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Headlines for May 14, 2026; Xi Warns Trump of Potential “Conflict” over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More; “Here Where We Live Is Our Country”: Molly Crabapple on Resurfacing the Jewish History of Anti-Zionism

Headlines for May 13, 2026; FDA Chief Pushed Out in Latest Sign of Public Health Chaos Under RFK Jr.; Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting “Billionaire Big Tech Agenda”; Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release…

Headlines for May 12, 2026; A Return to Jim Crow? Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke Denounces Gutting of Voting Rights Act; I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int’l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek

Headlines for May 11, 2026; Far-Right Anti-Immigrant Party Surges in U.K. Elections; Calls Grow for Labour PM Starmer to Resign; Meet Guido Reichstadter, the Marine Veteran Who Scaled D.C. Bridge to Protest Iran War & AI; Canceled over Palestine: Biotech CEO…

Headlines for May 08, 2026; Trump Pushes to Take Over Elections, Punish His Enemies: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Ned Parker; Amid Growing Abuse at ICE Jails, Rep. Adelita Grijalva Calls to Shut Down Trump’s Detention Network; “They Don’t Care”:…

Headlines for May 07, 2026; Gaza Faces Public Health Collapse Amid Rat Infestation & Disease as Israel Blocks Reconstruction; India’s Modi Gov’t Purged Millions of Voters Before Elections in “Direct Attack” on Democracy; “Gerrymandering Arms Race”:…

Headlines for May 06, 2026; Global Press Freedom Hits Record Low, U.S. Drops to 64th in the World: Reporters Without Borders; Israel’s Destruction of Southern Lebanon Turns Villages into “Moonscapes”: Reporter Lylla Younes; “Backtalker”: Kimberlé…

The Grammy-winning Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas visits Democracy Now! to perform and talk about her new memoir, Norteña, and her new album of the same name. Venegas has been a leading figure in Latin rock and pop for decades, often transcending…

Headlines for May 05, 2026; Trump’s War on Iran & Strait of Hormuz Crisis Reveal “Limits of American Imperial Power”; “Assault on the First Amendment”: Dem. FCC Commissioner on Megamergers & Trump Targeting Kimmel, ABC; Public Access TV at Risk:…

Headlines for May 04, 2026; Abortion Rights Movement Shifts to “Plan C” as Court Restricts Mifepristone by Mail; Gaza Flotilla Participant Details “Cruelty” of Israeli Abduction at Sea; Two Activists Still Detained; Trita Parsi on Iran War: Trump Still…

Headlines for May 01, 2026; From Springfield, Ohio, to the Supreme Court: A Pastor’s Fight to Protect TPS for Haitians; “No School, No Work, No Shopping”: Workers, Immigrants to Lead Thousands of May Day Protests; “A People’s History of Invisible…

Headlines for April 30, 2026; Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act in “Devastating Blow” to Democracy & Civil Rights: Maya Wiley; Maya Wiley: Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment Is Part of Trump’s Broader Attack on Civil Rights; Scholar Gilbert Achcar…