Democracy Now!

March 21st, 2025

Headlines for March 21, 2025

• Trump vs. Public Schools: Executive Order Aims to Dismantle Department of Education
• Mahmoud Khalil Update: From ICE Jail, Khalil Warns of Trump’s War on Dissent & Targeting Palestinians
• “Catch and Revoke”: AI-Driven State Dept. Program Targets Pro-Palestinian Students & Visa Holders
• Declassified JFK Assassination Files Expose Covert CIA Operations from the Vatican to Latin America

The program was broadcast mars 21st, 2025 at 17:00.

March 20th, 2025

Headlines for March 20, 2025

• Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
• “Murder the Truth”: David Enrich on Right-Wing Campaign to Silence Journalists & Protect the Powerful
• Disappeared: U.S. Sends Venezuelan LGBTQ Asylum Seeker to El Salvador’s Version of Guantánamo

The program was broadcast mars 20th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 19th, 2025

Headlines for March 19, 2025

• Israeli Strikes Kill 174+ Children in Gaza as Netanyahu Breaks Ceasefire to Save Political Career
• “We Live in a Fascist Dictatorship”: Elie Mystal on Trump’s Lawlessness, Attacks on the Judiciary
• ICE Agents Detain Immigrant Leader Jeanette Vizguerra, Who Once Sought Sanctuary in Denver Church
• Sabotaging Social Security: Trump & Musk Move Ahead with Plan to Cut Agency Staff & Critical Services

The program was broadcast mars 19th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 18th, 2025

Headlines for March 18, 2025

• “Another Round of Senseless Mass Killing”: Report from Gaza Hospital as Israeli Strikes Kill 400+
• “Endless Trauma”: Israeli Strikes Shatter Gaza Ceasefire as Blockade Starves Palestinian Population
• U.S. Kills Dozens in Yemen Strikes as Houthis Pledge to Disrupt Shipping in Solidarity with Gaza
• On Kennedy Center Stage, Folk Musicians Nora Brown & Stephanie Coleman Protest Trump’s Takeover

The program was broadcast mars 18th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 17th, 2025

Headlines for March 17, 2025

• Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trump’s Attacks on Critics & Press Are Part of the “Authoritarian Playbook”
• Trump Invokes Wartime Alien Enemies Act, Then Ignores Judicial Order to Turn Around Deportation Flights
• Should Schumer Step Down? Calls Grow for New Dem Leadership After He Voted for Trump Spending Bill

The program was broadcast mars 17th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 14th, 2025

Headlines for March 14, 2025

• “Never Again for Anyone”: 100 Jewish Activists Arrested at Trump Tower Protesting Mahmoud Khalil Arrest
• “Imperialism and Totalitarianism Go Hand in Hand”: M. Gessen on Trump’s Policies at Home & Abroad
• If Successful, I Would Call It a Coup: A Retired Judge’s Warning About Elon Musk’s Abuse of Power

The program was broadcast mars 14th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 13th, 2025

Democracy Now! Thursday, March 13, 2025

The program was broadcast mars 13th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 12th, 2025

Headlines for March 12, 2025

• Trump’s Trade War: Why Lack of Universal Healthcare Makes U.S. Less Competitive
• “Impeach Trump Again”: John Bonifaz on Fighting Trump’s Lawlessness, Corruption & Attacks on Judges
• “Monumental Step”: Ex-Philippines Pres. Duterte Arrested, Sent to Hague for Crimes Against Humanity

The program was broadcast mars 12th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 11th, 2025

Headlines for March 11, 2025

• “This Is All Retaliatory”: Judge Blocks Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation as Trump Vows More Arrests
• Noura Erakat: Trump’s Abuses & Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest Are Products of U.S. Imperialism Coming Home
• “A Devastating Tragedy”: 1,000+ People Killed in Syria Amid Reports of Massacres Against Alawites

The program was broadcast mars 11th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 10th, 2025

Headlines for March 10, 2025

• Stand Up for Science: Nationwide Protests Oppose Trump Cuts to Research from Cancer to Climate Change
• Mahmoud Khalil: ICE Detains Green Card Holder over Columbia University Gaza Activism

The program was broadcast mars 10th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 7th, 2025

Headlines for March 07, 2025

• “Impeachment Is a Remedy for a Runaway President”: Rep. Al Green on Why He Disrupted Trump’s Address
• Bishop William Barber: GOP Tax Cuts “Mathematically Impossible” Without Gutting Medicaid and More
• Nicaragua Is in the Grips of Another Dictatorship, Decades After Sandinista Revolution: Reed Brody

The program was broadcast mars 7th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 6th, 2025

Headlines for March 06, 2025

• “Lift the Freeze”: HIV/AIDS Advocates Win Supreme Court Victory in Fight over Trump Foreign Aid Cuts
• Leaked USAID Memos Warn 100,000s Will Die from Cuts to Polio, TB, Malaria, Ebola, AIDS Programs
• U.S. Humanitarianism Often Reproduces Inequality, But Killing USAID Is Wrong Answer: Kathryn Mathers

The program was broadcast mars 6th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 5th, 2025

Headlines for March 05, 2025

• “A Declaration of War Against the American People”: Ralph Nader on Trump’s Address to Congress
• Fact-Check: Juan González on Trump’s “Outrageous” Lies About Panama Canal
• “Deporting Immigrants Like Me Won’t Make Eggs Cheaper or Your Family Safer”: Erika Andiola on Trump
• “Betrayal”: Canadian Researcher Responds to Trump’s Tariffs & Trade War Amid Fears of Recession
• “War on Trans People”: Transgender Journalist Imara Jones Responds to Trump’s Speech
• Why NJ Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Brought a Doctor Who Worked in Gaza as Her Guest to Trump’s Speech

The program was broadcast mars 5th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 4th, 2025

Headlines for March 04, 2025

• Greenpeace on Trial: $300M Lawsuit over Standing Rock Protests Could Shutter Group & Chill Free Speech
• Winona LaDuke: DAPL Pipeline Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Aims to Silence Indigenous Protests, Too
• “Sugarcane”: Oscar-Nominated Film Explores “Colonial Silence” Around Indian Residential Schools
• Remembering Aaron Bushnell: How He Inspired People in the Military to Question U.S. Empire

The program was broadcast mars 4th, 2025 at 17:00.

March 3rd, 2025

Headlines for March 03, 2025

• “Stop the Ethnic Cleansing”: Watch Oscar Speech of Palestinian & Israeli Directors of “No Other Land”
• “You’re Gambling with WWIII”: Watch Trump & Vance Clash with Zelensky at White House
• U.S.-Europe Rift Widens as Russia Welcomes Trump’s Shifting Ukraine Stance Following Zelensky Clash
• Ken Roth on Israel’s “Starvation Strategy” in Gaza & “Righting Wrongs” of Abusive Governments

The program was broadcast mars 3rd, 2025 at 17:00.

February 28th, 2025

Headlines for February 28, 2025

• Might Makes Right: Matt Duss on Trump’s Foreign Policy Doctrine, from Ukraine to Gaza
• Dr. Khaled Alser Speaks from Gaza on Surviving 7 Months in Israeli Prisons After Raid on His Hospital
• “Detained, Tortured & Starved”: Report Details Abuse of Gaza Doctors & Staff in Israeli Detention
• Wayback Machine Saves Thousands of Federal Webpages Amid Purge of Government Data Under Trump

The program was broadcast februari 28th, 2025 at 17:00.

February 27th, 2025

Headlines for February 27, 2025

• Child Dies from Measles in Texas as Disease “Comes Roaring Back” Amid Anti-Vaccine Disinformation
• Report from a Devastated Lebanon: Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nasrallah’s Funeral & Fragile Ceasefire
• The Billionaires’ Government: Branko Marcetic on Trump’s “Complete Betrayal” of His Base

The program was broadcast februari 27th, 2025 at 17:00.

February 26th, 2025

Headlines for February 26, 2025

• Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk’s “Chaotic Blitz” at DOGE, Living in a Tech Dystopia, Luigi Mangione & More
• Sister Helen Prejean Demands End to Death Penalty as Supreme Court Tosses Glossip Murder Conviction
• Advocates: NY Prison Guard Strike Is Part of History of Repression & Violence Against Prison Activism

The program was broadcast februari 26th, 2025 at 17:00.

February 25th, 2025

Headlines for February 25, 2025

• As Musk Slashes Federal Gov’t & Fires Thousands, Workers, Trump Appointees, Judges & Media Push Back
• “No Public Oversight”: Private Company Running Guantánamo Immigrant Jail Accused of Rights Abuses
• Biden, Blinken & Austin Accused of Complicity in Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
• ICC Urged to Investigate

The program was broadcast februari 25th, 2025 at 17:00.

February 24th, 2025

Headlines for February 24, 2025

• Conservatives Win German Election, But Far-Right “Nazi-Curious” AfD Places Second in Historic Rise
• Israel Sends Tanks into West Bank Amid “De Facto Annexation” of Palestinian Lands: Mariam Barghouti
• The Injustice of Justice: Keith LaMar Speaks from Ohio Death Row as Movement Grows to Save His Life

The program was broadcast februari 24th, 2025 at 17:00.

February 21st, 2025

Headlines for February 21, 2025

• “Will Universities Surrender or Resist?” Scholar Slams Trump’s Threat to Defund Universities over DEI
• “Erasing History” from the U.S. to Germany: “Wars Are Won by Teachers,” Says Yale Prof. Jason Stanley
• “Gum Up the Works”: David Sirota’s Advice to Democrats on Reversing Trump’s Power Grab

The program was broadcast februari 21st, 2025 at 17:00.

February 20th, 2025

Headlines for February 20, 2025

• “Grand Theft Government”: Federal Workers Send SOS over Musk-Led Mass Firings, Service Cuts
• “Crack-Up Capitalism”: Historian Quinn Slobodian on Trump, Musk & the Movement to “Shatter” the State
• “Congolese Are Paying the Price” for Western Demand for Minerals & Support for Rwanda’s Paul Kagame

The program was broadcast februari 20th, 2025 at 17:00.

February 19th, 2025

Headlines for February 19, 2025

• “I Am Finally Free!”: Indigenous Leader Leonard Peltier Released After Nearly 50 Years Imprisoned
• Family Torn Apart as Mother & 2 Children Deported After Arizona Traffic Stop, 2 Other Kids Left Behind
• GOP Pushes Drastic Cuts to Medicaid & Food Aid While Proposing Tax Cuts for Rich
• To Fight the Trump/Musk Purge, Federal Workers Hold Nationwide Day of Action to “Save Our Services”

The program was broadcast februari 19th, 2025 at 17:00.

February 18th, 2025

Headlines for February 18, 2025

• “A Victory for Putin”? Jeffrey Sachs & Matt Duss Debate U.S.-Russia Talks to End Ukraine War
• Palestinian Director Basel Adra: As “No Other Land” Gets Oscar Nod, Israel Ramps Up West Bank Attacks

The program was broadcast februari 18th, 2025 at 17:00.

February 17th, 2025

Headlines for February 17, 2025

• Trump vs. Public Health: Funding Cuts Gut CDC’s Disease Detectors, Medical Research & More
• Patients “Abandoned”: Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials “Profoundly Unethical,” Says Dr. Faden
• Rebels Take 2nd Major City in Eastern DRC Amid Fight to Control Congo’s Vast Mineral Wealth
• Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” Revisits Lumumba Assassination

The program was broadcast februari 17th, 2025 at 17:00.