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Soaring fuel prices across the world embolden the case for a faster transition to renewable energy; Tariq Ali on Ukraine, Russia, NATO and more; Anti-LGBTQ measures target youth in states such as Florida, Texas and Idaho. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

In Part 2 of our interview with Tariq Ali, we discuss the developments with Venezuela, the conflict in Ukraine, and the response from China.

In Part 2 of our interview, ACLU attorney Chase Strangio describes in detail the state-level attacks on trans youth, and the intensifying international push to eradicate trans lives.

On International Women’s Day, we look at how women, transgender people and other vulnerable groups are impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russia’s crackdown on civil society intensifies; Congressmember Ilhan Omar on Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, protecting refugees, U.S. strikes in Somalia and more. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

An update from Kyiv as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 12th day; Anatol Lieven on what a possible peace deal could look like; Historian Ilya Budraitskis on the resistance inside Russia. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

As Russian forces shelled the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, we host a roundtable with nuclear specialists from Ukraine, Russia and Greenpeace on the threat of nuclear catastrophe; Antiwar protesters face a crackdown in Russia; Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin on the rise of the far right in Ukraine. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We go to Kyiv to speak with former Ukrainian trade minister Tymofiy Mylovanov and Kyiv-based human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Ukraine crisis; Bernie Sanders’s foreign policy adviser Matt Duss on Biden’s response to Ukraine; Russia’s latest threats raise fears of a nuclear war. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

An update from Kyiv on the Russian invasion with the Ukraine director for Nonviolence International; A Nigerian student who fled Ukraine describes the racism he and other Africans experienced; Jacobin’s Branko Marcetic and Focus on the Global South’s Walden Bello on Biden’s State of the Union and what’s at stake in Ukraine. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

As Russia steps up its attack on Ukrainian cities, we go to Kyiv to speak with a Ukrainian pacifist, and we discuss the latest developments and the role of NATO with journalist Andrew Cockburn and historian Timothy Snyder. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

The African Union condemns a wave of military coups across the continent; Minneapolis protests continue over Amir Locke’s fatal shooting by police during a no-knock raid; Oakland teachers are on hunger strike to oppose school closures that could displace hundreds of Black and Brown students. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Masha Gessen and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine; The “political disaster” of the Beijing Winter Olympics; Former NFL player Donté Stallworth on racism in the league. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Congressmember Jamie Raskin, head of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack; “Love & the Constitution” follows Rep. Raskin during the Trump years; Chicago activists call for federal civil rights charges against Jason Van Dyke after the ex-police officer convicted of fatally shooting Laquan McDonald was released early from prison. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Amnesty International accuses Israel of apartheid against Palestinians; President Biden orders an additional 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe; Eastern Ukraine faces a potential humanitarian catastrophe. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We speak with two authors targeted as part of a new wave of book bans sweeping the United States: George M. Johnson, author of “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” and Art Spiegelman, whose graphic novel “Maus” won a Pulitzer Prize. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

As the U.S. and NATO allies send arms to Ukraine and Russia amasses troops, can a war in Europe be averted? We speak with peace activists and scholars about the deepening crisis. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe