Joe Biden Canceled Keystone XL. Indigenous Leaders Demand the Same for the Dakota Access Pipeline
After President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, pressure is growing from Indigenous leaders and environmental groups for the new administration to do the…
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As Pandemic Rips Through Indian Country, Indigenous Communities Work to Save Elders & Languages
Democracy Now! looks at the fight to save tribal elders and Native language speakers as the pandemic rips through Indian Country, with Indigenous communities facing woefully inadequate healthcare, lack of governmental support, and the living…
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“The Hill We Climb”: Watch Breathtaking Poem by Amanda Gorman, Youngest Inaugural Poet in US History
One of the most remarkable moments from Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony came from poet Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet in U.S. history to speak at a presidential inauguration. The 22-year-old read The Hill We Climb, a…
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Police Way More Likely to Shut Down Left Wing Protests
A report finds that police are much more likely to shut down left wing protests rather than right wing protests. David Pakman discusses the data in this report that supports what many have intuited since…
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ACLU Warns a Domestic War on Terror Could Unfairly Harm People of Color More Than White Supremacists
Outrage continues to build as more evidence emerges about participants in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which included members of violent white supremacist groups, including some who were on a terror watchlist.…
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Capitol Insurrection Highlights Increasing Radicalization of Right-Wing White Police Officers
At least 28 law enforcement officers from across the United States attended the Trump rally in Washington, D.C., on January 6 that led to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, with some even boasting on…
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From Charlottesville to the Capitol: Trump Fueled Right-Wing Violence. It May Soon Get Even Worse
As security is ramped up in Washington, D.C., and state capitols across the U.S., the FBI is warning of more potential violence in the lead-up to Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. Federal authorities have…
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Nine Days: The Race To Save Martin Luther King Jr.’S Life And Win The 1960 Election
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Paul Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1960 election. The past two decades have seen their fair share of close Presidential election races, including…
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Did Flint City Poison Residents For Profit?
What if Flint's water crisis was a con by disgraced governor Rick Snyder to save the city barely one-hundred dollars a day? LaTricea Adams of Black Millennials 4 Flint, joins Thom Hartmann to undercover the…
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Workers Form Historic Tech Union
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Honey Rosenbloom about how Google workers had formed a historic tech union. The U.S.’s growing tech industry has for years successfully fought off unionizing efforts. But a new union formed…
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Will Lisa Montgomery Die Tonight? Sister Helen Prejean Calls for Trump to Halt Execution Spree
A federal judge has granted a stay of execution for Lisa Montgomery, who was set to become the first woman executed by the federal government in 67 years, but the Trump administration is appealing the…
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"This Is Not Us" Is A Lie! America Fights History
The line "This is Not Us" appeared all over after Trump's deadly riot on the Capitol. But what if this is us? What if the violence and racism modern Americans reject were the legacy of…
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Biden’s AG Pick Merrick Garland Has Record of Not Holding Cops Accountable
Joe Biden has formally nominated Merrick Garland for attorney general. Garland has served on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for over two decades and previously worked at the Justice Department, where he prosecuted the…
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“Americans Are Now Getting a Mild Taste of Their Own Medicine” of Disrupting Democracy Elsewhere
World leaders reacted in horror over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, with the U.N. secretary-general calling on political leaders to demand their followers refrain from violence. Leaders of the U.K., New Zealand, Australia, Canada,…
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White Terrorist Groups Attacked Democracy During Reconstruction, They Are Doing It Again
As Washington reels from the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob intent on overturning the 2020 election results, lawmakers are considering new impeachment proceedings against President Trump for fomenting the insurrection. Civil…
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No Charges Against White Kenosha Officer Who Shot & Paralyzed Jacob Blake
In Kenosha, Wisconsin, District Attorney Michael Graveley has announced that no charges will be filed against the white police officer who fired seven shots at Jacob Blake, paralyzing the 29-year-old Black man in August. Officer…
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Ending U.S. Wars By Honoring Americans Who Work For Peace
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Michael Knox about how to end U.S. wars by honoring Americans who work for peace. The United States is built on a culture of war. We are used to glorifying…
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Proud Boys Leader Arrested for Burning BLM Banner at Black Church
As thousands are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., to join far-right protests over the election results Wednesday, the leader of the Proud Boys hate group, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested on property destruction charges for…
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Nuanced Understanding of Socialism is growing, but Slowly
"I think you see that in the data in terms of people's sort of general perception of terms like 'socialism' in the United States, a much much less disfavorable, much more favorable. And it opens…
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Defund the Police & Fund more Effective Programs
There's no one-to-one relationship with the money going to cops and what is happening in the streets, or in the criminal phase or aspects of our society... In the most recent year for which we…
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