NYPD Kills Bangladeshi Teen Win Rozario After He Calls 911 for Help, as His Mom Pleads for His Life
8:45amThe police fatal shooting of Win Rozario, a 19-year-old Bangladeshi teen who lived in Queens, New York, has set off protests and demands for justice from the family. Rozario had called 911 in late March asking for help as he experienced a mental health crisis,…The Killing of Roger Fortson: Police Shoot Dead Black Airman After Entering Wrong Home
8:32amWe speak with civil rights attorney Ben Crump about the police killing of Roger Fortson, a Black 23-year-old Air Force member who was fatally shot by a Florida police officer mere moments after opening the door of his apartment. Fortson’s family says the…"The Plan Is Genocide": Palestine's U.K. Ambassador Decries Israel's Attack on Gaza & U.S.…
8:17amIsrael is intensifying its war across the Gaza Strip, with the official death toll now over 35,000, including more than 14,500 children. More than 360,000 Palestinians have now been displaced from Rafah as Israeli forces ramp up their attacks there despite…Headlines for May 13, 2024
8:00amDeath Toll in Gaza Tops 35,000 as Israel Intensifies Attack from Rafah to Northern Gaza, Walkouts, Disruptions & Encampments Mark Graduation Ceremonies as Campus Protests for Gaza Continue, State Dept. Report Finds Israel Likely Violated International and U.S.…"Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors": Play Tells Story of 2017 London Apartment Fire That Killed 72
Fri 8:45amThe play Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors, which is being staged this week in Brooklyn, tells the story of the 2017 apartment fire at Grenfell Tower in London that killed 72 people. It was the worst fire in Britain since World War II, and survivors blamed…Playwright Gillian Slovo: I Grew Up in Apartheid South Africa. I Saw the Same Thing in Palestine
Fri 8:39amGaza solidarity encampments, which started on U.S. college campuses, have now spread worldwide as students call on their educational institutions to divest from companies profiting from Israeli apartheid and occupation. The uprising echoes the anti-apartheid…Senate Candidate Larry Hamm on '70s Anti-Apartheid Protests at Princeton and Voting "Uncommitted" in…
Fri 8:29amLarry Hamm is chair of the People’s Organization for Progress and a Princeton alumnus who took part in protests at the school in the 1970s to call for divestment from apartheid South Africa. He visited the Princeton student encampment earlier this week and…"We Feel Unheard": Hunger-Striking Princeton Students Vow to Fast Until Divestment Demands Are Met
Fri 8:22amOver a dozen students at Princeton University have been on hunger strike for the past week as part of a Gaza solidarity encampment on campus protesting Israel’s war on Gaza and calling on the university to disclose and divest from companies with ties to…12 Arrested Outside NYC's New School as First Faculty-Led Gaza Solidarity Encampment Continues
Fri 8:12amThe first faculty-led Gaza solidarity encampment in the United States was launched Wednesday at The New School in New York City, where nearly two dozen professors and lecturers pitched tents inside the lobby of the university’s main building on Fifth…Headlines for May 10, 2024
Fri 8:00am100,000 Palestinians Flee Rafah as Israel Pummels Region from the Sky, Keeps Border Shut, UNRWA Closes East Jerusalem HQ After Israeli Arson Attack, Campus Uprising: Hunger Strike at Princeton, Arrests at UPenn, Victory at Sacramento State, Protests in Sweden…Indian PM Narendra Modi Runs on "Hatred and Demonization" of Muslims in World's Largest Election
Thu 8:46amMillions of voters in India are casting their ballots in the third of seven phases in the country’s mammoth general election. The election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP party against an alliance of more than two dozen opposition…Pulitzer Winner Nathan Thrall on Israel's "System of Domination" and Biden Pausing Bomb Shipment
Thu 8:23amJerusalem-based journalist and author Nathan Thrall has been awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. It tells the story of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank…Aid Worker in Gaza: "To Say There's Not an Incursion in Rafah Right Now Is Patently False"
Thu 8:12amTens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are fleeing Rafah as Israeli airstrikes and shelling hammer the eastern part of the city. Fuel, food, medicine and other supplies have been cut off following Israel’s seizure and closure of the border crossing with…Headlines for May 9, 2024
Thu 8:00amIsrael “Chokes Off Aid” to Gaza, Rains Down More Bombs on Rafah as Families Have Nowhere to Go, Biden Says U.S. Will Cut Off Some Weapons to Israel If It Goes Further into Rafah, Protesters Greet Biden During Chicago Campaign Stop; Hostage Families Clash…Mistrial: Abu Ghraib Survivors Detail Torture in Case Against U.S. Military Contractor
Wed 8:48amA historic case against U.S. military contractor CACI brought by three Iraqi survivors of torture at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq ended in mistrial in Virginia last week after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. The lawsuit against CACI…60+ Journalism Profs Demand Investigation into Controversial NYT Article Alleging Mass Rape on Oct.…
Wed 8:31amA group of more than 60 journalism professors has written to The New York Times calling on the paper to commission an independent review of its report that members of Hamas committed widespread sexual violence on October 7. Numerous media outlets, as well as…Meet Students at 4 Colleges Where Gaza Protests Win Concessions, Incl. Considering Israel Divestment
Wed 8:11amAs students around the country set up Gaza solidarity encampments on their campuses, many universities have called in police who have arrested students and dismantled the sites. But students at a number of colleges have managed to negotiate agreements where…Headlines for May 8, 2024
Wed 8:00amU.N. Warns Gaza Could Run Out of Fuel & Drinking Water After Israel Seized Rafah Crossing, Biden Withholds 3,500 Bombs from Israel, But U.S. Approves Another $827M for Israel, Families of Israeli Hostages Urge Netanyahu to End War on Gaza, Police Raid…"Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism": Police "Body-Slam" Jewish Dartmouth Prof. at Campus Gaza Protest
Tue 8:47amGaza solidarity protests continue at college campuses across the nation — as does the police crackdown. This comes as more than 50 chapters of the American Association of University Professors have issued a statement condemning the violent arrests by police…Report from Rafah: Israel Seizes Border Crossing, Blocking Humanitarian Aid, as Ceasefire Talks…
Tue 8:33amIn Rafah, we speak with Gaza-based journalist Akram al-Satarri about Israel tightening restrictions on humanitarian aid, refusing a ceasefire deal and planning to invade the city where over a million Palestinians are sheltering. Israel’s military seized…Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Pressure on Israel Is Key to Lasting Gaza Ceasefire
Tue 8:11amEven after Hamas accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal Monday, Israeli forces moved in with tanks to seize the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Israel says the ceasefire deal falls short of its demands, and Hamas has called for “international intervention.” Former…Headlines for May 7, 2024
Tue 8:00amIsrael Begins Ground Invasion of Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Ceasefire, Israel Used U.S. Weapons in Lebanon Attack That Killed 7 Health Workers, Students Continue Gaza Solidarity Protests, Defying Arrests, Suspensions, Harvard and MIT Students Defy Deadlines…Revolt on Campus: Protests over Gaza Disrupt Graduation Ceremonies as Police Crack Down on…
May 6, 2024, 8:47 amPolice have now arrested more than 2,500 students at pro-Palestine protests across the U.S., yet students continue to call for an end to the war on Gaza and universities’ investment in companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestine. We speak to…"They Are Starving," Says Doctor Back from Gaza; World Food Programme Warns North in "Full-Blown…
May 6, 2024, 8:29 amThe World Food Programme is warning northern Gaza has reached a “full-blown” famine that is spreading south. This comes after the Israeli military has spent months blocking the entry of vital aid into Gaza, attacking humanitarian aid convoys and opening…"Criminal Act": Israel Bans Al Jazeera, Largest Int'l News Org. in Gaza, Ahead of Rafah Invasion
May 6, 2024, 8:11 amAs the death toll in Gaza soars to more than 34,700, Israeli authorities have taken Al Jazeera off the air in Israel and ordered Palestinians in eastern Rafah to evacuate ahead of an Israeli offensive. “The Israeli government is trying to conceal what’s…Headlines for May 6, 2024
May 6, 2024, 8:00 amIsrael Denounced for Ordering Displaced Palestinians in Rafah to Evacuate Again, Campus Gaza Protests Keep Spreading Despite Police Crackdown; 2,500+ Arrested So Far, Evergreen State College Agrees to Work Toward Divesting from Israel, Education Dept.…"Dead on Arrival": Doctors Back from Gaza Describe Horrific Hospital Scenes, Decimated Health System
May 3, 2024, 8:38 amNearly seven months of constant bombardment, siege and obstruction of aid deliveries have annihilated the healthcare system in Gaza. Last week, the Palestinian Health Ministry said that around 600,000 Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip no longer have…"This Militaristic Approach Has Been a Failure": Meet Hala Rharrit, First U.S. Diplomat to Quit over…
May 3, 2024, 8:13 amDemocracy Now! speaks with Hala Rharrit, the first State Department diplomat to publicly resign over the Biden administration’s policies backing Israel’s assault and siege of the Gaza Strip. Rharrit is an 18-year career diplomat who served as the…Headlines for May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024, 8:00 amIsrael Continues Air Assault on Rafah, Killing Young Children, Ahead of Its Planned Ground Invasion, Palestinian Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh Dies in Israeli Prison; Released Detainee Describes Horror of Arrest, ICC Warns Netanyahu’s Comments Threaten “Independence…"Workers Have Power": Thousands Rally in NYC for May Day, Call for Solidarity with Palestine
May 2, 2024, 8:55 amWorkers around the world rallied Wednesday to mark May Day, with many calling on the labor movement to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. In New York, Democracy Now! spoke to demonstrators who demanded that U.S. unions apply political pressure for…
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