“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech; “Empire of AI”: Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World; Journalist Karen Hao on Sam Altman, OpenAI & the “Quasi-Religious” Push for Artificial Intelligence
Democracy Now! 2026-07-02 Thursday
2026-07-02 | 59 mins.
Headlines for July 02, 2026; Profiting from the Presidency: Trump and Family Rake In Billions from Crypto, Real Estate & More; “Rule of Law vs. Rule of Billionaires”: Supreme Court Says Trump Can Fire Regulators, Except at Fed; “The American Revolution Was Hardly an Anti-Colonial Movement”: UCLA Historian Robin D. G. Kelley
Democracy Now! 2026-07-01 Wednesday
2026-07-01 | 59 mins.
Headlines for July 01, 2026; “America Is a Multiracial Democracy”: Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship; “We Continue to Fight”: Chase Strangio on the Supreme Court’s Ban on Trans Girls & Women in Sports; Supreme Court Approves Mail-In Voting, But Trump Keeps Pushing Extremist SAVE Act Ahead of Midterms; Reparations Efforts “Sweeping the Country” Despite DOJ Attack on Evanston, IL Groundbreaking Program
Democracy Now! 2026-06-30 Tuesday
2026-06-30 | 59 mins.
Headlines for June 30, 2026; “Merciless Indian Savages”: Cherokee Podcaster on Racist Slur in the Declaration of Independence; Meet Aber Kawas, DSA-Backed Palestinian American Who Won New York State Senate Primary; “Keep Supporting the Venezuelan People”: Thousands Missing as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Continue
Democracy Now! 2026-06-29 Monday
2026-06-29 | 59 mins.
Headlines for June 29, 2026; “America, U.S.A.”: Eddie Glaude on the 250th Anniv., Race & “The Madness at the Heart of the Country”; “Meet a Stranger”: StoryCorps Facilitates Conversations Across the U.S. for 250th Anniversary
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