Democracy Now! Audio
812 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 5.1K ratingsDemocracy 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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Democracy Now! 2020-12-14 Monday
December 14, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 27.3 MBGreta Thunberg on why bold action is needed to prevent a climate catastrophe five years after the Paris accord; Who should be first to get the COVID-19 vaccine?; The U.S. Army fires or suspends 14 people at Fort Hood after a probe into sexual assaults.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-11 Friday
December 11, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteMorocco and Israel agree to normalize relations, and the U.S. becomes the first country in the world to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over occupied Western Sahara; Joe Biden picks retired General Lloyd Austin to lead the Pentagon.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-10 Thursday
December 10, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe World Food Programme accepts the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize as world hunger surges; Joe Biden's pick of Tom Vilsack to head the USDA raises alarm among progressives; Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's military offensive displaces tens of thousands.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-09 Wednesday
December 09, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteA growing movement calls for a people's vaccine and suspension of intellectual property rights to expand access in poorer countries; The federal execution of Brandon Bernard is set for Dec. 10 over opposition from five jurors and a prosecutor in his case.
2020 Ballot Initiative Wins: Abortion Rights, Lawyers for People Facing Eviction & Payday Loan Limits
December 08, 2020 13:00When it comes to ballot measures that passed in the 2020 election, “economic justice stuck out as an area where the wins were many,” says ACLU Political Director, Ronald Newman.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-08 Tuesday
December 08, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteA Black mother attacked with her family by Philadelphia police speaks out; Why California's Proposition 22 is a major loss for worker rights and win for Uber and Lyft; The House votes to decriminalize marijuana, echoing ballot measures passed nationwide.
2020 Down-Ballot Wins for Abortion Rights, Lawyers for People Facing Eviction & Payday Loan Limits
December 08, 2020 13:00When it comes to ballot measures that passed in the 2020 election, “economic justice stuck out as an area where the wins were many,” says ACLU Political Director, Ronald Newman.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-07 Monday
December 07, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs President Trump pressures Georgia's governor to overturn the presidential election results, we look at the state's two Senate runoff elections that will decide who controls the upper chamber in the coming years.
Bryan Stevenson Wins "Alternative Nobel": We Must Overturn This Horrific Era of Mass Incarceration
December 04, 2020 13:00Civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, who founded the Equal Justice Initiative, was one of four human rights defenders to win this year’s Right Livelihood Award on Thursday.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-04 Friday
December 04, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs COVID deaths and hospitalizations reach record highs, we speak to one of the top infectious disease doctors, Dr. Paul Farmer, about the pandemic and his new book, "Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds," on his experience battling Ebola in West Africa.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-03 Thursday
December 03, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteNigeria admits its soldiers opened fire on peaceful protesters in October; In India, an estimated 250 million people join a general strike as farmers protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to deregulate agricultural markets.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-02 Wednesday
December 02, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWe speak with Briahna Joy Gray about Biden's proposed economic advisers and look at the role of investment giant BlackRock in his incoming administration; a major biography of Malcolm X wins the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
New Malcolm X Biography Offers Insight into His Split with Nation of Islam & Assassination
December 02, 2020 13:00In Part 2 of our extended interview with Tamara Payne, co-author of a major new biography of Malcolm X, “The Dead Are Arising,” with her late father Les Payne, she shares details the award-winning book reveals.
Part 2: New Malcolm X Biography Offers Insight Into His Split With Nation of Islam & Assassination
December 02, 2020 13:00In part two of our extended interview with Tamara Payne, co-author of a major new biography of Malcolm X, “The Dead Are Arising,” with her late father Les Payne, she shares details the award-winning book reveals.
Part 2: New Malcolm X Biography Offers Insight into His Split with Nation of Islam & Assassination
December 02, 2020 13:00In Part 2 of our extended interview with Tamara Payne, co-author of a major new biography of Malcolm X, “The Dead Are Arising,” with her late father Les Payne, she shares details the award-winning book reveals.
Democracy Now! 2020-12-01 Tuesday
December 01, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs the CDC considers how to distribute coronavirus vaccines, we speak to two African American doctors who have spent years fighting racial disparities in healthcare; Marking World AIDS Day with professor Steven Thrasher.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-30 Monday
November 30, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteIran accuses Israel of assassinating its top nuclear scientist; Sister Helen Prejean on the DOJ’s expansion of the ways it can execute; Trump plans to carry out a slew of executions in his lame duck session, including the first woman in nearly 70 years.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-27 Friday
November 27, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteToday, we re-air an exclusive Democracy Now! documentary from Western Sahara, which has been under Moroccan occupation since 1976. "Four Days in Western Sahara — A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony."
Democracy Now! 2020-11-26 Thursday
November 26, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteHoliday special: Jodi Archambault & Allie Young on the Native vote and how COVID is devastating indigenous communities; Juan González on how the media missed the real story about the Latinx vote; Bree Newsome & Eddie Glaude on the 2020 election.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-25 Wednesday
November 25, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 BytePresident-elect Joe Biden introduces key members of his national security team with a vow to reembrace the world and reject Trump's "America First" foreign policy; Indigenous resistance continues against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-24 Tuesday
November 24, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteFood pantries across the U.S. see long lines as millions battle hunger; Managers at a Tyson slaughterhouse wagered on how many workers would catch COVID-19; A record number of transgender and gender nonconforming people have been violently killed in 2020.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-23 Monday
November 23, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs Trump continues his unprecedented attempt to stay in the White House, we look at how voters are fighting back; Pfizer and Moderna stand to make huge profits from COVID-19 vaccines, which rely heavily on discoveries from publicly funded research.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-20 Friday
November 20, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 BytePressure grows on Joe Biden to take immediate climate action once in office and to approve the Green New Deal, as well as to cancel federal student loan debt; The head of the leading Egyptian human rights group is arrested in an unprecedented crackdown.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-19 Thursday
November 19, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs the U.S. COVID death toll breaks worldwide records, we speak with The Atlantic's science writer Ed Yong; President Trump is preparing to attack Iran before his term ends; Climate and racial justice activists call for a "corporate-free" Biden Cabinet.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-18 Wednesday
November 18, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWe speak with a doctor in El Paso, Texas, where authorities have set up 10 mobile morgues to deal with the spike in COVID deaths; The role of Native Americans in this year's election and how COVID is devastating Indian Country.
Native American Analyst: Our Voting Bloc Helped Flip Wisconsin Blue After It Voted for Trump in 2016
November 18, 2020 13:00In Part 2 of our look at the overlooked, yet critical role Native American voters played in Joe Biden’s presidential win, we go to Wisconsin, where Biden won by just 21,000 votes and the Native American voter bloc helped turn the state blue.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-17 Tuesday
November 17, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs the U.S. COVID-19 death toll nears 250,000, we look at the most promising vaccine candidates; Why so many hospitals failed to provide adequate PPE to doctors and nurses; Climate change-fueled hurricanes devastate Central America.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-16 Monday
November 16, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteA ceasefire ends in occupied Western Sahara, a territory Morocco has illegally occupied since 1975; Ronnie Long was released this year after 44 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, and voted for the first time. He is demanding a pardon.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-13 Friday
November 13, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe New Yorker's Jane Mayer on President Donald Trump's increasingly desperate campaign to stay in power despite losing the election to Joe Biden; Voting rights activist Desmond Meade on the fight to re-enfranchise people and casting his first ballot.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-12 Thursday
November 12, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWhile President Trump is refusing to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, many world leaders are acknowledging Biden will be the next U.S. president; We get response to the election, with analysts from Britain, Brazil, South Africa and the Middle East.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-11 Wednesday
November 11, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteCo-host Juan González on how the Latinx community helped drive record election turnout; We look at the election results in Puerto Rico; The Supreme Court appears to support upholding the Affordable Care Act; Are we witnessing the start of the coup?
Democracy Now! 2020-11-10 Tuesday
November 10, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 BytePfizer's COVID vaccine announcement sparks hope, but is it for real?; Leading Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of COVID at 65; Fears grow that the Trump administration is moving to overturn last week's victory by Joe Biden.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-09 Monday
November 09, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe Trump presidency is coming to an end. We discuss Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's historic win and get reaction from artist and antiracist activist Bree Newsome Bass, Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. and California Congressmember Ro Khanna.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-06 Friday
November 06, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs Trump doubles down on unsubstantiated claims of election rigging, his supporters may resort to violence. We talk to investigative journalist Allan Nairn and activist Jane McAlevey. As Georgia flips to Biden, we speak to reporter Anoa Changa in Atlanta.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-05 Thursday
November 05, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteJuan González on record turnout in the election and the "false narrative" about Latinx voters; How organizers are turning Arizona blue; Mondaire Jones, set to become one of the first two openly gay Black men elected to Congress, on his historic win.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-04 Wednesday
November 04, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteTrump prematurely declares victory as the presidential race remains too close to call and millions of ballots continue to be counted. The fate of the Senate is also unclear as Republicans appear to have outperformed expectations.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-03 Tuesday
November 03, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteElection Day: Latinx voters could play a key role in several battleground states; Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa on her memoir "Once I Was You"; A look at this year's ballot measures on racial justice, reproductive rights and more.
Democracy Now! 2020-11-02 Monday
November 02, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteNorth Carolina police fire pepper spray at voters heading to the polls in Graham; A caravan of Trump supporters in Texas try to run a Biden campaign bus off the road; How the election could determine the future of the Temporary Protected Status program.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-30 Friday
October 30, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteTwo Senate seats in Georgia are up for grabs, and both Republican incumbents face stiff opposition; For many Native American voters, next week's election is also about Indigenous sovereignty; We look at the case for abolishing the Electoral College.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-29 Thursday
October 29, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 Byte76 million people have already voted in person or by mail in the U.S. election, but the battle over the counting of mail-in ballots continues; Big Tech is grilled on their role in the election; Millions of Americans plunge into pandemic-related poverty.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-28 Wednesday
October 28, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe Philadelphia police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. renews calls to abolish the police; ahead of election, President Trump sanctions voter intimidation; Chilean voters overwhelmingly approve rewriting the Pinochet-era constitution.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-27 Tuesday
October 27, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteConservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court after Republicans rushed her confirmation; We speak to Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza about the election, the power of movements and what comes next.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-26 Monday
October 26, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteA survivor of medical abuse speaks out about conditions at an ICE jail in Georgia, where at least 19 women say they got unnecessary gynecological treatment and surgeries; A new film tells the story of a Palestinian American family living in Trump country.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-23 Friday
October 23, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 BytePresident Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden spar in the second and final debate of the 2020 campaign; We air excerpts of the candidates' takes on the pandemic, healthcare, climate change, racism and U.S. immigration policy.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-22 Thursday
October 22, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteMass protests against police brutality continue in Nigeria after security forces shot and killed 12 peaceful protesters in Lagos; We look at the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which has already killed over 700 people.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-21 Wednesday
October 21, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteZephyr Teachout on the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Google and how Senate Democrats can block Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation; Mexico's ex-defense secretary is arrested for working with a major drug cartel while heading the military.
Jelani Cobb on the History of U.S. Election Violence & Joe Biden's Moral Imperative on Civil Rights
October 20, 2020 12:00Just two weeks ahead of November 3, we continue our conversation with New Yorker contributor Jelani Cobb, about his new PBS “Frontline” documentary “Whose Vote Counts,” election-related violence and Biden’s “moral imperative” to safeguard civil rights.
Democracy Now! 2020-10-20 Tuesday
October 20, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWe go to La Paz, where Bolivia's socialist MAS party has won the presidency a year after former President Evo Morales was ousted in a right-wing coup; Jelani Cobb on "Whose Vote Counts," his new Frontline documentary about voter suppression.
WATCH: Second Presidential Debate - 90 Minutes Uninterrupted
October 20, 2020 00:00WATCH: Second Presidential Debate - 90 Minutes Uninterrupted
Democracy Now! 2020-10-19 Monday
October 19, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 27 MBAs the presidential campaign enters its final two weeks, we speak with The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill about "American Mythology," his new seven-part audio documentary on the Trump years.