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Part 2 of our interview with the Brazilian actor and director Wagner Moura, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in 2025’s The Secret Agent.

Democracy Now! 2026-08-10 Monday

• Headlines for August 10, 2026
• "Consistent Torture": Keith LaMar Speaks from Ohio Death Row After Getting 3-Year Execution Reprieve
• Edinburgh International Festival Director & Famed Violinist Nicola Benedetti on the Power of Art
• Actor Wagner Moura on Brazil's Dictatorship, Bolsonaro & "A Trial — after An Enemy of the People"

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Democracy Now! Friday, August 7, 2026

Democracy Now! 2026-08-06 Thursday

• Headlines for August 06, 2026
• "Fire Climate": Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control
• Amid Growing Fears of Rogue AI, Expert Urges Governments to "Bring This to a Grinding Halt"
• "Struggle for Dignity": At Least 40 Killed in Mass Protests in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

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Democracy Now! 2026-08-05 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 05, 2026
• Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary in Major Defeat for AIPAC, Establishment Democrats
• Insurgent Candidate Victories Highlight Growing Movement Against Corporate & Elite Power: John Nichols
• "This Is an ICE Murder, Too": Gabriela Soto Says She Miscarried While Husband Was Detained in Solitary

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Democracy Now! 2026-08-04 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 04, 2026
• "Department of Injustice": Norm Eisen on Todd Blanche AG Nom, Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case
• "If Emmett Till Lived": Cultural Historian Sarah Lewis on New Book/Exhibit, Visit to Mississippi
• Johanna Fernández Dies at 55: Leading Scholar on the Young Lords & Latinx Freedom Movement

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Part 2 of our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the new book The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-29 Wednesday

• Headlines for July 29, 2026
• U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Slams U.S. "Complicity" as Trump Meets Netanyahu Despite ICC Warrant
• "Tipping Point": Ex-CDC Official Links Cyclospora & Measles Outbreaks to Trump's Public Health Cuts
• India Unleashes "Massive Crackdown" on Youth-Led Cockroach Movement After Education Minister's Ouster

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Democracy Now! Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Democracy Now! 2026-07-27 Monday

• Headlines for July 27, 2026
• "Frontlines of a Burning World": Climate Change-Fueled "Megafires" Sweep Europe & North America
• "Iraq 2.0"?: Rep. Jim McGovern on Iran War, New Red Scare, Israeli War Crimes & Dem Party Divide
• Israeli Army & Settlers Are Working Together to "Ethnically Cleanse" West Bank: Mariam Barghouti

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-24 Friday

• Headlines for July 24, 2026
• "America First or Israel First?" Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Saudi Nuclear Deal, Iran & More
• "Cockroach Democracy": Arundhati Roy on India's Youth-Led Protest Movement & Modi's Collapsing Support
• Report from San Juan: New Bill Targets Citizenship Rights as Puerto Rico Marks 10 Years of PROMESA
• "Farmers of the Sea": PBS Film Profiles Puerto Rican Fishermen on the "Frontlines of Climate Change"

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Author Jasper Craven talks about his new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood. In the book, Craven examines how the military has come to define American masculinity and how it often fosters its most toxic traits.

Democracy Now! 2026-07-23 Thursday

• Headlines for July 23, 2026
• Meet Milwaukee Muslim Leader Salah Sarsour. ICE Detained Him for 80 Days
• "Enough Is Enough": Mohsen Mahdawi Says New Deportation Threat Seeks to Silence Palestine Activism
• As Mamdani Calls on Trump to Arrest Netanyahu, Genocide Scholar Decries Israel's Ongoing Impunity

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-22 Wednesday

• Headlines for July 22, 2026
• "Empire of Abuse": MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges
• "Unlimited Money for Bombs": Democrats Slam Hegseth for Seeking $67B for Iran War
• Trump Says Images of Bombed Iran School Could Be "AI" But Study Confirms U.S. Killed 140+ in Strike

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-21 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 21, 2026
• As the U.S. Commits War Crimes in Iran, Trump Admin Vows to Dismantle Int'l Criminal Court: Reed Brody
• What Spain's Victory Means: Jules Boykoff on the World Cup, FIFA, Trump, "Collectivity" & More
• "A Company That Trades Privacy for Profit": ACLU on Flock's Growing Nationwide Surveillance Network

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-20 Monday

• Headlines for July 20, 2026
• U.S. Escalates War on Iran, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure as 3 U.S. Soldiers Are Killed
• "Justice for Lorenzo": Houston Community Demands Accountability After ICE Killing of Mexican Father
• Texas Rep. Al Green Accuses Trump Admin of Attempting to Cover Up ICE Killings
• Nearly 1,000 Wildfires in Canada Continue to Burn as Trump & Carney Double Down on Fossil Fuels

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Democracy Now! 2026-07-17 Friday

• Headlines for July 17, 2026
• Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord & Black Panther, Dies at 78
• Trump's Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference: Ari Berman
• Report from Houston: Family of ICE Shooting Victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Holds Public Viewing
• "Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest & Prosecute": Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups
• Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" Faces Boycott Calls over Filming in Occupied Western Sahara

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