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"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

Mamdani Takes Oath at Abandoned NYC Subway Station to Highlight Plan to Improve Public Transit

Zohran Mamdani Supporters Celebrate "Politics of Optimism" at His Inauguration

AOC, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams & Poet Cornelius Eady: Voices from the Mamdani Inauguration

"I Will Govern as a Democratic Socialist": Watch Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders at NYC Inauguration

"Venezuela Is Not Going to Be a U.S. Colony": Report from Caracas on U.S. Attack & Maduro Abduction

"Imperialist Intervention": Law Prof. David Cole on the Illegality of U.S. Attack on Venezuela

Trump "Just Wants Oil," Not Democracy: What's Next in Trump's War on Venezuela?

"It's All About the Oil, Stupid!": Mehdi Hasan on Trump Attacking Venezuela & Kidnapping Maduro

"Imperial Laboratory": Alexander Aviña on the "Donroe" Doctrine & U.S. Intervention in Latin America

Chevron Stocks Surge After Trump Vows to "Take Back" Venezuela's Oil After U.S. Attack

Trump Family Businesses Rake in $4 Billion After His Reelection with Focus on AI, Crypto & Nuclear

"This Is Our Hemisphere": Report from Colombia on Trump's Escalating Threats to the Region

Trump's Plan to Seize Greenland Would "Militarize the Arctic," Trample Indigenous Rights

"Firestorm": MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff on Anniversary of L.A. Fires & "America's New Age of Disaster"

"Terror & Chaos": Minneapolis Reels After ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Renee Good, Mother of 3

Trump Vows to "Indefinitely" Control Venezuela's Oil as U.S. Seizes Two More Oil Tankers

"What Are You Hiding?" Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Says ICE Killing of Renee Good Must Be Investigated

"The Voice of Hind Rajab," Shortlisted for Oscar, Uses Audio of 6-Year-Old Girl Killed in Gaza

"Holding Liat": Former Israeli Hostage Says "There Aren't Any Conflicts That Are Unsolvable"

Iran Escalates Deadly Crackdown on Mass Protests as Trump Threatens to Launch Military Attack

"We Had Whistles. They Had Guns": Nationwide Protests Held over ICE Killing of Renee Good

"All the Walls Came Down": L.A. Fire Survivors Fight Foreclosure & Demand Justice in Altadena

"Stolen from Us": Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Black Father Killed by Off-Duty ICE Agent

"State of Siege": Iran Protest Death Toll Rises to 2,000 After U.S. Sanctions Spawn Economic Crisis

"Empire in Decline": Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond

"Federal Invasion": Minnesota Officials Condemn Violent ICE Raids, Arrests

Journalist Tests ICE Recruitment; Surprised to Find Herself Hired with No Background Check

"ICE Is OK with Renee Good's Killing": Journalist Ken Klippenstein on ICE Tactics & Recruitment

ICE Detention Expands Dramatically; 70,000 Immigrants Now Jailed, Deaths Increase

FBI Raids Home of Washington Post Reporter as Attacks on Press Freedom Intensify Under Trump

"This Regime Will Fall": Director Jafar Panahi on Deadly Iran Protests & Filmmaking Under Censorship

ICE Arresting U.S. Citizens, Using Banned Chokeholds: Explosive ProPublica Report

"Autocratic Power Grab": Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota

Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Speaks Out as New Ruling Could Lead to His Rearrest, Deportation

"All That's Left of You": Oscar-Shortlisted Film Traces Palestinian Family's Love & Loss Since 1948

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

ICE vs. People of Minnesota: A Special Report on Community Resistance to Trump's Militarized Crackdown

"Not Above the Law": Law Prof. Michele Goodwin Decries Violent ICE Activity in Minnesota

A Distraction from Epstein Files? Trump Ramps Up Chaos in Minnesota, Greenland & Beyond

"No Going Back": Trump Escalates Threats to Take Greenland & Tariff European Allies

Facing Possible Arrest, Minnesota Lawyer Defends Protest at Church Whose Pastor Is Top ICE Official

As Trump Threatens to Take Greenland, Oxfam Warns of Rising Authoritarianism & Billionaire Boom

NYC Nurses' Strike Enters 10th Day; Mayor Mamdani & Sen. Sanders Join Picket Line

"An Abomination": Yanis Varoufakis on Trump's "Board of Peace" & Threat to Democratic World Order

"Catch of the Day": Latest ICE Operation in Maine Targets Somali Community

Born in Evin Prison, Iranian Author on Protests Against "Authoritarian, Theocratic Regime"

"Emperor" Trump's So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance

Nekima Levy Armstrong Jailed After Protesting ICE Official Who Also Serves as Pastor in St. Paul

ICE Out of Minnesota: Unions & Churches Lead Economic Blackout in "Day of Truth and Freedom"

"Kings and Pawns": Howard Bryant on What Jackie Robinson & Paul Robeson Reveal About America

"He Was Executed": Minneapolis Residents Outraged, Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti

RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers "Compassion," "Deep Empathy" of ICU Nurse Killed by Fed

"Trumped-Up Charges": Out of Jail, Nekima Levy Armstrong Faces Prosecution for Anti-ICE Church Protest

"ICE Out": Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids

"Feels Like a Cover-Up": Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Slams Trump Admin over Deadly ICE Crackdown

Can ICE Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Warrant? Inside Trump's Attack on the 4th Amendment

From George Floyd to Alex Pretti: "Copaganda" Author on Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing

ICE "Wartime" Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging

Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked by Man at Minneapolis Town Hall After She Called for Noem's Impeachment

"The Border Is the Entire Country": How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities

Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack

"Let Us Out": ICE Detention of Children Sparks Protests at Immigration Jail in Dilley, TX

"Not Going to Bully Me": Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison over ICE Jail Inspection

ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push

"Hostile Takeovers": As U.S. Claims Venezuela's Oil, Trump Seeks "Vassal States" Across the World

"Cold-Blooded Murder": Families of Trinidadian Men Killed in U.S. Boat Strike Sue Trump Admin

350,000 Haitians in U.S. "at Risk of Losing Everything" After Trump Revokes Legal TPS Status

"Prevent the Bloodshed": Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on Iran Protests & U.S. Threats of Military Strikes

"Journalism Is Not a Crime": Georgia Fort & Don Lemon Arrested for Covering St. Paul Church Protest

"Leave Our City Now": Minneapolis Residents March as Part of National Strike Against ICE

"Billionaire Boys Club": What the Latest Epstein Files Reveal About Elite Impunity

FBI Raid in Georgia Is Part of "Trump's Scheme to Try to Rig the Midterms": Ari Berman

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Directs Local Police to Investigate "Rogue, Reckless" ICE Agents

Philly City Council Considers "ICE Out" Legislation, as DA Krasner Decries "Wannabe Nazi" ICE Agents

Immigrant Rights Leader in Maine Says ICE Raids Caused Panic & "Wave of Fear"

ProPublica Identifies CBP Agents Who Fatally Shot ICU Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

"No Means No": AZ Secretary of State Calls for Resistance as Trump Pushes to "Nationalize" Voting

Why Was Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard at FBI Election Raid in Georgia? Ex-DOJ Attorney Speaks Out

A New Nuclear Arms Race Could "Spiral" as Last U.S.-Russia Treaty Expires: Dr. Ira Helfand

"Geopolitics of the Weak": Colombian Senator Urges "Collective Action" Against U.S. Aggression

Rep. Khanna Slams DOJ for Not Launching New Probes of Jeffrey Epstein's "Co-Conspirators"

"Tear Down ICE" & Probe Trump-UAE $500M Crypto Deal: Rep. Ro Khanna

Shot, Harassed & Threatened: U.S. Citizens Describe Surviving Violent Attacks by Immigration Agents

Elon Musk Under Fire for Epstein Links, Grok's Sexualized AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger

Juan González on Lasting Impact of 9/11 Toxic Exposure as NYC Faces Calls to Release Suppressed Files

"Journalism Deserves Better": Ex-Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper

Can U.S. & Iran Lower Tensions? Officials Begin New Talks Amid Trump Threats of Military Strikes

Right of Return: Omar Shakir & Ken Roth Debate "Blocked" Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine

Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis

As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes

JD Vance Is Booed at Olympics While Thousands Protest U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Games in Italy

"The War Hasn't Ended": Palestinians in Gaza Still Face Israeli Attacks, Disease, Medical Neglect

Protecting Pedophile Predators: Carole Cadwalladr on Jeffrey Epstein & the Elite's Veil of Silence

Rep. Joaquin Castro Slams ICE "Prison" Where Children as Young as 2 Months Old Are Held

"I Have Never Felt So Much Fear": Immigrant Children Speak Out on Life Inside ICE Jail in Dilley, TX

"De Facto Dictatorship": Democrats Confront ICE, CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics

Impeach the President: Rep. Al Green Denounces Trump's Racist Obama Video & Attacks on Black History

"Devastating": Trump EPA to Scrap Landmark Climate Finding in Pro-Fossil Fuel Deregulatory Push

"Massive Cover-Up": Rep. Jayapal Slams AG Pam Bondi over Epstein Files & Spying on Lawmakers

Netanyahu Seeks to Kill U.S.-Iran Talks to Start Another War: Mouin Rabbani

Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Speaks Out on Jailing of Screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian in Iran

"I Was Just So Disgusted": Jewish Rep. Balint Walks Out of Hearing After Bondi Calls Her Antisemitic

House Passes "Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever" in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections

"Love Forward Together": Faith Leaders in North Carolina Launch 50-Mile March for Social Justice

"Policy of Aggression": Cuba's U.N. Ambassador Denounces U.S. Oil Blockade, Push to Topple Government

Why Is ICE Still Jailing Leqaa Kordia? Palestinian Protester Suffers Seizure After 11 Months Locked Up

"The Alabama Solution": Oscar-Nominated Film Uses Prisoner Cellphones to Show U.S.'s Deadliest Prisons

"Keep Hope Alive": Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Icon Who Twice Ran for President

Bernie Sanders on Jesse Jackson: One of the Most Significant Political Leaders of "Last 100 Years"

Jesse Jackson's Legacy: From Marching with MLK to Building the Rainbow Coalition

When ICE Agents Lie: DOJ Drops Charges Against 2 Minneapolis Men Falsely Accused of Attempted Murder

Jesse Jackson Fought for Justice at Home & Abroad: Juan González & Bishop William Barber

"Extremely Dangerous Situation": Trita Parsi Warns U.S. & Iran Have Incentives to Escalate Conflict

CFPB Staffer Alexis Goldstein Fired for Confronting DOGE Members, Announces Run for Congress

Meet Analilia Mejía, Who Won NJ Congressional Primary After Speaking Out Against ICE & Genocide in Gaza

"Predatory Tech": Silicon Valley on Trial in Landmark Youth Social Media Addiction Case

Social Media Addiction: Facebook Whistleblower Says Big Tech Has Known & Ignored Problem for Years

Courts Have Ruled 4,400+ Times That ICE Jailed People Illegally; Despite Rebukes, ICE Keeps Doing It

Former Prince Andrew Arrested in U.K. as Global Fallout from Epstein Files Grows

Carole Cadwalladr on Epstein Fallout: As U.K. Arrests Ex-Prince, Where is the Accountability in U.S.?

Jeremy Scahill: Despite Ongoing Talks, Trump Admin Is "Obsessed" with Destroying Iran

"Colonial Apartheid Regime": Jeremy Scahill on Trump's "Board of Peace" & Plans For Gaza

Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian Columbia Student Targeted by Trump, Hails Court Ruling Blocking Deportation

Trump Lashes Out & Attacks Justices After Supreme Court Limits His Power to Impose Tariffs

"It's Still a Genocide": Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Reality of "Ceasefire" in Gaza

As U.S. Olympians Take on the Trump Administration, Trump Attacks Them While Kash Patel Parties

Headlines for February 24, 2026

A Warming Planet Makes Nor'easters & Other Storms More Intense: Climate Scientist Michael Mann

Aided by U.S. Intelligence, Mexican Army Kills Top Cartel Leader After Threat of Trump Intervention

War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Epstein Files, Duterte's ICC Case & Ukraine War Anniversary

"You Have Killed Americans," "Black People Aren't Apes": Democrats Protest Trump's State of the Union

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz Slams Trump's Myths About Tariffs, Affordability

Rep. Summer Lee on Boycotting Trump Speech, Jesse Jackson, Voting Rights, "Endless Wars" & More

Jailed for "Standing Up": DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address

"Lies, Gaslighting and Maligning": Rep. Adelita Grijalva Boycotts Trump's Speech

Cuba Kills 4 Exiles Trying to "Infiltrate" Island by Boat as U.S. "Medieval Siege" of Cuba Continues

"Flagrant War Crime": Investigation Recreates 2025 Israeli Massacre, Cover-Up of 15 Gaza Aid Workers

Beaten, Starved, Tortured: New CPJ Report on Abuse of Palestinian Journalists in Israeli Prisons

A Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025, Israel Responsible for 2/3 of the Deaths: CPJ

Missing DOJ Files: As Clintons Testify About Epstein, Where Are FBI Interviews with Trump Accuser?

ICE Abducts Then Releases Columbia Student After Mamdani Intervenes & Calls to Dismiss More Cases

"Abandoned By Border Patrol": Blind Refugee in Buffalo Dies in the Cold; Family Demands Answers

Former St. Louis Congressmember Cori Bush Runs for Seat Again After AIPAC Targeted Her in 2024

Iranian American Scholars Denounce U.S.-Israeli Attack, Warn Regime Change Efforts Will Backfire

Israel Wants Ability to Attack Anyone at Any Time: Israeli Analyst Ori Goldberg

Trump's War on Iran Violates International Law & U.S. Constitution: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody

"Horror and Anxiety": Death Toll in Iran Tops 780 as Trump Says U.S. Can Fight "Forever"

By Attacking Iran, U.S. & Israel Seek Unchallenged Supremacy in Middle East: Rami Khouri

"Stop This Bloodshed": Israeli Lawmaker Ofer Cassif Slams Netanyahu's "Fascist Government" over Iran

A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World's Oil Trade

Who Bombed Girls' School in Iran? Reporter Nilo Tabrizy on What We Know About Massacre, 175 Killed

"Iran Is Not Going to Surrender": Johns Hopkins Prof. Says U.S. and Israel Underestimate Iran

"Utter Disaster for All Involved": Is Trump's War on Iran Repeating Bush's "Forever War" in Iraq?

"The Secret Agent": Kleber Mendonça Filho on His Oscar-Nominated Film & Brazil's Military Dictatorship

"Why Are We Going to War?": Former U.S. Middle East Officials Say Trump Has "No Clear Plan" on Iran

Geeta Gandbhir on Her Double Oscar Noms for "The Perfect Neighbor" & "The Devil Is Busy"

"Armed Only with a Camera": Oscar-Nominated Doc Honors Brent Renaud and Other "Fallen Journalists"

Another Land Grab? Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Lebanon & Orders Mass Displacement in the South

Lies, Corruption & Scandal: Trump Ousts Kristi Noem, Nominates Sen. Markwayne Mullin to Head DHS

"Donroe Doctrine" Summit: Trump Seeks to Build Right-Wing Power Bloc in Latin America

Iran Picks New Supreme Leader; Toxic Black Rain Falls After Israeli Strikes on Iranian Oil Depots

"Racist Regime": Iranian Israeli Editor Orly Noy on Israel Denying Bomb Shelter Access to Palestinians

"Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus" to Wage War on Iran: U.S. Commanders Accused of Promoting Holy War

Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Netanyahu Could Turn to Nuclear Bombs If Iran War Escalates

"The Gulf Fears Whoever Wins This War": U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Could Destabilize Entire Region

"Fossil Fuels as a Weapon of War": U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Exposes World's Dangerous Reliance on Oil

"No Stupid Rules of Engagement": Ahead of Iran War, Hegseth Halted Efforts to Limit Civilian Deaths

Ex-Marine, Senate Candidate Speaks Out After Arrest, Arm Broken During Iran War Protest in Senate

"Killers of Roe": Amy Littlefield Investigates the "Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights" in U.S.

"War on the Iranian People": Nationalism Grows in Iran in Defiance of Deadly U.S. and Israeli Strikes

Amnesty Head Agnès Callamard on Iran War, Global Fight for Gender Justice & Killing of Yanar Mohammed

Report from Beirut: Israel Expands Bombing Campaign & Mass Displacement in Lebanon

Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Will Not Stop Wars & Occupation Until U.S. Pulls Support

Economist Jeffrey Sachs: U.S.-Israeli "War of Choice," Assault on U.N. Charter Could Lead to WWIII

"A Sense of Despair": Many Iranians Fear a Prolonged War — and What Comes After

Report from Jerusalem: As Israel Keeps Bombing Iran, Palestinians Face Growing Violence in West Bank

"Mr Nobody Against Putin" Wins Oscar; Meet the Russian Teacher in Film Who Confronts State Propaganda

Israel Says It Has Assassinated Iran's Security Chief, Ali Larijani, Known for Negotiating with the West

Ground Invasion of Iran Could Be "Suicide Mission" for U.S.: Ex-Army Intelligence Analyst

Report from Havana as Trump Threatens to "Take" Cuba & Pushes for Ouster of Cuban Leader

Prairieland Trial: Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges as DOJ Targets "Antifa Cell"

Speeding Up the "Kill Chain": Pentagon Bombs Thousands of Targets in Iran Using Palantir AI

Trump's Counterterrorism Chief Resigns over Iran War, Criticizes "Pressure from Israel"

"Warmongers Come for the Media": Trump Threatens Media with "Treason" Charges over Iran War Coverage

"Iran Is Playing the Long Game": Prof. Vali Nasr on What to Expect from Protracted War in Middle East

The End of the Petrodollar? How Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy: Author Laleh Khalili

From Epic Fury to Epstein Fury: Rep. Ro Khanna on the Betrayals of the Trump Administration

Labor Icon Dolores Huerta, 95, Reveals She, Too, Was Raped by Cesar Chavez; Speaks to Maria Hinojosa

Report from Beirut: 1,000+ Dead, 1M+ Displaced, Many Fear Long-Term Occupation of Southern Lebanon

Disenfranchise Tens of Millions? Trump's SAVE Act Targets Women, Poor, Rural & Trans Voters

Iran War & Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis Reveal Decline of U.S. Empire: Historian Alfred McCoy

"It's a Disaster": European Countries Refuse to Take a Stand Against U.S. Violations of Int'l Law

From Gaza to Iran, Rise of Conscientious Objectors Marks U.S. Soldiers' "Shift in Consciousness"

"Israel First": Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy Says Netanyahu Led Trump into Illegal Iran War

"Under the Rubble": Pulitzer Prize Winner Reads Poem About Gaza at Democracy Now!'s 30th Anniversary

Bruce Springsteen Performs "Streets of Minneapolis" at Democracy Now!'s 30th Anniversary

As Trump Deploys ICE Agents to Airports, TSA Agents Continue to Go Without Pay: AFGE Union Steward

Headlines for March 25, 2026

New DHS Head Markwayne Mullin Is "Trump Loyalist, Anti-immigrant, Incompetent": Rep. Delia Ramirez

Pentagon Whistleblower Criticizes "Bloodthirst" of Iran War, Says Hegseth Is Enabling War Crimes

Patti Smith Remembers Rachel Corrie, Sings "Peaceable Kingdom" at DN!'s 30th Anniversary Event

"People Have the Power": Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe at Democracy Now! Celebration

Crude Capitalism: Trump's War on Iran Disrupts Global Systems, from Agriculture to Oil to Shipping

Meet Ryan Schwank, ICE Whistleblower Who Exposed Agency's Unconstitutional Practices

"Torture & Genocide": U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Denounces Israeli Abuse of Palestinians

Michael Stipe & Aaron Dessner Perform "No Time for Love Like Now" at Democracy Now! Celebration