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The post Democracy Now 6am – June 21, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show:

Meet Nadia Milleron: Her Daughter Was Killed in 2019 Boeing Crash, Now She’s Running for Congress
Reuters: Pentagon Ran a Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China at the Height of the Pandemic
First Illinois Latina Representative Praises Biden’s New Immigration Executive Order But Slams Border Shutdown
“Congress Is Not for Sale”: Representative Ramirez Slams AIPAC-Led Campaign Against Jamaal Bowman in NY Primary

 
The post Democracy Now 6am – June 20, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show:

Juneteenth Special: Historian Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Rhiannon Giddens on Pulitzer-Winning Opera “Omar” About Enslaved Muslim Scholar Omar ibn Said
“Another Wasted Life”: Rhiannon Giddens on How Death of Kalief Browder Inspired New Song

 
The post Democracy Now 6am – June 19, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show:

Ahead of Juneteenth, Maryland Pardons 175K Pot Convictions, Seeking to Remedy Harms of the War on Drugs
Holocaust Scholar Raz Segal Loses University of Minnesota Job Offer for Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide

 
The post Democracy Now 6am – June 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show:

Report from Rafah: UNICEF Decries Israel’s “War on Children” as Starvation & Deaths Mount in Gaza
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trump’s First Return to Capitol Hill Since Jan. 6 Cements His GOP “Stranglehold”
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Only a Two-State Solution Can End “Nightmare” of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Arundhati Roy Faces Anti-Terror Prosecution in India as Modi Expands Crackdown on Critics

 
The post Democracy Now 6am – June 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show:

Supreme Court Protects Access to Mifepristone, But War on Abortion Rights Continues to Escalate
Birding While Black: Christian Cooper on NYC Audubon Society’s New Name & Racist Central Park Incident
“Better Living Through Birding”: Christian Cooper on Being a Queer Black Man in the Natural World

 
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