Democracy Now!

October 6th, 2026

Headlines for October 06, 2026

• French High School Students Lead Mass Protests over School Funding, Inequality
• Thousands Arrested
• Ebola Death Toll in DRC Tops 4,000
• Trump USAID Cuts Fuel Outbreak
• “Incredible Moment for the Borderlands”: Judge Blocks Border Wall Expansion in Big Bend & West Texas

The program was broadcast oktober 6th, 2026 at 17:00.

October 5th, 2026

Headlines for October 05, 2026

• Far Right Makes Gains in Brazil as Flávio Bolsonaro Tops Lula in First Round of Presidential Race
• “I Am Jane Doe”: Cornell Case Reignites Debate over Rape Culture, Frats & Prosecuting Sex Crimes
• Meet Issa Amro: Palestinian Human Rights Advocate Attacked by Settlers, Detained by Israeli Army

The program was broadcast oktober 5th, 2026 at 17:00.

October 2nd, 2026

Headlines for October 02, 2026

• “Cruel & Torturous”: Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution
• “The School That Became a Grave”: Jeremy Scahill on U.S Bombing of Minab, Killing 120+ Iranian Kids

The program was broadcast oktober 2nd, 2026 at 17:00.

October 1st, 2026

Headlines for October 01, 2026

• The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
• “Berlin 4” Lawyer on Pro-Palestine Protest Crackdown & Germany’s Unconditional Support for Israel
• Rise of the Far Right in Germany Raises Fear of an Even Wider Crackdown on Migration

The program was broadcast oktober 1st, 2026 at 17:00.

September 30th, 2026

Headlines for September 30, 2026

• “No Land to Stand On”: Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing Columbia
• 80 Years After Nuremberg Trials, U.S. Leads Assault on ICC & International Law: Wolfgang Kaleck

The program was broadcast september 30th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 29th, 2026

Headlines for September 29, 2026

• Greenland Deal: Trump Drops Threat to Annex Denmark Territory in Favor of Greater U.S. Military Role
• “Buying More Time for the Genocide”: Muhammad Shehada on Trump’s Gaza Plan 1 Year Later
• Afghans “Have Been the Victims” of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb Khaja

The program was broadcast september 29th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 28th, 2026

Headlines for September 28, 2026

• Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain’s Housing Crisis
• “Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed”: How U.K. Downplayed Israeli Crimes to Keep Selling Weapons
• “Valley of Death”: Sharon Weinberger on Big Tech, AI Warfare & the CIA’s Secret Backing of Steve Jobs

The program was broadcast september 28th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 25th, 2026

Headlines for September 25, 2026

• “Stop Arming Israel”: 100+ Arrested at Jewish Voice for Peace Sit-In Outside Netanyahu U.N. Speech
• “Grotesque”: Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Netanyahu’s U.N. Speech & Israel’s Impunity
• The Hague Group: South Africa Leads Coalition Against U.S./Israel’s “Unilateral Bullying” of the ICC
• “Crossing the Red Line”: Akbar Shahid Ahmed on Biden, His Advisers, Harris & Israel’s War in Gaza

The program was broadcast september 25th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 24th, 2026

Headlines for September 24, 2026

• Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa on Trump’s Media Ban, Regulating AI & the “Tech Coup in Plain Sight”
• Should U.N. Help Set Global AI Rules? AI Tech Billionaires Address Security Council
• “Colonial AI”: African Countries Seek Tech Sovereignty But Fear a New Digital Colonialism
• “Gilded Rage”: Jacob Silverman on How a Radicalized Silicon Valley Shapes Trump’s AI Policies

The program was broadcast september 24th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 23rd, 2026

Headlines for September 23, 2026

• “New Low in U.N. History”: Trita Parsi on Trump’s Threat to Annihilate Iran at General Assembly
• Bernie Sanders: The World Is “Moving in the Wrong Direction” on War, Climate, Inequality & AI Tech
• Nepali Activist at U.N. Rally Calls for Climate Justice After Deadly Glacier Floods Kill Thousands
• “Secretary of Measlesland”: Dr. Paul Offit Slams RFK Jr.’s Handling of Deadly Measles Outbreak

The program was broadcast september 23rd, 2026 at 17:00.

September 22nd, 2026

Headlines for September 22, 2026

• Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon’s Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant
• “Politics Are Desperately Important at the Moment”: Bill McKibben on Midterms, Trump & Climate Crisis
• Could Cuba Become a “Silent Gaza”? U.S. Fuel Blockade Aims to “Asphyxiate” Island: Top Cuban Diplomat
• “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Brazilian Educator Paulo Freire Profiled in Film, “Reading the World”

The program was broadcast september 22nd, 2026 at 17:00.

September 21st, 2026

Headlines for September 21, 2026

• “War on the Press”: Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW & Politico from White House over Critical Coverage
• “Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned
• “America, Who Hurt You?”: Tony-Winning Performer Sarah Jones on New NY Solo Show & Art as Resistance

The program was broadcast september 21st, 2026 at 17:00.

September 18th, 2026

Headlines for September 18, 2026

• “Inequality Emergency”: Ahead of U.N. General Assembly, Oxfam Urges Action on Climate, AI & Gaza
• “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers”: Rhiannon Giddens on New Album, AI, Ed Sheeran, Macklemore & Trump
• “We Are the 99%”: 15 Years Later, Occupy Wall Street’s Impact Is Still Being Felt

The program was broadcast september 18th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 17th, 2026

Headlines for September 17, 2026

• “Fast Food Nation,” Mystery Meat & Trump’s Dismantling of U.S. Food Safety System: Eric Schlosser
• “Call It Evil”: Philosopher Susan Neiman on Why Moral Clarity Matters in the Trump Era

The program was broadcast september 17th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 16th, 2026

Democracy Now! Wednesday, September 16, 2026

The program was broadcast september 16th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 15th, 2026

Headlines for September 15, 2026

• “End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Billionaires, Bunkers, AI, Gaza & the Far Right

The program was broadcast september 15th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 14th, 2026

Headlines for September 14, 2026

• Film on Gaza Genocide Wins Venice Festival Prize
• Israel Threatens to Revoke Citizenship of Directors
• “One Betrayal After Another”: 9/11 Widow Blasts U.S. Cover-Up of Saudi Role in Attacks
• Trove of Evidence Sheds New Light on How Saudi Intelligence Asset Helped 9/11 Hijackers Before Attack
• Is Yemen Heading Back to All-Out War? Saudis Launch Strikes as Houthis Take Control of Red Sea Coast

The program was broadcast september 14th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 11th, 2026

Headlines for September 11, 2026

• “Horror to Last a Lifetime”: Juan González on Covering 9/11 Attacks in NYC 25 Years Ago Today
• Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights at Home

The program was broadcast september 11th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 10th, 2026

Headlines for September 10, 2026

• 25 Years Later: Afghan New Yorker Masuda Sultan Remembers 9/11 & 19 Relatives Killed in U.S. Bombing
• Report from Kabul: NRC Head Jan Egeland on Global Aid Cuts, Poverty & Taliban Repression of Women
• “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump”: Spencer Ackerman
• 4.7 Million Dead, $8 Trillion: Counting the Devastating Human & Economic Costs of the Post‑9/11 Wars

The program was broadcast september 10th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 9th, 2026

Democracy Now! Wednesday, September 9, 2026

The program was broadcast september 9th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 8th, 2026

Democracy Now! Tuesday, September 8, 2026

The program was broadcast september 8th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 7th, 2026

Democracy Now! Marks 30 Years with Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe & More

The program was broadcast september 7th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 4th, 2026

Headlines for September 04, 2026

• Stanford Student Newspaper Wins Suit over Trump’s Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech
• “They Got Zero Notice”: 2,500 Workers Laid Off as Tyson Foods Shutters Meatpacking Plant in Illinois
• “Terrorizing Our City”: ICE Targets Immigrants in Danbury, CT, Including at School Bus Stops
• “Top of the World”: Remembering the Restaurant Workers Killed Atop World Trade Center in 9/11 Attack

The program was broadcast september 4th, 2026 at 17:00.

September 3rd, 2026

Headlines for September 03, 2026

• Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon & Ms. Magazine Co-Founder, Dies at 92
• “Catastrophic Failure”: Postal Service Whistleblower Warns Mail-In Voting Rules Could Derail Election
• “Modern-Day Poll Tax”: Dem. Texas Commissioner Slams GOP Vote to Close 92 Polling Sites
• AI Could Revolutionize Medicine, But Humans Must Be in Charge: Researcher Shreya Johri

The program was broadcast september 3rd, 2026 at 17:00.

September 2nd, 2026

Headlines for September 02, 2026

• U.S. Empire in Decline: Richard Wolff on Iran War, Rising Inequality, $40T National Debt & More
• “Went to Sea and Never Came Back”: Families of Fishermen Seek Answers After Deadly U.S. Boat Strikes
• “Stand Up for Multifaith Democracy”: U.S. Activists, Lawmakers Protest India’s RSS & Hindu Supremacy

The program was broadcast september 2nd, 2026 at 17:00.