Democracy Now! Video

The Grammy-nominated poet and activist aja monet recites her poem “cast away” in the Democracy Now! studio. She is the artistic creative director of V-Day’s Voices campaign and the developer of the new audio play VOICES: a sacred sisterscape.

Headlines for June 07, 2024; Israel’s Widespread Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon, Gaza Violates Int’l Law: Human Rights Watch; Deadly Heat: Record Scorching Temperatures Kill the Vulnerable, Worsen Inequality Across the Globe; ”VOICES: A Sacred Sisterscape”: Poet aja monet & V on New Audio Play Centering Black Women’s Stories

Headlines for June 06, 2024; “Apocalyptic”: 40 Killed in Israeli Airstrike on U.N. School Sheltering Displaced Palestinians in Gaza; “Where Olive Trees Weep”: Dr. Gabor Maté & Ashira Darwish on New Film Exploring Trauma in Palestine; “Propaganda Machine”: NY Congressmember Jamaal Bowman on AIPAC’s $25 Million Campaign to Unseat Him

Headlines for June 05, 2024; “My Journey of Loss”: Gaza Twin on Death of Mom, 14 Relatives & Continuing to Flee Israeli Bombs; “Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept”: Meet the Palestinian Lawyer Censored by Columbia and Harvard; Biden Limits Asylum & Shuts Down Border for Migrants Ahead of Debate with Trump

Headlines for June 04, 2024; A Setback for the “Cult of Modi”? Indian Opposition Faring Surprisingly Well in Early Election Count; El Salvador’s “Coolest Dictator” Bukele Begins Controversial Second Term with Backing from Biden & Trump; “More Than a Symbolic Victory”: Mexican Women’s Movement Paved Way for Election of 1st Female President; “The Trauma Is Unimaginable”: Save the Children CEO Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza, More Focus on Congo

Headlines for June 03, 2024; Will Israel Agree to the “Israeli” Ceasefire Proposal? Confusion Reigns After Biden Presents New Plan; “Divest from Genocide”: 1,000+ Protest Brooklyn Museum for Israel Ties; NYPD Throws Punches, Arrests 34; Meet the Pro-Ceasefire MP Candidate Banned by U.K. Labour Party for “Liking” Jon Stewart Skit on Israel; ”ANC Failed”: How Mandela’s Party Lost Its Majority for First Time Since End of Apartheid

Headlines for May 31, 2024; Guilty: Trump Becomes First Ex-President Felon in U.S. History; “Unprecedented in the History of American Republicanism”: Historian on Trump Verdict & GOP Extremism; Exclusive: USAID Contractor Resigns After Presentation on Maternal & Child Mortality in Gaza Canceled; “I Was Shocked”: Meet the State Dept. Official Who Quit After Report Denies Israel Blocking Gaza Aid

Headlines for May 30, 2024; “This Is a Crime”: Ken Roth on Israel’s Secret War Targeting the ICC to Derail War Crimes Charges; Univ. of Toronto Protesters Vow to Continue Gaza Encampment as Admin Demands Police Clear It; PFAS Cover-Up: How 3M Hid Risks of Forever Chemicals & “Gaslit” Scientist Who Tried to Sound Alarm

Headlines for May 29, 2024; “A Narrative of Trump Criminality”: Jury Begins Deliberations in Hush Money Case; “The North Needs to Learn from the South”: Mexico Poised to Elect First Woman President; “America’s Monster”: How a U.S. Ally Kidnapped, Killed & Tortured Hundreds in Afghanistan

Headlines for May 28, 2024; People Burned Alive, Child Decapitated: Report from Rafah on Israeli Strike That Killed 45 in Camp; Latest Israeli Rafah Attack Kills 45, Injures 110+; How Can World Enforce ICJ’s Ruling to End Assault?; “Corky Lee’s Asian America”: Chinese American Legend Spent 50 Years Seeking “Photographic Justice”

Pulitzer Winner Nathan Thrall on Gaza, Israel’s “System of Domination” and U.S. Complicity; “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama”: How the Death of Abed’s 5-Year-Old Son Sheds Light on Life Under Israeli Apartheid

Headlines for May 24, 2024; Northwestern Professor Steven Thrasher: You Are Being Lied to About Pro-Palestine Protests on Campus; 1,000 Harvard Students Walk Out of Commencement to Support 13 Seniors Barred from Graduation over Gaza; “Why Do Israel’s Bidding?”: Human Rights Advocate Hossam Bahgat Blasts Egypt Policy at Rafah Crossing

Headlines for May 23, 2024; Irish Lawmaker: Recognizing Palestine as a State Is Rooted in Our History of Colonization & Famine; Dr. Adam Hamawy Describes Desperate Conditions at Gaza Hospitals Amid Attacks & Lack of Supplies; “Power”: Yance Ford on His New Documentary & Why “Violence Is Part and Parcel” of U.S. Policing

Headlines for May 22, 2024; “Collective Punishment”: Israel Raids Jenin Camp in West Bank, Killing 8, “Shooting Everything”; “Brutal Force”: Police Raid UMich Gaza Solidarity Camp Before President Ono Testifies in Congress; “We Hope to Be a Model”: Students & Faculty at The New School Secure Divestment Vote; “The New McCarthyism”: Pro-Palestine Educators Face Censorship, Harassment & Firings Across U.S.; Will Biden Undermine His Own Climate Goals with New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles?