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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. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: “There’s a nip in the air … It’s the chill of fear and despair that is all too familiar to me. The recent Columbia graduate student Mahmoud […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: “Strange Fruit,” performed by Billie Holiday. It was written by Abel Meeropol, also known as Lewis Allan, as a protest poem against the lynching of African Americans, after he said he was haunted by Lawrence Beitler’s gruesome iconic photograph of […]

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 in Muncie, Indiana, at Ball State, and Juan González is in Chicago. While many federal agencies are facing crippling cuts and being forced to cut essential services, […]

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. The Supreme Court issued two rulings Monday related to the Trump administration expelling immigrants to a notorious supermax prison in El Salvador. In one case, the court ruled in […]

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. The National Park Service Monday appeared to have restored its original webpage on the history of the Underground Railroad, following a backlash over its deletion of a prominent image […]

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 look now at the massive protests that erupted Saturday as over a million people took to the streets nationwide to tell President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, “Hands Off!” saying no […]

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. Global stocks are continuing to fall, fears of recession of growing, after President Trump rejected calls to scale back his order to institute sweeping tariffs on most of the world. In Hong […]

Netanyahu Wants to Further Divide Gaza Strip as Daily Genocidal Attacks Continue Israeli Attack on Syria Kills 9; Suspected U.S. Strike on Yemen Kills 5 Hungary Withdraws from ICC as Orbán Hosts Netanyahu, Wanted on War Crimes Warrant Columbia Students Chain Themselves to Gates to Protest University Collaboration with ICE Trump Slaps Blanket Tariffs on […]

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. Global stock markets are tumbling after President Trump unveiled the biggest hike in global tariffs in modern U.S. history, including a 10% blanket tariff on all imported […]

Many Children Among the 112+ Palestinians Killed over Past Day in Israel's Escalating Gaza Attacks 15 Senators Vote Against $8.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel Global Markets, Future of International Trade in Turmoil After Trump Tariffs South Korean Court Removes Disgraced President Yoon Suk Yeol over Martial Law Decree At Least 16 Asylum Seekers Drown […]