3 months ago
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The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to restrict thousands of lawsuits claiming Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, had a duty to warn consumers about potential cancer risks from its popular weed killer Roundup. The case before the Supreme Court began in St. Louis, Missouri, where a resident named John Durnell, who had used Roundup for decades and was later diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, sued Monsanto under Missouri state law for not putting a warning label on its product. But because the federal Environmental Protection Agency found no cancer risk in its assessment of Roundup, the court has ruled against Durnell.
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- Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in "Racially Inflected" Decision
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- 10:53
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- 3 months ago
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Thousands of Haitians and Syrians living in the United States are newly at risk of deportation after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump administration to strip them of "temporary protected status," or TPS. The program, designed for foreign citizens of countries the U.S. government believes are too unstable or dangerous to be returned to, often due to natural disasters or war, has been a major target of attack by the Trump administration and its anti-immigrant agenda.
"We are looking at the catastrophic deficit in the workforce in the United States if we allow this deportation machine and cruelty to take effect," our guest, Haitian Bridge Alliance's Guerline Jozef, says.
"This is just part of the Trump administration's efforts to feed the detention and deportation machine and essentially halt immigration," adds Lupe Aguirre of the International Refugee Assistance Project. "It's ab...
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- Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars
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- 7:05
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- 3 months ago
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The death toll from twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela Wednesday night is expected to reach into the thousands as rescuers continue to search for bodies trapped in the rubble. Hospitals are rapidly reaching a breaking point, and thousands of survivors have been left homeless. Reporter Andreína Chávez's building was one of the countless residences in Venezuela's capital Caracas and its surrounding region that were damaged by the massive quakes. Chávez was on the street when the earthquakes struck, and says she "saw at least three buildings partially collapse right in front of [her]."
As Venezuelans band together to find survivors, the country is calling for international support and resources to step up critical rescue and recovery efforts. "We weren't prepared for a disaster of this magnitude," says Chávez. "Venezuela is a country that has been under U.S. sanctions … as well as a country that ...
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- In "Devastating" Immigration Ruling, Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to "Turn Back" Asylum Seekers
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- 14:00
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- 3 months ago
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The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a major blow to the rights of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The court ruled 6 to 3 along partisan lines to sanction so-called metering at the southern border, which allows immigration officers at ports of entry to block asylum seekers from setting foot on U.S. soil.
"In a time of increasing conflict and climate catastrophe, this will result in many more deaths," warns Erika Pinheiro of Al Otro Lado, the lead plaintiff in the case. When the turnback policy was first introduced, recounts Melissa Crow of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, who served as co-counsel for the plaintiffs' case, many asylum seekers became "so desperate that they ended up trying to enter between ports of entry, either by swimming across the Rio Grande or by traversing the desert under harrowing conditions, and many, many of them didn't make it to th...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 26, 2026
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- 12:20
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- 3 months ago
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- Elliot Page on Democracy Now!
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- 0:54
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- 3 months ago
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- Elliot Page shares a message for trans people who are increasingly under attack by attempts to legislate their autonomy and self-expression.
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- Hasan Piker reacts to DSA victories in New York
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- 0:37
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- 3 months ago
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- Democracy Now! was at the DSA watch party for Claire Valdez and others in Brooklyn last night and spoke to progressive streamer Hasan Piker.
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- Cory Doctorow on the "Material Roots" of the AI Bubble
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- 0:58
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- 3 months ago
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- "What [AI companies] ultimately want to do is fire high-waged workers and replace them with substandard algorithms, and then make us accept substandard products," says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow.
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- How the Trump administration is using terrorism charges to target activists
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- 0:58
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- 3 months ago
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- “Now anyone engaged in basic protests with the wrong political beliefs can be labeled a domestic terrorist, when they have no intention of violence, not engaged in any violence, not interested in any violence,” says Sufia Khalid, deputy director of the National Security Criminal Defense Center.
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- "How to Think About AI": Cory Doctorow on Big Tech, Understanding AI, Labor Automation & More
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- 14:57
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- 3 months ago
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Democracy Now! speaks with science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow about AI and his latest book, "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence — Before It's Too Late."
Doctorow comments on AI's "bad unit economics" and the connection between automation and labor. "When labor drives automation, it's usually in service to making the product better, and when capital drives automation, it's usually in service to making more of the product," says Doctorow.
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- Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists
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- 18:02
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- 3 months ago
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A group of anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to 30 to 100 years in jail on Tuesday, after federal prosecutors accused them of being an "antifa terror cell." The activists attended a protest outside the Prairieland ICE jail in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4 of last year, during which fireworks were set off and a police officer was shot and wounded. All nine defendants were found guilty after being tried before a federal judge in Texas. Matt Sledge, political reporter for The Intercept, warns that "we just have to watch for this playbook to be applied elsewhere."
"Now anyone engaged in basic protests with the wrong political beliefs can be labeled a domestic terrorist, when they have no intention of violence, not engaged in any violence, not interested in any violence," says Sufia Khalid, deputy director of the National Security Criminal Defense Center, who represents one of the Prairieland defen...
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- "Utter Devastation": Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes
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- 8:17
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- 3 months ago
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Thousands are feared dead in Venezuela after back-to-back powerful earthquakes struck the country Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital Caracas and surrounding areas. Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez has declared a state of emergency as rescue workers frantically search for survivors in the rubble of "dozens" of collapsed buildings. Historian Alejandro Velasco, who has family in Venezuela, reports that "many Venezuelans abroad are trying to get in touch with their loved ones in Venezuela and are having a hard time doing so."
The current death toll is at 164, with 1,000 people injured, but the U.S. Geological Survey warns there's a high chance the death toll could rise into the tens of thousands — or even top 100,000.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 25, 2026
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- 12:29
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- 3 months ago
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- Title
- Meet Darializa Avila Chevalier, Democratic nominee for Congress
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- 2:06
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- 3 months ago
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- Darializa Avila Chevalier joins Democracy Now! in her first live broadcast interview since her upset win. After weathering a vicious and often racist campaign conducted by her AIPAC-funded opponent Adriano Espaillat, Avila Chevalier is projected to become the first Dominican American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, representing New York’s 13th Congressional District.
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- NYC primaries: The Mamdani effect?
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- 0:59
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- 3 months ago
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- John Tarleton, editor-in-chief of the New York City local independent newspaper The Indypendent, discusses the insurgent left of the Democratic Party and the potential national ramifications of the Zohran-DSA machine.
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- "Second Nature": Elliot Page on New Film Exploring Animal World Beyond the Binary
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- 36:06
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- 3 months ago
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A new documentary explores a growing body of scientific research documenting the wide range of gender and sexual diversity found in the animal kingdom, from pregnant male seahorses to matriarchal monkey troops. "Second Nature," directed by queer filmmaker Drew Denny, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, who says he joined the project because "I was so moved by it and found it so affirming as a trans and queer person."
Learning about animal life beyond binary concepts of sex and gender was life-changing, Denny shares about her inspiration for the film. "I finally felt in my body, for the first time, that I belong here on Earth, just like anybody else." Featuring interviews with evolutionary biologists and eye-opening footage of the natural world, "Second Nature" is now showing in major cities across the United States.
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- Seismic Shift: DSA and Mamdani-Backed Pro-Palestine Democrats Sweep New York Primaries
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- 5:26
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- 3 months ago
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We speak to John Tarleton, editor-in-chief of the New York City local independent newspaper The Indypendent, about the insurgent left of the Democratic Party and the potential national ramifications of the Zohran-DSA machine. The races also functioned as a referendum on the growing split in the Democratic Party over Israel/Palestine. While the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC funneled an estimated $50 million into their opponents' campaigns, Valdez, Avila Chevalier and Lander refused to take any funding from pro-Israel groups and consistently emphasized their support of efforts to restrict U.S. military aid for Israel. "If you ignore the cause of Palestinian liberation, you do so at your own peril," says Tarleton.
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- Darializa Avila Chevalier's First Post-Win Interview: DSA Candidate Beats 5-Term Incumbent Espaillat
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- 21:29
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- 3 months ago
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Darializa Avila Chevalier joins Democracy Now! in her first live broadcast interview since her upset win. After weathering a vicious and often racist campaign conducted by her AIPAC-funded opponent Espaillat, Avila Chevalier is projected to become the first Dominican American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, representing New York's 13th Congressional District.
"Americans are tired of this politics of death, politics of cynicism, and want to make sure that our resources are coming back to our communities and investing in the life and the needs of the people here," says Avila Chevalier, a former student organizer at Columbia University who has been active in the pro-Palestine and immigrant rights movements for over a decade. She credits part of her decision to run to her experience advocating for fellow student and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's release from federal ICE detention last year. ...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 24, 2026
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- 12:33
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Remembering Mona Khalil, Beloved Lebanese Sea Turtle Conservationist Killed in Israeli Airstrike
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Acclaimed conservationist Mona Khalil was killed by an Israeli strike on her beachside home in the village of al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon.
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- DSA vs. Establishment: New York Primary Tests Growing Antiwar Split in Democratic Party
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Today is Election Day in New York, with a number of primary challengers hoping to unseat Democratic establishment politicians.
Palestine is a key issue in many of the races, with DSA challengers taking a strong stand against genocide, while some incumbents have received large donations from AIPAC-linked super PACs.
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- Remembering Ahmed Wishah, the Latest Palestinian Journalist Killed by Israel in Gaza
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Israeli strikes killed Ahmed Wishah, a cameraman with Al Jazeera and at least six people, including two children, on Saturday.
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- "MAGA Inc.": CorpWatch on Trump's World of Tech Titans, Crypto Czars & Prison Profiteers
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- 21:48
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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A new report by CorpWatch titled "MAGA Inc." reveals which allies of President Trump are profiting off of the administration's policies. Pratap Chatterjee, executive director of CorpWatch, says that prison companies and Big Tech companies have cashed out on policies of mass deportation. "The people that we think are profiting the most out of MAGA [are in] the business of deportation, the business of gathering data," says Chatterjee. Palantir, in particular, has provided the government with information to support the surveillance of immigrants and data to support war efforts.
The Trump family is also expanding their fortune through cryptocurrency, according to the report. "These are schemes by which you can move money anonymously around the world, something that drug dealers, gun manufacturers or gun dealers and criminals love," says Chatterjee. "This is the sort of business that is now benefiting th...
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- DSA vs. Establishment: New York Primary Tests Growing Antiwar Split in Democratic Party
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- 13:27
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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Today is Election Day in New York, with a number of primary challengers hoping to unseat Democratic establishment politicians. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have a packed slate of 10 candidates across congressional, state Assembly and state Senate races. "People are really looking for something else other than these corporate Democrats," says Liza Featherstone, author and columnist for Jacobin. Describing the DSA as a key part of the "grassroots base" of the left wing of the Democratic Party, Featherstone says DSA members want elected leaders who have come out of movements themselves, not just lifelong politicians who only turn to movements for endorsements every four years.
Palestine is a key issue in many of the races, with DSA challengers taking a strong stand against genocide, while some incumbents have received large donations from AIPAC-linked super PACs. "People are absolutely di...
