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“[Gaza] has become a kind of a killing zone for the people and we basically are witnessing the emergence of a kind of post-apocalyptic, dystopian war,” UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini to #AJEUpFront host Redi Tlhabi. 🔗Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=_jqtym…

“It's our moral value for humanity. We [Yemenis] should stand with the Palestinians,” says political analyst Hussain Albukhaiti Řسين البخيتي to #AJEUpFront host Redi Tlhabi. Political analyst Fatima Alasrar argues: “[The Houthis] are exploiting Gaza.” đź”—Watch here: youtu.be/r6hQJ_ttawA?si…

Israel’s killing of 15 medics is “absolutely horrendous, it’s harrowing,” says UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini to #AJEUpFront host Redi Tlhabi. 🔗 Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=_jqtym…

#China said “they will not enter another century of humiliation”, historian Vijay Prashad tells #AJEUpFront host Redi Tlhabi about the trade war with the United States. 🔗Watch here: youtu.be/fffylHKvdPs?si…

“What we see now is that Jane Crow resembles Jim Crow… you have to try to get to another state just for your humanity to be preserved,” says professor Michele Goodwin to #AJEUpFront host Redi Tlhabi about abortion rights in the US. 🔗Watch here: youtu.be/lycQSC4NwTo?si…

“It's about time NATO be shut down,” historian Vijay Prashad tells #AJEUpFront host Redi Tlhabi. 🔗Watch more of this interview: youtu.be/CjOOsBMqSZ8


The Democratic party has a “hard time positioning itself as the anti-oligarch party,” Former Bernie Sanders’ National Press Secretary Briahna Joy Gray tells #AJEUpFront host Redi Tlhabi. 🔗 Watch here with Tim Shenk and Kate deGruyter:  youtu.be/KnsjnPL197I

“There's an exchange rate on human life…some number of Palestinians that need to be slaughtered or starved to death before the gears turn a little bit faster.” — Omar El Akkad on the world’s slow response to genocide in Gaza. Full interview ▶️ youtu.be/vgcoRA9UkN0?si…



“As we build more and more technology, we are further and further removed from the real-world human implications,” AI ethicist Rumman Chowdhury tells Marc Lamont Hill on #AJEUpFront as she unpacks how AI is reshaping war and accountability. 🔗Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=N1x8Lx…

"What we lack in the United States is any ownership over how our data is being used,” AI ethicist Rumman Chowdhury tells Marc Lamont Hill on #AJEUpFront as she explains the difference between surveillance and a lack of data privacy in AI usage. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=N1x8Lx…

"We think we can make trade wars…or we could threaten other countries… It doesn't work,” economist Jeffrey Sachs tells Marc Lamont Hill on #AJEUpFront how the delusion of “running the show” hurts the #US influence in a changing world. 🔗Watch here: youtu.be/4ivEWwaGQBI?si…

“We're in a multipolar world and we can't bomb our way out of it,” economist Jeffrey Sachs tells Marc Lamont Hill on #AJEUpFront on June 11, urging US leaders to stop fuelling Middle East conflict and embrace a multipolar reality. 🔗Watch here: youtu.be/4ivEWwaGQBI?si…

“What authority does the government have to impose biblical ideas about morality?” asks Marc Lamont Hill on #AJEUpFront, pressing former Project 2025 director Paul Dans on the role of religion in US policy. Watch the full debate here: youtube.com/watch?v=omujq0…