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John Oliver breaks down the long history of housing discrimination in the U.S., the damage it’s done, and, crucially, what we can do about it.

A Bernie supporter and Biden voter in QAnon? Desi Lydic sits down with a former online conspiracy theorist to discuss the appeal of conspiracy groups to people across the political spectrum and the path to getting out. #DailyShow #DesiLydic #QAnon

And then took credit for “saving” them.

A global consortium of news outlets has been investigating the spyware called Pegasus and the Israeli company that sells it to foreign governments. Pegasus has been used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and others. One target: Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée.

Cultural workers stage a flashmob for culture in front of the Odeon Theater in Paris, with three songs: The Sound of Silence (Paul Simon), Dying on Stage (M. Jouveaux / J. Barnel) and The Show Must Go On (Queen).

Democracy Now speaks with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary, “The Crime of the Century,” looks at the pharmaceutical industry’s methods in promoting and selling the powerful drugs.

The chair of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee was recently arrested. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber is joined by The Nation’s Elie Mystal to discuss the barrage of indictments and convictions surrounding citizen Trump.

Virginia abolished the death penalty on March 24, 2021, making it the 23rd state to do so. The decline of the death penalty in America continues. Learn more about work at https://eji.org/death-penalty/​

General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, says he feared Trump was stoking unrest in preparation for a coup attempt on January 6th, the day scores of insurrectionists overran the U.S. Capitol in his name. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue

Children at this school in the Basque country in Spain prepared for five months during the pandemic to create a unique percussive rendition of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

The first documented outbreak of Polio occurred in 1894 in Vermont. Do you know how we got rid of it?

“I removed the password from my phone so that if we didn’t make it out, and we were killed, people would know what happened to us. So they know we existed.”

An in-depth video exposing Heritage Action’s $24 million campaign over the next two years to roll back access to the ballot and block congressional Democrats’ sweeping democracy reform bill, the For the People Act. #Politics #DarkMoney #HeritageAction #HeritageFoundation #VotingRights

One of Nina Simone's searing civil rights songs. The lyrics by poet Langston Hughes weave a kaleidoscope of issues and images.

Tax laws allow owners to claim that their teams lose value, lowering their tax bills. The government misses out on billions in revenue.

On the genetic level, we're not all that different from chimps. But those small differences in DNA can have huge effects.

Health Care Sharing Ministries advertise themselves as a more affordable, faith-based alternative to health insurance. John Oliver explains some of the massive limitations these plans can have.

Director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful documentary of an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion in 1969, the year of Woodstock. In theaters and on Hulu on July 2, 2021.

As part of a six-month investigation, The New York Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S. Capitol riot to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why.

This ExxonMobil lobbyist was captured on camera by the environmental group Greenpeace UK boasting of how Exxonmobil has fought climate science and operated behind closed doors to water down green legislation.

The story we're usually taught is ... gasp ... biased. Here's what really happens.

Post-pandemic life has started in the U.S. with bars, restaurants and concert halls filling with people and it’s bringing the party back to a region renowned for its live music scene.

Attorney Richard Sobol stands up to a racist legal system to defend Gary Duncan, a Black teenager wrongfully accused of assaulting a boy in 1966 New Orleans. In select theaters now.

Some of the wealthiest Americans use a strategy called Buy, Borrow, Die to dramatically reduce their tax bills while their fortunes continue to grow.

Some birds use Earth's magnetic field to navigate, but how they do this has been a mystery. Now, researchers have found a protein in bird eyes with a quantum mechanical sensitivity to magnetic fields.