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"The War Hasn't Ended": Palestinians in Gaza Still Face Israeli Attacks, Disease, Medical Neglect
Democracy Now • Feb 9, 2026

"The War Hasn't Ended": Palestinians in Gaza Still Face Israeli Attacks, Disease, Medical Neglect

The partial reopening of Gaza’s southern Rafah crossing with Egypt has been marked by chaos and severe restrictions imposed by Israel, as tens of thousands of Palestinians continue to wait for medical evacuation to receive urgent care outside the Gaza Strip. According to U.N. data, only 36 Palestinians in need of medical treatment were allowed to leave Gaza during the first four days of the crossing’s reopening. Palestinians permitted to reenter Gaza have also reported abuse and hourslong interrogations. This comes amid growing skepticism over the implementation of the second phase of the Trump-brokered ceasefire, which Israel has repeatedly violated with near-daily attacks across Gaza since the truce took effect in October. “No one inside Gaza is calling this a ceasefire,” says Arwa Damon, former CNN correspondent and the founder of INARA, a nonprofit organization that supports children impacted by war. She says ongoing Israeli restrictions on medical evacuation are essentially a death sentence for many people, including children. “They are either going to end up with permanent injury or they are going to die.”

JD Vance Is Booed at Olympics While Thousands Protest U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Games in Italy
Democracy Now • Feb 9, 2026

JD Vance Is Booed at Olympics While Thousands Protest U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Games in Italy

With the 2026 Winter Olympics underway in Italy, we speak with writer and academic Jules Boykoff, author of six books about the Olympics, who says Milan is hosting the Games despite widespread public opposition from locals. Boykoff says that while the Olympics have attempted in recent years to institute some “cosmetic” reforms, “they don’t get at the core elements that really plague the Olympic Games, and that’s overspending, that’s the intensification of militarized policing, that’s greenwashing, that’s corruption, that’s the displacement of local populations.” Boykoff’s recent piece for The Nation, co-authored with Dave Zirin, is headlined “Get Ready for This Year’s Undemocratic, Debt-Ridden, and Mobster-Infused Winter Olympics.”

As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes
Democracy Now • Feb 9, 2026

As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes

President Donald Trump is refusing to apologize for sharing a racist video on social media that depicts former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes. The video remained available on Trump’s Truth Social page for 12 hours before it was deleted around noon on Friday. It prompted rare criticism from members of his own party, including South Carolina’s Tim Scott, the Senate’s only Black Republican, who called it “the most racist thing” he had seen from the White House. “This is a disgusting and despicable display of racism from President Trump,” says Wisdom Cole, senior national director of advocacy for the NAACP. “Instead of unifying the nation and celebrating the achievements of Black America … he chooses to continue to perpetuate bigotry.”

Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis
Democracy Now • Feb 9, 2026

Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis

We speak with Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building, which has become the epicenter of the government’s immigration crackdown in the city. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled and had a brain injury, but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. “I was taken out of that place unconscious,” says Rahman, who describes lasting injuries and trauma from her detention. Rahman was not charged with any crime. “What I saw in that detention center was truly horrific.” We also speak with attorney Alexa Van Brunt, director of the Illinois office of the MacArthur Justice Center, who says victims of ICE violence like Rahman can sue the federal government for violating their rights, “but they cannot sue the officers in their individual capacity.”

What Being a Billionaire Scion Taught JB Pritzker About Standing Up to One
Mother Jones • Feb 9, 2026

What Being a Billionaire Scion Taught JB Pritzker About Standing Up to One

In the late 1970s, after building a small airport hotel into one of the biggest names in hospitality, the Pritzkers of Chicago joined forces with an ambitious young developer to convert an unfashionable hotel on New York’s 42nd Street into a sparkling Grand Hyatt. The building would have five restaurants, a signature atrium, and even—if […]

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