Justice

Keith Ellison Loses DNC Chair Race After Smear Campaign over His Support for Palestinian Rights

Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez has been elected to lead the Democratic National Committee, beating out Minnesota Congressmember Keith Ellison in a contentious second-round vote that is seen as determining…

February 27, 2017
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Rev. William Barber on the "Season of Hate & Political Violence" Under Trump

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The Southern Poverty Law Center recently revealed the number of hate groups in the United States has tripled in the past year in part due to Donald Trump’s candidacy and…

February 27, 2017
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We Will Not Be Intimidated: Philly Rabbi Decries Desecration of Over 500 Graves at Jewish Cemetery

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In Philadelphia, some 500 headstones at a Jewish cemetery were toppled or damaged in the second apparent incident of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in about a week. On Sunday,…

February 27, 2017
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Racism

Rev. William Barber: The NAACP Will Boycott North Carolina over HB2 & Voter Suppression

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The NAACP has announced it would not hold its convention in North Carolina and urged an international boycott of the state to protest North Carolina’s anti-trans bathroom bill and a

February 27, 2017
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From Standing Rock to the Red Power Movement: New Series "RISE" Focuses on Indigenous Resistance

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We speak with the filmmakers behind "RISE," a new Viceland series that examines indigenous resistance past and present, from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation's resistance to the Dakota Access

February 24, 2017
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NFL Star Michael Bennett on Refusing to Go to Israel, Black Lives Matter & His Love for Angela Davis

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In a Democracy Now! exclusive, we speak with Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, who made headlines when he pulled out of an Israeli government-sponsored trip to Israel for NFL

February 24, 2017
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Human Rights

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