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Headlines for December 22, 2017; Rashid Khalidi: U.S. Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital Means It Cannot Be a Peace Broker; Stoked! Journalist Alexei Wood & First J20 Defendants Found "Not Guilty" as 188 Still Face Trial; Catalan Separatists Win Slim Electoral Majority Despite Jailing & Exile of Pro-Independence Leaders

Watch our full jailhouse interview, a broadcast exclusive, with Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, who is fighting his deportation to Mexico as he is being held in a U.S. detention center in El Paso, Texas.

DACA recipient Erika Andiola on Congress' stopgap spending measure that will not include the DREAM Act; exclusive jailhouse interview with Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto; Texas troopers are targeting immigrants in traffic stops.

2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on the Senate's request for documents on "collusion with the Russians"; "The Rape of Recy Taylor" tells the story of a black woman raped in 1944 who refused to be silenced, with help from Rosa Parks.

Puerto Rico's governor calls for a recount of the death toll from Hurricane Maria; a U.N. special rapporteur finds Republicans are turning the U.S. into the "world champion of extreme inequality"; we look at the impact of the CDC's 7 banned words.

Political crisis in Honduras escalates as electoral tribunal declares incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernández the election winner; TN Sen. Corker backs tax plan after provision would personally enrich him; next steps in fight to preserve net neutrality

Headlines for December 15, 2017; Medics, Observers & a Journalist Face 50 Years in Prison in First Trial of J20 Inauguration Protests; The Growing Case for Impeaching Donald Trump, From Lawlessness and Corruption to Abuse of Power; Psychiatrists "Deeply Concerned" by Trump's Instability Call for Urgent Mental Health Evaluation

Jessica Leeds, one of 16 women who accused President Trump of sexual misconduct, is calling for a congressional investigation; Republicans reach a tax deal with massive cuts for the rich; Yemen faces famine amid U.S.-backed bombing by Saudi Arabia.

Headlines for October 13, 2017; Rep. Luis Gutiérrez: Trump Wants to Own Puerto Rico But Not Help Those Dying After the Hurricane; Is Trump Slashing Healthcare Subsidies for the Poor to Decimate Obamacare & Cut Taxes for the Rich?; Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton on Duty to Warn: Trump's "Relation to Reality" is Dangerous to Us All; Robert Jay Lifton on the Apocalyptic Twins of Nuclear and Climate Threats & Reflections on Survival

As more women accuse Harvey Weinstein of harassment, sexual assault and rape, we speak with two of his victims about their encounters with him; we also speak with journalist Irin Carmon, who says, "Women shouldn't trust the men who call themselves allies.

A climate scientist discusses global warming and California's raging fires; Rev. Jesse Jackson examines Puerto Rico's recovery, voter suppression and NFL protests against racism; a DACA recipient responds to Trump's refusal to renew the program.

Ahead of Catalonia's expected declaration of independence, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange says he advised Catalans to communicate securely amid repression; New Yorkers rally for removal of Columbus statue, call for Indigenous Peoples' Day.

In a _Democracy Now!_ special, world-renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei talks about his childhood, activism, arrest and imprisonment, and his new art challenging borders and revealing the journeys of refugees worldwide.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins the Nobel Peace Prize; Trump threatens to sabotage the nuclear agreement with Iran; the NRA may use "bump stocks" regulation to foil gun reform; and a report from Vieques, Puerto Rico.