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Democracy Now! 2023-12-12 Tuesday from 2023-12-12T08:00

Headlines for December 12, 2023; Diplomacy, Not War: Daughter of Released Hostage Urges Israel to Reach Deal to Free More Captives; Climate Activists Outraged as COP28 Draft Text Drops Call for ...

Democracy Now! 2023-12-11 Monday from 2023-12-11T08:00

Headlines for December 11, 2023; Peter Beinart& Omer Bartov on UPenn President Resignation, Gaza& the Weaponization of Antisemitism; State Dept. Whistleblower Blasts Blinken for Bypassin...

Democracy Now! 2023-12-08 Friday from 2023-12-08T08:00

Headlines for December 08, 2023;“We Want Freedom”: Refaat Alareer, Gaza Scholar& Activist Killed by Israeli Strike, in His Own Words;“If I Must Die”:Listen

Democracy Now! 2023-12-07 Thursday from 2023-12-07T08:00

Headlines for December 07, 2023;“Terrorized”: Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Being Stripped, Jailed& Beaten by Israeli Forces;“Cabal of Oil Producers”: Climate Scientist...

Democracy Now! 2023-12-06 Wednesday from 2023-12-06T08:00

Headlines for December 06, 2023;“Catastrophic”: Gaza Aid Worker on“Horror” of Forced Relocations Amid Israel’s War on Southern Strip; COP28: Amy Goodman Attempts to...

Democracy Now! 2023-12-05 Tuesday from 2023-12-05T08:00

Headlines for December 05, 2023;“There Simply Is No Safe Place in Gaza”: Aid Groups Demand Ceasefire as Israel Intensifies Its War; Climate Crossfire: From Gaza to Ukraine, How War&a...

Democracy Now! 2023-12-04 Monday from 2023-12-04T08:00

Headlines for December 04, 2023;“No One Is Safe in Gaza”: Journalist Akram al-Satarri Reports from Khan Younis Amid Israeli Assault;“We Are All Palestinians”: COP28 Activ...

Democracy Now! 2023-12-01 Friday from 2023-12-01T08:00

Headlines for December 01, 2023;“Mass Assassination Factory”: Israel Using AI to Generate Targets in Gaza, Increasing Civilian Toll; Resumed Bombing of Gaza Will Be Crushing to Pales...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-30 Thursday from 2023-11-30T08:00

Headlines for November 30, 2023;“Horror Show”: Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded;“This Is Genocide”: Attorney Raji Sour...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-29 Wednesday from 2023-11-29T08:00

Headlines for November 29, 2023;UAEOilCEOSultan Al Jaber Uses His Role as U.N. Climate Summit President to Push Fossil Fuel Deals; Mass Killin...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-28 Tuesday from 2023-11-28T08:00

Headlines for November 28, 2023;“Atmosphere of Hate”:AFSCLeader& Palestinian Vermonter on Shooting of 3 College Students; Jeremy Scahill: Israel’s...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-27 Monday from 2023-11-27T08:00

Headlines for November 27, 2023; Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Highlights Plight of Palestinian Prisoners, Many of Them Children;“There Is an Alternative”: Meet the Israeli& Palestin...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-24 Friday from 2023-11-24T08:00

“The Mandates of Conscience”: Michelle Alexander on Israel, Gaza,MLK& Speaking Out in a Time of War; Ta-Nehisi Coates and Rashid Khalidi on Israeli Occu...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-23 Thursday from 2023-11-23T08:00

Lakota Historian Nick Estes on Thanksgiving, Settler Colonialism& Continuing Indigenous Resistance;“Text-Book Case of Genocide”: Top U.N. Official Craig Mokhiber Resigns, Denounc...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-22 Wednesday from 2023-11-22T08:00

Headlines for November 22, 2023; Israel& Hamas Agree to 4-Day Truce& Hostage Release as Netanyahu Threatens War on Gaza Will Go On; Meet the Israeli History Teacher Arrested& Jailed ...

Video Report: City Council in Cambridge, Mass., Fails to Pass Resolution Calling for Gaza Ceasefire from 2023-11-22T08:00

In Massachusetts, the Cambridge City Council has rejected a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Democracy Now!’s Hany Massoud filed this report from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Democracy Now! 2023-11-21 Tuesday from 2023-11-21T08:00

Headlines for November 21, 2023; A Grim Milestone: Journalist Death Toll Tops 53 as Israel Kills More Reporters in Gaza and Lebanon; Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha Freed After Being Abducted in...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-20 Monday from 2023-11-20T08:00

Headlines for November 20, 2023; Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Tops 13,000 as Israel Repeatedly Strikes U.N. Schools Housing Refugees; Israel’s Raid on Al-Shifa Questioned asListen

Democracy Now! 2023-11-17 Friday from 2023-11-17T08:00

Headlines for November 17, 2023; Capitol Police Violently Break Up Jewish-OrganizedDNCProtest Calling for Gaza Ceasefire; Sharif Abdel Kouddous on the Targeting of Jour...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-16 Thursday from 2023-11-16T08:00

Headlines for November 16, 2023;“Failure to Prevent Genocide”: Biden Sued as U.S. Provides Arms& Support for Israel’s Gaza Assault; Israel Has Enjoyed Decades of Legal Impu...

Democracy Now! 2023-11-15 Wednesday from 2023-11-15T08:00

Headlines for November 15, 2023; Worse ThanHell: Dr. Mads Gilbert Decries Israeli Military Raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza; Peter Beinart: Israel Will Only Be Secure& Safe If Palestinians ...

Democracy Now! 2022-05-03 Tuesday from 2022-05-03T08:00

A leaked majority opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion; CodePink’s Me...

Democracy Now! 2022-05-02 Monday from 2022-05-02T08:00

A record-breaking heat wave hits India and Pakistan as summer arrives early due in part to the climate crisis; One in five reptile species risk extinction; Update on the humanitarian crisis in U...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-29 Friday from 2022-04-29T08:00

Russian missiles fly over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, raising fears of a nuclear disaster; Science writer Ed Yong on why future pandemics are more likely, due to the climate crisis; Th...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-28 Thursday from 2022-04-28T08:00

A Harvard report details the school’s deep ties to slavery; After a U.S. prisoner swap with Russia this week, calls grow for the Biden administration to secure the freedom ofListen

Democracy Now! 2022-04-27 Wednesday from 2022-04-27T08:00

U.S. lawmakers push for Puerto Rico’s self-determination; Asylum seekers could see better conditions if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the Trump-era“Remain in Mexico” poli...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-26 Tuesday from 2022-04-26T08:00

Cuba and the U.S. hold their highest-level talks in four years; Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, is set to buy Twitter for $44 billion; Environmental lawyer Steven Donziger on leavin...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-25 Monday from 2022-04-25T08:00

French President Emmanuel Macron wins reelection against far-right leader Marine Le Pen; Redistricting in Florida all but guarantees Republicans four more seats in Congress while cutting seats o...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-22 Friday from 2022-04-22T08:00

We mark Earth Day with a look at why the U.S. must reconsider its heavy reliance on Russian and Ukrainian dirty steel; The director of“Powerlands,” a new documentary on Indigenous mo...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-21 Thursday from 2022-04-21T08:00

We speak with a Ukrainian democratic socialist; Tony Wood on how average Russians are paying the price for Vladimir Putin’s gamble; Why the Donbas region is pivotal to the outcome of the w...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-20 Wednesday from 2022-04-20T08:00

Security deteriorates in Afghanistan under Taliban rule as a boys’ school in Kabul is bombed; U.S. border officials allow Ukrainian refugees to enter while holding back asylum seekers from...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-19 Tuesday from 2022-04-19T08:00

Russia launches a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine; Imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah undertakes a hunger strike to protest his detention as his family calls for his urgent r...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-18 Monday from 2022-04-18T08:00

Israeli forces repeatedly raid the Al-Aqsa Mosque, violently clearing worshipers during Ramadan; Republican-led states enact a wave of new abortion restrictions; The Biden administration grants ...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-15 Friday from 2022-04-15T08:00

U.S. weapons makers are cashing in on the Ukraine war; Vijay Prashad on how Russia’s invasion exposes Western hypocrisy on war crimes;“Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-14 Thursday from 2022-04-14T08:00

The U.S. mental health crisis and its connections to the New York subway shooting; Sweden and Finland considerNATOmembership; Update from Lviv on the Russian war in Ukr...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-13 Wednesday from 2022-04-13T08:00

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on the subway shooting; How the Russian war in Ukraine is impacting inflation; Starbucks Workers United union drive spreads to 30 states.

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Democracy Now! 2022-04-12 Tuesday from 2022-04-12T08:00

Russia is set to launch a massive offensive in eastern Ukraine; Saudi investment in the Trump family and the fate of 26 Saudi men accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi; J. David McSwane ...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-11 Monday from 2022-04-11T08:00

Activists Tariq Ali and Tooba Syed respond to Imran Khan’s ousting as Pakistan’s prime minister and the election of Shahbaz Sharif; Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen will face French...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-08 Friday from 2022-04-08T08:00

Prof. Michele Goodwin on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation to the Supreme Court and the wave of anti-abortion laws sweeping the U.S.; Russia’s suspension from the ...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-07 Thursday from 2022-04-07T08:00

Big Oil reaps major profits as gas prices soar amid war in Ukraine; Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Hungary’s right-wing leader Viktor Orbán, just reelected to a fourth term; President Biden e...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-06 Wednesday from 2022-04-06T08:00

Evidence grows of Russian atrocities in Ukraine; A Taliban crackdown on girls’ education stalls talks with the U.S. about possible relief for Afghanistan’s economic crisis.

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Democracy Now! 2022-04-05 Tuesday from 2022-04-05T08:00

Pakistan faces a constitutional crisis as Prime Minister Imran Khan calls for new elections; Concerns grow about human rights abuses in El Salvador during a 30-day state of emergency over gang v...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-04 Monday from 2022-04-04T08:00

We speak with the two best friends who took on Amazon and successfully organized workers in Staten Island vote to form the retail giant’s first U.S. union; As Russian forces retreat from t...

Democracy Now! 2022-04-01 Friday from 2022-04-01T08:00

President Biden signs the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, culminating more than a century of efforts to make lynching a federal crime. We speak with Till’s cousin and best friend, as well as...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-31 Thursday from 2022-03-31T08:00

Russia appears set to launch a major new offensive in the Donbas region of Ukraine; Funding ends for freeCOVID-19 tests, treatment and vaccines, putting the uninsured a...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-30 Wednesday from 2022-03-30T08:00

Is there a peace deal in sight for Ukraine?; Guerline Jozef and Maria Hinojosa on the unequal treatment of nonwhite refugees, most recently Haitians at the U.S.-Mexico border; Investigative repo...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-29 Tuesday from 2022-03-29T08:00

Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine meet in Turkey for peace talks; Calls grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s impeachment; A new Frontline/ProPublica documentary details the&#...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-28 Monday from 2022-03-28T08:00

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to discuss Russia’s demand to adopt a neutral status; A new investigation reveals European Union countries are detaining nonwhite ...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-25 Friday from 2022-03-25T08:00

Yanis Varoufakis on the war in Ukraine and why the West would be“playing with fire” by pursuing regime change in Russia; Foreign policy expert William Hartung on ending the war in Ye...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-24 Thursday from 2022-03-24T08:00

NATOannounces it will send even more troops to Eastern Europe as the Ukraine war enters its second month; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson endures hours of Republican attack...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-23 Wednesday from 2022-03-23T08:00

Republican senators attack Ketanji Brown Jackson’s work as a public defender representing Guantánamo Bay detainees and her record as a judge; Ukrainian sociologist ​​Volodymyr Ishchenko on...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-22 Tuesday from 2022-03-22T08:00

Historic Senate confirmation hearings begin for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s historic Supreme Court nominee; The humanitarian crisis in besieged Mariupol; Ukrainian pacifist Yu...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-21 Monday from 2022-03-21T08:00

China’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what it could mean for U.S.-Chinese relations; Biden condemns the Russian invasion of a sovereign, independent Ukraine, but refus...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-18 Friday from 2022-03-18T08:00

How Russia’s war in Ukraine could lead to a“meltdown of the global food system”; As more than half Afghanistan’s population experiences acute hunger, award-winning journa...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-17 Thursday from 2022-03-17T08:00

President Biden pledges an additional $800 million in military aid for Ukraine; Syrian journalist and activist Waad Al-Kateab on the parallels between Russia’s actions in Ukraine and Syria...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-16 Wednesday from 2022-03-16T08:00

Ukrainian reporter Nataliya Gumenyuk describes visiting several strategic cities where civilians have united against Russia as troops lay siege; As U.S. and U.K. leaders discuss oil output with ...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-15 Tuesday from 2022-03-15T08:00

Update from Kyiv, Ukraine; The New Yorker’s Joshua Yaffa on how Vladimir Putin miscalculated his invasion; Saudi Arabia carries out its largest mass execution in decades.

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Democracy Now! 2022-03-14 Monday from 2022-03-14T08:00

We discuss the life of U.S. journalist and filmmaker Brent Renaud, the first foreign journalist known to have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion; An activist from the Belarusian h...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-11 Friday from 2022-03-11T08:00

Ukrainian climate activist Svitlana Romanko on how fossil fuels power Russian aggression; A resident of Mykolaiv describes life under siege; Andrew Bacevich on Russia’s invasion, Listen

Democracy Now! 2022-03-10 Thursday from 2022-03-10T08:00

An update on the war in Ukraine from a reporter on the ground, and from refugee advocates helping more than 2 million people flee the fighting; Russian activist Arshak Makichyan on why he is ris...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-09 Wednesday from 2022-03-09T08:00

Soaring fuel prices across the world embolden the case for a faster transition to renewable energy; Tariq Ali on Ukraine, Russia,NATOand more; Anti-L...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-08 Tuesday from 2022-03-08T08:00

On International Women’s Day, we look at how women, transgender people and other vulnerable groups are impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russia’s crackdown on civil societ...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-07 Monday from 2022-03-07T08:00

An update from Kyiv as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 12th day; Anatol Lieven on what a possible peace deal could look like; Historian Ilya Budraitskis on the resistance inside Russi...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-04 Friday from 2022-03-04T08:00

As Russian forces shelled the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, we host a roundtable with nuclear specialists from Ukraine, Russia and Greenpeace on the threat of nuclear catastrophe; Antiw...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-03 Thursday from 2022-03-03T08:00

We go to Kyiv to speak with former Ukrainian trade minister Tymofiy Mylovanov and Kyiv-based human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Ukraine crisis; Bernie Sanders’s foreign polic...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-02 Wednesday from 2022-03-02T08:00

An update from Kyiv on the Russian invasion with the Ukraine director for Nonviolence International; A Nigerian student who fled Ukraine describes the racism he and other Africans experienced; J...

Democracy Now! 2022-03-01 Tuesday from 2022-03-01T08:00

As Russia steps up its attack on Ukrainian cities, we go to Kyiv to speak with a Ukrainian pacifist, and we discuss the latest developments and the role ofNATOwith jour...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-28 Monday from 2022-02-28T08:00

A Ukrainian human rights activist describes the scene in Kyiv; Anatol Lieven on the risk of a nuclear confrontation and how the Ukraine crisis could be resolved; President Biden names federal Ju...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-25 Friday from 2022-02-25T08:00

Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk speaks from Kyiv as Russian forces advance on the city; Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska describes fleeing Ukraine; Katrina vanden Heuvel on hopes fo...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-24 Thursday from 2022-02-24T08:00

Russian forces attack Ukraine. We speak with international affairs expert Anatol Lieven about the conflict; Norwegian Refugee Council head Jan Egeland addresses the humanitarian situation on the...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-23 Wednesday from 2022-02-23T08:00

Anti-nuclear weapons activist Dr. Ira Helfand on Ukraine and the threat of a nuclear war; Ahmaud Arbery’s killers are convicted of federal hate crimes, the first such conviction in Georgia...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-22 Tuesday from 2022-02-22T08:00

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine’s two breakaway regions after recognizing them as independent states, increasing the risk of all-out war; Remembering th...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-21 Monday from 2022-02-21T08:00

Attorney Benjamin Crump on the sentencing of ex-cop Kim Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright after mistaking her gun for a Taser; The family of civil rights leader Malcolm X demands a federal ...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-18 Friday from 2022-02-18T08:00

Russian journalist Nadezhda Azhgikhina on avoiding war in Ukraine; Legendary documentarian Stanley Nelson on threats against historically Black colleges and universities, his Oscar-...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-17 Thursday from 2022-02-17T08:00

Longtime U.S. diplomat Jack Matlock, one of the last ambassadors to the Soviet Union, on the current standoff over Ukraine; The Atlantic’s Ed Yong on how millions of immunocom...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-16 Wednesday from 2022-02-16T08:00

Authorities in Honduras arrest former President Juan Orlando Hernández as he faces extradition to the U.S. on drug trafficking charges; Four years after the Parkland shooting, survi...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-15 Tuesday from 2022-02-15T08:00

CodePink’s Medea Benjamin on possibly deescalating Ukraine crisis; An Afghan American activist and a 9/11 victim family member condemn Joe Biden’s executive order to seize $7 ...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-14 Monday from 2022-02-14T08:00

We speak with three of the leading feminist activists in 70 countries celebrating “V-Day,” an initiative to end violence against women; The Intercept reports on climate ...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-11 Friday from 2022-02-11T08:00

Spotify is under pressure over Joe Rogan’s history of hateful comments and misinformation; The documentary “American Reckoning” reexamines the unsolved murder of c...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-10 Thursday from 2022-02-10T08:00

A CNN investigation casts doubt on U.S. claims about an ISIS bombing in Kabul in August 2021; Congressmember Ro Khanna discusses ...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-09 Wednesday from 2022-02-09T08:00

Debating sanctions on Russia; David Sirota, co-writer of the Netflix film “Don’t Look Up”; A major labor win for workers at General Motors’ largest plant in ...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-08 Tuesday from 2022-02-08T08:00

The African Union condemns a wave of military coups across the continent; Minneapolis protests continue over Amir Locke’s fatal shooting by police during a no-knock raid; Oakl...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-07 Monday from 2022-02-07T08:00

Masha Gessen and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine; The “political disaster” of the Beijing Winter Olympics; Former NFL player Donté Stallworth on racis...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-04 Friday from 2022-02-04T08:00

Congressmember Jamie Raskin, head of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack; “Love & the Constitution” follows Rep. Raskin during the Tru...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-03 Thursday from 2022-02-03T08:00

Amnesty International accuses Israel of apartheid against Palestinians; President Biden orders an additional 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe; Eastern Ukraine faces a potential humani...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-02 Wednesday from 2022-02-02T08:00

We speak with two authors targeted as part of a new wave of book bans sweeping the United States: George M. Johnson, author of “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” and Art Spie...

Democracy Now! 2022-02-01 Tuesday from 2022-02-01T08:00

As the U.S. and NATO allies send arms to Ukraine and Russia amasses troops, can a war in Europe be averted? We speak with peace activists and scholars abou...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-31 Monday from 2022-01-31T08:00

Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier tests positive for COVID-19; Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors discusses her new book and how activists can...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-28 Friday from 2022-01-28T08:00

The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces recent killings in Mexico; Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd on evictions in Sheikh Jarrah; The documentary "Downfall" examines the deadl...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-27 Thursday from 2022-01-27T08:00

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement; Cuba circumvents U.S. embargoes to release its own coronavirus vaccines; The Federal Reserve combats concerns ove...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-26 Wednesday from 2022-01-26T08:00

The founding head of Africa CDC on how the world must prepare for the next variant; The forgotten U.S. corporate coup plot of 1934 and how it relates to the deadly January 6 insurrecti...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-25 Tuesday from 2022-01-25T08:00

The U.S. and other Western countries funnel arms into Ukraine as the risk of war increases; Antiwar activists call for the elimination of U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles; Reme...

Father John Dear on Desmond Tutu & Thich Nhat Hanh: Two Peacemakers Who Changed the World from 2022-01-25T08:00

Father John Dear, longtime peace activist and former director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, remembers the lives and impact of his close friends Thich Nhat Hanh and Archbishop De...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-24 Monday from 2022-01-24T08:00

An update on relief efforts from Tonga as aid begins to arrive for the island nation after a devastating volcanic eruption; on the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a new documentary te...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-21 Friday from 2022-01-21T08:00

How billionaires reshaped the world to their benefit; U.S. sanctions on Afghanistan contribute to a humanitarian catastrophe; The Biden administration continues to uphold Title 42 and ...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-20 Thursday from 2022-01-20T08:00

Tensions grow over Ukraine as Biden warns Putin to stay out of the country; Katrina vanden Heuvel and Ralph Nader assess the first year of the Biden administration.

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-19 Wednesday from 2022-01-19T08:00

A federal judge moves to restructure some $33 billion of Puerto Rico's massive debt; Anti-carceral feminist scholars Angela Davis, Beth Richie and Gina Dent discuss their new book, out...

Democracy Now! 2022-01-18 Tuesday from 2022-01-18T08:00

Rev. William Barber on mobilizing to pass voting rights legislation; A Texas rabbi responds to a British man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue; Who is Aafia Siddiqui? Listen

Democracy Now! 2022-01-17 Monday from 2022-01-17T08:00

A Martin Luther King Day special featuring excerpts of two historic MLK speeches: "Beyond Vietnam" and "I've Been to the Mountaintop."

Democracy Now! 2022-01-14 Friday from 2022-01-14T08:00

Advocates are calling for more aid to address the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where conditions in hospitals are deteriorating; The documentary "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racis...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-17 Friday from 2021-12-17T08:00

Attorney Benjamin Crump on three cases of police brutality around the country, including Derek Chauvin's guilty plea to willfully depriving George Floyd of his civil rights; The legacy...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-16 Thursday from 2021-12-16T08:00

Journalist Steve Coll on the U.S. diplomatic failure in Afghanistan that led to the Taliban takeover; More than half the population in Afghanistan faces food insecurity; As the Omicron...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-15 Wednesday from 2021-12-15T08:00

The House of Representatives finds Trump's former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the deadly January 6 insurrection; Diplomat...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-14 Tuesday from 2021-12-14T08:00

How a secretive Customs and Border Protection unit tracked journalists and other civilians; A barista at the first unionized U.S. Starbucks talks about the historic labor win; 1,400 un...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-13 Monday from 2021-12-13T08:00

Climate scientist Michael Mann on the deadly tornadoes that ripped through midwestern and southern states; Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate's new book "A Bigger Picture" and her fight t...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-10 Friday from 2021-12-10T08:00

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may soon face espionage charges in the United States after a U.K. court rules he can be extradited, reversing an earlier decision; Journalists Maria Re...

"The Forever Prisoner": Alex Gibney on How Patient Zero of CIA's Torture Program Still Held at Gitmo from 2021-12-10T08:00

In an extended interview, filmmaker Alex Gibney discusses his new film, “The Forever Prisoner,” which tells the story of Guantánamo prisoner Abu Zubaydah.

Democracy Now! 2021-12-09 Thursday from 2021-12-09T08:00

The House approves a massive military spending bill; As calls grow for Biden to extend the moratorium on student debt, we speak with the Debt Collective's Astra Taylor about her new an...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-08 Wednesday from 2021-12-08T08:00

As the U.S. threatens new sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine, we look at the virtual summit between Biden and Putin and why Russia fears NATO's expansion in eastern Europe...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-07 Tuesday from 2021-12-07T08:00

Pfizer and Moderna shareholders rake in huge profits as the Omicron variant threatens to prolong the pandemic as the U.S. stalls on its promises to implement a $2.5 billion plan to thw...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-06 Monday from 2021-12-06T08:00

Gun control advocates on the deadly high school shooting in Oxford, Michigan; The Pentagon reopens an investigation of a U.S. airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria as conc...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-03 Friday from 2021-12-03T08:00

Reporter Amy Littlefield on the fight to save abortion rights in the United States; Haitian asylum seekers in an ICE jail in New Mexico describe abuse and neglect while waiting for the...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-02 Thursday from 2021-12-02T08:00

The Supreme Court considers a Mississippi abortion ban that could overturn Roe v. Wade; Journalist Rokhaya Diallo on French far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour and the induct...

Democracy Now! 2021-12-01 Wednesday from 2021-12-01T08:00

Amazon is found to have violated U.S. labor laws in its aggressive anti-union campaign against warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama; Dame Sandra Mason is sworn in as the first presid...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-30 Tuesday from 2021-11-30T08:00

Honduras is poised to get its first woman president, Xiomara Castro, a leftist candidate who could end the regime of conservative National Party ushered in by the U.S.-backed coup; Ten...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-29 Monday from 2021-11-29T08:00

As the new Omicron coronavirus variant is identified by scientists in South Africa, health leaders say now is the time to finally address vaccine inequity; Black Lives Matter co-founde...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-26 Friday from 2021-11-26T08:00

Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge, describes his ordeal in the new book "Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and F...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-25 Thursday from 2021-11-25T08:00

We celebrate Democracy Now!'s 25th anniversary by airing highlights from our coverage over the years, from Haiti to Gaza, Standing Rock, the U.S.-Mexico border and more.

Democracy Now! 2021-11-24 Wednesday from 2021-11-24T08:00

White supremacist behind the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally are ordered to pay over $26 million in damages for their role in organizing the event; A survivor speaks out after a rapi...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-23 Tuesday from 2021-11-23T08:00

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses her new anthology and children's book published as an extension of The 1619 Project that examines the legacy of slavery in t...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-22 Monday from 2021-11-22T08:00

Jacob Blake’s family members respond to the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse; Jacob Blake Sr. on the Missouri police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter of Cameron Lamb; The at...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-19 Friday from 2021-11-19T08:00

As a New York judge exonerates two men convicted of assassinating Malcolm X, we speak with independent researcher Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, whose work played a key role in spurring the ne...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-18 Thursday from 2021-11-18T08:00

The U.S. House censures Republican Rep. Paul Gosar; Closing arguments begin in the trial of white supremacists who organized the deadly 2017 "United the Right" rally; David Wengrow on ...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-17 Wednesday from 2021-11-17T08:00

Activists risk arrest outside the White House to demand Congress pass key voting rights legislation; Extreme gerrymandering in Republican-led states could swing control of Congress bac...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-16 Tuesday from 2021-11-16T08:00

Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating into the world's worst humanitarian crisis; U.S. President Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping in a virtual summit to discuss the climate...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-15 Monday from 2021-11-15T08:00

Climate activists respond to the international agreement struck at COP26; We look back on the Indigenous-led protests at the climate summit urging protection for the Amazon rainforest;...

Rev. William Barber: 123 Years After Wilmington Massacre by White Supremacists, Voting Rights Fight Continues from 2021-11-15T08:00

A long-overdue commemoration was held this month in Wilmington, North Carolina, in memory of Joshua Halsey, who was killed by white supremacists during the November 10, 1898, Wilmingto...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-12 Friday from 2021-11-12T08:00

Headlines for November 12, 2021; Climate Crisis = Health Emergency: Air Pollution, Pandemics & Displacement Make the World Sick; Walkout: Outraged by New COP26 Pact, Civil Society Hold...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-11 Thursday from 2021-11-11T08:00

Journalist Elie Mystal and antiracist activist Bree Newsome Bass on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial; The latest updates from the COP26 U.N. climate summit.

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Democracy Now! 2021-11-10 Wednesday from 2021-11-10T08:00

Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey on the disappointing agreement being drafted at the U.N. climate summit; Activists on how wealthy nations spend more on militarizing their...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-09 Tuesday from 2021-11-09T08:00

How the U.S. military is fueling the climate crisis; Julian Assange's partner Stella Moris on WikiLeaks exposés of corporate and state meddling in climate crisis resolutions.

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Democracy Now! 2021-11-08 Monday from 2021-11-08T08:00

The latest updates from Friday and Saturday's protests outside COP26, the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland; A report from Global Witness finds hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-05 Friday from 2021-11-05T08:00

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin and the three men being tried in Georgia for killing Ahmaud Arbery; Youth activists take to the streets of...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-04 Thursday from 2021-11-04T08:00

The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, on how rising seas threaten low-lying islands; A lawyer who helped write the 2015 Paris Agreement says the world is running out o...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-03 Wednesday from 2021-11-03T08:00

The Nation's John Nichols on elections in Virginia and elsewhere; Updates from the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland; Puerto Ricans continue to suffer regular power outages, fou...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-02 Tuesday from 2021-11-02T08:00

Latest updates from COP26, including 350.org's Bill McKibben, Indigenous environmental campaigner Tom Goldtooth and Samoan climate justice activist Brianna Fruean; The Supreme Court he...

Democracy Now! 2021-11-01 Monday from 2021-11-01T08:00

As the U.N. Climate Change Conference known as COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, Scotland, we speak with climate experts and activists; A Guantánamo Bay detainee describes his torture at CIA...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-29 Friday from 2021-10-29T08:00

Democrats remain divided over two major bills promising trillions in new spending on infrastructure, climate and the social safety net; A human rights network along the U.S.-Mexico bor...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-28 Thursday from 2021-10-28T08:00

Historian Tariq Ali on Julian Assange's extradition hearings in London and his new book on 40 years of foreign interference in Afghanistan; A new analysis finds wealthy countries recei...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-26 Tuesday from 2021-10-26T08:00

Researchers demand more regulation and consumer protection for the misinformation and harm spread by Facebook; Global leaders and Sudanese protesters reject Sudan's military coup; A Ho...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-25 Monday from 2021-10-25T08:00

The fate of two Democratic budget bills could be decided soon as progressive lawmakers resist further cuts to the Build Back Better Act; Supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian A...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-22 Friday from 2021-10-22T08:00

Branko Marcetic and Stephen Smith on Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema; Ahmaud Arbery's aunt and attorney on the trial of the three white men who fatally shot him in 2020; Public...

Pfizer's Power: Drug Giant Silenced Governments & Throttled COVID Vaccine Supply to Maximize Profit from 2021-10-22T08:00

Public Citizen reports Pfizer’s contracts with countries show how one of the world’s leading makers of COVID-19 vaccines has the power to silence governments, throttle supply, shift ri...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-21 Thursday from 2021-10-21T08:00

Congressmember Ilhan Omar on negotiations over the Build Back Better Act and overcoming opposition from conservative Democrats; Investigative reporter Daniel Boguslaw on Senator Jim Ma...

"You Have Not Yet Been Defeated": Alaa Abd El-Fattah Continues to Push for Change from Egyptian Jail from 2021-10-21T08:00

Part 2 of our interview with the mother of prominent Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who faces trial before an Emergency State Security Court in Cairo after more than...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-20 Wednesday from 2021-10-20T08:00

Alex Press on the large wave of strikes and labor organizing washing over the U.S. this month; A worker at John Deere on why tens of thousands are striking at the company; New York tax...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-19 Tuesday from 2021-10-19T08:00

Examining the legacy of Colin Powell and his role in U.S. wars across different continents and administrations; Haitian immigrant and activist Jean Montrevil returns to New York after ...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-18 Monday from 2021-10-18T08:00

Flint-based pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Reverend Edward Pinkney on the ongoing issue of lead in the water supply in Benton Harbor, Michigan; The U.S. prepares a COVID-19 va...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-15 Friday from 2021-10-15T08:00

Indigenous leaders and climate activists in Washington, D.C., on leading protests to demand that President Biden declare a climate emergency; Activists and advocates weigh in on Govern...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-14 Thursday from 2021-10-14T08:00

Journalist Lara Bitar on economic and political collapse in Lebanon; An Afghan interpreter who rescued Joe Biden in 2008 escapes the Taliban with help from private groups; Corresponden...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-13 Wednesday from 2021-10-13T08:00

The last audio from a man who went missing after attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border; Leaders of two human rights organizations in Texas and the co-director of the film "Missing...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-12 Tuesday from 2021-10-12T08:00

President of the Dayton chapter of the NAACP denounces the violent arrest of paraplegic man, Clifford Owensby; Nabil Salih on the implications of populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-11 Monday from 2021-10-11T08:00

Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and The Red Nation organizer Jennifer Marley react to the first time the United States formally recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day; Winona LaDuke on Indi...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-06 Wednesday from 2021-10-06T08:00

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies to Congress; Up to 144,000 gallons of oil spill into the ocean off the coast of California; Derecka Purnell on her new book, "Becoming A...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-05 Tuesday from 2021-10-05T08:00

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen reveals the company has long been aware of the negative effects of its technology; The Pandora Papers expose how the global elite hide their wealt...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-04 Monday from 2021-10-04T08:00

Members of Congress share stories of their own abortions as thousands march in "Bans Off Our Bodies" protests across the United States; Alexis McGill Johnson, head of Planned Parenthoo...

Democracy Now! 2021-10-01 Friday from 2021-10-01T08:00

We spend the hour looking at the life and legacy of Michael Ratner, the trailblazing human rights lawyer who died in 2016 and whose posthumous memoir was just published.

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Democracy Now! 2021-09-30 Thursday from 2021-09-30T08:00

Reverend William Barber on why Congress needs to pass the $3.5 trillion bill expanding the social safety net and fighting the climate crisis; As the media obsess over missing white wom...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-29 Wednesday from 2021-09-29T08:00

Journalist David Dayen on Democratic negotiations over two major bills in Congress; Yanis Varoufakis on the German election and what it means for Europe.

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"Another Now": Socialist Alternatives to Capitalism Explored in New Novel by Yanis Varoufakis from 2021-09-29T08:00

In an extended interview with Yanis Varoufakis, member of the Greek Parliament and former finance minister of Greece, we discuss his new novel, “Another Now,” and why he chose to write...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-28 Tuesday from 2021-09-28T08:00

R. Kelly is found guilty on sex trafficking and racketeering charges; An explosive new report finds the CIA plotted to abduct or kill Julian Assange; Workers at El Milagro tortilla pla...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-27 Monday from 2021-09-27T08:00

Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge, describes his ordeal in the new book "Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and F...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-24 Friday from 2021-09-24T08:00

Tenant activists push Congress to protect people from eviction during the pandemic; Women's rights in Afghanistan are eroding under the Taliban; Congressmember Maxine Waters on what th...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-23 Thursday from 2021-09-23T08:00

As hunger grows across the globe during the pandemic, the United Nations faces intense criticism for giving corporations an outsized role at the Food Systems Summit; We look at AUKUS, ...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-22 Wednesday from 2021-09-22T08:00

The Cuban government denounces the U.S. for intensifying its economic blockade while the island nation is facing a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths; How a drug-trafficking mayor in H...

"I Need You to Wear a Mask to Protect My Child": Mother Sues Texas Gov. Over Mandate Ban in Schools from 2021-09-22T08:00

As U.S. students and teachers return to the classroom amid surging cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant, the debate over mask mandates has turned to the schools. We speak with Texas mot...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-21 Tuesday from 2021-09-21T08:00

Democrats remain divided over President Biden's sweeping $3.5 trillion spending plan; Marking 10 years since the execution of Troy Davis by the state of Georgia for a crime many believ...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-20 Monday from 2021-09-20T08:00

The U.S. begins deporting Haitian asylum seekers from a makeshift camp in Texas despite opposition from immigrant advocates; An abortion provider in Texas talks about the state's near-...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-17 Friday from 2021-09-17T08:00

Simone Biles and other top gymnasts blast the FBI for failing to investigate credible reports of serial sexual abuse by USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar; We speak with three veterans...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-16 Thursday from 2021-09-16T08:00

Writer Anand Gopal on "the other Afghan women" and how decades of war devastated rural communities in Afghanistan; Public health experts denounce the Biden administration's plans for b...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-15 Wednesday from 2021-09-15T08:00

California voters vote no in the Republican-led recall election targeting Governor Gavin Newsom; A U.S. drone strike in Kabul that the Pentagon claimed took out an ISIS-K militant appe...

A Spy in Your Pocket: How Phone Hacking by Mercenary Spyware Firms Threaten Global Privacy from 2021-09-15T08:00

In Part 2 of our interview with Ronald Deibert, director of Citizen Lab, he describes how they discovered a massive security flaw that was being exploited by the Israeli-based NSO Grou...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-14 Tuesday from 2021-09-14T08:00

How Islamophobia has driven foreign policy and impacted the United States over the last 20 years; Canadian authorities arrest nearly 1,000 people at Fairy Creek in British Columbia, wh...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-13 Monday from 2021-09-13T08:00

We spend the hour marking the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Attica prison rebellion, the deadliest prison uprising in the history of the United States.

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Democracy Now! 2021-09-10 Friday from 2021-09-10T08:00

Congressmember Barbara Lee discusses her lonely vote against war in 2001; We revisit a conversation in 2002, when a New Yorker who lost her brother in the World Trade Center attacks an...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-09 Thursday from 2021-09-09T08:00

We speak with the filmmakers behind the new Netflix docuseries "Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror"; Historian Samuel Moyn on how efforts to make war more "humane" have fueled U...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-08 Wednesday from 2021-09-08T08:00

The Taliban takes a major step in reestablishing their Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as protests grow across the country; We speak with Sharon Lavigne, winner of the 2021 Goldman Envi...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-07 Tuesday from 2021-09-07T08:00

We spend the hour looking at a new documentary, "9/11's Unsettled Dust," ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the impact of the toxic, cancer-causing smoke tha...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-06 Monday from 2021-09-06T08:00

Afghan reporter Bilal Sarwary describes fleeing Kabul as the Taliban took control of the country; National Security reporter Spencer Ackerman on Afghanistan and how the war on terror e...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-03 Friday from 2021-09-03T08:00

The city of New Orleans remains without power in the sweltering heat after Hurricane Ida; We speak with journalist Eyal Press about his new book, "Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hi...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-02 Thursday from 2021-09-02T08:00

The Supreme Court allows a new Texas anti-abortion law to stand; Three police officers and two paramedics are criminally charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain; Women may not be a...

Democracy Now! 2021-09-01 Wednesday from 2021-09-01T08:00

President Joe Biden defends his withdrawal from Afghanistan and promises a "new era" of U.S. foreign policy; A new law goes into effect in Texas banning nearly all abortions; Two weeks...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-31 Tuesday from 2021-08-31T08:00

The last U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, ending America's longest war after 20 years; Gulf Coast communities begin rebuilding after Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest storms ever to hi...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-30 Monday from 2021-08-30T08:00

Hurricane Ida hits southern Louisiana and Mississippi, flooding the area with storm surges; Two-thirds of Louisiana's industrial sites, including oil refineries, storage tanks and oil ...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-27 Friday from 2021-08-27T08:00

Twin suicide bombings outside the Kabul airport kill scores of Afghan civilians and 13 American servicemembers; A former aide to Mike Pence says the Trump administration impeded visas ...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-26 Thursday from 2021-08-26T08:00

Why an Afghan college lecturer has decided to stay in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover; The U.S. begins its final phase of evacuations of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies from the...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-25 Wednesday from 2021-08-25T08:00

Afghans and people with foreign passports continue to flee the country following the Taliban takeover; Thousands of people are injured, and children are suffering from hunger, fevers a...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-23 Monday from 2021-08-23T08:00

Concern is growing over a broader humanitarian crisis across Afghanistan as crowds continue to gather at the Kabul airport after the Taliban takeover; We speak with reporter Tina-Desir...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-20 Friday from 2021-08-20T08:00

As thousands of Afghans try to flee the Taliban, we spend the hour with national security reporter Spencer Ackerman, author of the new book "Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabili...

Journalist: Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Mask Protesters in L.A. Attacked Me & Ripped Off My Mask from 2021-08-20T08:00

As U.S. COVID cases top 37 million, we look at a shocking story out of California, where one person was stabbed and two journalists were attacked Saturday while covering an anti-vaccin...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-19 Thursday from 2021-08-19T08:00

Afghan women fear they will lose their rights following the Taliban takeover of the country; Reporter Craig Whitlock on "The Afghanistan Papers," which show that multiple U.S. administ...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-18 Wednesday from 2021-08-18T08:00

The Taliban promise not to take revenge on their political opponents and to respect women's rights and press freedoms, but many remain skeptical of the group; Lawmakers and immigrant a...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-17 Tuesday from 2021-08-17T08:00

Uncertainty continues in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of Kabul; The death toll in Haiti climbs to more than 1,400 following a major earthquake.

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Democracy Now! 2021-08-16 Monday from 2021-08-16T08:00

The Taliban seize power in Afghanistan, nearly 20 years after they were dislodged by a U.S.-led coalition; A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti, deepening the country's political c...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-13 Friday from 2021-08-13T08:00

The Afghan government nears collapse as the Taliban sweep across the country; A Mexican journalist challenges the country's powerful drug cartels; The new documentary "Not Going Quietl...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-12 Thursday from 2021-08-12T08:00

Journalist Barkha Dutt on the COVID-19 crisis in India; How the global vaccine divide is fueling Indonesia's coronavirus catastrophe; What history can teach us about the course of pand...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-11 Wednesday from 2021-08-11T08:00

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces his resignation amid sexual harassment allegations; Senate Democrats pass a $3.5 trillion budget plan just hours after passing the $1.2 trillio...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-10 Tuesday from 2021-08-10T08:00

Schools begin to reopen amid a surge in children becoming infected with COVID-19, especially in states like Florida and Texas with low vaccination rates; New York lawmakers plan to sta...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-09 Monday from 2021-08-09T08:00

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues a "code red for humanity" in a new report that states the climate crisis is inevitable and irreversible but there is still time to ...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-06 Friday from 2021-08-06T08:00

Labor leader Richard Trumka dies after more than a decade leading the AFL-CIO; The Taliban threaten provincial capitals in Afghanistan as the U.S. continues withdrawing troops from the...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-05 Thursday from 2021-08-05T08:00

We speak with Congressmember Ilhan Omar about housing, immigration and her memoir about how a refugee from Somalia became a leading voice in U.S. politics; One year after the Beirut ex...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-04 Wednesday from 2021-08-04T08:00

Pressure grows on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign following the release of a damning report by the state's attorney general that finds he repeatedly sexually harassed women wh...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-03 Tuesday from 2021-08-03T08:00

Aid groups rescue hundreds of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea amid a deadly year for those fleeing poverty, violence and the climate crisis; Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah fa...

Democracy Now! 2021-08-02 Monday from 2021-08-02T08:00

A new book examines the links between health and systemic injustice; Rep. Cori Bush protests against the expiry of the federal eviction moratorium, which could intensify the U.S. housi...

"Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice": Extended Interview with Dr. Rupa Marya from 2021-08-02T08:00

In an extended interview, we continue our conversation with Dr. Rupa Marya, co-author with Raj Patel of the new book, “Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice,” which exam...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-30 Friday from 2021-07-30T08:00

Human Rights Watch calls on the International Criminal Court to open a war crime probe of Israel over its recent assault on Gaza; We look at the fallout from Ben & Jerry's decision to ...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-29 Thursday from 2021-07-29T08:00

Experts warn vaccine inequality could lead to a prolonged pandemic as the Delta variant continues to drive new cases in the U.S. and around the world; Senators reach a deal on a $1.2 t...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-28 Wednesday from 2021-07-28T08:00

The House select committee investigating the deadly January 6 insurrection hears testimony from four police officers who were attacked by Trump supporters while defending the Capitol; ...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-27 Tuesday from 2021-07-27T08:00

The Biden administration adds new sanctions on Cuba despite calls for better relations and an end to the decades-long embargo; We speak with two lawyers who have represented Guantánamo...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-26 Monday from 2021-07-26T08:00

COVID-19 cases continue to soar in the United States, especially in areas with low vaccination rates; We look at the case of former Air Force analyst Daniel Hale, who blew the whistle ...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-22 Thursday from 2021-07-22T08:00

As billionaire Jeff Bezos flies his Blue Origin spacecraft into suborbital space, calls grow to tax the rich and let Amazon workers unionize; Bezos's trip to the edge of space receives...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-21 Wednesday from 2021-07-21T08:00

Journalist Ed Yong on why this year may be worse than 2020 for many communities with low vaccination rates; Demonstrators fill the streets of several cities across Colombia again to pr...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-20 Tuesday from 2021-07-20T08:00

An investigation reveals Israeli cybersurveillance company NSO Group's software is being used by client countries to spy on activists, politicians, dissidents and journalists; A feder...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-19 Monday from 2021-07-19T08:00

As drug overdoses soar to record highs in the United States, a new two-part documentary looks at how pharmaceutical companies fueled the opioid epidemic; The remains of nine Indigenous...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-16 Friday from 2021-07-16T08:00

Michael Wolff's new book, "Landslide," provides fresh details about former President Donald Trump's efforts to undermine the 2020 election and how he spurred his supporters to attack t...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-15 Thursday from 2021-07-15T08:00

As U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years of war and occupation, Taliban fighters are advancing across the country; Thousands have been arrested and at least 72 people ha...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-14 Wednesday from 2021-07-14T08:00

Rare anti-government protests erupt in Cuba amid a devastating economic crisis; Pressure grows on Democrats to scrap the Senate filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation; N...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-13 Tuesday from 2021-07-13T08:00

Texas House Democrats aim to stop Republican lawmakers from passing a bill making it harder to vote in the battleground state; As Roe v. Wade faces a Supreme Court hearing that may ove...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-12 Monday from 2021-07-12T08:00

Political turmoil continues in Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse; Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on infrastructure funding, the New York City mayora...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-09 Friday from 2021-07-09T08:00

We get the latest on the fight to protect voting rights as Republicans in Texas unveil a host of new restrictive measures during a special session; In the southern African nation of Es...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-08 Thursday from 2021-07-08T08:00

Haiti declares a state of siege after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse; As the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan nears completion, the Taliban is escalating its off...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-07 Wednesday from 2021-07-07T08:00

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated at his home after months of unrest in the country; Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones joins Howard University instead of the Unive...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-06 Tuesday from 2021-07-06T08:00

A former U.S.-trained military officer has been found guilty in Honduras of plotting the 2016 assassination of Lenca land and water defender Berta Cáceres; We air an explosive video fr...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-05 Monday from 2021-07-05T08:00

We air a special holiday show for U.S. Independence Day featuring the words and voices of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, actor James Earl Jones, poet Amanda Gorman and author C...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-02 Friday from 2021-07-02T08:00

In a pair of rulings, the Supreme Court has gutted more of the Voting Rights Act while making it easier for billionaires to secretly bankroll campaigns; The family business of Donald T...

Democracy Now! 2021-07-01 Thursday from 2021-07-01T08:00

Donald Rumsfeld, who presided over systemic torture, massacres of civilians and illegal wars as defense secretary under George W. Bush, has died at 88; The Ethiopian military withdraws...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-30 Wednesday from 2021-06-30T08:00

Over 92,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2020 — the highest since the CDC began keeping records; Democratic lawmakers reintroduce the Abolition Amendment to scrap the Constitutio...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-29 Tuesday from 2021-06-29T08:00

Dozens of youth climate activists are arrested at the White House as they demand President Biden back an infrastructure bill that includes major investments to confront the climate eme...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-28 Monday from 2021-06-28T08:00

One of the main witnesses in the extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has admitted he made false claims against Assange in exchange for immunity from prosecution; ...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-25 Friday from 2021-06-25T08:00

Fighting continues in Ethiopia's Tigray region as national elections take place; Afghan President Ashraf Ghani meets at the White House with President Joe Biden as Taliban attacks surg...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-24 Thursday from 2021-06-24T08:00

We speak to an anti-violence activist as President Joe Biden vows to boost funding for police departments in an effort to combat gun violence across the country; Over two dozen trans w...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-23 Wednesday from 2021-06-23T08:00

Senate Republicans use the filibuster to block debate on the For the People Act, the most sweeping voting rights bill considered by Congress in decades; The White House says it will mi...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-22 Tuesday from 2021-06-22T08:00

Senate Republicans are expected to block the For the People Act, but Democrats are vowing to fight to protect voting rights; We look at the debate over infrastructure spending in regar...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-21 Monday from 2021-06-21T08:00

Hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi wins the Iranian presidential election; Fears grow over the daughter of Peru's former dictator leading a coup to prevent the socialist teacher and union ...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-18 Friday from 2021-06-18T08:00

President Biden signs legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday; We look at the other Juneteenth, June 19, 1838, when Jesuit priests in Maryland sold 272 enslaved men, women and...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-17 Thursday from 2021-06-17T08:00

Biden and Putin pledge to work together on nuclear arms control and cybersecurity during their summit in Geneva; We look at the major races ahead of the historic New York Democratic pr...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-16 Wednesday from 2021-06-16T08:00

As President Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva for a high-stakes summit, we spend the hour with Russian American journalist Masha Gessen.

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Masha Gessen on "Surviving Autocracy": Fight Politics of the Past with Potent Politics of the Future from 2021-06-16T08:00

In Part 2 of our conversation with Masha Gessen, staff writer at The New Yorker and award-winning Russian American journalist, we discuss their latest book, “Surviving Autocracy.”
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Democracy Now! 2021-06-15 Tuesday from 2021-06-15T08:00

NSA whistleblower Reality Winner is released from prison after serving four years for leaking documents about Russian meddling in the 2016 elections; China warns NATO is adopting a "Co...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-14 Monday from 2021-06-14T08:00

We spend the hour with Daniel Ellsberg, the legendary whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press 50 years ago and exposed how the U.S. government had systematically lied...

Daniel Ellsberg on Whistleblowers Julian Assange, Daniel Hale, Reality Winner, Ed Snowden & Others from 2021-06-14T08:00

This week marks 50 years since The New York Times published the first excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, leaked by our guest, the legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. He describes wh...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-11 Friday from 2021-06-11T08:00

As leaders gather in the U.K. for a G7 summit, activists call on rich countries for immediate action on the climate crisis; The Biden administration continues to push for the extraditi...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-10 Thursday from 2021-06-10T08:00

The United States, Russia and other nuclear-armed nations continue to spend billions of dollars on their nuclear arsenals despite the COVID-19 pandemic; As President Biden pledges to b...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-09 Wednesday from 2021-06-09T08:00

How the world's wealthiest people get away with paying little or no income tax; Government-run refugee shelters turn migrant children over to police; The new short film "Takeover" revi...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-08 Tuesday from 2021-06-08T08:00

Over 100 water protectors are arrested in an Indigenous-led action in Minnesota to halt construction of the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline; As Vice President Kamala Harris arri...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-07 Monday from 2021-06-07T08:00

Leaders at the G7 summit agree to a minimum global corporate tax rate to clamp down on corporations that hide their wealth in tax havens; Civil liberties attorney Jameel Jaffer on the ...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-04 Friday from 2021-06-04T08:00

The Biden administration unveils plans to send 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad, but public health experts say far more needs to be done as the pandemic continues to devastate ...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-03 Thursday from 2021-06-03T08:00

We spend the hour with Emory University professor Carol Anderson, whose new book examines the racist roots of the Second Amendment and how the constitutional right has fueled gun viole...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-02 Wednesday from 2021-06-02T08:00

President Biden visits Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre; Naomi Osaka withdraws from the French Open after citing the effect on her mental healt...

Democracy Now! 2021-06-01 Tuesday from 2021-06-01T08:00

Democratic lawmakers in Texas stage a dramatic walkout to prevent the Republican-controlled Legislature from passing a sweeping voter suppression bill; A new study reveals far more peo...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-31 Monday from 2021-05-31T08:00

We speak with Raoul Peck, acclaimed Haitian filmmaker and director of a new documentary series, "Exterminate All the Brutes," which takes an unflinching look at the legacy of European ...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-28 Friday from 2021-05-28T08:00

Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, on the destruction in Gaza and why the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the "largest neglected emergency on Earth"; Fil...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-27 Thursday from 2021-05-27T08:00

Calls grow to cancel the Tokyo Olympics; President Biden orders U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to determine if the virus was accidentall...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-26 Wednesday from 2021-05-26T08:00

Protests and vigils take place across the U.S. to mark one year since the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis; We examine the cover-up of the little-known police killing of Ma...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-25 Tuesday from 2021-05-25T08:00

Reporter Emily Wilder speaks out after she was fired by the Associated Press following a disinformation campaign led by Stanford College Republicans over her support for Palestinian hu...

Gaza to Goma to Yemen: Update on Humanitarian Crises from Sec. Gen. of Norwegian Refugee Council from 2021-05-25T08:00

We get an update on the humanitarian crises unfolding in Gaza, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen from Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who join...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-24 Monday from 2021-05-24T08:00

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds, but tension remains high in Jerusalem; Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who has represented the families of many victims of police bruta...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-21 Friday from 2021-05-21T08:00

Thousands of people in Gaza take to the streets to celebrate after Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire, ending Israel's 11-day bombardment of Gaza, which killed 243 Palestinians, inc...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-20 Thursday from 2021-05-20T08:00

Israel maintains its bombing campaign of Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to reject growing calls for a ceasefire; The U.S. opposes a fourth resolution at th...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-19 Wednesday from 2021-05-19T08:00

Israel's bombing of Gaza continues as international calls grow for a ceasefire and the death toll rises to at least 222 Palestinians killed in the territory; North Carolina authorities...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-18 Tuesday from 2021-05-18T08:00

Israel's assault on Gaza has killed at least 213 Palestinians, including 61 children; How Israel is destroying Gaza's public health system, from bombing Gaza's only COVID-19 lab to kil...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-17 Monday from 2021-05-17T08:00

Nearly 200 Palestinians are now dead as Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip enters its second week; Ethnic violence and Jewish settler attacks on Palestinians escalate.

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Democracy Now! 2021-05-14 Friday from 2021-05-14T08:00

Congressmember Rashida Tlaib makes a speech on the House floor about the lack of attention to Palestinians' suffering under Israel; We speak to longtime Palestinian diplomat Dr. Hanan ...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-13 Thursday from 2021-05-13T08:00

President Biden gives Israel a green light to continue its assault on Gaza as the death toll continues to climb in the besieged territory after days of aerial bombardment. We go to Gaz...

Nathan Thrall on "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama" & Reality of Palestinian Life Under Israeli Rule from 2021-05-13T08:00

Jerusalem-based writer Nathan Thrall discusses his acclaimed piece for The New York Review of Books, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: One man’s quest to find his son lays bare the re...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-12 Wednesday from 2021-05-12T08:00

The new PBS series "Philly D.A." gives an inside look at Larry Krasner, the Philadelphia district attorney who was elected in 2017 as he vowed to end mass incarceration and now faces a...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-11 Tuesday from 2021-05-11T08:00

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 26 Palestinians in Gaza as tension escalates dramatically following weeks of protests in Jerusalem; We look back at the 1985 Philadelphia police bombin...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-10 Monday from 2021-05-10T08:00

Tensions rise as Palestinians continue to protest Israeli efforts to evict dozens of residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to make room for Jewish sett...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-07 Friday from 2021-05-07T08:00

Four parents are reunited with their children in the United States after being separated under former President Trump's "zero tolerance" policy, making them the first families to be re...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-06 Thursday from 2021-05-06T08:00

President Biden announces his support for temporarily waiving intellectual property rights for COVID vaccines; Over two dozen protesters in Colombia have been killed by security forces...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-05 Wednesday from 2021-05-05T08:00

More than 100 countries call on the Biden administration to support a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-related medicines and vaccines at the World Trade Organ...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-04 Tuesday from 2021-05-04T08:00

We speak with Raoul Peck, acclaimed Haitian filmmaker and director of a new documentary series, "Exterminate All the Brutes," which takes an unflinching look at the legacy of European ...

Democracy Now! 2021-05-03 Monday from 2021-05-03T08:00

Former Illinois Congressmember Luis Guitérrez on the recent Chicago police killings of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez and 13-year-old Adam Toledo; We look back at the historic 1971 May Da...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-30 Friday from 2021-04-30T08:00

In a major report, Human Rights Watch said this week that Israel commits the crimes of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians; The fallout continues from revelations of imprope...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-29 Thursday from 2021-04-29T08:00

We get an update on the COVID crisis in India and how expanding access to vaccine technology could help curb the spread of highly infectious new variants of the coronavirus; Congressme...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-28 Wednesday from 2021-04-28T10:00

We spend the hour looking at President Biden's foreign policy record with journalist Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of The Intercept, which just published a new investigation looking at Bi...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-27 Tuesday from 2021-04-27T10:00

As protests continue in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, over the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr., we speak with Reverend William Barber about the struggle for police accountability ...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-26 Monday from 2021-04-26T10:00

New protests erupt in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as the police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back last August returns to work; State Republican lawmakers across the U.S. pus...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-23 Friday from 2021-04-23T10:00

As President Biden hosts a virtual global climate summit and pledges to cut U.S. emissions in half by 2030, environmental groups say global leaders are not being ambitious enough. We l...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-22 Thursday from 2021-04-22T10:00

India is in a public health crisis as COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals run out of oxygen; A doctor at Baylor University is working with an Indian company to develop a low-cost COVID-...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-21 Wednesday from 2021-04-21T10:00

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on three charges for murdering George Floyd, making him the first white Minnesota police officer ever to be convic...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-20 Tuesday from 2021-04-20T10:00

Jury deliberations begin in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd; The Sikh community is in mourning after a gunman attacked a FedEx facility in Ind...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-19 Monday from 2021-04-19T10:00

Thousands protest in Chicago over the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was shot dead with his hands in the air; A lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps is suing two Virgin...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-14 Wednesday from 2021-04-14T10:00

President Biden vows to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks; A new Frontline documentary looks at the rise of right-wing extr...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-13 Tuesday from 2021-04-13T10:00

Protests continue in the Minneapolis area after a police officer shot and killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop; The trial of former Minneapolis officer ...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-12 Monday from 2021-04-12T10:00

Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, says the union is filing a complaint against Amazon for unfair labor practices after workers at an Alab...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-09 Friday from 2021-04-09T10:00

As the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 560,000 and Brazil records over 4,200 deaths in a single day, we look at how Cuba has successfully fought the pandemic despite the U.S. embarg...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-08 Thursday from 2021-04-08T10:00

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 laure...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-07 Wednesday from 2021-04-07T10:00

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 ...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-06 Tuesday from 2021-04-06T10:00

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 pand...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-05 Monday from 2021-04-05T10:00

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 re...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-02 Friday from 2021-04-02T10:00

Calls are growing to boycott Georgia-based companies after Republican Governor Brian Kemp signed what many describe as the worst voter suppression legislation in decades; Oregon Govern...

Democracy Now! 2021-04-01 Thursday from 2021-04-01T10:00

We air excerpts of the third day of the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd last May in Minneapolis; COVID-19 cases in Brazil continue to rise ...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-31 Wednesday from 2021-03-31T10:00

Resistance to the military coup in Burma continues despite a bloody crackdown; We mark International Trans Day of Visibility with activist Raquel Willis and ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio;...

"I Felt the Need to Call the Police on the Police": Witnesses Describe Seeing George Floyd's Murder from 2021-03-31T10:00

On the second day of the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, jurors heard chilling testimony from eyewitnesses who watched Chauvin kill George Floyd by kne...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-30 Tuesday from 2021-03-30T10:00

We speak with Minneapolis-based civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong after the first day in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin; Journalist Roberto Lovato on the humanitarian crisis...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-29 Monday from 2021-03-29T10:00

Hopes rise that the Suez Canal in Egypt may soon reopen after a 200,000-ton container ship blocking the canal was partially refloated; Historian Robin D.G. Kelley on the historic union...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-26 Friday from 2021-03-26T09:00

Georgia passes a sweeping elections bill that civil rights groups describe as the worst voter suppression legislation since the Jim Crow era; Actor and activist Danny Glover on the uni...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-25 Thursday from 2021-03-25T09:00

A select few billionaires see massive gains in wealth during the pandemic; The House holds a hearing on "Extremism in the Armed Forces" to look at connections between people who partic...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-24 Wednesday from 2021-03-24T09:00

The mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, came just a week after a judge blocked a local law banning assault weapons like the one used in the grocery store rampage that killed 10 people;...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-23 Tuesday from 2021-03-23T09:00

The Biden administration moves to close much of the southern border as it holds 15,000 unaccompanied migrant children; Trump-supporting Mexican conspiracy theorists are fanning the fla...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-22 Monday from 2021-03-22T09:00

We speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen about rising racism and hate crimes against Asian Americans, the deadly shootings in Atlanta where a whi...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-19 Friday from 2021-03-19T09:00

Georgia Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock condemns Republican voter suppression efforts as "Jim Crow in new clothes"; Author Heather McGhee discusses her new book, "The Sum of Us: What...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-18 Thursday from 2021-03-18T09:00

The Asian American community is grieving after a white gunman attacked three spas in the Atlanta area, killing eight people, including six Asian women; The military junta in Burma inte...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-17 Wednesday from 2021-03-17T09:00

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, remain under a "boil water" advisory more than a month after winter storms disrupted the city's aging water infrastructure; Deb Haaland is confirmed ...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-16 Tuesday from 2021-03-16T09:00

Vijay Prashad on the growing U.S.-China rivalry and the danger of a new cold war; Thousands of migrant children seeking refuge are held in crowded cells at the U.S.-Mexico border; New ...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-15 Monday from 2021-03-15T09:00

How the American Rescue Plan aims to address decades of discrimination against farmers of color; Human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, who successfully sued Chevron for environmental ab...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-12 Friday from 2021-03-12T09:00

President Joe Biden vows to accelerate the vaccination effort and bring more normalcy to the U.S. by July 4; Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on the $1.9 trillion relief p...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-11 Thursday from 2021-03-11T09:00

Questionable corruption charges against former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are annulled, clearing the way for a 2022 presidential run against Jair Bolsonaro; The Bide...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-10 Wednesday from 2021-03-10T09:00

We look at the potential impact of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package as President Biden prepares to sign it into law; Bill McKibben on Rutgers University's decision to divest from...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-05 Friday from 2021-03-05T09:00

As the Senate begins debate on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, we look at the fight to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 with Reverend William Barbe...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-04 Thursday from 2021-03-04T09:00

We speak with Harvard professor Marcia Castro about rising cases of COVID-19 in Brazil; Co-authors Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick discuss their new book, "Except for Palestine:...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-03 Wednesday from 2021-03-03T09:00

We look at how Asian American communities in New York and the Bay Area are responding to the spike in racist hate crimes; Calls are mounting for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resig...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-02 Tuesday from 2021-03-02T09:00

Republicans in the Georgia House pass a sweeping bill to make it harder to vote; We look at the racial vaccination gap and calls to lower the age cutoff for vaccine eligibility for Bla...

Democracy Now! 2021-03-01 Monday from 2021-03-01T09:00

A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report confirms Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman directly ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi; The Biden administration...

Democracy Now! 2021-02-26 Friday from 2021-02-26T09:00

The FBI and New York Police Department are facing new calls to open their records into the assassination of Malcolm X after the release of a deathbed confession of a former undercover ...

Democracy Now! 2021-02-25 Thursday from 2021-02-25T09:00

Pressure grows on the Biden administration to support a push by India and South Africa at the World Trade Organization to loosen intellectual property rules to make COVID-19 vaccines e...

Democracy Now! 2021-02-24 Wednesday from 2021-02-24T09:00

Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland testifies before the Senate in her bid to become the first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history; Asylum seekers brave freezing weath...

Democracy Now! 2021-02-23 Tuesday from 2021-02-23T09:00

As the U.S. passes 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, we speak to New York emergency room doctor Craig Spencer about the pandemic and how to make vaccines available to more people around the wor...

Democracy Now! 2021-02-22 Monday from 2021-02-22T09:00

Naomi Klein on how deregulation and reliance on fossil fuels paved the way for the power fiasco in Texas; Some residents report astronomically high energy bills in the aftermath of the...

Democracy Now! 2021-02-19 Friday from 2021-02-19T09:00

We celebrate Democracy Now!'s 25th anniversary by airing highlights from our coverage over the years, from Haiti to Gaza, Standing Rock, the U.S.-Mexico border and more.

Democracy Now! 2021-02-18 Thursday from 2021-02-18T09:00

Texans are left in the dark as a major winter storm overwhelms the state's power grid; The latest science on masks; The fight over canceling student debt heats up in Washington; Celebr...

Democracy Now! 2021-02-17 Wednesday from 2021-02-17T09:00

We look at the debate over how to safely reopen schools during the pandemic; Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, vote on whether to become the first unionized warehouse in the U.S.; J...