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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We’re also joined by sociologist Nikhil Goyal, The Lever’s David Sirota and Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine-Israel program at the Arab Center Washington DC. I want to go back to Vice President Harris speaking in her first major TV […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We’re going to turn now to the economy. During the nearly half-hour CNN interview, Vice President Harris was asked about her top priorities if elected president of the United States. She’s interviewed by CNN’s Dana Bash. DANA BASH: The voters […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: I want to turn now to the issue of climate, which hasn’t come up that much during this presidential campaign, but it was addressed Thursday when CNN’s Dana Bash questioned Vice President Harris about her change in position on the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We look now at a major new investigation into how political extremists and corporate forces are orchestrating a system of legalized corruption in the United States. A new podcast series from The Lever aims to expose their scheme. It’s called […]

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: In Afghanistan, the Taliban has approved a wide-ranging law that forces women to completely cover their bodies, including their faces, and remain […]

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 Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to the war in Ukraine as Russia continues its largest aerial assault since it invaded the country in 2022. This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We look now at how voting rules in key battleground states could impact the November election results, especially in Georgia, where the laws are […]

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 Juan González. We turn now to Texas, where the Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is raising concerns about voter suppression by targeting the country’s oldest Latino […]

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 begin today’s show with a call by Human Rights Watch for the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel for arbitrarily detaining and torturing Palestinian healthcare workers. […]

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 look now at how high rent and housing costs are shaping up to be a key issue in these November elections here in the United States. […]