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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. We begin today’s show looking at the growing scandal around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, both his ties to President Trump and a network of […]

U.N.: Israel's War on Gaza Will Cost More Than $70 Billion in Reconstruction Over Several Decades Human Rights Groups Call on Israel to Release Palestinian Journalist and Activist Ayman Ghrayeb Brazil's Former President Jair Bolsonaro Starts Serving 27-Year Prison Sentence Trump to Send Witkoff to Moscow Next Week to Meet with Putin Dr. Abraham, a […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to the Middle East as Israel continues to carry out attacks in Gaza. Since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire went into effect, Israel has killed more than 342 civilians there, including 67 children. In related news, Axios is reporting […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: In this Democracy Now! special, we look at the rise of New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. On November 4th, he made history by winning the race to become the next mayor of New York City. The democratic socialist is the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: In this special broadcast, we spend the hour with longtime Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier. In February, he was released from a federal prison in Florida after spending nearly half a century behind bars for a crime he says he did […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: While we were there, I also had a chance to talk to one of Leonard Peltier’s daughters, who was just a toddler when Leonard Peltier was jailed in 1976. MARQUETTA SHIELDS–PELTIER: My name is Marquetta Shields-Peltier. I’m the daughter of […]

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, with Juan González. Here in New York, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be taking office in just five weeks, on January 1st. His transition team continues to make announcements about the new administration. […]

Protests have erupted in North Carolina after federal agents arrested 370 people in immigration raids. On Monday, Bishop William Barber and other religious leaders gathered in Charlotte to demand an end to ICE raids. “​​What you have is a conglomerate of policy violence, and it’s deadly,” says Barber, who is organizing protests against ICE and […]

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. We turn now to Venezuela, as the Trump administration continues to ramp up pressure on Nicolás Maduro, the president of the oil-rich nation of Venezuela. On Monday, […]