Democracy Now!
Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 12, 2026
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 12, 2026
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- 13:39
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- Is the death penalty the "stepchild of lynching"?
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- 1:57
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- 2 months ago
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- Civil rights leader Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative has called the death penalty the "stepchild of lynching" and argues for its abolition.
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- Bryan Stevenson on the "Enduring Evil of Slavery" and Trump's Attempt to Rewrite History
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- 37:48
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- 2 months ago
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We sat down with civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. In 2018, the organization opened the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, to tell the history of millions of enslaved Africans who were abducted and trafficked across the Atlantic to the Americas by European powers, and to chronicle the legacy of slavery, racism, lynchings and segregation in the United States. The Legacy Museum has just opened its first international exhibition as part of the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 11, 2026
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- 14:25
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- 2 months ago
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- Wagner Moura on Brazil’s history of dictatorship
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- 1:26
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- 2 months ago
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- Acclaimed Brazilian actor and filmmaker Wagner Moura compares the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot to the 2023 attempted military coup in Brazil. Moura says one of the reasons Brazil quickly prosecuted former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was found guilty of plotting the attempted coup to stay in power, is that in Brazil, “we know what a dictatorship is.”
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- Actor Wagner Moura on Brazil's Dictatorship, Bolsonaro & "A Trial — after An Enemy of the People"
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- 37:26
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- 2 months ago
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We continue our coverage from the Edinburgh International Festival, where acclaimed Brazilian actor and filmmaker Wagner Moura stars in the play _A Trial — after An Enemy of the People_. A sequel to the 1882 Henrik Ibsen play _An Enemy of the People_, _A Trial — after An Enemy of the People_ interrogates themes of authoritarianism, misinformation and public judgement. It is directed by Brazil's Christiane Jatahy.
"We in Brazil, we know what a dictatorship is. We know how harmful that is, how horrible that is, how bad that is," says Moura, referencing the military dictatorship in Brazil that took place from 1964 to 1985. He draws parallels between that period and the leadership of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is in prison for an attempted coup d'état.
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- Edinburgh International Festival Director & Famed Violinist Nicola Benedetti on the Power of Art
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- 9:22
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- 2 months ago
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Democracy Now! is broadcasting from Scotland at the Edinburgh International Festival, which features music, opera, theater and dance and is one of Europe's biggest arts festivals. We are joined by the acclaimed Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti, one of the most celebrated classical violinists in the world. She became the first woman and first Scottish artist to become director of the Edinburgh International Festival in 2022.
"I think what is quite unusual about the Edinburgh International Festival is the humanitarian mission that is woven into all of its origin rhetoric," says Benedetti. She explains that this year's festival focuses on the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. "We're not celebrating only dark or dazzling. We're trying to present these things alongside each other."
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- "Consistent Torture": Keith LaMar Speaks from Death Row After Receiving 3-Year Execution Reprieve
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- 19:06
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- 2 months ago
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We speak with Keith LaMar, an artist, teacher and writer on death row in Ohio. LaMar, who has spent three decades in solitary confinement, was sentenced to death for the murder of five fellow prisoners during a 1993 prison uprising. He has always maintained his innocence. His trial was held in a remote Ohio community before an all-white jury. LaMar is one of three men on death row for whom Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued reprieves, pushing back their execution dates to 2030.
"The reprieve, while good in a legal sense in giving us more time, it also increases the pressure, the harassment that I'm undergoing," says Keith LaMar. "I've been undergoing consistent torture since the last reprieve," explains LaMar, who received a previous reprieve three years ago.
LaMar's lawyer Keegan Stephan says there is "incredible new evidence" of his client's innocence, and Amy Gordiejew, campaign manag...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 10, 2026
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- 10:09
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- 2 months ago
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- Can AI be stopped?
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- 1:13
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- 2 months ago
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- Is AI superintelligence inevitable? AI safety researcher David Krueger says it doesn’t have to be.
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- Abortion pills by mail could be next as Trump admin seeks to curb access
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- 2:18
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- 2 months ago
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- Journalist Amy Littlefield says the Trump administration appears set to go after abortion pills delivered by mail. One way of doing so is to invoke a "zombie law from the Victorian era."
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- "The Potluck": Musical Explores Trauma of 1979 Greensboro KKK Massacre of 5 Antiracist Activists
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- 28:06
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- 2 months ago
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Composer and playwright César Alvarez joins _Democracy Now!_ to discuss their new musical, The Potluck. It tells the story of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre, when Klansmen and American Nazis opened fire on an antiracist demonstration in Greensboro, North Carolina, killing five members of the Communist Workers' Party. In 2020, the Greensboro City Council passed a resolution apologizing for the attack and the police department's complicity in the killings.
Alvarez tells Democracy Now! the musical is an attempt to grapple with "what it has meant to grow up in the aftermath of this state-sanctioned murder," as well their personal connection to the massacre. Alvarez's parents were part of the Communist Workers' Party, and Alvarez is named in honor of two of their slain comrades.
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- Dr. Abdul El-Sayed dismisses fearmongering about his name and background
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- 1:15
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- 2 months ago
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- "When you don't have ideas, all you have is hate," says Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
The Michigan Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate says racist attacks against him that emphasize his Arab and Muslim background are evidence that Republicans don't have a positive vision to offer voters ahead of November's midterm elections.
"If the best they've got … is to point to my name and say that they can't pronounce it, then I think we're going to have a pretty good time over the next 13 weeks."
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- "Focus Is on Affordability": Cindy Holscher, Kansas Dem Nominee for Gov, on Data Center Fight & More
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- 9:26
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- 2 months ago
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Kansas state Senator Cindy Holscher won Tuesday’s primary race to become the Democratic nominee in the state’s gubernatorial race, facing Republican Ty Masterson in November. Holscher clinched the nomination over fellow state lawmaker Ethan Corson, who was backed by the outgoing Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly. Holscher’s victory is seen as another resounding defeat for establishment Democrats in Kansas and nationwide. The fight over data centers became a defining issue in the Kansas race.
“We see [data centers] suck up the resources in terms of water. We see energy usage causing utility bills to skyrocket. So, certainly not things that you want to have happen during an affordability crisis,” Holscher tells Democracy Now!
Holscher also celebrates the defeat of a ballot measure to change how state Supreme Court justices are elected, which she calls a “backdoor attempt...
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- "Zombie Law from the Victorian Era": DOJ Could Use 1873 Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Pills by Mail
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- 10:42
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- 2 months ago
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Reproductive rights activists are alarmed over a pledge by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to institute nationwide abortion restrictions. Blanche, whose confirmation for attorney general is currently before the Senate, made the remarks in a private call with anti-abortion activists that was later posted online. According to the audio recording, Blanche said the Trump administration is pursuing policies "so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state," referring to the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that ended the constitutional right to abortion and left the matter to individual states.
Amy Littlefield, The Nation's abortion access correspondent, says the administration is likely to focus on limiting abortion pills delivered by mail, perhaps by invoking the 1873 Comstock Act, which banned the mailing of "lewd" and "indecent" materials through the mail. Littlefield calls it a "zom...
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- Abdul El-Sayed on Historic MI Primary Win: "People Are Sick and Tired of This Politics of Hatred"
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- 13:04
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- 2 months ago
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We speak with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after his victory in Michigan's primary race for U.S. Senate sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party. El-Sayed, a former public health official, ran a progressive campaign focused on affordability, Medicare for All, getting money out of politics, and opposing Israel's genocide in Gaza. He defeated Congressmember Haley Stevens, who was backed by tens of millions in outside spending including by AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby group.
"In an era where many of us can't afford basic things like groceries or rent or healthcare, the idea that your government is sending your tax dollars to buy bombs and tanks for foreign governments seems anathema," El-Sayed says. "That money could be spent to fix your potholes, rebuild your kid's school."
El-Sayed says his focus now is on beating Republican nominee Mike Rogers, whom he calls a "bootlicker for Trumpism...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 7, 2026
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- 10:12
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- 2 months ago
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- How European settlement of the Pacific Northwest led to deadlier fire seasons
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- 1:31
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- 2 months ago
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- Paul Hessburg, a former senior research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service and professor of fire and landscape ecology at the University of Washington, explains how cultural practices in the Pacific Northwest transformed after European settlement — from the controlled fires practiced by Indigenous peoples to facilitate new growth and manage natural resources, to the over-development that has made wildfire seasons longer, more frequent and increasingly destructive.
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- At least 40 killed in mass protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
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- 1:48
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- 2 months ago
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- In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a coalition of local politicians, activists and small-business leaders called the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) has been leading mass protests over the soaring cost of living and the limits placed on the disputed territory's political autonomy.
In response, the Pakistani government banned the group under counterterrorism laws and ordered a communications blackout.
Security forces have been accused of indiscriminately firing on nonviolent demonstrators, killing at least 40 people.
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- "Struggle for Dignity": At Least 40 Killed in Mass Protests in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
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- 7:31
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- 2 months ago
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In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a coalition of local politicians, activists and small-business leaders called the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) has been leading mass protests over the soaring cost of living and the limits placed on political autonomy. In response, the Pakistani government banned the group under counterterrorism laws and ordered a communications blackout. Security forces have been accused of indiscriminately firing on nonviolent demonstrators, killing at least 40 people. For more, we speak to Kashmiri writer Mirza Waheed, who grew up in India-administered Kashmir, on the other side of the "Line of Control."
In the Pakistani-controlled region known locally as Azad Kashmir, the center of the JAAC protests, "the discontent is not recent," explains Waheed. "It's been simmering under the surface for a while, and now it's kind of burst out [in] the open." He traces the turmoil in th...
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- AI Expert Urges Governments to Bring Development to "Grinding Halt" Amid Fears of Rogue Technology
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- 26:00
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- 2 months ago
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Is AI superintelligence inevitable? AI safety researcher David Krueger says it doesn't have to be. Krueger, an assistant professor at the University of Montreal and founder of the nonprofit Evitable, warns that "we need to mitigate the risk of extinction" with regulation and moratoriums to halt the development of AI's computational power and complexity, which he says is progressing at a rate much faster than current levels of human supervision can manage. Public statements from AI companies that their models have circumvented test constraints and broken into other systems are "what we should expect to happen with the way that we're building AI, with how little we understand it and how primitive our techniques are for controlling it," Krueger says. "We just don't know how to build it safely. End of story."
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- "Fire Climate": Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control
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- 9:22
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- 2 months ago
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The Pacific Northwest is facing its worst fire season in more than 30 years. Scientists say drought, extreme heat and climate change are making wildfire seasons longer, more frequent and more destructive across the western United States.
"The homes, the communities, they're just not simply prepared for fire," says Paul Hessburg, former senior research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service and professor of fire and landscape ecology at the University of Washington. Hessburg walks us through the history of the region, from the controlled fires practiced by Indigenous peoples before European settlement to present-day ecologically unsound factors including "accidental ignitions, dense forests, the wrong kinds of fuels on the ground [and] rapidly changing climate."
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 6, 2026
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- 13:23
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- 2 months ago
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- Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary
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- 2:41
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- 2 months ago
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- Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been declared the winner of Michigan's closely watched Democratic Senate primary, narrowly beating out Congressmember Haley Stevens. AIPAC and its affiliated groups spent as much as $46 million to help Stevens in what became the most expensive Democratic Senate primary contest in U.S. history.
El-Sayed's success represents "a movement of Americans who are saying, 'Enough of politics as usual,'" says Andy Levin, a former Democratic congressmember from Michigan who lost to Stevens in 2022 after AIPAC spent $4.3 million on her campaign.
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- Gabriela Soto speaks out on husband’s ICE detention
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- 2:34
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- 2 months ago
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- Gabriela Soto's husband Martín was one of the leaders of the May hunger strike at the immigration jail. Martín was transferred to Elizabeth Detention Center, New Jersey's other ICE facility, during the hunger strike at Delaney. Gabriela is calling for the closure of both facilities.
"At first, I was fighting for my husband, but then I started to meet all of these people who are just innocent, and they are the people that make this country great," says Soto, who blames her recent miscarriage on the stress of her husband being detained. "I am still grieving," she says. "To me, this is an ICE murder, too."
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- "This Is an ICE Murder, Too": Gabriela Soto Says She Miscarried While Husband Was Detained
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- 18:23
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- 2 months ago
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In the wake of a third ICE death at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, we speak with Gabriela Soto, whose husband Martín was one of the leaders of the May hunger strike at the immigration jail. Martín was transferred to Elizabeth Detention Center, New Jersey's other ICE facility, during the hunger strike at Delaney. Gabriela is calling for the closure of both facilities.
"At first, I was fighting for my husband, but then I started to meet all of these people who are just innocent, and they are the people that make this country great," says Soto, who blames her recent miscarriage on the stress of her husband being detained. "I am still grieving," she says. "To me, this is an ICE murder, too."
This comes as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a Salvadoran immigrant, died Saturday after being held for six weeks at Delaney Hall. He is the third immigrant to die at the ICE jail, which has be...
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- Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary in Major Defeat for AIPAC, Establishment Democrats
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- 24:05
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- 2 months ago
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Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been declared the winner of Michigan’s closely watched Democratic Senate primary, narrowly beating out Congressmember Haley Stevens, according to the Associated Press and other news agencies. AIPAC and its affiliated groups spent as much as $46 million to help Stevens in what has become the most expensive Democratic Senate primary contest in U.S. history. El-Sayed will face former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers in November to fill the seat now held by Democratic Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring. If El-Sayed wins the general election, he would become the first Muslim senator in U.S. history. His key supporters included Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the United Auto Workers.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 5, 2026
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- 14:31
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- 2 months ago
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- "If Emmett Till Lived" exhibition imagines an alternate reality
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- 1:31
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- 2 months ago
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- More than 70 years after the kidnapping, torture and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi, a major new photography exhibit and companion book ask how the world would be different "If Emmett Till Lived."
"Art really is one of the critical modes of creating an appeal to the moral imagination," says historian Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, the curator and editor behind the project.
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- Johanna Fernández Dies at 55: Leading Scholar on the Young Lords & Latinx Freedom Movement
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- 8:35
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- 2 months ago
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We look at the life and legacy of Dominican American historian, activist and prison abolitionist Dr. Johanna Fernández, who died on July 30 after a long battle with cancer. She was 55 years old. As a professor of history at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center, Fernández was a leading scholar of the Young Lords, the radical 1960s civil rights organization founded in Chicago and New York and modeled on the Black Panthers. Fernández also created the Latinx Freedom Movement Archive and Exhibition Project, alongside historian Felipe Hinojosa. The exhibition is currently on view at The Shed in New York City, as well as in Chicago and Los Angeles. Iterations will also be presented in Houston and Washington, D.C.
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- "If Emmett Till Lived": Cultural Historian Sarah Lewis on New Book/Exhibit, Visit to Mississippi
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- 49:15
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- 2 months ago
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More than 70 years after the kidnapping, torture and lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi, a major new photography exhibit and companion book ask how the world would be different “If Emmett Till Lived.” The Black teenager’s brutal murder, as well as his open-casket funeral that displayed his mutilated body, shocked the United States in 1955 and became a galvanizing moment in the civil rights movement. If Till had lived, he would be just over 85 years old today.
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- “Department of Injustice”: Norm Eisen on Todd Blanche AG Nom, Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case
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- 11:37
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- 2 months ago
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Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general cleared a major hurdle this week after two Republican senators who had raised concerns agreed to back him. Blanche gave written assurances that a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” designed to pay Trump allies would not be resurrected, and that a settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service only gave the president retroactive immunity from audits rather than perpetual protection. The Senate Judiciary Committee votes on Blanche’s nomination Tuesday, with the full Senate expected to vote later in the week. Blanche, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and acting attorney general since April, has been central in many of the administration’s most controversial episodes, including prosecutions of Trump opponents and the botched rollout of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
If confirmed, Blanche would entrench a culture...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 4, 2026
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- 13:09
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- 2 months ago
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- Who was Howard Zinn?
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- 1:22
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- 2 months ago
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- Dave Zirin's new book, "The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn," chronicles the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of "A People’s History of the United States."
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- Economic inequality drives migration from Morocco
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- 1:52
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- 2 months ago
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- Miriyam Aouragh, an anthropologist and the daughter of Moroccan immigrants to Europe, says the driving factors for the mass movement of people crossing from Morocco to Ceuta are a combination of shifting entry policies to Spain and increasing economic inequality in Morocco.
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- "The People's Historian": Dave Zirin's New Book Explores "Remarkable" Life of Howard Zinn
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- 15:52
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- 2 months ago
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We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation, about his new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn, chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States. For Zinn, says Zirin, "being an academic was always secondary to being in the streets and making history, not just studying history."
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- Death of Awdah Hathaleen: Report Details Settler Killing of "No Other Land" Producer in West Bank
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- 13:46
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- 2 months ago
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One year ago, an Israeli settler shot and killed the Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank. Hathaleen, an English teacher and father of three young children, played a key role in the production of the Oscar-winning documentary _No Other Land_, which follows Palestinians in the community of Masafer Yatta as they struggle to stay on their land amid violent attacks by Israeli settlers. A new report from the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq looks closely at the circumstances of his death and the culpability of his killer, Yinon Levi, who has yet to face any legal consequences for Hathaleen's death. Since October 7, 2023, about 1,100 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis in the West Bank, says Al-Haq's Tahseen Elayyan. "None of these [deaths have] been held accountable by the Israeli legal system, which tells us a lot. It tells us that the Israeli occupying forces and the Israe...
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- Why Did 60,000 Migrants Cross from Morocco into Spain's Ceuta? Moroccan Dutch Professor Explains
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- 13:48
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- 2 months ago
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An estimated 60,000 people from Morocco crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar, in an unprecedented mass movement last week. At least 72 people died during the attempt. The sudden influx of migrants overwhelmed the city's residents, leading to a humanitarian crisis while border police deployed water cannons, tear gas and warning shots to deter people from crossing. According to Spain's Interior Ministry, nearly all of the migrants returned to Morocco just a day later.
Miriyam Aouragh, an anthropologist and the daughter of Moroccan immigrants to Europe, says the driving factors for the mass movement are a combination of shifting entry policies to Spain and increasing economic inequality in Morocco that "has given a sort of empowering incentive to people to try to go to Spain" via Ceuta. The city, which is surrounded by Morocco along a five-mile-long b...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 3, 2026
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- 12:16
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- 2 months ago
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- Lake dries up in Switzerland
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- 0:38
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- 2 months ago
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- Record-breaking heatwaves in Europe have led to historic drought conditions, drying up lakes and waterways. The drought is already affecting farming, trade and energy production. Climate scientists warn that conditions will only worsen worldwide.
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- New Human Rights Watch report on U.S.-Ecuador military campaign
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- 0:47
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- 2 months ago
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- A new report by Human Rights Watch raises alarm over abuses on civilians as part of a joint U.S.-Ecuador military campaign under the government of the right-wing Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa.
"The Trump administration has deepened U.S. security cooperation with Ecuador," says Juanita Goebertus, director of the Americas division at Human Rights Watch. "None of the two governments have provided transparency about the nature of their security cooperation."
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- Rep. Max Miller accused of violence against women going back to high school
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio, who is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Miller's ex-wife Emily Moreno, daughter of Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, claims that Miller burned her by throwing hot water at her, held a gun to her head and fractured their 2-year-old daughter's collarbone.
Mother Jones obtained around 2,000 pages of court filings and police reports pertaining to Miller, which include allegations dating back to high school. "There is an established pattern of multiple women claiming that they were abused by Congressman Max Miller," says Abby Vesoulis, national politics reporter for Mother Jones.
Miller is also accused of abuse by former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who was in a relationship with Miller prior to his marriage to Moreno.
- Title
- "Digital Doppelgangers": Naomi Klein Corrects the Record on Viral AI-Generated Quote
- Runtime
- 3:52
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
During Thursday's live show, we shared a quote from author Naomi Klein that we later discovered was AI-generated. Klein has written about the fake quote and on her Substack, and joins Democracy Now! to discuss the growing difficulty of verifying oline information.
"These companies are creating digital doppelgangers of us, trying to monetize our identities," says Klein. "One wonders how we're ever going to get out of this house of mirrors unless companies are forced to label AI-generated work."
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- Title
- Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes
- Runtime
- 16:54
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
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- Title
- Naomi Klein corrects the record on viral AI-generated quote
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- During Thursday’s Democracy Now! segment about the risks of artificial intelligence, we shared a quote from author Naomi Klein that we later discovered was AI-generated.
“These companies are creating digital doppelgangers of us, trying to monetize our identities,” says Klein. “One wonders how we’re ever going to get out of this house of mirrors unless companies are forced to label AI-generated work.”
- Title
- "Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats": Mother Jones Exposé on Allegations Against GOP Rep. Max Miller
- Runtime
- 11:28
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Miller's ex-wife Emily Moreno, daughter of Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, claims that Miller burned her by throwing hot water at her, held a gun to her head and fractured their 2-year-old daughter's collarbone. Miller is also accused of abuse by former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who was in a relationship with Miller prior to his marriage to Moreno.
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- Title
- Rep. Ro Khanna on Blanche Nomination, Epstein Accountability and His Detention by Israeli Settlers
- Runtime
- 13:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
We speak to Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna about President Trump's attempt to nominate his personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, as Attorney General, accountability for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse and trafficking, Khanna's detention by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and more.
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- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 31, 2026
- Runtime
- 9:35
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
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- Title
- Haitians in U.S. lose protection from deportation
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The Haitian community is bracing for mass deportations after the Supreme Court last month sided with the Trump administration to end TPS, or Temporary Protected Status, for over 300,000 Haitians living in the United States.
Community advocate Vilès Dorsainvil says many people would love to return home, but the yearslong chaos and violence in Haiti means "they do not have a country to go back to."
- Title
- How activists pushed bank to divest from private prisons
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Citizens Bank has divested from CoreCivic and GEO Group, the two largest private prison companies that operate many immigration jails for ICE. The move comes amid sustained pressure by activists and after Jersey City pulled over $250 million of municipal funds from the bank, an effort led by Democratic Socialists on city council.
