Democracy Now! Video
811 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 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! 2022-02-17 Thursday
February 17, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 184 MB VideoLongtime 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 immunocompromised people are navigating the pandemic; A new Amnesty report uncovers more atrocities committed in Ethiopia’s ongoing civil war. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-16 Wednesday
February 16, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 216 MB VideoAuthorities 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, survivors and their loved ones demand the Biden administration take more action on gun control; We speak with a Ukrainian pacifist in Kyiv. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-15 Tuesday
February 15, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 200 MB VideoCodePink’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 billion in frozen Afghan assets; Texans face severe new voting restrictions in the first U.S. primary of the 2022 election cycle. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-14 Monday
February 14, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 221 MB VideoWe 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 risks faced by incarcerated people, including wildfires, floods and extreme heat. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-11 Friday
February 11, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 179 MB VideoSpotify is under pressure over Joe Rogan’s history of hateful comments and misinformation; The documentary “American Reckoning” reexamines the unsolved murder of civil rights organizer Wharlest Jackson Sr. in Natchez, Mississippi. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-10 Thursday
February 10, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 189 MB VideoA CNN investigation casts doubt on U.S. claims about an ISIS bombing in Kabul in August 2021; Congressmember Ro Khanna discusses his new book “Dignity in the Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us” and more. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-09 Wednesday
February 09, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 185 MB VideoDebating 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 Mexico. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-08 Tuesday
February 08, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 236 MB VideoThe 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; Oakland teachers are on hunger strike to oppose school closures that could displace hundreds of Black and Brown students. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-07 Monday
February 07, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 218 MB VideoMasha Gessen and Anatol Lieven on Ukraine; The “political disaster” of the Beijing Winter Olympics; Former NFL player Donté Stallworth on racism in the league. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-04 Friday
February 04, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 225 MB VideoCongressmember Jamie Raskin, head of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack; “Love & the Constitution” follows Rep. Raskin during the Trump years; Chicago activists call for federal civil rights charges against Jason Van Dyke after the ex-police officer convicted of fatally shooting Laquan McDonald was released early from prison. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-03 Thursday
February 03, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 228 MB VideoAmnesty International accuses Israel of apartheid against Palestinians; President Biden orders an additional 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe; Eastern Ukraine faces a potential humanitarian catastrophe. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-02 Wednesday
February 02, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 214 MB VideoWe 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 Spiegelman, whose graphic novel “Maus” won a Pulitzer Prize. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-02-01 Tuesday
February 01, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 233 MB VideoAs 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 about the deepening crisis. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-31 Monday
January 31, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 223 MB VideoNative 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 fight for abolition. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-28 Friday
January 28, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 220 MB VideoThe Committee to Protect Journalists denounces recent killings in Mexico; Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd on evictions in Sheikh Jarrah; The documentary “Downfall” examines the deadly failures of Boeing’s 737 MAX jets. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-27 Thursday
January 27, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 215 MB VideoLiberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement; Cuba circumvents U.S. embargoes to release its own coronavirus vaccines; The Federal Reserve combats concerns over inflation by announcing it will increase interest rates by March. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-26 Wednesday
January 26, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 204 MB VideoThe 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 insurrection; Juan González on “Takeover,” the Oscar-shortlisted documentary about when the Young Lords took over a New York City hospital. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Father John Dear on Desmond Tutu & Thich Nhat Hanh: Two Peacemakers Who Changed the World
January 25, 2022 13:00 VideoFather 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 Desmond Tutu.
Democracy Now! 2022-01-25 Tuesday
January 25, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 224 MB VideoThe 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; Remembering peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-24 Monday
January 24, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 229 MB VideoAn 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 tells how the Jane Collective was an underground network that connected women with abortion providers before the Supreme Court legalized the procedure; WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the United States. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest:...
Democracy Now! 2022-01-21 Friday
January 21, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 228 MB VideoHow 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 other Trump-era immigration rules. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-20 Thursday
January 20, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 203 MB VideoTensions 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. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-19 Wednesday
January 19, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 230 MB VideoA 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 this week, titled "Abolition. Feminism. Now."; Angela Davis discusses the new edition of her autobiography. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-18 Tuesday
January 18, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 228 MB VideoRev. 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? Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-17 Monday
January 17, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 217 MB VideoA 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
January 14, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 206 MB VideoAdvocates 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 Racism in America" follows former ACLU deputy legal director Jeffery Robinson as he confronts the enduring legacy of anti-Blackness in the United States. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-13 Thursday
January 13, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 212 MB VideoCritics warn the 2022 midterms will bring a wave of Republican victories due to voter suppression and election tampering; A self-described "human guinea pig" who volunteered for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine trials drops out to protest the company's corporate greed; In a new book, The Nation's John Nichols takes aim at the corporations and political figures who put profits over people during the coronavirus pandemic. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest...
Democracy Now! 2022-01-12 Wednesday
January 12, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 226 MB VideoPresident Biden backs filibuster reform to pass new voting rights legislation; Tenants and activists say a deadly fire in the Bronx that killed 17 shows how city agencies fail to ensure safe affordable housing; New Jersey residents call on the governor to back his environmental justice vows and shut down plans for a new gas-fired power plant in Newark that would worsen air pollution and the climate crisis. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democr...
Democracy Now! 2022-01-11 Tuesday
January 11, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 217 MB VideoOn the 20th anniversary of the first prisoner's arrival at Guantánamo Bay, we spend the hour with former detainees at the military prison, Moazzam Begg and Mansoor Adayfi, and Guantánamo's former Muslim chaplain, Captain James Yee, who was jailed after being falsely accused of espionage. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-10 Monday
January 10, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 234 MB VideoAn update on U.S.-Russian meetings in Geneva over escalating tensions in eastern Europe; Unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic is exempted from Australian immigration restrictions as his case intensifies international scrutiny over the country’s inhumane treatment of refugees; A look at the Omicron variant's impact on the healthcare system across the U.S. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-07 Friday
January 07, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 224 MB VideoPresident Biden marks the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection with a speech denouncing the violence at the U.S. Capitol; An ER doctor from the frontlines of the record number of COVID-19 cases exacerbated by the Omicron variant; Protests in Sudan against the military coup result in at least three dead as troops fire tear gas into the crowd of protesters. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-06 Thursday
January 06, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 234 MB VideoOn the first anniversary of the deadly January 6 insurrection, when a largely white mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, we spend the hour looking at the events of that day, what inspired the violence, and how false claims about voter fraud continue to fuel Republican efforts to restrict voting access — especially for Black voters. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2022-01-05 Wednesday
January 05, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 268 MB VideoMany who participated in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol were part of far-right extremist and white supremacist groups. On the first anniversary of the deadly attack, we look at the threat they pose today, with an investigation by Frontline into the "American Insurrection"; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Will Bunch on why the attempted coup to overturn the election failed. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subsc...
Democracy Now! 2022-01-04 Tuesday
January 04, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 192 MB VideoA child tax credit program that sent monthly payments to parents is discontinued as many immigrant families continue to receive no assistance at all; An update on COVID-19 infections in private immigration jails under the Biden administration; A French humanitarian organization files a manslaughter lawsuit against British and French officials over the drowning deaths of 27 refugees in the English Channel. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democra...
Democracy Now! 2022-01-03 Monday
January 03, 2022 13:00 - 59 minutes - 205 MB VideoA patent-free, low-cost vaccine that could reach billions; The U.S. faces a shortage of rapid tests in part due to poor FDA standards; A climate-fueled wildfire devastates suburbs in Colorado. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-31 Friday
December 31, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 231 MB VideoWe 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! 2021-12-30 Thursday
December 30, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 187 MB VideoAn hour with Noam Chomsky on the pandemic, the climate emergency, Julian Assange, Biden's foreign policy and more.
Democracy Now! 2021-12-29 Wednesday
December 29, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 216 MB VideoAcclaimed Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy; National Book Award-winning poet Martín Espada. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-28 Tuesday
December 28, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 229 MB VideoRenowned activist and professor Angela Davis on abolition, the power of movements, Palestine, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the pandemic and imagining new worlds; Mumia Abu-Jamal remembers the late South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu; Legendary author and singer Patti Smith receives a key to New York City. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-27 Monday
December 27, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 191 MB VideoRemembering South African leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a valiant critic of war and apartheid. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-24 Friday
December 24, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 158 MB VideoNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Glenn Greenwald and Chris Hedges discuss mass surveillance, government secrecy, internet freedom and U.S. attempts to extradite and prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Democracy Now! 2021-12-23 Thursday
December 23, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 207 MB VideoOxfam leads a shareholder complaint against Moderna for its lack of transparency in a dispute over vaccine patent rights; How the Koch network funneled dark money into right-wing resistance against public health measures during the pandemic; Victory for Kellogg's workers who have ended their strike after receiving a new contract with improved wages and benefits; The Pentagon announces new rules to slow the spread of white supremacist extremism in the military. Get Democracy Now! delivered ri...
Democracy Now! 2021-12-22 Wednesday
December 22, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 184 MB VideoReporter Azmat Khan on her groundbreaking investigation of U.S. airstrike casualties; President Biden announces new measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus amid a new surge; Haitian asylum seekers sue the U.S. government over discriminatory treatment. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-21 Tuesday
December 21, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 248 MB VideoJailed Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah is sentenced to an additional five years behind bars; Chile elects leftist Gabriel Boric as president; How the U.S. Navy contaminated the water supply for tens of thousands in Hawaii. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-20 Monday
December 20, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 200 MB VideoThe latest on the Omicron variant of the coronavirus; Congressmember Jamaal Bowman on Joe Manchin and the apparent death of the Build Back Better package; Immigrant rights activist Jean Montrevil gets three years' reprieve from deportation as he fights for permanent status. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-17 Friday
December 17, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 180 MB VideoAttorney 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 of feminist writer and critic bell hooks; Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock implores conservative members of his party to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-16 Thursday
December 16, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 181 MB VideoJournalist 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 variant spreads, vaccine experts say over 100 companies in Africa, Asia and Latin America have the potential to produce mRNA vaccines to ensure equitable access. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-15 Wednesday
December 15, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 202 MB VideoThe 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; Diplomatic talks continue, but hopes are fading for a restart of the Iran nuclear deal; Chile's presidential runoff election pits a leftist former student leader against a far-right defender of the Pinochet regime. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-14 Tuesday
December 14, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 197 MB VideoHow 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 unionized Kellogg's workers remain on strike; Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein on the wave of strikes and other union organizing underway across the United States. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Democracy Now! 2021-12-13 Monday
December 13, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes - 209 MB VideoClimate 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 to bring more African voices into the discourse on climate change. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe