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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. U.N. experts are raising grave concern over the treatment and fragile health of a group of Palestine Action political prisoners who have been on hunger strike protesting […]

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. As CBS cancels a 60 Minutes segment on the Trump administration’s deportations of hundreds of men, we turn now to a documentary premiering today on HBO and HBO Max called Critical Incident: […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: The Justice Department is under fire over its initial release of files related to the serial convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after it failed to publish thousands of documents by Friday’s congressionally imposed deadline. The delay drew criticism from […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: So, President Trump has provided over almost a monolithic Republican Party, but now there are cracks. And I think it very much started with the Epstein files, right? You have Congressmembers Nancy Mace, Marjorie Taylor Greene and others who left […]

The Justice Department on Monday briefly published thousands of additional documents related to the late serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after it failed to meet a congressionally mandated deadline of December 19 to release all unclassified records. The second tranche of documents were available online for several hours on Monday afternoon but disappeared from the […]

Russia and China Strongly Condemn U.S. Pressure Against Venezuela at the U.N. Security Council Israeli Defense Minister Vows Israel Will Build Settlements in Gaza Greta Thunberg Arrested in London for Protesting in Solidarity with Palestine Action Epstein Files Mention 10 Possible "Co-Conspirators" SCOTUS Blocks Trump's Deployment of National Guard Troops to Chicago DOJ Sues Illinois […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: In this Democracy Now! special, we’re joined by one of the world’s most acclaimed writers, Arundhati Roy, author of many books, including the novels The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Roy has been a frequent […]

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 this holiday special remembering the legendary journalist Bill Moyers, who died in June at the age of 91. In the 1960s, he was a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Days after the December 19th deadline for the release of all files related to the late serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and under enormous pressure, the Justice Department has just released more than 11,000 files Tuesday, totaling nearly 30,000 pages […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Today, we pay tribute to Yip Harburg. His name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer Abbey Lincoln. ABBEY LINCOLN: Bing Crosby sang it, Ike Quebec played it, […]