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Rare anti-government protests erupt in Cuba amid a devastating economic crisis; Pressure grows on Democrats to scrap the Senate filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation; New coronavirus cases are on the rise in the United States after months of decline. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Texas House Democrats aim to stop Republican lawmakers from passing a bill making it harder to vote in the battleground state; As Roe v. Wade faces a Supreme Court hearing that may overturn the landmark ruling, a new book looks at the fight to preserve women's reproductive and abortion rights; An award-winning documentary examines the longtime criminalization of abortion in El Salvador through the story of Teodora Vásquez, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she had a stillbirth at nine months pregnant. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Political turmoil continues in Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse; Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on infrastructure funding, the New York City mayoral race and more. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We get the latest on the fight to protect voting rights as Republicans in Texas unveil a host of new restrictive measures during a special session; In the southern African nation of Eswatini, the government is cracking down on the country's largest protests since it became independent from Britain 53 years ago; Lebanon confronts what the World Bank has described as one of the worst economic depressions in modern history. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Haiti declares a state of siege after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse; As the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan nears completion, the Taliban is escalating its offensive by seizing more districts; Why the Palestinian Authority is cracking down on Palestinian demonstrators in the occupied West Bank. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated at his home after months of unrest in the country; Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones joins Howard University instead of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following a controversial tenure fight. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

A former U.S.-trained military officer has been found guilty in Honduras of plotting the 2016 assassination of Lenca land and water defender Berta Cáceres; We air an explosive video from Greenpeace of Exxon lobbyists speaking in their own words about their secretive efforts to block climate action on Capitol Hill; An international human rights commission arrives in Colombia to document the right-wing government's deadly crackdown on protesters. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We air a special holiday show for U.S. Independence Day featuring the words and voices of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, actor James Earl Jones, poet Amanda Gorman and author Carol Anderson.

Protests and vigils take place across the U.S. to mark one year since the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis; We examine the cover-up of the little-known police killing of Marcus Smith, a 38-year-old unhoused Black man, in North Carolina. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Reporter Emily Wilder speaks out after she was fired by the Associated Press following a disinformation campaign led by Stanford College Republicans over her support for Palestinian human rights; Today marks one year since Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, sparking international protests against systemic racism and police brutality. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We get an update on the humanitarian crises unfolding in Gaza, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen from Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who joins us from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds, but tension remains high in Jerusalem; Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who has represented the families of many victims of police brutality, on the case of Ronald Greene, who died in Louisiana in 2019 after troopers electrocuted, beat and dragged him following a traffic stop; The Biden administration extends temporary protected status for Haitians living in the United States. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Thousands of people in Gaza take to the streets to celebrate after Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire, ending Israel's 11-day bombardment of Gaza, which killed 243 Palestinians, including 66 children; We will look at the tragic death of Obaida Jawabra, a Palestinian teenager shot to death by Israeli forces; Reverend William Barber gives an update on the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. and discusses the need for a "Third Reconstruction" to lift 140 million people out of poverty. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Israel maintains its bombing campaign of Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to reject growing calls for a ceasefire; The U.S. opposes a fourth resolution at the U.N. Security Council calling for a ceasefire, but pressure is growing on the Biden administration to do more to stop the assault; We speak with longtime Israeli journalist Gideon Levy and Palestinian human rights attorney and legal scholar Noura Erakat. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Israel's bombing of Gaza continues as international calls grow for a ceasefire and the death toll rises to at least 222 Palestinians killed in the territory; North Carolina authorities announce the officers who shot dead Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black father, will not face charges. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe