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“Systemic Failure”: Top Gymnasts Blast FBI for Bungling Sexual Abuse Probe of Dr. Larry Nassar
This week some of gymnastics’ biggest stars shared scathing testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the FBI’s failure to stop Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics doctor and serial sexual abuser. Lawyers say that after…
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The Other Afghan Women: Rural Areas Hope Taliban Rule Will End Decades of U.S. & Warlord Violence
Violence in Afghanistan’s countryside has reportedly dropped after the Taliban takeover and the withdrawal of U.S. troops, but the country continues to face an ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis, with millions of children at risk…
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El Salvador Becomes First Nation to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender Amid Growing Authoritarianism
Thousands in El Salvador took to the streets Wednesday to protest President Nayib Bukele’s growing consolidation of power and a new law making El Salvador the world’s first country to recognize the highly volatile cryptocurrency…
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Four years after Maria: The biggest issue Puerto Rico is facing
Free Speech TV speaks with Juan C. Dávila about the biggest issues Puerto Rico is facing four years after #hurricaneMaria. 4 years ago Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and severely damaged critical infrastructure, including the…
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U.S. Drone Killed 10 Afghans Including Aid Worker & 7 Kids After Water Jugs Were Mistaken as Bombs
Democracy Now! speaks with reporter Matthieu Aikins about how his investigation for The New York Times found an August 29 U.S. drone strike, which the Pentagon claimed targeted a facilitator with the militant group ISIS-K,…
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20 Years Later, Undocumented Immigrants Who Aided 9/11 Recovery & Cleanup Efforts Demand Recognition
Following the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, advocates are calling for lawmakers to establish a pathway for legal residency for as many as 2,000 immigrant responders and cleanup workers at ground zero. An estimated…
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Forced Entry: NSO Group Spies Secretly Seized Control of Apple Devices by Exploiting Flaw in Code
Apple has released an emergency software update to fix a security flaw in its iPhones and other products researchers found was being exploited by the Israeli-based NSO Group to infect the devices with its Pegasus…
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Fairy Creek: Indigenous-Led Blockade of Old-Growth Logging Now Canada’s Largest Civil Disobedience
Tension is rising between Canadian police and activists who have been staging a months-long anti-logging resistance in Vancouver Island’s ancient forests. The protest has been underway for two years, led by environmental and First Nations…
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Can Roe v. Wade Be Saved By Altering The Supreme Court?
Roe v. Wade: Can Adding Seats to the Supreme Court Save America? SCOTUS letting TX's 6-week abortion law stand is very likely the beginning of the chain reaction that could gut Roe v. Wade as…
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“Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire”: Deepa Kumar on How Racism Fueled U.S. Wars Post-9/11
According to the Costs of War Project, the wars launched by the United States following 9/11 have killed an estimated 929,000 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere. The true death toll may…
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"On September 11th, I woke up an Arab." Race, War & Bigotry In America
"On September 10, 2001, I went to sleep a white guy. On September 11, I woke up an Arab." Dean Obeidallah tells the story of his life changing due to 9/11. Dean Obeidallah joined Thom…
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Betrayal at Attica: NY Violently Crushed Attica Prison Uprising Amid Negotiations & Covered It Up
On the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, DN looks at the cover-up that began immediately after New York state police stormed the prison and opened fire, killing 29 inmates and 10 hostages. David…
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Former Attica Prisoner Describes Racist, Brutal Treatment That Sparked Deadly Uprising 50 Years Ago
On the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, the deadliest prison uprising in U.S. history, DN speaks with Tyrone Larkins, a formerly incarcerated survivor, who was shot three times in the brutal crackdown of…
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Famed Historian James Loewen On Facts in the Age of Trump
The famed historian James Loewen died on August 19, 2021 at the age of 79. Loewen was the bestselling and award-winning author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America, Lies My Teacher Told…
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Shared Grief After 9/11: Sister of WTC Victim Meets Afghan Who Lost 19 Family Members in U.S. Attack
On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we revisit a conversation we hosted in January of 2002 between Masuda Sultan, an Afghan American woman who lost 19 members of her family in a U.S.…
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What Democrats Can Do To Fight the Texas GOP Handmaid's Tale?
Texas Republicans are creating a real life Handmaid's Tale. Elie Mystal joins Thom Hartmann to explain what needs to be done to fight it. Elie Mystal is the justice correspondent for The Nation and author…
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“Some Kids Left Behind”: After 9/11, No Safety Measures at Stuyvesant H.S. Led to Sickness & Death
As we look at the public health crisis that followed the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City, we speak with Lila Nordstrom, a student in 2001 at Stuyvesant High School, which neighbors ground…
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Joe Zadroga: My 9/11 Responder Son Died from Exposure to Ground Zero as Officials Denied Connection
Democracy Now! looks at 9/11’s Unsettled Dust and the massive environmental and public health crisis that followed the 9/11 attacks in New York City 20 years ago this week, we speak with Joe Zadroga, father of…
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“Turning Point”: Legacy of the U.S. Response to 9/11 Is Terror, Domestic Surveillance & Drones
As this week marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., we look at a new five-part documentary series on…
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Joseph Stiglitz: Ending Unemployment Benefits as Pandemic Rages Is Cruel & Hurts Economic Recovery
As unemployment benefits for millions of U.S. workers expired on Labor Day, with many states suffering the worst surge of the pandemic, economist Joseph Stiglitz says it’s “disturbing” federal aid was allowed to lapse. “This…
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