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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 17, 2026; Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord &amp;amp; Black Panther, Dies at 78; Trump&amp;#8217;s Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference: Ari Berman; Report from Houston: Family of &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Shooting Victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Holds Public Viewing; &amp;#8220;Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest &amp;amp; Prosecute&amp;#8221;: Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups; Christopher Nolan&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;The Odyssey&amp;#8221; Faces Boycott Calls over Filming in Occupied Western Sahara&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-07-16 Thursday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 16, 2026; Todd Blanche Is &amp;#8220;Not Fit&amp;#8221; to Be AG, from Epstein Files to Trump&amp;#8217;s $1.8B Slush Fund: Rep. Jayapal; We Are Sending a Message to Netanyahu: Rep. Jayapal on 100+ Dems Voting to Cut Israeli Military Aid; Victor Salgado Araujo Saw &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Agent Kill His Brother in Texas. He Is Now Detained, Faces Deportation; A &amp;#8220;Forever War&amp;#8221; in Iran? Ali Vaez on Escalating War,  U.S. &amp;#8220;Diplomatic Malpractice&amp;#8221;; Earthjustice Sues to Block Trump&amp;#8217;s Move to Gut Endangered Species Act&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-07-15 Wednesday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 15, 2026; &amp;#8220;Fighting Back&amp;#8221;: Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Admin, Pro-Israel Groups for Conspiracy to Suppress Speech; Israeli Settlers Attack Convoy of Journalists &amp;amp; Father of Palestinian American Killed 1 Year Ago; &amp;#8220;Block the Merger&amp;#8221;: California AG Rob Bonta on 12 States Suing to Stop Paramount-Warner Mega Deal&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-07-14 Tuesday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 14, 2026; &amp;#8220;They Were Hunting for Latinos&amp;#8221;: &lt;span class="caps"&gt;LULAC&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;CEO&lt;/span&gt; on &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston; &amp;#8220;Our Community Is Hurting&amp;#8221;: &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Kills 25-Year-Old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine; &amp;#8220;Vote Her Out&amp;#8221;: After Maine &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Shooting, Sen. Collins Under Fire for Deciding Vote on &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Funding; &amp;#8220;Completely Unprecedented&amp;#8221;: Ari Berman on Trump&amp;#8217;s Attack on Elections Ahead of Midterms&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-07-13 Monday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 13, 2026; &amp;#8220;Iran Is Not Going to Capitulate&amp;#8221;: Jeremy Scahill on Renewed War, Strait of Hormuz &amp;amp; More; Lindsey Graham &amp;#8220;Never Met a War of Aggression He Didn&amp;#8217;t Passionately Back&amp;#8221;: Jeremy Scahill; &amp;#8220;Disgraceful&amp;#8221;: Rashid Khalidi Slams Israeli Attacks on Journalists, Detention of Rep. Ro Khanna; U.S. Plans &amp;#8220;Illegal Embassy&amp;#8221; in Jerusalem on Land Stolen from Palestinian Families: Rashid Khalidi&lt;/p&gt;</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-07-10 Friday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 10, 2026; &amp;#8220;Now or Never&amp;#8221;: &lt;span class="caps"&gt;DSA&lt;/span&gt; &amp;amp; Justice Democrats on Changing the Democratic Party, Mamdani, Gaza &amp;amp; More; &amp;#8220;Exposing Instagram&amp;#8217;s Darkest Secret&amp;#8221;: BBC&amp;#8217;s Divya Arya on Ads for Child Sex Abuse Material in India; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;FOIA&lt;/span&gt; Under Attack: Landmark Transparency Law Turns 60; Fed Gov&amp;#8217;t Blocking More Documents Than Ever&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-07-08 Wednesday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 08, 2026; As Calls Mount for Graham Platner to Drop Out of Senate Race, What Happens Next in Maine?; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;NATO&lt;/span&gt; Meets in Turkey Amid Crackdown on Civil Society; Trump Praises Erdoğan &amp;amp; Considers F-35 Sales; &amp;#8220;Inside the Secret Network Fueling Sudan&amp;#8217;s War&amp;#8221;: Filmmaker Julia Steers on &lt;span class="caps"&gt;UAE&lt;/span&gt; Backing &lt;span class="caps"&gt;RSF&lt;/span&gt; Atrocities&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-07-07 Tuesday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 07, 2026; Report from Tehran: Millions Attend Ali Khamenei&amp;#8217;s Funeral Amid Widespread Sense of Victory in War; Calls Grow for Israel to Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; U.S. Doctor Says &amp;#8220;Nobody Is Safe&amp;#8221; in Gaza; Hamas Renouncing Rule Over Gaza Signals Commitment to Ceasefire Despite Israeli Attacks: Amjad Iraqi&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <title>Democracy Now! 2026-07-06 Monday</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for July 06, 2026; Trump&amp;#8217;s Corruption, Birthright Citizenship &amp;amp; Olympian Charged w/ Touching Reflecting Pool: Norm Eisen; Record Heat Waves Are Preview of Our Future on a Warming Planet: Climate Writer David Wallace-Wells; Meet Rafael Rubio, NY City Council Employee Released from Delaney Hall After 5 Months in &lt;span class="caps"&gt;ICE&lt;/span&gt; Jail&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <category>Web Exclusive</category>
  <title>"Helado Tropical": Helado Negro &amp; Reyna Tropical Discuss Collaboration &amp; Perform at DN! Studio</title>
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Lange was born in the United States to Ecuadorian immigrant parents, while Reyna was born in Mexico and raised in Texas. They recently visited the Democracy Now! studio to perform music from the new album. In an extended interview, they also discussed how their immigrant backgrounds affect their perspectives and the power of music, joy and play as means of resistance.]]>
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  <title>Palestinian Oud Player Huda Asfour in Performance &amp; Conversation</title>
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  <description>Born in Lebanon to a family of musicians, Huda Asfour grew up in Tunis before moving to Gaza at 14, where she joined the National Conservatory of Music, and then lived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where she studied under Khaled Jubran at the Edward Said Music Conservatory. She now divides her time between New York and Egypt. Her latest project is “Naqus.”</description>
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Born in Lebanon to a family of musicians, Asfour grew up in Tunis before moving to Gaza at 14, where she joined the National Conservatory of Music, and then lived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where she studied under Khaled Jubran at the Edward Said Music Conservatory. She now divides her time between New York and Egypt. Asfour’s instrument of choice is the oud, a traditional Middle Eastern stringed instrument. Her latest project is “Naqus.”]]>
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  <title>"The Nightmare Is Repeating Itself": Filmmaker Julia Steers on Sudan War from El Fasher to El Obeid</title>
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Steers contributed to a recent investigation titled “Inside the Secret Network Fueling Sudan’s War.”]]>
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