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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 in Boston. Juan González is in Chicago. We continue our May Day coverage with a look now at the state of worker rights and freedoms in the world’s most populous country, India. […]

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, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: President Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will continue its naval blockade of Iran until Tehran makes an agreement over its nuclear program. […]

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: We turn now to climate change. Last month was the warmest March on record in over 130 years in the United States, and average rainfall across the […]

New research finds four supplements that protect the gut during hot weather exercise Exercise in high heat diverts blood flow from the gut, causing leaky gut, inflammation and harder recovery. A two-strain probiotic lowered heart rate by 14 beats per minute and reduced GI symptoms during hot workouts. Curcumin reduced intestinal […]

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, on the road to Rochester, New York, where I’ll be speaking at Monroe Community College today at noon. We turn now to the long-term impact of the […]

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. Justices at the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could determine whether thousands of cancer patients can keep suing the manufacturers of the popular weed killer glyphosate, […]

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. I’m in Toronto, Canada, today, where special elections were held earlier this month, delivering a slim majority in the House of Commons to the Liberal Party and Prime Minister […]

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 Toronto, Canada. Juan González is in Chicago. What will it take to transition world economies away from fossil fuels? On Friday, more than 50 countries began gathering in the Caribbean coastal […]

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 we continue to look at Saturday’s shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, we’re joined by the journalist and author Jeff Sharlet, professor of English and creative writing at […]

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. Death by firing squad. In its efforts to ramp up and expedite federal executions, the Justice Department announced Friday it’s reimplementing lethal injections and authorized the use of firing squads to kill […]