Five years ago immigration advocates praised the Obama administration for closing down the only large-scale detention center for immigrant women and children. Now, in response to the surge of Central American migrants caught at the border after seeking asylum, it has quietly opened two new family detention facilities that have more than 1,200 beds, and cribs.

While unaccompanied migrant children have largely been placed with family members already in the country, those who were stopped at the border with their mothers are being treated differently.

Part 2 of our conversation with famed linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky on the crisis in Gaza, U.S. support for Israel, apartheid and the BDS movement. "In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid," Chomsky says. "To call it apartheid is a gift to Israel, at least if by 'apartheid' you mean South African-style apartheid. What's happening in the Occupied Territories is much worse. There's a crucial difference. The South African Nationalists needed the black population. That was their workforce.

Democracy Now! 2014-08-08 Friday

• Headlines for August 08, 2014
• As U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Begin, Will Military Intervention Escalate Growing Crisis?
• Uri Avnery on Gaza Crisis, His Time in a Zionist "Terrorist" Group & Becoming a Peace Activist

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Democracy Now! 2014-08-07 Thursday

• Headlines for August 07, 2014
• Despite Ceasefire, Humanitarian Crisis Continues in Gaza with 500,000 Displaced & 10,000 Injured
• "A Hideous Atrocity": Noam Chomsky on Israel's Assault on Gaza & U.S. Support for the Occupation

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In Part 2 of our conversation, Kabul-based journalist Matthieu Aikins talks about the disputed Afghan election, U.S.-backed militias committing war crimes, and the future of the country after the U.S. military drawdown.

Click here to watch Part 1 of the interview.

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh.

Democracy Now! 2014-08-06 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 06, 2014
• As Palestinians Go to ICC, Human Rights Watch Alleges Israeli War Crimes for Shooting Fleeing Gazans
• Can Israel Claim Self-Defense Against the Territory It Occupies? Int'l Jurist John Dugard Says No
• Killing of U.S. General by Afghan Soldier Underscores Obama's "Deep Problems" in Winding Down War
• "War Makes Everyone Crazy": Hiroshima Survivor Reflects on 69th Anniversary of U.S. Atomic Bombing

Democracy Now! 2014-08-05 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 05, 2014
• Gaza Ceasefire: After 1,800+ Dead, What Led Israel to Stop the Assault — and What Comes Next?
• Iron Dome Boondoggle: Has Obama Just Signed a $225M Check for a Defective Israeli Missile Shield?
• New York Police Killing of Eric Garner Spurs Debate on Chokeholds & Filming Officer Misconduct

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