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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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Democracy Now! 2021-08-13 Friday
August 13, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe 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 Quietly" follows healthcare activist Ady Barkan's campaign for Medicare for All. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Watch: Amy Goodman Interviews Ady Barkan About Exploitative Nature of For-Profit Healthcare
August 13, 2021 12:00Amy Goodman spoke to healthcare activist Ady Barkan on Thursday ahead of the premiere of the new documentary, “Not Going Quietly.”
Democracy Now! 2021-08-12 Thursday
August 12, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteJournalist 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 pandemics. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-08-11 Wednesday
August 11, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteNew 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 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill; The Taliban continue to gain ground in Afghanistan as the U.S. withdraws its troops. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-08-10 Tuesday
August 10, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteSchools 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 start impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo for sexually harassing at least 11 women in violation of the law. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-08-09 Monday
August 09, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe 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 prevent runaway global warming if direct action is taken; Millions are still at risk of losing housing despite the CDC's temporary two-month moratorium on evictions. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-08-06 Friday
August 06, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteLabor 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 country; Lawyer Steven Donziger speaks from house arrest about his fight against the oil giant Chevron. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-08-05 Thursday
August 05, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWe 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 explosion, a Human Rights Watch report implicates senior Lebanese officials in the disaster. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-08-04 Wednesday
August 04, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 BytePressure 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 who worked for him; Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic on the eviction moratorium and the fight over infrastructure spending; Resistance continues to the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-08-03 Tuesday
August 03, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAid 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 facing eviction from Jewish settlers refuse a compromise proposed by the Israeli Supreme Court; We speak with the co-authors of a new book on the catastrophic final year of the Trump presidency. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-08-02 Monday
August 02, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteA 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. housing crisis; The groundbreaking documentary "The Ants and the Grasshopper" looks at the climate crisis and the global food system. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-26 Monday
July 26, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteDemocracy Now! Monday, July 26, 2021
Democracy Now! 2021-07-23 Friday
July 23, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe 2020 Olympics kick off in Tokyo, one year later than planned and amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases; Hundreds of water protectors in Minnesota have been arrested protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline; Reverend Liz Theoharis of the Poor People's Campaign on the fight for voting rights and economic justice. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-22 Thursday
July 22, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs 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 as much coverage in one day as climate change did for an entire year, as the impact of the crisis is increasingly felt across the globe. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-21 Wednesday
July 21, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteJournalist 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 protest the right-wing government of Iván Duque; A new Haitian prime minister is sworn in as questions grow over who orchestrated the killing of President Jovenel Moïse. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-20 Tuesday
July 20, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAn investigation reveals Israeli cybersurveillance company NSO Group's software is being used by client countries to spy on activists, politicians, dissidents and journalists; A federal judge rules that DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is unlawful. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-19 Monday
July 19, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteAs 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 children were buried by the Rosebud Sioux in South Dakota after being transferred back from the former Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where the children were forcibly sent over 140 years ago. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-16 Friday
July 16, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteMichael 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 the U.S. Capitol; Record temperatures are driving deadly climate crisis-induced heat waves, floods and wildfires worldwide; An exposé looks at corporate profiteering off people in California who lost their homes and loved ones to recent fires. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Da...
Democracy Now! 2021-07-15 Thursday
July 15, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 27 MBAs 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 have died in South Africa during protests against poverty and inequality amid the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma; We look at how COVID-19 has fueled a sharp increase in the number of people going hungry around the world. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: demo...
Democracy Now! 2021-07-14 Wednesday
July 14, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteRare 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; New coronavirus cases are on the rise in the United States after months of decline. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-13 Tuesday
July 13, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteTexas 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 overturn the landmark ruling, a new book looks at the fight to preserve women's reproductive and abortion rights; An award-winning documentary examines the longtime criminalization of abortion in El Salvador through the story of Teodora Vásquez, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she had a stillbirth at ...
Democracy Now! 2021-07-12 Monday
July 12, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 BytePolitical turmoil continues in Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse; Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on infrastructure funding, the New York City mayoral race and more. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-06 Tuesday
July 06, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteA 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 from Greenpeace of Exxon lobbyists speaking in their own words about their secretive efforts to block climate action on Capitol Hill; An international human rights commission arrives in Colombia to document the right-wing government's deadly crackdown on protesters. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inb...
Democracy Now! 2021-07-05 Monday
July 05, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWe 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 Carol Anderson.
Democracy Now! 2021-07-02 Friday
July 02, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteIn 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 Trump faces criminal charges for operating a 15-year tax fraud scheme; Indigenous-led resistance to block the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline continues in Minnesota. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-07-01 Thursday
July 01, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteDonald 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 from Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, after months of fighting that killed thousands and displaced over a million people. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-06-30 Wednesday
June 30, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteOver 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 Constitution's slavery clause; The link between a deadly building collapse in Miami and rising sea level. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-06-29 Tuesday
June 29, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteDozens 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 emergency; A U.S. military base near a Syrian oil field is attacked after U.S. airstrikes targeted an Iranian-backed militia in Syria and Iraq; We speak with leading immigrant rights defender Fernando García about Vice President Harris's recent trip to the border. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. ...
Democracy Now! 2021-06-28 Monday
June 28, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteOne 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; Former presidential candidate and Democratic Senator Mike Gravel dies at the age of 91; Legal writer Adam Cohen on Supreme Court Justice Breyer's "legacy-defining decision"; We look at the Supreme Court's union-busting decision that strikes down a landmark labor law fought for by the United Farm Workers. Get D...
Democracy Now! 2021-06-25 Friday
June 25, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteFighting 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 surge ahead of the U.S. military pullout; We look at how a former president of the NRA was tricked into giving a graduation speech in front of 3,000 empty white chairs — one chair for each student who could not graduate this year because they were killed by gun violence. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your ...
Democracy Now! 2021-06-24 Thursday
June 24, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWe 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 women previously detained by ICE urge the Biden administration to end the detention of trans immigrants and for the release of people living with HIV; Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon on the For the People Act. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow...
Democracy Now! 2021-06-23 Wednesday
June 23, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteSenate 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 miss its goal of getting 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4 as the COVID-19 Delta variant continues to spread rapidly. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-06-22 Tuesday
June 22, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteSenate 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 regard to the climate crisis; Striking coal miners from Alabama protest on Wall Street. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-06-07 Monday
June 07, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteLeaders 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 Department of Justice's efforts to spy on journalists; Israeli forces ramp up attacks on journalists and Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-06-04 Friday
June 04, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe 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 Africa, Latin America and Asia; The pandemic unleashes a new war on women that amounts to "disaster patriarchy." Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-06-03 Thursday
June 03, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWe 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 violence and racist attacks on Black people in the U.S. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-06-02 Wednesday
June 02, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 BytePresident 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 health; We look at the link between mass shootings and domestic violence. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-06-01 Tuesday
June 01, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteDemocratic 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 people of color, especially Latinos, are dying at the hands of the police than commonly understood; The bodies of 215 children are found in British Columbia, Canada, on the grounds of a school for Indigenous children who were forcibly separated from their families by the government. Get Democracy Now! delivered ri...
Democracy Now! 2021-05-31 Monday
May 31, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteWe 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 colonialism and genocide around the world. We also speak with "Native Son" author Richard Wright's daughter, who recently unearthed an unpublished manuscript by her father.
Democracy Now! 2021-05-28 Friday
May 28, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteJan 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"; Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, one of the deadliest episodes of racist violence in U.S. history. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-05-27 Thursday
May 27, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteCalls 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 accidentally leaked from a Chinese lab.
Democracy Now! 2021-05-26 Wednesday
May 26, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteProtests 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 Marcus Smith, a 38-year-old unhoused Black man, in North Carolina. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-05-25 Tuesday
May 25, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteReporter 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 human rights; Today marks one year since Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, sparking international protests against systemic racism and police brutality. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Gaza to Goma to Yemen: Update on Humanitarian Crises from Sec. Gen. of Norwegian Refugee Council
May 25, 2021 12:00We 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 joins us from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Democracy Now! 2021-05-24 Monday
May 24, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThe 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 brutality, on the case of Ronald Greene, who died in Louisiana in 2019 after troopers electrocuted, beat and dragged him following a traffic stop; The Biden administration extends temporary protected status for Haitians living in the United States. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the D...
Democracy Now! 2021-05-21 Friday
May 21, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteThousands 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, including 66 children; We will look at the tragic death of Obaida Jawabra, a Palestinian teenager shot to death by Israeli forces; Reverend William Barber gives an update on the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. and discusses the need for a "Third Reconstruction" to lift 140 million people out of poverty. Get Dem...
Democracy Now! 2021-05-20 Thursday
May 20, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteIsrael 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 the U.N. Security Council calling for a ceasefire, but pressure is growing on the Biden administration to do more to stop the assault; We speak with longtime Israeli journalist Gideon Levy and Palestinian human rights attorney and legal scholar Noura Erakat. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign ...
Democracy Now! 2021-05-19 Wednesday
May 19, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteIsrael'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 announce the officers who shot dead Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black father, will not face charges. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-05-18 Tuesday
May 18, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 1 ByteIsrael'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 killing doctors; Palestinians across Israel, Gaza and the West Bank stage a general strike. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Palestinian Journalist: Israeli Media Incites Mob Violence, Ignoring Settler Attacks
May 18, 2021 12:00In Part 2 of our interview with Palestinian journalist and activist Rami Younis, he describes how Israeli media has contributed to mob violence in recent weeks.