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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 look now at how Microsoft fired two software engineers this week after they protested Israel’s use of Microsoft’s AI and cloud technology in its assault 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. We turn now to a feature film about the many challenges of life in the occupied West Bank. It follows a Palestinian schoolteacher struggling between his commitment […]

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: The U.S. and Iran are planning to hold talks this weekend in Oman. President Trump made the announcement on Monday. He said […]

Trump signs executive orders to revitalize coal industry, boosting energy security President Donald Trump signed executive orders to bolster the coal industry, including a two-year exemption from strict EPA regulations (MATS) for certain coal plants, aiming to prevent premature closures and stabilize energy production. The administration argues coal plants are vital for […]

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 […]