Democracy Now

Democracy Now! Friday, April 9, 2021

The U.S. and Iran prepare for more indirect talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal after President Trump withdrew from the agreement three years ago; We speak to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams about the Biden administration leaving in place a Trump-era policy to allow military commanders to use landmines across the globe; ACLU policy analyst Jay Stanley on the growing controversy over "vaccine passports." Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Members of the Minneapolis police testify at Derek Chauvin's murder trial and say he violated department policy; We speak with Victoria Law, author of "'Prisons Make Us Safer': And 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration"; Unions reach an agreement with Rutgers University to preserve thousands of jobs at the school. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Essential workers in New York who have been denied government relief during the pandemic enter their third week on hunger strike to demand assistance; A new report reveals rampant pandemic profiteering in the U.S. medical system; We look at President Joe Biden's $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Why the world's poorest countries are at India's mercy for vaccines; A new investigation reveals rape is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia's military offensive in the Tigray region; We remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated 53 years ago this week. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe