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Headlines for July 14, 2025; “War on Children”: Doctor in Gaza on Massacres, Starvation and Israel’s Plan for Concentration Camps; Netanyahu Had Ceasefire Deal in April 2024 But Kept Gaza War Going to Stay in Power: NY...Friday, July 11, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–A growing wave of speculation is surrounding the case of Tornike Rizhvadze, the former head of government in Georgia’s Adjara region, who is currently recovering in a Turkish hospital after suffering a gunshot...Friday, July 11, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for July 11, 2025; Ex- NOAA Official on TX Flood: Trump Breaking “Disaster Response Chain” as Climate Crisis Escalates; Judge Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order; DOJ Caught Lying About Men Sent to El...Friday, July 11, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Full interview with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in Geneva, Switzerland.Friday, July 11, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Part 2 of Democracy Now!'s conversation with Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory. She was recently sanctioned by the Trump administration, shortly after publishing a report on...Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for July 10, 2025; From Agents on Horseback in L.A. to a Chicago Arts Festival, Latino Communities Mobilize Against ICE ; “Apocalypse in the Tropics”: Brazilian Filmmaker on Evangelicals, Bolsonaro &...Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is experiencing a record-breaking year in tourism, according to the government, but some among the industry are wondering why they are not seeing the same trend. With over 2.3 million international tourist...Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–US Ambassador Robin Dunnigan, who recently announced her retirement, said the tone of a private letter sent to Washington by Georgian Dream leadership was “threatening, insulting, and unserious,” and...Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for July 09, 2025; “Netanyahu Is the Problem”: Sanders’s Former Adviser Matt Duss on Why Gaza Ceasefire Remains Elusive; “Vladimir Putin Is Not Interested in a Peace Deal”: Matt Duss on...Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Speaker of Georgia’s Parliament has accused European Union-funded organizations of preparing to disrupt the country’s upcoming local elections. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said Tuesday...Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–The former head of the government of Georgia’s autonomous Adjara region remains in a serious but stable condition after being hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the chest. Tornike Rizhvadze’s shooting has...Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–After months of stable prices, inflation in Georgia is once again on the rise, with food costs driving the sharpest increases. The national inflation rate reached 4% year-on-year in June, up from near-zero levels...Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for July 08, 2025; Hold GOP Accountable: Youngest Dem. Congresswoman on Medicaid, Climate Cuts & Her Visit to ICE Jail; “Freedom to Choose”?: Peter Beinart Slams Trump-Netanyahu Plan for Ethnic Cleansing of...Monday, July 7, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tensions are escalating within Georgia’s opposition as two parties declared they will participate in the upcoming local elections on October 4. The decision by the parties For Georgia, led by former Prime Minister...Monday, July 7, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–The former head of Georgia’s Adjara regional government, Tornike Rizhvadze, remains in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest in what may have been a suicide attempt. Rizhvadze was first...Monday, July 7, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for July 07, 2025; Texas Flood Kills 82+, Including 28 Kids, Amid Drought, Trump Cuts to Weather Service, NOAA & FEMA ; “Most Massive Transfer of Wealth Upward in American History”: John Nichols on Trump’s...Saturday, July 5, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–The opposition party “Lelo for Strong Georgia” has announced its decision to participate in the October 4 local elections, splitting from a bloc of parties calling for an electoral boycott. The...Saturday, July 5, 2025 from Democracy & Freedom Watch
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream (GD), is rejecting claims that it supported a critical resolution passed by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Porto on July 3. The resolution, which includes a condemnation...Friday, July 4, 2025 from Democracy Now! Video
“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;...Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for July 03, 2025; EXCLUSIVE : Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian Activist Jailed by ICE for 104 Days, in First Live Interview; GOP Budget Bill Slashes Medicaid for Millions, Cuts Taxes for the Rich, Funds ICE at Historic LevelsWednesday, July 2, 2025 from Democracy Now! Video
Headlines for July 02, 2025; “Not a Done Deal”: After Senate Passes “Big, Ugly Bill,” Progressives Fight to Stop It in the House; GOP Budget Bill Would Make ICE “Largest Federal Law Enforcement Agency in the...Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for July 01, 2025; “Worst Thing I’ve Ever Seen”: U.S. Surgeon Describes Mass Starvation, Injury and Death in Gaza; “Trying to Find Food Is a Death Sentence”: Palestinian Writer Muhammad Shehada on...Monday, June 30, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Headlines for June 30, 2025; To Fund Tax Cuts for the Rich, GOP Budget Bill Would “Take a Sledgehammer” to Healthcare for Millions; SCOTUS Clears Way for Trump Agenda, from Limits to Birthright Citizenship to LGBTQ Books in...Friday, June 27, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
GENEVA, Jun 27 (IPS) - In an era defined by the gig economy and pervasive job insecurity, advocating for permanent contracts within the United Nations might seem anachronistic, even counterintuitive. Read the full story, “UN80: Beyond...Friday, June 27, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
Jun 27 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses autonomous weapons systems and the campaign for regulation with Nicole van Rooijen, Executive Director of Stop Killer Robots, a global civil society coalition of over 270 organisations that campaigns for...Friday, June 27, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
NEW YORK, Jun 27 (IPS) - I’ve spent much of my life in the machinery of international development, navigating acronyms, crises, and committee rooms with stale coffee. Through it all—amid war zones, climate summits, and remote island...Friday, June 27, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 27 (IPS) - In the US, the success of a business enterprise or the value of real estate is reflected in a repetitive and alliterative phrase: “LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION”. As the UN continues its plans for...Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The Trump administration announced on June 23 that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran had been reached following 10 days of conflict between the two nations and the United States’ bombardment of...Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 2025 (IPS) - United Nations member states this week reiterated their commitment to the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity—at a time when world powers are failing to...Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In pursuit of money to support their families, Congolese laborers face...Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
MALÉ & JOHANNESBURG, Jun 26 (IPS) - A meeting of parliamentarians in Malé, the Maldives, pledged to provide an enabling environment for emerging women leaders by supporting them and promoting a political culture rooted in mutual respect,...Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
BHUBANESWAR/AHMEDABAD, India, Jun 26 (IPS) - As Deviben Dhaundhaliya, 45, a streetside seller of artificial jewelry, waits for her husband Devabhai to arrive and help her shift their iron-frame mobile ‘shop’ to the Bhadra Fort open-air...Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines for “Democracy”
ATLANTA, USA, Jun 26 (IPS) - Chest thumping “Mission Accomplished” claims by President Trump that he ordered the world’s biggest conventional bombs to be dropped on a sleeping nation of 90 million people, were premature. To top it off he...Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from openDemocracy -
The IMF is backing a tax reform bill in Ecuador that will enable capital flight and further austerity.Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from openDemocracy -
Policies in practice are rarely the same as they are on paper. The IOM would do well to remember that.Tuesday, December 17, 2019 from openDemocracy -
Why are Syrian documentaries detached from the Syrian audience?Tuesday, December 17, 2019 from openDemocracy -
Seven years ago, Georgian Dream swept to power on the promise of ending systemic police violence. They have failed.Tuesday, December 17, 2019 from openDemocracy -
The goal set by the national government is that by 2023 the use of mercury in Colombia will be completely stopped. The protective action initiated by indigenous communities could be a useful tool to follow this up. EspañolTuesday, December 17, 2019 from openDemocracy -
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is embarking on a project of cultural and historical revision.Tuesday, December 17, 2019 from openDemocracy -
AIDAN, Betsy DeVos’ proposed chatbot, signals that the Department of Education remains open for business.Tuesday, December 17, 2019 from openDemocracy -
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business. Charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence were all my business.”Tuesday, December 17, 2019 from openDemocracy -
Labour Party’s abject failure to address anti-Semitism has garnered headlines, but hatred of Muslims is even more rampant in Britain—and the prime minister and his party have contributed to making it socially acceptable.Monday, December 16, 2019 from openDemocracy -
Emel Mathlouthi’s new album is the soundtrack of the apocalypse.Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from BBC Democracy Live - Home
Latest live coverage of the UK's parliaments and assembliesFriday, May 27, 2016 from Democracy Now! Blog
Extended interview with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing, about the bombing of 1945 and her push to eliminate nuclear weapons. On August 6, 1945, Thurlow was at school in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the...Friday, May 27, 2016 from Democracy Now! Blog
Holocaust survivor and peace activist Hedy Epstein has died at the age of 91. Epstein was born in Germany and left in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England. Her parents died in Auschwitz. She later returned to Germany to work as a...Thursday, May 26, 2016 from Democracy Now! Blog
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Thursday, Jan. 28, was a cold morning in Durham, North Carolina. Wildin David Guillen Acosta went outside to head to school, but never made it. He was thrown to the ground and arrested by agents from...Wednesday, May 25, 2016 from Democracy Now! Blog
Amy Goodman appears on the PBS show MetroFocus and breaks down all that is wrong with the media’s coverage of Election 2016. Watch the Full InterviewTuesday, May 24, 2016 from Democracy Now! Blog
NPR's Scott Simon asks Amy Goodman about Bernie Sanders' chances of getting the delegates he needs to claim the Democratic nomination. Download MP3 || Read the transcriptThursday, May 19, 2016 from Democracy Now! Blog
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan “Welcome to Fort McMurray. We have the energy,” reads the signs as one enters this northern deep-woods outpost at the center of the Alberta tar sands petroleum-extraction zone. The forests surrounding...