Salvadoran Mother Says Son Shows Signs of Trauma & Aggressive Behavior
“On Wednesday, Democracy Now!’s Laura Gottesdiener sat down with a Salvadoran mother named Belqui Yessenia Castillo Cortez, who reunited with her 3-year-old son Michael last week after...
A Debate on the Political Crisis & Violent Deaths in Nicaragua
“The U.N. high commissioner for human rights says the death toll from anti-government protests in Nicaragua is approaching 300, as an escalating crisis in the country reaches its third month....
Trump Admin May Have Violated Free Speech Rights of Mexican Journalist
“We turn now to a major development in the case of a jailed Mexican journalist that Democracy Now! has followed closely. In El Paso on Wednesday, a federal judge issued a 26-page ruling that...
After Missing Deadline, HHS Head Calls Jailing Kids an Act of “Generosity”
“The Trump administration failed to meet a court-imposed deadline Tuesday to reunite all of the children under the age of 5 whom immigration officials took from their parents at the border and...
CIA-Linked Military Contractor Secretly Jailed Dozens of Migrant Children
“A major U.S. military and CIA contractor has been detaining dozens of migrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen, and only a few toilets, according...
“Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America”
“Yale University law professor and writer James Forman Jr. won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in the general nonfiction category for his new book, “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black...
Texas Lawyer Describes Chaos, Terror of Family Separation at Border
“At least 2,000 migrant children remain separated from their parents after the families were forcibly separated by immigration officials under President Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy. A...
NFL’s Michael Bennett on “Things That Make White People Uncomfortable”
“Over the past two seasons, dozens of National Football League players have knelt during the national anthem to protest police shootings of black teenagers and men like Antwon Rose, a...