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Democracy Now! 2026-04-20 Monday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-20 Monday
- Headlines for April 20, 2026
- "Gulf of Trust" Between Iran & U.S. as End of Ceasefire Nears, Peace Talks Uncertain
- Who Is Breaking International Law in the Strait of Hormuz? It's Not Iran, Says Scholar
- Shepard Fairey on Art, Activism & Resisting Fascism: "It Can Happen Here, and It Is"
- Forest Firings: Trump Admin Aims to "Break the Forest Service," Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-14 Tuesday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-14 Tuesday
- Headlines for April 14, 2026
- Exclusive: Former American & Iranian Negotiators on Ceasefire Talks & How War Could End
- President vs. Pope: Trump Posts Pic of Self as Jesus, Pope Says Warmakers Have "Hands Full of Blood"
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-13 Monday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-13 Monday
- Headlines for April 13, 2026
- Trump Orders Naval Blockade of Iran After Failed Talks, Iran Threatens Retaliation in Gulf
- Viktor Orbán's Era Is Over: Hungarians Celebrate as Longtime Far-Right Leader Suffers Landslide Loss
- Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Student Activists Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi
- Automatic Draft Registration Would Expand U.S. Surveillance State: Antiwar Activist
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Freed from ICE Jail, Leqaa Kordia Likens Yearlong Detention to Israel's Treatment of Palestinians
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia, who was freed on March 16 after spending more than a year in an ICE jail in Texas. She was arrested in 2025 as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to target student activists and others who advocated for Palestinian rights.
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-03 Friday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-03 Friday
- Headlines for April 03, 2026
- Pam Bondi Fired as AG Despite Never Saying No to Trump: Law Prof. David Cole
- David Cole: U.S. War on Iran Is "Blatantly Illegal" Under U.S. & Int'l Law
- Arizona Sec. of State: Trump Is "Trying to Pick His Own Voters" by Restricting Mail-in Ballots
- Meet Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Protester Freed After a Year in "ICE Dungeon"
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-02 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-02 Thursday
- Headlines for April 02, 2026
- "This War Is Already Lost": Spencer Ackerman & Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi on Trump's Iran Debacle
- "Born in the U.S.A.": Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban
- Israel's Death-by-Hanging Law Marks Further "Dehumanization of Palestinians": B'Tselem
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-01 Wednesday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-01 Wednesday
- Headlines for April 01, 2026
- Another Vietnam? Trump Sends Mixed Messages on Iran, from Ending War to Sending in Ground Troops
- War's Environmental Fallout: U.N. Expert Decries Targeting of Oil Sites & Desalination Plants
- "Two Versions of Christianity": Pope Leo Calls for Peace as U.S. Uses Religion to Justify Iran War
- Immigrant Workers in Colorado Lead "Historic Strike" at JBS, Largest U.S. Meat Processor
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Ali Kadivar: U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Is "Defining Moment" for the Whole Global Order
One month into the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, we speak with the Iranian American sociologist Ali Kadivar, who says the leadership in Tehran is consolidating its power and adopting more hard-line positions amid the conflict. He also warns that Trump’s threatened strikes on Iranian electricity and desalination infrastructure would constitute war crimes and likely push oil above $200 a barrel, risking global recession, while any seizure of Kharg Island would expose U.S. troops without producing a decisive result.
“These are all war crimes — and this is an American president threatening war crimes over and over publicly,” says Kadivar.
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Democracy Now! 2026-03-30 Monday
Democracy Now! 2026-03-30 Monday
- Headlines for March 30, 2026
- No Kings: Rep. Omar, Sen. Sanders, Bruce Springsteen, Jane Fonda, Joan Baez at Massive St. Paul Rally
- "People Are Rising Up": Voices of No Kings Protests from NYC to Denver
- NYC Palestine Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks Out After Being Target of Assassination Plot
- Report from Beirut: "Hearts Are Very, Very Heavy" After Israeli Strikes Target Journalists, Medics
- "The Institutions Have Not Collapsed": Prof. Ali Kadivar on Iran's Resilience to U.S.-Israeli War
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