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We speak with former Michigan Congressmember Andy Levin, a former synagogue president, who lost his 2022 Democratic primary in a race that saw millions spent by pro-Israel groups to unseat the progressive Jewish lawmaker. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and other lobby groups have used the same playbook over the years to defeat […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: For more, we’re joined by two guests with a long history of labor organizing in Chicago and beyond. Stacy Davis Gates is president of the powerful Chicago Teachers Union, the former union of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. And Alex Han […]

During President Biden’s speech on the first night of the DNC, protesters briefly unfurled a banner that read “Stop Arming Israel,” before it was wrested away by convention staff. We speak to three members of the group Delegates Against Genocide who organized and carried out the action: Esam Boraey, a human rights activist and delegate […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: “All the King’s Horses,” Aretha Franklin, here on Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency: Breaking with Convention.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González, as we broadcast from here in Chicago at CAN TV. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, we look […]

The pioneering TV host Phil Donahue, who revolutionized daytime television by tackling major social and political issues in front of a studio audience, has died at the age of 88. The Phil Donahue Show, later renamed Donahue, ran from the 1960s through to 1996, and the affable host won 20 Emmy Awards and received a […]

Father Grieves Newborn Twins, Wife Who Were Killed by Israel as Gaza's Death Toll Tops 40,000 "You Are Complicit": Journalists, Media Groups Demand End to U.S. Arming of Israel Columbia Univ. President Minouche Shafik Resigns After Ordering Brutal Crackdown on Protesters Univ. of Chicago Delivers Diplomas, Drops Cases Against Gaza Solidarity Student Protesters Tim Walz […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Health officials in Gaza say the official death toll from Israel’s 10-month war has now topped 40,000, but that figure is widely believed to be an undercount. We begin today’s show looking at how the Biden administration has just approved […]

Israel Continues Deadly Attacks in Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Resume for Day 2 Israeli Settlers Kill Palestinian as They Go on Armed Rampage in Occupied West Bank Prices on 10 Common Medications Will Go Down in 2026 After First Round of Medicare Negotiations Make the Road Action Endorses Kamala Harris for President AZ's Top Court […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show with a new undercover video that shows the co-author of Project 2025 bragging about his ties to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — even as Trump is trying to distance himself from the right-wing blueprint for […]

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. We look now at the spread of the mpox virus as the first cases outside Africa have now been confirmed in Pakistan and Sweden. The World Health Organization has declared […]