Democracy Now! Audio
820 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days 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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"DREAM 9" Activist Who Once Infiltrated ICE Detention Center Faces Possible Deportation
November 06, 2019 13:00Longtime immigration activist Marco Saavedra faces his final asylum hearing in New York on Thursday.
WATCH: 2019 Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice
November 06, 2019 00:00WATCH: 2019 Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice
Democracy Now! 2019-11-05 Tuesday
November 05, 2019 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteTrump begins to formally pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement; A Honduran immigrant with DACA status fights his mother's deportation as she recovers from stage IV cancer; Voters head to the polls in statewide elections across the U.S.
Greensboro Massacre Survivor: We Must Remember the 1979 KKK Shooting That Killed 5 Anti-Racists
November 05, 2019 13:00It’s been 40 years since Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazis opened fire on an anti-Klan demonstration in Greensboro, North Carolina, killing five anti-racist activists. The killing spree took 88 seconds. No one was convicted for the massacre. We speak with Dr. Marty Nathan, whose husband Dr. Mike Nathan was killed in the 1979 Greensboro massacre.
Democracy Now! 2019-11-04 Monday
November 04, 2019 13:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteIndigenous forest protector Paulo Paulino Guajajara is shot dead in the Amazon; Special report on homelessness in San Francisco; The Greensboro massacre, 40 years later: when the KKK & American Nazis killed five anti-racist protesters in broad daylight.
Democracy Now! 2019-11-01 Friday
November 01, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteChicago teachers head back to school, marking the end of a historic 11-day strike; A former Gambian beauty queen testifies against the country's former dictator, accusing him of rape; In Colombia, five indigenous leaders have been massacred.
Rep. Ro Khanna: The Time Is Right to Impeach President Donald Trump
October 31, 2019 12:00The House of Representatives voted Thursday to formalize the impeachment process against President Trump. The probe centers on whether Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Trump’s political rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, who served on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company. On Wednesday, House Democrats requested that Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton testify. We speak with Californ...
Democracy Now! 2019-10-31 Thursday
October 31, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteDemocracy Now! Thursday, October 31, 2019
How Policymakers Tried to Clear the Bronx of Its Original Residents By Letting It Burn
October 30, 2019 12:00We continue our discussion with Vivian Vázquez Irizarry and Gretchen Hildebran, co-producers and co-directors of the PBS film “Decade of Fire,” which re-examines the devastating fires that swept the South Bronx throughout the 1970s.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-30 Wednesday
October 30, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteLebanon's prime minister resigns after nearly two weeks of nationwide protests; Bernie Sanders endorses public defender Chesa Boudin for San Francisco district attorney; The film "Decade of Fire" looks at how fires ravaged the Bronx in the 1970s.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-29 Tuesday
October 29, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteCalifornia declares a state of emergency as wildfires torch land from Los Angeles to north of San Francisco; In Iraq, 18 protesters were shot dead overnight in the latest crackdown on nationwide protests; Mass demonstrations continue in Chile.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-28 Monday
October 28, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world's most wanted man, died during a raid by U.S. special forces; At least 18 people have died in Chile since massive protests began over economic inequality.
A Fight Against Neoliberalism: Over A Million Chileans Protest Amid Violent Crackdown
October 28, 2019 12:00The protests in Chile began in response to a subway fare hike and have grown into a mass uprising against the government.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-25 Friday
October 25, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by lawmakers over the company's policy allowing politicians to lie in political advertisements; We report from the Bay Area, where housing insecurity is leaving a record number of people out on the street.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-24 Thursday
October 24, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 BytePresident Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey after a Turkish invasion of northern Syria earlier this month displaced hundreds of thousands of people; Republican lawmakers storm a closed hearing room, disrupting the impeachment inquiry.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-23 Wednesday
October 23, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteMark Zuckerberg testifies on Capitol Hill amid mounting criticism of his company. We speak with Roger McNamee, a former mentor to Zuckerberg and early investor in Facebook, who says the tech giant has become a threat to democracy.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-22 Tuesday
October 22, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteMass protests in Lebanon continue as hundreds of thousands demonstrate against dire economic conditions and austerity, demanding the country's leaders step down; the homeownership rate for African Americans in the U.S. is at its lowest level since 1950.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-21 Monday
October 21, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Bernie Sanders for president; Catholic peace activists, known as the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, go to trial for an anti-nuclear protest in 2018; At least eight people are dead in Chile as police crack down on protests.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-18 Friday
October 18, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 27 MBSex trafficking survivor Cyntoia Brown-Long talks about getting a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex, fearing for her life. She received clemency this year and has a new memoir about her experience inside the U.S. prison system.
Democracy Now! 2019-10-17 Thursday
October 17, 2019 12:00 - 59 minutes - 27 MBIn Chicago, over 25,000 public school workers go on strike to demand better learning conditions for students; As many as 300,000 civilians flee northern Syria as Turkey's assault on Kurdish-controlled areas continues.