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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: We begin today in Massachusetts, where over a thousand protesters gathered near Tufts University Wednesday after masked, plainclothes immigration agents snatched Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Ph.D. student, from the streets of Somerville. Ozturk is a doctoral student in the school’s Department of Child Study and Human Development. She’s a research assistant at Tufts’ Children’s Television Project. […]

“Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed” by Jared Diamond: A stark warning from history for the modern world Jared Diamond's "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" (2005) explores the environmental, economic and social factors that have led to the collapse of past civilizations, using case studies to draw lessons for modern societies. Diamond examines societies like the Norse in Greenland, the Maya, Easter Islanders and the […]

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. Not content with spending more than a quarter of a billion dollars to elect Donald Trump, we look now at how the richest man in the world, senior adviser to President Trump, Elon Musk, is pouring money into an election in Wisconsin. Musk has spent more than $18 […]

“Feel G.O.O.D. Gut Health Program” on BrightU: How hidden food sensitivities are sabotaging your health In Episode 3 of "Feel G.O.O.D. Gut Health Program," Dr. Basima Williams explained how everyday "healthy" foods like eggs, dairy and gluten may cause fatigue, brain fog and chronic pain due to slow-burning inflammation. This episode also tackled western diets that heavily favor pro-inflammatory omega-6 fats (vegetable oils), creating a 20:1 ratio with anti-inflammatory omega-3s […]

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. We end today’s show with Part 2 of my recent interview with the reporter Chris McGreal, who was the Johannesburg correspondent for The Guardian during the last years of apartheid through 2002. He’s been closely following the South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, who was born in 1971 in […]

Trump vows to shoulder stranded astronauts’ compensation, in contrast with NASA’s MEASLY overtime pay President Donald Trump will personally pay the overtime compensation for NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who spent 286 days in space – far exceeding their planned eight-day mission. He criticized the $1,430 overtime pay they received as inadequate for their sacrifices. The astronauts were stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after their Boeing […]

Israel Kills 38 Palestinians in Gaza; Israeli Court Orders Dr. Abu Safiya Held for 6 Months MorePalestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed After Being Assaulted by Israeli Settlers & SoldiersIsrael Kills 6 in Syria as U.S. Lanches New Attacks on YemenWaltz & Hegseth Face Calls to Resign Over Yemen Attack Plans Disclosure on Signal ChatU.S. Intelligence Agencies Omit Climate Change as National ThreatRussia and Ukraine Agree to Naval Ceasefire in Black […]

YouTube’s double standard: CEO defends censorship while claiming free speech champion status YouTube CEO Neal Mohan defended the platform’s COVID-era censorship while claiming commitment to "free expression," revealing Big Tech’s pattern of silencing dissent under the guise of safety. Mohan avoided acknowledging past mistakes, refusing to restore wrongfully removed content (e.g., videos challenging COVID narratives, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s), despite admitting most moderation policies were later scrapped. Suppressing debates on […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: We begin today looking at how the Social Security Administration is considering drastic new measures that could disrupt benefit payments to millions of Americans. This is according to an internal memo first obtained by the political newsletter Popular Information. Authored earlier this month by Acting Deputy Social Security Administration Commissioner Doris Diaz, the changes proposed in […]