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Democracy 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! 2026-05-08 Friday
Democracy Now! 2026-05-08 Friday
- Headlines for May 08, 2026
- Trump Pushes to Take Over Elections, Punish His Enemies: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Ned Parker
- Amid Growing Abuse at ICE Jails, Rep. Adelita Grijalva Calls to Shut Down Trump's Detention Network
- "They Don't Care": Trump's Border Wall Construction Damages 1,000-Year-Old Sacred Indigenous Site
- "Absolutely Vulnerable": Over 20,000 Global South Ship Workers Stranded at Sea Due to Iran War
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Democracy Now! 2026-05-07 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2026-05-07 Thursday
- Headlines for May 07, 2026
- Gaza Faces Public Health Collapse Amid Rat Infestation & Disease as Israel Blocks Reconstruction
- India's Modi Gov't Purged Millions of Muslim Voters Before Elections in "Direct Attack" on Democracy
- "Gerrymandering Arms Race": GOP Rushes to Erase Black Representation After SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights
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Democracy Now! 2026-05-06 Wednesday
Democracy Now! 2026-05-06 Wednesday
- Headlines for May 06, 2026
- Global Press Freedom Hits Record Low, U.S. Drops to 64th in the World: Reporters Without Borders
- Israel's Destruction of Southern Lebanon Turns Villages into "Moonscapes": Reporter Lylla Younes
- "Backtalker": Kimberlé Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas
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Mexican Singer-Songwriter Julieta Venegas, Author of "Norteña," in Conversation & Performance
The Grammy-winning Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas visits Democracy Now! to perform and talk about her new memoir, Norteña, and her new album of the same name. Venegas has been a leading figure in Latin rock and pop for decades, often transcending genres, and is beloved by audiences around the world.
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Democracy Now! 2026-05-01 Friday
Democracy Now! 2026-05-01 Friday
- Headlines for May 01, 2026
- From Springfield, Ohio, to the Supreme Court: A Pastor's Fight to Protect TPS for Haitians
- "No School, No Work, No Shopping": Workers, Immigrants to Lead Thousands of May Day Protests
- "A People's History of Invisible India": Journalist Neha Dixit on Dire State of Worker Rights
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-30 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-30 Thursday
- Headlines for April 30, 2026
- Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act in "Devastating Blow" to Democracy & Civil Rights: Maya Wiley
- Maya Wiley: Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment Is Part of Trump's Broader Attack on Civil Rights
- Scholar Gilbert Achcar on the U.S. War Against Iran & Trump's "Old-New Imperial Doctrine"
- Sunlight Doesn't Go Through the Strait of Hormuz: Bill McKibben on Iran Oil Shock & Green Transition
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-29 Wednesday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-29 Wednesday
- Headlines for April 29, 2026
- "Political Disaster for Donald Trump": Jeremy Scahill on Stalled U.S.-Iran Talks
- UAE Quits OPEC as Many Countries Ramp Up Oil Production Despite Worsening Climate Crisis
- "We Are Bombarding America's Forests with Roundup": Despite Cancer Fear, Trump Admin Pushes Herbicide
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-27 Monday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-27 Monday
- Headlines for April 27, 2026
- Rep. Ro Khanna on White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, Political Violence, Epstein Files & More
- "Slow Civil War" Author Jeff Sharlet on the Growing Normalization of Violence at Home & Abroad
- Death by Firing Squad: Sister Helen Prejean on Trump's Moves to Ramp Up Executions
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Sister Helen Prejean on Trump’s Move to Bring Back Firing Squads & Expand Executions (Part 2)
Renowned anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean reacts to the Justice Department announcement that it will use firing squads and single-drug lethal injections to kill condemned federal prisoners, as it seeks to ramp up and expedite capital punishment.
Watch Part 1 of this interview here.
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-20 Monday
Democracy Now! 2026-04-20 Monday
- Headlines for April 20, 2026
- "Gulf of Trust" Between Iran & U.S. as End of Ceasefire Nears, Peace Talks Uncertain
- Who Is Breaking International Law in the Strait of Hormuz? It's Not Iran, Says Scholar
- Shepard Fairey on Art, Activism & Resisting Fascism: "It Can Happen Here, and It Is"
- Forest Firings: Trump Admin Aims to "Break the Forest Service," Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake
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