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On today’s show: “America, América”: Greg Grandin on Latin American History, from Colonization to CECOT to Pope Francis
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On today’s show: “America, América”: Greg Grandin on Latin American History, from Colonization to CECOT to Pope Francis
On today’s show: Remembering Pope Francis on Earth Day: How He Linked Capitalism, Climate, and Catholicism “The Doxxing-to-Deportation Pipeline”: Update on Abduction and Jailing of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk Vijay Prashad: Historic 1955 Anti-Colonial Bandung Conference Inspired New Era in Global South
On today’s show: Senator Van Hollen on Meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador and Escalating Constitutional Crisis Pope Dies at 88: Pax Christi’s Marie Dennis on How He Championed the Marginalized and Changed the Church “Heart of Compassion” for Palestine: Pope Francis Called for Gaza Ceasefire Until His Final Days Pope Francis’s Book Editor … Continued
On today’s show: “Absolute Nonsense”: As Measles Cases Soar and Kids Die, Expert Slams RFK Jr. on Vaccine-Autism Link Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona; A Day Later, She’s Killed in Israeli Strike
On today’s show: Constitutional Crisis: As Trump Ignores Judges’ Orders, Will the Courts Capitulate? “Need the World to Pay Attention”: Sudan Faces World’s Worst Displacement Crisis After 2 Years of War Trump Eyes Congo’s “Incredible Mineral Riches” as Armed Conflict Devastates Region “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”: Omar El Akkad on … Continued
On today’s show: Mohsen Mahdawi’s Abduction “Should Terrify” Us, Says VT Rep. Balint, Whose Grandfather Was Killed in Holocaust Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: Breaking Up Meta’s Monopoly Would Improve Service, Safety “Unquestionably Unconstitutional”: Harvard Law Prof Slams Cuts as School Rejects Trump Demands Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists … Continued
On today’s show: Liberation Seder: Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Demand Release of Foreign Students Abducted by ICE Trump Weighs Expelling U.S. Citizens, as Salvadoran President Says He Won’t Return Wrongfully Removed Man Cover-Up in Ecuador? Disputed Presidential Election Rocked by New Allegation from 2023 Assassination “The Dark Money Game”: Director Alex Gibney on How Citizens … Continued
On today’s show: Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawyer: Trump Admin Is Delaying in Federal Court While Racing to Deport Activist Maria Hinojosa: El Salvador’s “Dictator” Key to Disappearing Migrants Like Kilmar Abrego Garcia “I’m Not Really Free”: Pulitzer Winners “Suave” and Maria Hinojosa Examine Life After Prison in Season 2
On today’s show: Supreme Court Orders U.S. to “Facilitate” Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador Michigan Lawyer Detained at Detroit Airport, Phone Seized; He Represents Pro-Palestine Protester Microsoft Worker Fired for Israel Protest: “Cloud and AI Are the Bombs and Bullets of the 21st Century” “The Teacher”: Director Farah Nabulsi and Actor Saleh … Continued
On today’s show: From “Liberation Day” to Chaos: Trump Pauses Most Tariffs While Escalating Trade War with China Trump Threatens Joint U.S.–Israeli Attack on Iran If Talks on Iran’s Nuclear Program Fail Columbia Professor Marianne Hirsch: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Reminds Me of Growing Up Under Authoritarianism