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Residents of Malibu, California, are engaged in a multi-year legal appeal to stop T-Mobile and Crown Castle from installing 5G “small cell” transmitters within feet of homes. They allege the city’s appeal process is “rigged” and that officials struck a “secret deal” with telecom companies, bypassing required safety reviews. Concerns center on […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: To look more at the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, we’re joined by Rami Khouri, Palestinian American journalist and distinguished public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. He’s also a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show with Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman. On Thursday, along with her legal team, Aliya filed a tort claim against the Department of Homeland Security over her treatment at the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Nermeen Shaikh, with Amy Goodman. The ongoing civil war in Sudan enters its fourth year today, creating what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The country has been engulfed in civil […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Nermeen Shaikh in New York, with Amy Goodman in Los Angeles. We spend the rest of the hour looking at the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Founded in 1961, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. A warning to our viewers and listeners: This story contains references to rape and sexual abuse. We turn now to Capitol Hill, where Democratic Congressmember Eric Swalwell […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land, that’s the name of a new book by our next guests, Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon. One is a Palestinian […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the state of negotiations between the United States and Iran. Delegates from both countries could soon return to Pakistan for another round of peace talks, after negotiations in Islamabad failed to reach a long-term […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to escalating tensions between the president and the pope, following President Trump’s unprecedented attacks on Pope Leo over the pope’s vocal opposition to war. Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly prayed for, quote, “overwhelming violence” against, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. In immigration news, the Trump administration fired six more immigration judges on Friday in their efforts to reshape immigration policy and the immigration courts. Two of the fired judges, Roopal Patel and […]