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Democracy Now! Marks 30 Years with Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe & More

Headlines for May 22, 2026; “Politically Driven Epidemic”: Ebola Response Hampered by Impoverishment & U.S. Global Health Cuts; Stephen Colbert Out at CBS as Trump Weaponizes Regulatory Power to Control the Media: David Sirota; “AI Resist List”: Karen Hao on Data Center Resistance, Tech Billionaires, “Empire of AI” & More

Headlines for May 21, 2026; “Clear Racism”: Trump Admin Blocks Refugee Resettlement, Except for White South Africans; Rising Conflict in DRC, Sudan, Other African Countries Linked to Trump’s Gutting of USAID: Study; “They’re Trying to Silence Us”: Students, Faculty on Censoring Pro-Palestine Voices at Graduations

Headlines for May 20, 2026; “Dictatorship in Action”: David Cay Johnston on $1.8B Slush Fund & Shielding Trumps “Forever” from IRS; Report from Havana: Cubans Starving & Dying Because of Intensified U.S. Blockade; Is an Invasion of Cuba Next? Peter Kornbluh on U.S. Move to Indict Raúl Castro & CIA’s Widening Role; Amnesty: Executions Spike in Iran as Gov’t Intensifies Domestic Repression Amid U.S./Israeli Attacks

Headlines for May 19, 2026; 3 Killed in Devastating San Diego Mosque Shooting: Linda Sarsour on Rising Anti-Muslim Hate & More; “Ask E. Jean” Film Profiles the Woman Who Twice Sued Trump & Won, for Sexual Assault & Defamation; Minnesota Officials Charge ICE Agent Who Shot Venezuelan Immigrant & Falsely Reported What Happened

Headlines for May 18, 2026; As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis?; Trump’s Christian Nationalist Agenda & Taxpayer-Funded D.C. Prayer Rally: Bishop Barber & Sarah Posner; “Staggering Corruption”: Rep. Raskin on Trump’s $10B IRS Lawsuit, Stock Trades & Family Business

Headlines for May 15, 2026; Nakba Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience; “Israel: What Went Wrong?”: Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz’s Gideon Levy Debate Zionism

On Tuesday, a coalition of groups held a rally to protest ICE’s abuses at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, a 41-story federal building in Lower Manhattan that houses immigration courts, ICE field offices, immigrant detention spaces, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The protest, organized by Hands Off NYC, included advocates from Make the Road New York, the New York Immigration coalition and a surprise guest — musician Tom Morello, who performed “This Land Is Your Land.”

Headlines for May 14, 2026; Xi Warns Trump of Potential “Conflict” over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More; “Here Where We Live Is Our Country”: Molly Crabapple on Resurfacing the Jewish History of Anti-Zionism

Headlines for May 13, 2026; FDA Chief Pushed Out in Latest Sign of Public Health Chaos Under RFK Jr.; Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting “Billionaire Big Tech Agenda”; Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release Milwaukee Mosque Leader

Headlines for May 12, 2026; A Return to Jim Crow? Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke Denounces Gutting of Voting Rights Act; I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int’l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek

Headlines for May 11, 2026; Far-Right Anti-Immigrant Party Surges in U.K. Elections; Calls Grow for Labour PM Starmer to Resign; Meet Guido Reichstadter, the Marine Veteran Who Scaled D.C. Bridge to Protest Iran War & AI; Canceled over Palestine: Biotech CEO Rami Elghandour on Rutgers Disinviting Him as Graduation Speaker