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Hurricane Ida hits southern Louisiana and Mississippi, flooding the area with storm surges; Two-thirds of Louisiana's industrial sites, including oil refineries, storage tanks and oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, lie in the path of Hurricane Ida; U.S. troops in Afghanistan race to evacuate people from the country ahead of the August 31 withdrawal deadline. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Twin suicide bombings outside the Kabul airport kill scores of Afghan civilians and 13 American servicemembers; A former aide to Mike Pence says the Trump administration impeded visas for Afghan allies, many of whom are now stuck in Afghanistan under Taliban rule; Author Jean Guerrero on the California recall vote, which could bring right-wing radio host Larry Elder to power. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Why an Afghan college lecturer has decided to stay in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover; The U.S. begins its final phase of evacuations of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies from the Kabul airport; We speak with longtime Afghan War critic and former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Afghans and people with foreign passports continue to flee the country following the Taliban takeover; Thousands of people are injured, and children are suffering from hunger, fevers and infections in the aftermath of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

As the U.S. and IMF block Afghanistan's access to money, we look at the growing humanitarian crisis across Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover; Doctors Without Borders calls on companies to share vaccine technology with manufacturers in Africa after the FDA's full authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine; Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo grants clemency to six people during his final hours in office; Pressure grows on the Biden administration and Senate Democrats to abolish the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Concern is growing over a broader humanitarian crisis across Afghanistan as crowds continue to gather at the Kabul airport after the Taliban takeover; We speak with reporter Tina-Desiree Berg about her coverage of an anti-vaccine, anti-mask protest in Los Angeles. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

As thousands of Afghans try to flee the Taliban, we spend the hour with national security reporter Spencer Ackerman, author of the new book "Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump." Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Afghan women fear they will lose their rights following the Taliban takeover of the country; Reporter Craig Whitlock on "The Afghanistan Papers," which show that multiple U.S. administrations lied about progress in the war while privately admitting it was hopeless. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

The Taliban promise not to take revenge on their political opponents and to respect women's rights and press freedoms, but many remain skeptical of the group; Lawmakers and immigrant advocates urge the Biden administration to speed up and expand its plans to resettle Afghan refugees. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Uncertainty continues in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of Kabul; The death toll in Haiti climbs to more than 1,400 following a major earthquake. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Schools begin to reopen amid a surge in children becoming infected with COVID-19, especially in states like Florida and Texas with low vaccination rates; New York lawmakers plan to start impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo for sexually harassing at least 11 women in violation of the law. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues a "code red for humanity" in a new report that states the climate crisis is inevitable and irreversible but there is still time to prevent runaway global warming if direct action is taken; Millions are still at risk of losing housing despite the CDC's temporary two-month moratorium on evictions. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Labor leader Richard Trumka dies after more than a decade leading the AFL-CIO; The Taliban threaten provincial capitals in Afghanistan as the U.S. continues withdrawing troops from the country; Lawyer Steven Donziger speaks from house arrest about his fight against the oil giant Chevron. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We speak with Congressmember Ilhan Omar about housing, immigration and her memoir about how a refugee from Somalia became a leading voice in U.S. politics; One year after the Beirut explosion, a Human Rights Watch report implicates senior Lebanese officials in the disaster. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Pressure grows on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign following the release of a damning report by the state's attorney general that finds he repeatedly sexually harassed women who worked for him; Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic on the eviction moratorium and the fight over infrastructure spending; Resistance continues to the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe