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Harvard adopts controversial IHRA antisemitism definition to block debate over Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza Harvard University’s decision to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism sparks debate over free speech, criticism of Israel, and the conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism. • Harvard settles lawsuit with Jewish students who accused pro-Palestine protesters of antisemitism. • […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. On Monday, Holocaust survivors and world leaders marked 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp. Events were held in Poland, as well as at the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We look now at the impact of an executive order President Trump signed on his first day in office that paused the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in order to see if it, quote, “aligns with the interests” of the U.S. […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show with the Senate confirmation of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary by one vote on Friday night and Hegseth’s embrace of extreme Christian nationalism. […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Public health advocates across the globe are expressing alarm after President Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the U.N.’s World Health Organization. The U.S. is the biggest financial backer of the WHO, contributing about 18% of the agency’s […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: President Trump is defending his decision to grant “full, complete and unconditional” presidential pardons to over 1,500 of his supporters involved in […]

Newark Mayor Vows to Fight Back After ICE Raid as Feds Launch Nationwide Deportation Operation "Blatantly Unconstitutional": U.S. Judge Blocks Trump Order Ending Birthright Citizenship State Dept. Halts Passport Applications with Gender Nonbinary "X" Sex Marker Senators Confirm John Ratcliffe as CIA Head and Advance Trump's Energy & Environment Nominees More Damning Info on Pete […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: As the Trump administration launches what it’s calling the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history, we look now at how immigrant communities and advocates are fighting back. A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. Last week, President Biden made history by issuing more pardons and commutations than any president before him. Among the thousands of pardons was one that came after […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. The family of the prominent British Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah is stepping up pressure on the British government to secure Alaa’s release from prison in Egypt. They’ve repeatedly called on […]