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Nearly a thousand active wildfires continue to rage in Canada. Republican politicians have been loath to acknowledge the role of the climate crisis in making extreme weather events like this more frequent and intense, instead blaming Canadian officials for poor forest management.…
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As calls mount for accountability over the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Al Green, who represents Texas’s 9th Congressional District. He demands an independent investigation into the shooting to stop “an attempt to cover…
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Houston community members continue to demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican father who was shot and killed by an ICE agent July 7. The ICE agents involved in his killing have not been identified, and it’s unclear whether they remain on active duty. Fo…
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The United States is expanding its attacks on Iran after three U.S. soldiers were killed over the weekend, the first U.S. fatalities in the conflict since March. “The United States has considerable violence at its disposal, but it has limited political capacity to dictate terms…
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Millions of people across North America face another day of hazardous air pollution, as nearly a thousand active wildfires continue to rage in Canada. “We're watching the impact of the climate crisis in real time,” says independent journalist @atRachelGilmore, noting that Indigen…
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House Democrats will hold a hearing in Houston on Friday to look into the ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. “My belief is that there is an attempt to cover up currently taking place, and that attempt to cover up is something that ICE has perpetrated in other cases,” says @RepAlGreen.
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Houston community members continue to demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican father who was shot and killed by an ICE agent July 7. “Mr. Lorenzo is everybody's father. I'm a child of immigrants myself, and when I'm here, I'm overwhelmed with emotion be…
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“Americans seem to forget the massive presence that the United States has built militarily in the Middle East … all with the idea of creating a massive military footprint in order to secure American hegemonic and political economic interests,” says Middle East historian Toby Jone…
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The Saharawi people are calling for a boycott of Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey," which was partially filmed in occupied Dakhla, Western Sahara. "[Morocco's] occupying force is practicing cultural genocide against the Sahrawi people, ethnic cleansing, especially in Dakhla, whe…
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"The Odyssey" premieres around the world today amid growing calls for a boycott, as human rights campaigners criticize director Christopher Nolan over his decision to film part of the film in Western Sahara, a vast territory that Morocco has occupied for the past half-century. www.democracynow.org/2026/7/17/the_odyssey
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Parts of "The Odyssey" were filmed in occupied Western Sahara, defying requests from the Sahawari people. Advocates are now calling for a boycott of the film and what they say is its complicity with Morocco's occupation and cultural genocide.
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In Houston, community members gathered Thursday evening for a public viewing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the immigrant father killed by ICE earlier this month. Democracy Now! was on the scene, which "brought back memories of Emmett Till."
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In a primetime address on Thursday, President Trump accused China of meddling in U.S. elections in his latest effort to spread doubt about the U.S. voting system. But "Trump's speech was shockingly weak," with no evidence for his claims, says voting rights expert Ari Berman.
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"The legacy she left behind is immeasurable." Juan González remembers the life of civil rights activist, organizer and educator Denise Oliver-Vélez, who died this week at the age of 78.