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Headlines for May 28, 2025; “I Am a Political Prisoner”: Immigrant Rights Activist Jeanette Vizguerra Speaks from ICE Jail; “Corporate Criminal”: Nadia Milleron, Whose Daughter Died in 737 Crash, Slams New DOJ-Boeing Deal; “Mt. Everest of…

Headlines for May 27, 2025; Israel Bombs Home of Gaza Pediatrician, Killing 9 of Her 10 Kids, in Latest Attack on Health Workers; Trump vs. Academic Freedom: President Escalates Attacks on Harvard & International Students; Georgia Abortion Ban Forces Family to…

“Sinners”: Director Ryan Coogler on His Latest Hit, Delta Blues, His Mississippi Roots & Vampires; The Injustice of Justice: Keith LaMar Speaks from Ohio Death Row as Movement Grows to Save His Life; “I’m Innocent”: Keith LaMar Speaks Live from Death…

Historian Jeanne Theoharis joins us for an in-depth discussion about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South, a major reexamination of his experiences and activism confronting police brutality, alongside…

Headlines for May 23, 2025; “Theft from On High”: Trump’s Budget Bill Guts Medicaid, Medicare & More to Pay for Tax Cuts; Mahmoud Khalil: Jailed Activist Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time; “I Can’t Breathe”: Five…

Headlines for May 22, 2025; “Nothing Can Justify It”: Journalist Gideon Levy Reacts to Killing of Israeli Embassy Staffers in D.C.; “The Worst It’s Ever Been”: U.K. Surgeon in Gaza Warns Kids Are Bearing Brunt as Israel Widens Assault; U.K. MP Jeremy…

Headlines for May 21, 2025; “A Big, Ugly, Destructive, Deadly Bill”: Bishop William Barber Slams Bill Cutting Medicaid, Medicare; “It Is Going to Kill People”: Disability Rights Activist Speaks Out on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”; Tax Revolt:…

Headlines for May 20, 2025; “The Suffering Is Beyond Description”: Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die; Making Gaza Unlivable: Israel Intensifies Attacks as Netanyahu Vows to Seize All of Gaza; From a Palestinian Refugee Camp to…

Headlines for May 19, 2025; “Absolutely Genocidal”: Mouin Rabbani on “Gideon’s Chariots,” Israel’s Latest Escalation of War on Gaza; Project Esther: NYT Details Right-Wing Plan to “Rebrand All Critics of Israel” as Hamas Supporters; Columbia…

Headlines for May 16, 2025; “They Want to Silence Me”: Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi on ICE Jail, Palestine, Activism, Buddhism; The GOP War on Medicaid: 14 Million Could Lose Healthcare to Fund Tax Breaks for Rich; Supreme Court Hears Birthright…

Headlines for May 15, 2025; “Trump’s Fake Refugees”: As U.S. Welcomes White South Africans, Trump Falsely Charges “Genocide”; Israel’s “Crime of Apartheid”: New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day; “Surveillance…

Headlines for May 14, 2025; U.S. & Saudis Sign $142B Arms Deal as Trump Meets with Syria’s New Leader & Drops Syrian Sanctions; While Israel Wanted to Bomb Iran, Trump Pushes Talks; But in Gaza, Israel’s Mass Killings Continue; Salvadoran Journalists…