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Andrew Tate faces new rape and sex trafficking charges
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- Andrew Tate faces new rape and sex trafficking charges
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- 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."
Heidi Blake's recent investigation for The New Yorker, "Andrew Tate's Empire of Abuse," documents the brothers' systematic exploitation of women over the past decade.
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- Trump Says Images of Bombed Iran School Could Be "AI" But Study Confirms U.S. Killed 140+ in Strike
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- 16:54
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On February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, missiles landed on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the Iranian city of Minab, in a civilian area near the Strait of Hormuz. At least 121 schoolchildren were killed along with 26 teachers. Forensic Architecture and Sky News analyzed the attack, finding that the neighborhood was bombed a second time while families and rescuers were still on the ground. The Trump administration has repeatedly refused to take responsibility for the school strike, with President Trump even suggesting that images of the destruction were AI-generated.
"There were images and videos available from the time of the strikes," says Samaneh Moafi, assistant director of research at Forensic Architecture. "A second wave of strikes hit, and it's in these ones that we do see the profile of a Tomahawk. And the only party within the war that has this missile is the U.S."...
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- "Empire of Abuse": MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges
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- 23:27
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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 early last year after White House officials reportedly took an interest in their case.
"Andrew Tate has become a really important political force for the MAGA movement," explains Heidi Blake, a reporter for The New Yorker. Despite the Tate brothers' popularity with prominent figures in the U.S. right wing, including Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk, Blake says the fact that the extradition request has been greenl...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 22, 2026
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- 14:30
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- 3 months ago
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- Huda Asfour performs at Democracy Now!
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- 2:49
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- 3 months ago
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- Palestinian musician Huda Asfour performs at Democracy Now!
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- Can Mamdani arrest Netanyahu?
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- 0:55
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- 3 months ago
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- Can Mayor Zohran Mamdani really arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he travels to New York City later this year?
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- Flock Cameras: ACLU Raises Alarm About Nationwide Surveillance Database
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- 11:05
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- 3 months ago
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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 local law enforcement. Because Flock’s indiscriminate system records information on all cars and drivers that pass its cameras, “we have a company working to record the comings and goings of every single person in the country,” in what Marlow calls “a very un-American take on privacy.”
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- What Spain's Victory Means: Jules Boykoff on the World Cup, FIFA, Trump, "Collectivity" & More
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- 13:45
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The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup has concluded, with Spain defeating Argentina to claim the coveted title. Spain’s national team players accepted the championship trophy at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino and his close ally, United States President Donald Trump. Former professional soccer player Jules Boykoff, now a scholar who studies the political dimensions of the sport, joins us to discuss the various controversies that swirled around this year’s tournament, held in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. this past month.
“While many of us were engrossed in this World Cup, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramped up its violent deportation machine,” says Boykoff. “And so, the World Cup helped Trump advance his agenda. It deflected attention from a lot of people away from his brutal immigration program, and it sets him up well to do the same in Los Angeles i...
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- As the U.S. Commits War Crimes in Iran, Trump Admin Vows to Dismantle International Criminal Court
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- 18:58
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- 3 months ago
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As the Trump administration carries out its campaign against the International Criminal Court, imposing wide-reaching sanctions on judges, prosecutors and groups who have accused Israel of war crimes in front of the international tribunal, we’re joined by veteran war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody. Brody says that the U.S. government’s rejection of the ICC’s jurisdiction is not about “American sovereignty,” as the Trump administration claims, but about “impunity,” for both U.S. allies, like Israel, and the U.S. itself. “Marco Rubio knows that bombing Iran without Security Council authorization constitutes aggression under the U.N. Charter,” says Brody. “This is an insurance policy against accountability for crimes that the Trump administration is committing in plain sight.”
Brody also responds to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s statements that his office may attempt to carr...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 21, 2026
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- 12:27
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- 3 months ago
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- Rep. Al Green on fighting the "common enemy" of racism
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- 1:50
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- 3 months ago
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- Congressmember Al Green, who represents parts of Houston, says the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is a grim reminder that racism "is the common enemy for Latinos and African Americans." He calls for solidarity in the face of efforts to "divide" the communities "to keep us at odds with each other."
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- Iran strikes at massive U.S. military footprint in Middle East
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- 1:39
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- 3 months ago
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- The sprawling U.S. military footprint in the Middle East gives Iran ample targets as it retaliates for the Trump administration's escalating attacks, says historian Toby Jones.
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- Houston mourns Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, killed by ICE
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- 1:43
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- 3 months ago
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- The community in Houston is still reeling from the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican father fatally shot during a traffic stop July 7. "He's Houston's dad," a mourner told Democracy Now!
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- Nearly 1,000 Wildfires in Canada Continue to Burn as Trump & Carney Double Down on Fossil Fuels
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- 7:27
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- 3 months ago
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Millions of people across North America have experienced hazardous air pollution this month as nearly a thousand active wildfires continue to rage in Canada. In addition to releasing hazardous chemicals and smoke darkening skies across the continent, the fires in Canada have also disproportionately impacted Indigenous communities, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. Republican politicians have been loath to acknowledge the role of the climate crisis in making extreme weather events like this more frequent and intense, instead blaming Canadian officials for poor forest management. President Donald Trump has even threatened to impose new tariffs on Canada over the record levels of hazardous air.
Independent Canadian journalist Rachel Gilmore says that while Trump’s comments are “extremely offensive” to people in the country, Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney’s policies — while acknowl...
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- Texas Rep. Al Green Accuses Trump Admin of Attempting to Cover Up ICE Killings
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- 10:07
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As calls mount for accountability over the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Al Green, who represents Texas’s 9th Congressional District. He demands an independent investigation into the shooting to stop “an attempt to cover up” the killing by the Trump administration.
Democratic lawmakers led by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will hold a public hearing in Houston on Friday to gather testimony from community members about Salgado Araujo’s killing. Green, one of the longest-serving Black members in Congress, highlights the importance of solidarity between different communities facing oppression.
“Invidious discrimination is the common enemy for Latinos and African Americans, and we have to confront this common enemy together,” says Green. “We cannot allow people to segregate us.”
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- "Justice for Lorenzo": Houston Community Demands Accountability After ICE Killing of Mexican Father
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- 17:04
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- 3 months ago
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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 city’s immigrant communities, Salgado Araujo was “Houston’s dad,” representative of their own families and not a dangerous criminal as the government has tried to portray him.
“He looks just like all of our parents. He has the same story, the same American dream,” a resident named Sonia told Democracy Now!
“We are demanding justice for Lorenzo, but it’s not just that,...
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- U.S. Escalates War on Iran, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure as 3 U.S. Soldiers Are Killed
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- 10:21
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- 3 months ago
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The United States is expanding its attacks on Iran after three U.S. soldiers were killed over the weekend, the first U.S. fatalities in the conflict since March. Two U.S. service members were killed in an Iranian attack on a base in Jordan, and a third soldier was killed in northern Iraq during a “controlled detonation” of a downed Iranian drone. The United States has now bombed Iran for nine consecutive nights, and Iran has retaliated by striking U.S. allies across the Persian Gulf. The war, which has led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has squeezed global supplies of oil and gas.
“The United States has considerable violence at its disposal, but it has limited political capacity to dictate terms,” says Toby Jones, associate professor of Middle East history at Rutgers University. Jones says that while the United States has tried to “inflict pain” on Iranian civilians in ...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 20, 2026
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- 10:57
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- 3 months ago
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- Mahmoud Khalil sues over "conspiracy" to silence Palestinian activism
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- 1:18
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- 3 months ago
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- Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing top Trump administration officials and pro-Israel groups for conspiring to suppress his constitutional right to free speech. Khalil was detained by ICE last year and still faces the threat of deportation because of his advocacy for Palestinian rights.
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- Calls mount to boycott The Odyssey
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- 1:51
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- 3 months ago
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- Hollywood's blockbuster adaptation of the ancient Greek epic “The Odyssey” premieres around the world today amid growing calls for a boycott. Human rights campaigners are criticizing director Christopher Nolan over his decision to film part of the film in Western Sahara, a vast territory in northwestern Africa that Morocco has occupied for the past half-century.
Abidin Mohamed Hamudi, a Sahrawi filmmaker speaking to Democracy Now! from Algeria, says he cannot return to his home in Western Sahara, but Nolan "can just go there and film and be complicit in the occupation of my homeland." He calls it "a metaphor of how the Western world uses human rights, democracy narratives whenever they want, and then ignore it in other parts of the world."
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- Trump admin to crack down on leftist groups
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- 2:36
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- 3 months ago
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- Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top White House adviser Stephen Miller are pushing for a global crackdown on leftist organizations. The State Department on Thursday hosted a summit "on the resurgence of political terrorism," where Miller described efforts to "disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest and prosecute these political terrorists that are operating in our country." Rubio announced the U.S. would soon designate more left-wing groups as terrorist organizations.
Also on Thursday, the State Department announced new visa restrictions targeting what it calls "members of Far-Left Terrorist and other aligned groups."
Former FBI special agent Mike German warns the State Department is attacking “people who are engaging in activities that are not criminal,” similarly to when it targeted Muslim people and groups during the so-called war on terror.
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- Funeral held in Houston for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
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- 1:16
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- 3 months ago
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- Hundreds of community members gathered in Houston on Thursday evening for a public viewing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican man shot and killed by an ICE agent on July 7.
His sons stood by their father's casket for hours greeting mourners who wore blue, Salgado Araujo's favorite color. A mariachi band played, and several altars adorned the chapel: One table held Salgado Araujo's construction tools and hard hats, while another displayed two of his Mexico soccer jerseys. Photos and videos of some of the family's most joyful moments were projected in the background.
"Looking back at history, it brought back memories of Emmett Till, when his mom also let the community grieve with them," said Cesar Espinosa, a local immigrant rights activist with FIEL Houston. "She wanted to show the world what they had done to her son, and I think today, this family also wanted to show the world what they had done to them."
Reporting by María Iné...
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- Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Faces Boycott Calls over Filming in Occupied Western Sahara
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- 9:53
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Hollywood's blockbuster adaptation of the ancient Greek epic The Odyssey premieres around the world today amid growing calls for a boycott. Human rights campaigners are criticizing director Christopher Nolan over his decision to film part of the film in Western Sahara, a vast territory in northwestern Africa that Morocco has occupied for the past half-century.
"This occupying force is practicing cultural genocide against the Sahrawi people, ethnic cleansing," says María Carrión, the executive director of the Western Sahara International Film Festival. "By staying silent for one year and then using this footage, Nolan has basically become an accomplice to Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara."
Abidin Mohamed Hamudi, a Sahrawi filmmaker speaking to _Democracy Now!_ from Algeria, says he cannot return to his home in Western Sahara, but Nolan "can just go there and film and be complicit i...
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- "Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest & Prosecute": Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups
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- 10:46
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- 3 months ago
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top White House adviser Stephen Miller are pushing for a global crackdown on leftist organizations. The State Department on Thursday hosted a summit "on the resurgence of political terrorism," where Miller described the left as "enemies of civilization" and described efforts to "disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest and prosecute these political terrorists that are operating in our country." Rubio announced the U.S. would soon designate more left-wing groups as terrorist organizations. Also on Thursday, the State Department announced new visa restrictions targeting what it calls "members of Far-Left Terrorist and other aligned groups."
"They're putting political groups in the United States and abroad on the same footing as groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS," says independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, who has been closely following the Trump administration's desi...
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- Report from Houston: Family of ICE Shooting Victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Holds Public Viewing
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- 6:41
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Hundreds of community members gathered in Houston on Thursday evening for a public viewing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican man shot and killed by an ICE agent on July 7. His sons stood by their father's casket for hours greeting mourners who wore blue, Salgado Araujo's favorite color. A mariachi band played, and several altars adorned the chapel: One table held Salgado Araujo's construction tools and hard hats, while another displayed two of his Mexico soccer jerseys. Photos and videos of some of the family's most joyful moments were projected in the background.
Democracy Now!'s María Inés Taracena spoke to some of the attendees outside of the funeral home. "Looking back at history, it brought back memories of Emmett Till, when his mom also let the community grieve with them," said Cesar Espinosa, a local immigrant rights activist. "She wanted to show the world what they had don...
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- Trump's Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference: Ari Berman
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- 11:51
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- 3 months ago
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In a primetime address on Thursday, President Trump accused China of meddling in U.S. elections in his latest effort to spread doubt about the U.S. voting system ahead of the midterm elections in November. Trump announced he was declassifying documents that show what he called "shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure," but offered no evidence that China or any other country directly interfered with recent elections.
"If Trump was trying to build … a smoking gun case that the 2020 election was stolen, he failed miserably," says Ari Berman, the national voting rights correspondent for _Mother Jones_. "I am still very concerned that this speech is intended to lay the groundwork for the administration to interfere in the midterms."
Berman argues that U.S. elections are "secure" and that results are "audited extensively at the state level" and reviewed at the federal level. ...
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- Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord & Black Panther, Dies at 78
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- 6:14
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Lifelong activist, organizer and educator Denise Oliver-Vélez has died at the age of 78. She was a central figure in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s and was the first woman elected to the Young Lords Central Committee, a radical Puerto Rican human rights group modeled on the Black Panther Party, which Oliver-Vélez was also a member of. She later became the first Black female program director in public radio and taught at SUNY New Paltz.
As a founding member of the Young Lords, _Democracy Now!_'s Juan González worked alongside Oliver-Vélez. "She helped develop many of [the Young Lords'] Serve the People programs and helped to shape and write some of the key literature we produced back then," says González, adding that "Denise was never afraid to speak her mind, to challenge authority and to tell her comrades what they needed to hear — not what they wanted to hear — and she a...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 17, 2026
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- 9:16
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- 3 months ago
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- Testosterone for soldiers: Gender-affirming care?
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- 0:58
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- 3 months ago
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- Last year, Defense Secretary Hegseth ordered a halt to all gender-affirming medical procedures for military servicemembers and banned openly trans people from service. Now, he's ordered testosterone testing and offering testosterone replacement therapy for servicemembers aged 30 and over.
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- Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s brother faces deportation
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- 1:16
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- 3 months ago
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- After ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, last week, they quickly arrested three witnesses: the other men that the 52-year-old father of three was driving to work. The three men, including Salgado Araujo’s younger brother Victor, are now being detained by ICE and threatened with deportation.
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- Earthjustice Sues to Block Trump's Move to Gut Endangered Species Act
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- 4:33
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The Trump administration has introduced a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, a bedrock of successful U.S. wildlife conservation for more than 50 years, dramatically weakening its power to protect natural habitats and opening vulnerable lands to real estate development, oil drilling and other extractive industries. A coalition of conservation groups is suing the Trump administration over the rule change. They are represented by the environmental law group Earthjustice and senior attorney Ben Levitan, who calls this latest Trump administration attack on the environment "a total repudiation of the premise that endangered species need places to have shelter, to have food, to raise their young."
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- A "Forever War" in Iran? Ali Vaez on Escalating War, U.S. "Diplomatic Malpractice"
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- 10:02
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Has the United States launched a forever war on Iran? As the Trump administration renews its attacks on Iran, killing at least 35 civilians over the course of five days, political analyst Ali Vaez warns that the U.S. is inciting potentially never-ending "cycles of violence" with its manipulations of the diplomatic process. The U.S.'s unilateral renunciation of the "memorandum of understanding" as a "pretext for another round of war" has further eroded trust between the countries, says Vaez. "There is really no military solution," he concludes. "The best solution is for both sides to agree to return to the MOU and to respect its terms."
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- Victor Salgado Araujo Saw ICE Kill His Brother in Texas — He Is Now Detained, Faces Deportation
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- 9:36
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- 3 months ago
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After ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, last week, they quickly arrested three witnesses: the other men that the 52-year-old father of three was driving to work. The three men, including Salgado Araujo's younger brother Victor, are now being detained by ICE and threatened with deportation.
"There is a Trump militia roaming our streets, our towns, our cities, killing people regardless of immigration status with absolutely no accountability. … They are either not getting training or getting training to shoot directly at people, to murder people, in the streets," says Congressmember Pramila Jayapal, explaining that the three incarcerated witnesses must be protected from deportation for at least as long as they can provide information for the investigations on Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's killing. Victor Salgado Araujo "wants to be accessible as a witness, and it's reall...
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- Todd Blanche Is "Not Fit" to Be AG, from Epstein Files to Trump's $1.8B Slush Fund: Rep. Jayapal
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- 13:21
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- 3 months ago
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Confirmation hearings are underway for President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, his personal attorney Todd Blanche. Blanche is mired in a number of controversies, most notably his mishandling of the administration's release of the Epstein files while serving as deputy attorney general under Pam Bondi. Washington state Representative Pramila Jayapal, who is co-sponsoring a bill to allow Epstein survivors whose identifying information was improperly publicized by the Department of Justice to sue the federal government for damages, says "Todd Blanche was responsible" for the breach. "He really wanted to discourage anyone else from coming forward with more information. … It's [a] big reason why he shouldn't be the attorney general." Jayapal also discusses the Department of Justice's surveillance of herself and other legislators who viewed Epstein-related documents and Blanche's longstanding personal a...
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 16, 2026
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- 11:41
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- U.S. strikes Iran for fifth consecutive day
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- 0:22
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- 3 months ago
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- The United States has bombed Iran for a fifth consecutive day. In retaliation, Iran attacked Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.
At least 35 civilians have been killed by U.S. attacks in recent days, according to Iranian authorities.
Iran's military has warned that if President Trump follows through on his threat to strike civilian infrastructure, it would strike infrastructure across the Gulf.
The Trump administration's internal estimate of the cost of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has soared to as much as $100 billion, according to U.S. officials who spoke with NBC News on Tuesday. Independent estimates are higher.
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- Jasper Nathaniel on settler violence in the occupied West Bank
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- 1:55
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- 3 months ago
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- Independent journalist Jasper Nathaniel was among a group of journalists attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. He says the U.S. ambassador is well aware of the settler violence in the area but has done nothing to protect U.S. citizens, including the many Palestinian Americans whose lands are under threat.
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- “Block the Merger”: California AG Rob Bonta on 12 States Suing to Stop Paramount-Warner Mega Deal
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- 7:35
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- 3 months ago
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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 the Ellisons. The states’ lawsuit comes after the Trump administration approved the megamerger last month.
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- Israeli Settlers Attack Convoy of Journalists & Father of Palestinian American Killed 1 Year Ago
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- 11:49
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- 3 months ago
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Independent journalist and Palestine solidarity activist Adele Shoko, who was in one of the cars, says the attack is part of an “unprecedented” escalation of settler activity in the occupied West Bank, taking place in so-called Area A, which is nominally under the full control of the Palestinian Authority. “Area C is almost entirely ethnically cleansed by the settlers backed by the Israeli state, and they moved to Area B, attacking big villages. But Area A is another level.”
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- Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Admin, Pro-Israel Groups for Conspiracy to Suppress Speech
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- 20:40
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- 3 months ago
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We speak with Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil about his lawsuit against top Trump administration officials, two pro-Israel groups and a conservative think tank for conspiring to suppress his constitutional right to free speech.
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- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 14, 2026
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- 13:58
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- 3 months ago
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- Title
- “Vote her out”: Susan Collins under fire after Maine ICE shooting
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- After the ICE killing of Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, immigrants' rights are set to play an even bigger role in Maine's upcoming Senate election. Will outcry over Durán Guerrero's death be enough to push longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins out of office?
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- Latino civil rights leader on killings and detention of Latino men
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Just days after the killing of a Mexican immigrant in Texas, immigration agents fatally shot another immigrant, also driving to work, this time in a small town in southern Maine. The shocking killings come as immigration detention numbers soar to record highs under the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda.
"They are targeting Latino men," says Juan Proaño, CEO of LULAC, the largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization in the United States. "They were hunting Latinos."
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- 26-year-old Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero killed in Maine
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, the 26-year-old father of a 3-year-old daughter, was shot and killed by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine on Monday. Here's what we know so far.
- Title
- Ari Berman on Trump's Attack on Elections Ahead of Midterms
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- 7:52
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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We get an update on elections and voting rights in the United States from Mother Jones's national voting rights correspondent, Ari Berman, who warns of President Donald Trump's escalating attempts to "try to claim dictatorial power" and commit an "unprecedented intervention" into the 2026 midterm elections. Whether it takes the form of claims of foreign interference, canceling mail-in voting or requiring proof of citizenship, "[t]he bottom line here is they keep lying about the 2020 election so that they can justify massive interference in the 2026 election," says Berman. "That's something that we all need to be very vigilant about."
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- Title
- ICE Kills 25-Year-Old Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine
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- 17:02
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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Just days after the killing of a Mexican immigrant in Texas, immigration agents fatally shot another immigrant, also driving to work, this time in a small town in southern Maine. Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, originally from Colombia, was 25 years old and the father of a 3-year-old daughter. He was reportedly authorized to work in the United States, had been issued a Social Security number and was not the target of any warrant. The Department of Homeland Security has defended the shooting, saying that ICE fired on Durán Guerrero in his car out of fear for "public safety." Witnesses say they say they saw agents dragging Durán Guerrero from the car after the shooting as he told them that he had been trying to "stop."
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- "They Were Hunting for Latinos": ICE Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston
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- 15:29
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
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Outcry is continuing over the ICE shooting death of 52-year-old Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in a majority-Latino neighborhood in Houston, Texas, last week. Events pieced together by eyewitness videos and texts sent by the agents involved in Araujo's killing suggest that agents largely ignored Araujo's cries for help after he was shot. "They really just strung him along for hours until finally sending him to the hospital," says Juan Proaño, CEO of LULAC, the largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization in the United States. Houston police have begun investigating the shooting as a homicide, "but my expectation is that their investigation will similarly be hampered by DHS," says Proaño. "I don't believe there will be justice here. There's no way to bring him back."
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- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 14, 2026
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- 15:01
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Title
- Why U.S. public opinion toward Israel has shifted
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “There’s been a seismic shift in American views of Israel over the past four or five years.” says Palestinian American historian Rashid Khalidi. “The biggest part of the shift was obviously triggered by the live-streamed genocide in Gaza, the fact that people were able to see with their own eyes what was actually happening, instead of the carefully curated, lying description that the Israeli government fed to complacent American journalists who repeated it verbatim on CNN and in The New York Times and in other mainstream media.”
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- Justice Department subpoenas four New York Times journalists
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- The Department of Justice subpoenaed four journalists at The New York Times on Friday night after they reported President Trump’s new Air Force One lacked key security features, including advanced anti-missile capabilities.
“Today they come for The New York Times, and tomorrow they’re going to come for other news organizations and other journalists,” says Drop Site News co-founder Jeremy Scahhill.
