"The Supreme Court Is a Product of Minority Rule": Author Ari Berman on America's Undemocratic…
Fri 8:41amWe speak with journalist and author Ari Berman about his new book, Minority Rule, which details how the United States has since its founding privileged the rights and interests of a small elite over the needs of the majority. He outlines how, for the first…"People Are Going to Die": Supreme Court Case on Idaho Abortion Ban Threatens ER Care Across U.S.
Fri 8:29amThe Supreme Court heard arguments this week about the legality of Idaho’s near-total abortion ban, which criminalizes the procedure in all circumstances unless the life of the parent is at risk. It’s the first such case to reach the high court since the…Atlanta Police Violently Arrest Emory Students & Faculty to Clear Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Fri 8:11amAs a wave of student protests against Israel’s war on Gaza continues to spread from coast to coast, schools and law enforcement have responded with increasing brutality to campus encampments. One of the most violent police crackdowns took place at Emory…Headlines for April 26, 2024
Fri 8:00amUSC Cancels Commencement Ceremony Amid Mounting Campus Unrest, Police Crackdown on Emory and Other Schools Won’t Deter Students Protesting for Palestinian Rights, Rafah Under Incessant Israeli Attacks Ahead of Anticipated Ground Invasion, New York Court…Hundreds Arrested: Students Across U.S. Protest for Palestine as Campus Crackdown Intensifies
Thu 8:51amStudent protests calling for university divestment from Israel and the U.S. arms industry have rocked campuses from coast to coast. The nonviolent protests, which have been characterized as “antisemitic” for their criticism of Israel, have been met with an…Amnesty International: Global Breakdown of Int'l Law Amid Flagrant War Crimes in Gaza & Beyond
Thu 8:27amAmnesty International has released its annual report assessing human rights in 155 countries. The report highlights Israel’s assault on Gaza with evidence of war crimes continuing to mount, as well as U.S. failures to denounce rights violations committed by…Bodies Recovered at Mass Graves in Nasser Hospital Bear Signs of Torture, Mutilation & Execution
Thu 8:12amAt least 320 bodies have been discovered buried in a mass grave at the destroyed Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, just weeks after a similar mass grave containing up to 400 bodies was discovered amid the ruins of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Some of…Headlines for April 25, 2024
Thu 8:00amBiden Signs $95B in Foreign Aid, as New Report Details U.S. Weapons Transfer Violates Int’l Law, WFP Renews Famine Warning in Gaza, Where 70% of North Faces Catastrophic Hunger, Aid Groups Warns Lebanon on “Brink of Imploding” After Months of…Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister: Deliberate U.S. Policy of "Destroying Cuban Economy" Drives Migration
Wed 8:42amWe speak with Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, about high-level U.S.-Cuban migration talks held last week in Washington. He says U.S. policies that expedite permanent residency for Cubans in the United States play a…Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup HQ in NYC to Demand Banking Giant Stop Funding Fossil Fuels
Wed 8:32amHundreds of climate activists gathered at the global headquarters of Citigroup in New York on Wednesday to demand the banking giant stop financing fossil fuel companies. The protests come on the heels of a first-of-its-kind Earth Day hearing where…Months Ago State Dept. Panel Exposed Israeli Units' Rights Abuses, But U.S. Arms Keep Flowing
Wed 8:25amMonths ago, a State Department panel urged the Biden administration to disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid over serious human rights abuses, including rape and torture. According to ProPublica, Secretary of State…Naomi Klein: Jews Must Raise Their Voices for Palestine, Oppose the "False Idol of Zionism"
Wed 8:15amThousands of Jewish Americans and allies gathered in Brooklyn on Tuesday for a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover, held just a block from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, to protest ongoing U.S.…"Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel": 100s Arrested at Jewish-Led Protest Near Schumer's…
Wed 8:12amHundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the…Headlines for April 24, 2024
Wed 8:00amSenate OKs $95 Billion for Ukraine, Israel & Taiwan, U.S. Refuses to Back U.N. Calls for Probe into Mass Graves at Gaza Hospitals, Seder in the Streets: Hundreds Arrested in Brooklyn Protesting U.S. Arming of Israel, Crackdown Continues on College Campuses…Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey on UAW's Astounding Victory in VW Tennessee & Her Fight Against Cancer
Tue 8:47amDemocracy Now! speaks with the great labor organizer and writer Jane McAlevey about the historic victory for Volkswagen employees at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory who voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union. The plant will become the…Juan González Reflects on Historic 1968 Columbia Protests & Crackdown on Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Tue 8:39amFifty-six years ago today, hundreds of students at Columbia University in New York started a revolt on campus, occupying school buildings and disrupting class to protest the school’s ties to the Vietnam War and racism in New York. Democracy Now! co-host Juan…Pro-Palestinian Campus Encampments Spread Nationwide Amid Mass Arrests at Columbia, NYU & Yale
Tue 8:16amPalestinian solidarity protests and encampments are appearing on college campuses from Massachusetts to California to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza and to call for divestment from Israeli apartheid. This week, police have raided encampments and arrested…Headlines for April 23, 2024
Tue 8:00amMore Bodies Uncovered at Nasser Hospital Grave as U.N. Warns of Intergenerational Trauma in Gaza, U.N. Commission Says Israel Still Has Not Provided Evidence of Oct. 7 Allegations Against UNRWA, Gaza Solidarity Encampments and Protests Burgeon Across College…"Enormous Expansion of the Law": James Bamford on FISA Extension, U.S.-Israel Data Sharing
Mon 8:49amPresident Biden has signed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act despite years of protest from rights groups and privacy experts who say the law is routinely used to conduct warrantless surveillance on millions of…"Collective Punishment": As Gaza Assault Continues, Israel Ramps Up Violence in Occupied West Bank
Mon 8:38amAs the death toll in Gaza tops 34,000 Palestinians killed since October 7, Israeli forces and settlers have continued to ramp up violence in the occupied West Bank. The army killed at least 14 people during a two-day raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp near the…"No Due Process": Columbia Prof. Mamdani Slams Arrests & Suspension of Students at Gaza Protests
Mon 8:28amWe speak with Mahmood Mamdani, a professor of government at Columbia who has spoken with many of the pro-Palestine protesters camping out on school grounds to show solidarity with Gaza and demand the school divest from Israel. He says there is growing outrage…Historic Gaza Protests at Columbia U. Enter Day 6; Campus Protests Spread Across Country
Mon 8:15amColumbia University canceled in-person classes Monday as campus protests over the war in Gaza enter a sixth day. The protests have swelled after the school administration called in the police to clear a student encampment last week, resulting in over 100…Headlines for April 22, 2024
Mon 8:00amHouse Approves $95B in Foreign Military Funding, Incl. Another $26B for Israel, Gaza: Over 200 Bodies, Including Children, Found in Mass Grave at Nasser Hospital, “She Came Out an Orphan”: Doctors Deliver Child of Pregnant Gazan Killed in Israeli Strike,…U.N. Photo Collection Shows Gaza War Through the Lens of Palestinian Journalists
Apr 19, 2024, 8:41 amThe Gaza Collective Photo Essay project, organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), collected work from 14 Palestinian photographers who were each asked to share one image that captured the devastation of the…"Fear and Terror": Gaza Photographer Ahmed Zakot on Documenting the Carnage of Israel's Assault
Apr 19, 2024, 8:27 amAs Israel continues bombarding the Gaza Strip, we speak with a Palestinian photographer who recently fled the territory with his family. Ahmed Zakot has been documenting Gaza for the last 25 years, and two of his photographs were just featured in a project by…Over 100 Arrested at Columbia After Univ. President Orders NYPD to Clear Pro-Palestine Student…
Apr 19, 2024, 8:23 amColumbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik on Thursday called on New York police to forcibly clear a student occupation on the lawn of the school, which had been dubbed the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, resulting in over 100 arrests. The…"No Palestinian Is Safe": Renowned Feminist Scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Arrested in Jerusalem
Apr 19, 2024, 8:11 amIsraeli police arrested the internationally renowned feminist Palestinian academic Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian at her home in Jerusalem on Thursday on charges of incitement to violence. Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who holds both Israeli and U.S. citizenship, was…Headlines for April 19, 2024
Apr 19, 2024, 8:00 amIsrael Launches Retaliatory Strike in Iran as U.S. Issues New Sanctions Against Tehran, Columbia Protests Continue a Day After NYPD Arrests 100+, Dismantles Gaza Solidarity Encampment, USC Students Rally to Demand Commencement Speech by Valedictorian Asna…Israel Considers Attacking Iran and Invading Rafah as Netanyahu Seeks Lifelines to Stay in Power
Apr 18, 2024, 8:52 amNew reporting indicates that the Biden administration has approved Israel’s plan to attack Rafah in exchange for Israel not launching counterstrikes on Iran. “Israel is almost certainly going to respond to the Iranian strike in some way,” says Mairav…Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus
Apr 18, 2024, 8:45 amStudents at Columbia University and Barnard College in New York have set up dozens of tents to occupy the South Lawn of the campus to create a Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Democracy Now! spoke to some of the student-activists, who say they are occupying the…
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