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Peace Activist Kathy Kelly on Reparations for Afghanistan & What the U.S. Owes After Decades of War & After Hurricane Ida, a "Just & Fair Recovery" Must Address Ongoing Disasters of Poverty, Inequality & More Not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Tuesday, August 31, 2021 democracynow.org Stories Afghanistan Faces Future Under Taliban as U.S. Withdraws & Drone Strikes Continue to Kill Civilians As the last U.S. forces leave Afghanistan, ending the longest war in U.S. history, we go to Kabul to speak with Danish Afghan journalist Nagieb Khaja, who was once ... Read More → Peace Activist Kathy Kelly on Reparations for Afghanistan & What the U.S. Owes After Decades of War As the United States ends its military presence in Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation and war, the Costs of War Project estimates it spent over $2.2 trillion ... Read More → After Hurricane Ida, a "Just & Fair Recovery" Must Address Ongoing Disasters of Poverty, Inequality As Hurricane Ida is downgraded to a tropical depression, Louisiana's main utility company Entergy says it could be weeks before it restores electricity to ... Read More → "Stop This Madness": Rev. Lennox Yearwood Calls to Divest from Fossil Fuels Amid Climate Disasters Hurricane Ida and the increasing threats from extreme weather are a wake-up call to divest from fossil fuels that make climate disasters worse and more frequent, ... Read More → Headlines → Taliban Celebrate as Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan Over 1 Million in Path of Hurricane Ida Could Remain Without Power for Weeks Florida Withholds Funds to Schools Defying Gov. DeSantis’s Ban on Mask Mandates Advocates Demand Biden End Deportations to Haiti After Devastating Earthquake Over 500 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean; EU Plans to Bar Entry to Afghan Refugees U.N. Hails End to Worldwide Use of Toxic Leaded Gasoline Mass Evacuations Ordered for Lake Tahoe Region as Caldor Wildfire Spreads Federal Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Rule Gutting Clean Water Act Emergency Petition Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Texas Anti-Choice Law Texas House Advances Bill to Severely Restrict Use of Abortion Pills Lawmakers Order Telecom Companies to Preserve Records of January 6 Insurrection John Pierce, Anti-Vax Lawyer for Capitol Insurrectionists, Hospitalized with COVID-19 Relatives of Mexico’s Disappeared Accuse Government of Failing to Act Forward this email → Donate today → Follow     FEATURED INTERVIEW Afghan Activist: George W. Bush's Claim U.S. War in Afghanistan Protected Women Is a "Shameless Lie" TEACH DEMOCRACY NOW! Announcing Democracy Now! Free Virtual Sessions! Schedule a virtual visit. DEVELOPING STORY SCOTUS Strikes Down Eviction Moratorium as COVID-19 Surges. Tenants' Rights Groups Work to Keep People in Their Homes WEB EXCLUSIVE Journalist: Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Mask Protesters in L.A. Attacked Me & Ripped Off My Mask FEATURED INTERVIEW This Is What America Looks Like: Ilhan Omar on Her Refugee Journey from Mogadishu to Minneapolis COLUMN From Kabul to the Rio Grande, the U.S. Creates Refugee Crises 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License You are receiving this email because you signed up at democracynow.org. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences