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We speak with legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw about the historic presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, who is facing a slew of racist and misogynist attacks from Donald Trump and others as she runs to be the first woman and the first woman of color to occupy the White House. Crenshaw, who coined the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Andy Kroll, before you go, I wanted to pivot to ask you about Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance. CNN has revealed new details about Vance’s long history of disparaging people who don’t have children. In addition to his comment […]

Protests erupted on Monday in Venezuela after sitting President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner of Sunday’s presidential election despite the opposition’s accusations of election fraud. Maduro has countered by accusing the opposition of attempting to stage a fascist coup. We go to Caracas for an update from Venezuelanalysis reporter Andreína Chávez, who says the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. It’s “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. We continue our look at Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance with a new piece headlined “The Seven Thinkers and Groups That Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual […]

Israel has vowed to retaliate against Hezbollah after blaming the Lebanese group for a rocket attack Sunday in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Syria that killed 12 children at a soccer field. Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the attack in the village of Majdal Shams, home to members of the Druze community, an Arab-speaking minority […]

U.S. Lawmakers Delivers Standing Ovations for War Criminal Netanyahu; 100+ Democrats Skip Speech Thousands of Protesters Condemn U.S. Support for Israeli Genocide Outside Netanyahu Address "Everyone in Gaza Is Sick, Injured, or Both": U.S. Doctors Demand Biden Admin Stop Arming Israel "She Wanted to Bring Life Back to Our Home": Gazan Mourns Daughter Murdered at […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Washington, D.C., Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress. Netanyahu had been invited by Republican and Democratic congressional leaders. The speech came two months after Karim […]

WFP Makes More Cuts to Food Rations in Gaza as Israeli Attacks Increase Displacement Crisis Palestinian Detainees Tortured and Abused at Hands of Israeli Prison Authorities Netanyahu Meets with Biden and Harris After Address to Congress "He Never Should Have Been Allowed on U.S. Soil": Protesters Decry Netanyahu Meeting with Biden Kamala Harris Receives Obama, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: As Israel carries out new airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, is reporting nine in every 10 Palestinians in Gaza have been forcibly displaced. Meanwhile, the World Food Programme is warning Israel […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. The opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics is happening today in Paris. We begin our coverage with Lebanese photojournalist Christina Assi of Agence France-Presse. She carried the […]