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Democracy Now!
- MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.
- "All That's Left of You": Oscar-Shortlisted Film Traces Palestinian Family's Love & Loss Since 1948
All That’s Left of You is a new feature film that looks at 70 years of Palestinian history through the lens of one family’s experience over three generations. Democracy Now! speaks with Palestinian American director and actress Cherien Dabis, who says the film is about “looking for meaning in grief and choosing humanity even in the most difficult of circumstances, which Palestinians have done and do every single day.”
- Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Speaks Out as New Ruling Could Lead to His Rearrest, Deportation
A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, opening the door for his rearrest. Khalil was a graduate student at Columbia University when he was arrested in March and detained for months. He missed the birth of his son, Deen, while in detention. “The Trump administration is trying everything in its power to come after me, to put the full weight of the government to actually make an example out of me,” Khalil tells Democracy Now! “The U.S. government has not brought a shred of evidence that I broke any laws.” The appeals court did not weigh in on the constitutional merits, instead saying Khalil should have appealed his removal order in […]
- "Autocratic Power Grab": Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota
Following Minneapolis protests in response to the ICE killing of Renee Good, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday, a move that would allow him to send military forces to the city. Trump’s comments came after a second person was shot by ICE following a traffic stop. “Trump probably sees this as a civil war,” says Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights. “This, as we all know, is being leveraged as part of an autocratic power grab.”
- ICE Arresting U.S. Citizens, Using Banned Chokeholds: Explosive ProPublica Report
A new investigation by ProPublica finds over 40 cases of immigration agents using potentially fatal chokeholds and other moves that can cut off breathing. “These arrests are playing out around the country, and often in full view of cameras and witnesses,” says ProPublica reporter Nicole Foy. She also reports that at least 170 U.S. citizens have been arrested by immigration agents.
Anthropocene
- How seaweed farms could change the arithmetic of ocean carbon capture…for the better.
New research suggests that seaweed aquaculture boosts seawater alkalinity, enabling millions—and potentially tens of millions—of tonnes of carbon dioxide removal each year.
- Researchers turn avocado toast into biodegradable food packaging
A strong yet degradable bioplastic made from avocado peels and stale bread tackles two global challenges: food waste and plastic pollution
The Guardian
- Markets fall and gold and silver hit new highs after Trump’s latest tariff threat
European carmakers among hardest hit with US president’s talk of Greenland-linked trade levies also pushing down the dollarBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesEuropean stock markets fell on Monday and gold and silver prices hit record highs after Donald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on eight European countries in an increasingly aggressive attempt to claim Greenland.France’s Cac fell 1.8%, while Germany’s Dax and Italy’s FTSE MIB were down 1.3%. In the UK, the FTSE 100 fell 0.4%. Continue reading...
- Noem backtracks on ICE pepper spray denial amid tension in Minneapolis
US justice department announced it is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted church servicesKristi Noem first denied that federal agents were using chemical agents against protesters, then after being shown video footage turned to blaming the protesters themselves, as tensions continued to run high amid the Trump administration’s surge of federal officers into Minneapolis.The head of homeland security, who has acted as spearhead for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in the city – known as “Operation Metro Surge” – told the CBS show Face the Nation on Sunday that her department had not used pepper spray against crowds. Continue reading...
- ‘Gestapo tactics’: Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump team’s ICE crackdown
New Jersey musician said during concert in home state that US core values ‘have never been as endangered’ as nowBruce Springsteen used a Saturday concert to decry what he called the “Gestapo tactics” of the Trump administration’s surge of immigration officers and said the country’s founding values “have never been as endangered as they are right now”.While performing in his home state of New Jersey, Springsteen dedicated his 1978 song The Promised Land to Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minnesota. Continue reading...
- ‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness
Recent cuts to flagship federal program that funds housing and other services described as ‘chaotic and disruptive’When Shawn Pleasants first heard that the federal government was tearing up almost two decades of homelessness policy, it sent chills up his spine.Pleasants, 58, was brought right back to the moment he lost his car and was forced to start living on Los Angeles’s streets. “That feeling of, you could never be safe – there’s no more future,” he said. Continue reading...
- ‘Very historic time’: US protests have jumped since Trump’s first term
Data shows 133% increase from 2017 to 2025 as anti-ICE and No Kings protests push mobilization against White HouseIn the year since Donald Trump retook office, the number of protests in the US outpaced those at the same point in his first administration, according to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, an open-source project collaboration between Harvard University’s Kennedy School and the University of Connecticut.There were more than 10,700 protests in 2025, a 133% increase from the 4,588 recorded in 2017, the first year of Trump’s first term. According to the data, an overwhelming majority of US counties – including 42% that voted for Trump – have had at least one protest since he was re-inaugurated last year. Continue […]
Aeon
- The art of museum dioramas
From fluffing feathers to washing skins, a museum taxidermist shows the hidden art behind creating an ‘illusion of life’- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The Conversation
- Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
How the US treats its allies has been a crucial question for every president. What evolved over the centuries into an official embrace of friendly nations is now being reversed by Donald Trump.
- An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator − but a hidden leak fooled researchers for over a decade
A new study investigated the source of a leak in a ‘miracle measurement’ from 2010 – and engineers found a potential solution.
- Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms
A rover recently captured sounds of lightning crackling on Mars, over a decade after scientists uncovered the first evidence for electric discharges on the planet.
- For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House seats in midterm elections, a pattern that makes the 2026 congressional outlook clear
As the 2026 midterm elections edge closer, most people know the party that controls the White House is likely to lose seats in Congress. They usually do not know just how entrenched that pattern is.
- Chavismo has adapted before – but can Venezuela’s leftist ideology become US friendly and survive?
The ideology named after former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez became more authoritarian under Nicolás Maduro. Can the country’s new leader steer it back toward democracy?
Inter Press Service
- The UN’s Withering Vine: A US Retreat from Global Governance
The Trump administration’s recent announcement of its withdrawal from 66 international organisations has been met with a mixture of alarm and applause. While ...
- One Carries a Broom, the Other a Schoolbag
While other children her age prepared for school, eight-year-old Tania once began her workday. Each morning, she picked up a jharu—the household broom—and cleaned ...
- How Extreme Weather is Testing Tanzania’s $2 Billion Electric Railway Dream
Around the world, railways are considered as pillars of climate action. Electric trains produce fewer emissions than road or air transport. Yet the experience of Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway highlights a growing paradox: infrastructure designed to be climate-friendly is itself increasingly exposed to climate shocks.
Sludge
- The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
Grist
- Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry
If enacted, the Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over their role in the climate crisis.
- Iran’s regime has survived war, sanctions, and uprising. Environmental crises may bring it down.
Decades of water depletion, dam building, and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling the protests rocking the country.
- Trump’s EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game
The agency has long tried to curb carbon emissions and protect human health. Critics say it’s giving up on both.
Truthout
- Unionized Veterans Are Joining Labor’s Fight Against Trump
At agencies like the VA, more than 100,000 former service members have been adversely affected by Republican attacks.
- How Ciji Graham Died While Waiting for an Abortion in North Carolina
The young mother was denied urgent treatment for her heart condition due to her pregnancy.
- First US Sale of Seized Venezuelan Oil Goes to Company of Trump Megadonor
Proceeds from the oil sale are being stashed in Qatar, an arrangement critics say opens the door to more corruption.
Labor Notes
- Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?
Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency services), no school, and no shopping” on January 23.
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