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Democracy Now! is an independent daily TV & radio news program, hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. We provide daily global news headlines, in-depth interviews and investigative reports without any advertisements or government funding. Our programming shines a spotlight on corporate and government abuses of power and lifts up the stories of ordinary people working to make change in extraordinary times. Democracy Now! is live weekdays at 8am ET and available 24/7 through our website and podcasts.

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  • October 9 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-09 Friday

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-09 Friday Headlines for October 09, 2026 "Abolish ICE": Protests Erupt in NYC After ICE Agents Shoot Father with 5-Year-Old Son in Car Navi Pillay, South African Jurist, Wins Nobel Peace Prize in "Stinging Rebuke to Donald Trump" "Entire System of Cornell University Failed Her": Jane Doe Gang Rape Case Enrages Campus Community Download this show

  • October 8 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-08 Thursday

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-08 Thursday Headlines for October 08, 2026 "She Put Her Body on the Line": Maricarmen, 87, Dies; Her Eviction Sparked Spain Housing Protests "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist": Daniel Roher, Tristan Harris Discuss New Film Afghanistan, 25 Years Later: Journalist Emran Feroz on the Legacy of "America's Longest War" Download this show

  • October 7 · length unknown

    Nicolás Jaar: Interview & Performance at Democracy Now!

    Celebrated Chilean American composer, musician and electronic music producer Nicolás Jaar recently stopped by the Democracy Now! studio to perform and talk about his work. He has released seven solo albums, including Piedras 1 and Piedras 2, both of which came out in 2025. He’s also known for his film scores, including for Dheepan by Jacques Audiard and Ema by Pablo Larraín.

  • October 7 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-07 Wednesday

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-07 Wednesday Headlines for October 07, 2026 Israeli Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on Oct. 7, Decries Israel's Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza "Origins of a Genocide": Al Jazeera's Marwan Bishara on "Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East" Three Years into Genocide, "The IDF Is Still Hunting Gazans": Palestinian Journalist Akram al-Satarri Download this show

  • October 6 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-06 Tuesday

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-06 Tuesday Headlines for October 06, 2026 French High School Students Lead Mass Protests over School Funding, Inequality; Thousands Arrested Ebola Death Toll in DRC Tops 4,000; Trump USAID Cuts Fuel Outbreak "Incredible Moment for the Borderlands": Judge Blocks Border Wall Expansion in Big Bend & West Texas Download this show

  • October 5 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-05 Monday

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-05 Monday Headlines for October 05, 2026 Far Right Makes Gains in Brazil as Flávio Bolsonaro Tops Lula in First Round of Presidential Race "I Am Jane Doe": Cornell Case Reignites Debate over Rape Culture, Frats & Prosecuting Sex Crimes Meet Issa Amro: Palestinian Human Rights Advocate Attacked by Settlers, Detained by Israeli Army Download this show

  • October 2 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-02 Friday

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-02 Friday Headlines for October 02, 2026 "Cruel & Torturous": Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution "The School That Became a Grave": Jeremy Scahill on U.S Bombing of Minab, Killing 120+ Iranian Kids Download this show

  • October 1 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-01 Thursday

    Democracy Now! 2026-10-01 Thursday Headlines for October 01, 2026 The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: "Alternative Nobel" Winner Timnit Gebru "Berlin 4" Lawyer on Pro-Palestine Protest Crackdown & Germany's Unconditional Support for Israel Rise of the Far Right in Germany Raises Fear of an Even Wider Crackdown on Migration Download this show

  • September 30 · length unknown

    "The Power of Law": Wolfgang Kaleck on Reconciling Legality and International Justice

    Part 2 of our discussion with Wolfgang Kaleck, German human right lawyer and founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights. Kaleck was an attorney for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and now represents the family of Patrice Lumumba. His new book is The Power of Law: Reconciling Legality and International Justice.

  • September 30 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-30 Wednesday

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-30 Wednesday Headlines for September 30, 2026 "No Land to Stand On": Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing Columbia 80 Years After Nuremberg Trials, U.S. Leads Assault on ICC & International Law: Wolfgang Kaleck Download this show

  • September 29 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-29 Tuesday

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-29 Tuesday Headlines for September 29, 2026 Greenland Deal: Trump Drops Threat to Annex Denmark Territory in Favor of Greater U.S. Military Role "Buying More Time for the Genocide": Muhammad Shehada on Trump's Gaza Plan 1 Year Later Afghans "Have Been the Victims" of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb Khaja Download this show

  • September 28 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-28 Monday

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-28 Monday Headlines for September 28, 2026 Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain's Housing Crisis "Britain's Gaza Secrets Exposed": How U.K. Downplayed Israeli Crimes to Keep Selling Weapons "Valley of Death": Sharon Weinberger on Big Tech, AI Warfare & the CIA's Secret Backing of Steve Jobs Download this show

  • September 25 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-25 Friday

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-25 Friday Headlines for September 25, 2026 "Stop Arming Israel": 100+ Arrested at Jewish Voice for Peace Sit-In Outside Netanyahu U.N. Speech "Grotesque": Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Netanyahu's U.N. Speech & Israel's Impunity The Hague Group: South Africa Leads Coalition Against U.S./Israel's "Unilateral Bullying" of the ICC "Crossing the Red Line": Akbar Shahid Ahmed on Biden, His Advisers, Harris & Israel's War in Gaza Download this show

  • September 24 · length unknown

    Rhiannon Giddens: Full Interview & Performance of New Song, "Wish In Vain"

    Full interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning, two-time Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. Her new album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, has just been released. She recently came into the Democracy Now! studio to talk about her work and perform her song “Wish in Vain” with Dirk Powell.

  • September 24 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-24 Thursday

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-24 Thursday Headlines for September 24, 2026 Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa on Trump's Media Ban, Regulating AI & the "Tech Coup in Plain Sight" Should U.N. Help Set Global AI Rules? AI Tech Billionaires Address Security Council "Colonial AI": African Countries Seek Tech Sovereignty But Fear a New Digital Colonialism "Gilded Rage": Jacob Silverman on How a Radicalized Silicon Valley Shapes Trump's AI Policies Download this show

  • September 23 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-23 Wednesday

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-23 Wednesday Headlines for September 23, 2026 "New Low in U.N. History": Trita Parsi on Trump's Threat to Annihilate Iran at General Assembly Bernie Sanders: The World Is "Moving in the Wrong Direction" on War, Climate, Inequality & AI Tech Nepali Activist at U.N. Rally Calls for Climate Justice After Deadly Glacier Floods Kill Thousands "Secretary of Measlesland": Dr. Paul Offit Slams RFK Jr.'s Handling of Deadly Measles Outbreak Download this show

  • September 22 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-22 Tuesday

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-22 Tuesday Headlines for September 22, 2026 Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon's Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant "Politics Are Desperately Important at the Moment": Bill McKibben on Midterms, Trump & Climate Crisis Could Cuba Become a "Silent Gaza"? U.S. Fuel Blockade Aims to "Asphyxiate" Island: Top Cuban Diplomat "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" Brazilian Educator Paulo Freire Profiled in Film, "Reading the World" Download this show

  • September 21 · 59 min

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-21 Monday

    Democracy Now! 2026-09-21 Monday Headlines for September 21, 2026 "War on the Press": Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW & Politico from White House over Critical Coverage "Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again": U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned "America, Who Hurt You?": Tony-Winning Performer Sarah Jones on New NY Solo Show & Art as Resistance Download this show

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