Democracy Now! Audio

Attorney General William Barr is grilled by House lawmakers; Civil rights legend John Lewis is remembered by Rev. Raphael Warnock, who will preside over his funeral at MLK’s former church, and fellow Freedom Rider and SNCC leader Bernard Lafayette.

As COVID-19 vaccine trials continue around the world, we look at who is profiting from the race to develop a cure; In Texas, hundreds who came to the U.S. seeking asylum were secretly held in hotels before being expelled from the country.

Protests continue as Trump deploys federal forces. We speak with activists in Portland and Seattle. Princeton professor Eddie Glaude on the radical legacy of Rep. John Lewis, and his new book on James Baldwin's America and lessons for today.

Professor Noam Chomsky on Trump’s vow to send federal agents to Democrat-led cities, whether he’ll leave office if he loses the election and more; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fires back at Rep. Ted Yoho for verbally attacking her on the Capitol steps.

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner warns he will arrest Trump's federal agents who violate rights there; Chicago protesters demand justice for Miracle Boyd, teen activist police punched; Journalist Todd Miller on U.S. militarism at the border and abroad.

COVID-19 infections skyrocket in South Africa amid a vaccine study; We look at COVID throughout the African continent with the head of Africa's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; Latinx workers are hit hard by the pandemic, die at greater rates.

As outcry grows in Portland over unidentified federal officials snatching activists off the streets in unmarked vans, Trump threatens to send federal forces to more cities; Teachers react to the administration's attempt to force public schools to reopen.

We remember two civil rights icons who died Friday: 17-term U.S. Rep. John Lewis, original Freedom Rider and one of the "Big Six" at the 1963 March on Washington, & C.T. Vivian, whom Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called "the greatest preacher to ever live."

U.S.-backed bombing campaign continues in Yemen as COVID-19 spreads; Journalist Sonia Shah says "It's Time to Tell a New Story About Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It"; Philadelphia mayor delays homeless encampment eviction as CDC urges them to remain.

New details about the police killing of George Floyd; 87 are arrested demanding the arrest of officers who killed Breonna Taylor; Marc Lamont Hill has COVID; Public health historian John Barry warns "The Pandemic Could Get Much, Much Worse."

As Trump diverts COVID data from the CDC, epidemiologist and former CDC official Dr. Ali Khan responds; Ohio State Prof. Amna Akbar says "The Left Is Remaking the World"; Tucson Mayor Regina Romero in the COVID hot spot of Arizona.

Reporter Jacob Soboroff on COVID in ICE jails and how more jailed migrant families face separation; the Washington NFL team whose name is a slur drops the R-word; the lead writer for Trump's favorite Fox News TV show resigns over racist online comments.

Trump and Education Sec. Betsy DeVos push for public schools to reopen amid record infections; Vauhxx Booker survived an attempted lynching over the Fourth of July weekend; how the twin pandemics of COVID and racism are impacting people with disabilities.

Brazil faces the world's second-worst COVID outbreak as far-right President Bolsonaro tests positive; The Supreme Court shields Trump's tax returns; A victory for Indigenous sovereignty as half of Oklahoma is ruled to be Native American land.

The Supreme Court sides with the Trump administration to let employers deny free birth control access; Preventing zoonotic diseases and the next pandemic; Black Lives Matter protests in Belgium focus on the country's violent colonial legacy.