Democracy Now!

December 8th, 2025

Headlines for December 08, 2025

• “Murder on the High Seas”: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Trump’s Boat Strikes
• “I Was Pepper-Sprayed”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva on ICE Raid, Epstein Files, Rising Health Costs & More
• “Domestic Terrorism”: Leaked DOJ Memo Targets “Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity”
• “The Problem with Plastic”: Former EPA Official on How to Save the Planet Before It’s Too Late

The program was broadcast december 8th, 2025 at 17:00.

December 5th, 2025

Headlines for December 05, 2025

• Rigging Democracy: Supreme Court Approves Racial Texas Gerrymander, Handing Trump Midterm Advantage
• 5,000 Arrests? ICE Descends on Louisiana to Carry Out Raids in World’s “Incarceration Capital”
• Trump Calls Somali Community “Garbage”: Minnesota Responds to Racist Rant and Immigration Sweeps
• “Alejandro Was Murdered”: Colombian Fisherman’s Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike

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

December 4th, 2025

Headlines for December 04, 2025

• Will Hegseth Go? Defense Secretary Faces Anger from Congress over Boat Strikes, Signal Chat
• Can a Deal Be Reached to End Russia’s War in Ukraine? Matt Duss on Latest Diplomatic Efforts
• “Making America White Again”: Trump Further Restricts Immigration, Ramps Up ICE Raids
• West African Asylum Seekers Find Safe Haven in NYC Volunteer-Run Kitchen

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

December 3rd, 2025

Headlines for December 03, 2025

• U.S.-Backed Ceasefire Is Cover for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & West Bank: Sari Bashi
• Ralph Nader on Trump’s “Entrenching Dictatorship,” Reclaiming Congress, and the Fight Against Big Money
• ”WTO/99” Filmmaker on Anti-Corporate Globalization Movement: “These Issues Haven’t Gone Away”

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

December 2nd, 2025

Headlines for December 02, 2025

• “A War Crime & Murder”: David Cole on U.S. Killing of Survivors of Boat Strike in Caribbean
• “This Is a Union Town”: Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders Join Striking Starbucks Workers’ Picket
• Trump’s Cuts to AIDS Prevention Are Devastating LGBTQ+ Communities Globally: Steven Thrasher

The program was broadcast december 2nd, 2025 at 17:00.

December 1st, 2025

Headlines for December 01, 2025

• Trump Meddles in Honduran Election & Vows to Pardon Ex-President Jailed in U.S. for Drug Trafficking
• “Kill Everybody”: Could Hegseth Face War Crimes Probe for Killing Survivors of U.S. Boat Strike?
• Trump Vows to Pause Migration from “Third World Countries” After Fatal National Guard Shooting
• “Imperial Blowback”: Suspect in D.C. Shooting Was Part of CIA Death Squad in Afghanistan

The program was broadcast december 1st, 2025 at 17:00.

November 28th, 2025

The Historic Rise of Zohran Mamdani: Democracy Now! Coverage from 2021 Hunger Strike to Election Night

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

November 27th, 2025

“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & Coming Home

• My Father Is a Warrior & My Hero: An Interview with Leonard Peltier’s Daughter Marquetta

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

November 26th, 2025

Headlines for November 26, 2025

• “From Apartheid to Democracy”: Sarah Leah Whitson on New Book, Israel, Gaza & Trump-MBS Meeting
• Mamdani’s Affordability Agenda: Incoming NYC Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan on How to Make It Happen
• “Policy Violence”: ICE Raids & Shredding of Social Safety Net Are Linked, Says Bishop William Barber

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

November 25th, 2025

Headlines for November 25, 2025

• “The Epstein Class”: Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around the Sexual Predator
• Will the U.S. Attack Venezuela? Trump’s Anti-Maduro Campaign Seen as Part of a Broader Regional Plan
• Assassinated Amazonian Rubber Tapper Chico Mendes Tried to Save the Rainforest. Meet His Daughter

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

November 24th, 2025

Headlines for November 24, 2025

• From Affordability to Genocide, Trump-Mamdani Meeting at White House Was Full of Surprises
• Climate Deal Excludes Fossil Fuel Phaseout as Wealthy Nations Place Burden “On the Backs of the Poor”

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

November 21st, 2025

Headlines for November 21, 2025

• No Fossil Fuel Phaseout, No Deal! At COP30, Vanuatu Climate Minister Joins 30+ Dissenting Nations
• “We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30 Protest
• “Inviting the Arsonists”: Indian Climate Activist Slams Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at U.N. Climate Summit

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

November 20th, 2025

Headlines for November 20, 2025

• Climate Crisis Displaces 250 Million Over a Decade While U.S. & Other Polluting Nations Close Borders
• Brazilian Indigenous Minister Sônia Guajajara on Fossil Fuel Phaseout, Bolsonaro’s Conviction & More
• The Race to Save the Amazon: Top Brazilian Scientist Says Rainforest Is at “Tipping Point”

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

November 19th, 2025

Headlines for November 19, 2025

• “Bring the Truth Out of the Shadows”: Survivors Hail Congressional Vote to Release Epstein Files
• Susana Muhamad, Ex-Colombian Environment Minister, on COP30 Talks, Trump, Gaza & More
• Sudanese Researcher Lina Yassin on COP30 Climate Talks, UAE-Funded Proxy War in Sudan over Gold & More
• “Data Crunch”: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals

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

November 18th, 2025

Headlines for November 18, 2025

• Brazil’s Contradictory Climate Policies: Lula Gov’t Reduces Deforestation, Boosts Oil & Gas Production
• Indigenous Leaders Converge in Belém, Brazil, Demanding Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
• Kumi Naidoo on U.S. Skipping COP30, Why Rich Nations Must Pay a Climate Debt, Gaza, Sudan & More

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

November 17th, 2025

Headlines for November 17, 2025

• Report from COP30: Thousands March in Indigenous-Led Protest at Brazil Climate Talks “in Defense of Life”
• Protect the Amazon, Tax the Polluters: Climate Activists Demand Action at COP30 in Belém, Brazilq
• “Just Transition”: Polluting Countries Must Take Responsibility for Extreme Climate Change

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

November 14th, 2025

Headlines for November 14, 2025

• “Gunboat Diplomacy”: U.S. War in Latin America Feared as Hegseth Launches “Operation Southern Spear”
• “You Have Arrived in Hell”: Venezuelans Sent By U.S. to El Salvador Faced Torture, Sexual Abuse
• “The Trillion Dollar War Machine”: William Hartung on How U.S. Military Spending Fuels Wars
• How Mamdani Won: Field Director Tascha Van Auken on Grassroots Organizing Behind Historic Victory

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

November 13th, 2025

Headlines for November 13, 2025

• Trump “Knew About The Girls”: Calls Grow For Full Epstein Files After Release of Emails
• Rep. Adelita Grijalva Speaks out on Epstein Files & More After Being Sworn in 7 Weeks Late
• Dr. Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Died Since Trump Closed USAID

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

November 12th, 2025

Headlines for November 12, 2025

• “Caved Too Soon”: Ro Khanna on Senate Shutdown Deal, Why Schumer Should Step Down & Epstein Files
• “Food is A Fundamental Human Right”: U.S. Hunger Expert Decries Trump Withholding Food Assistance
• Epstein & Israel: Drop Site News Investigates Jeffrey Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence
• “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”: New Film on Gaza Photojournalist Killed in Israeli Strike

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

November 11th, 2025

Headlines for November 11, 2025

• Calls For Schumer to Step Down Grow as Democrats Cave on Healthcare & Help GOP Pass Funding Bill
• Chicago Parents Denounce ICE For Violently Detaining Beloved Daycare Teacher in Front of Toddlers
• “Free Joan Little”: New Film on Landmark 1975 Murder Acquittal of Woman Sexually Assaulted by Prison Guard

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

November 10th, 2025

Headlines for November 10, 2025

• U.N. Climate Summit Opens in Brazil as the Phillippines is Hit by Back-to-Back to Deadly Typhoons
• Exposed: 5,000+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Got Access to U.N. Climate Talks & Helped Block Climate Action
• How We Got Here: Jelani Cobb on Rise of Trump & White Nationalism After Push for Racial Justice

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

November 7th, 2025

Headlines for November 07, 2025

• “The Fight Is Not Over”: LGBTQ Advocates Challenge Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Passport Ruling
• “Without Precedent”: Lisa Graves on the Supreme Court, Tariffs, Voting Rights & Legacy of John Roberts
• Is the U.S. Planning to Assassinate Maduro? Peter Kornbluh on “Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy”
• Remembering Peter Weiss: Legendary Human Rights Lawyer Dies at 99

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

November 6th, 2025

Headlines for November 06, 2025

• “My Community Is Under Invasion from Our Own Federal Gov’t”: Evanston Mayor Decries ICE Raids in Illinois
• “Taken: The Agents Raiding Communities and the People Trying to Stop Them”: Maria Hinojosa
• “Fire in Every Direction”: Palestinian Author Tareq Baconi on Gaza, Zionism & Embracing Queerness

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

November 5th, 2025

Headlines for November 05, 2025

• Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani Wins Historic NYC Mayoral Race: “The Future Is in Our Hands”
• The Movement Behind Mamdani: Organizers & Supporters Celebrate Stunning Victory & Repudiation of Trump
• This Is How to Fight Fascism: Naomi Klein, AOC & Brad Lander on Mamdani Victory
• “Epic Night for Democrats”: Party Wins Races Across the U.S. in Voter Rebuke to Trump

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

November 4th, 2025

Headlines for November 04, 2025

• From Mamdani to Prop 50, John Nichols on Election Day Races & the Future of Democratic Party
• “The Dark Side”: Dick Cheney’s Legacy from Iraq Invasion to U.S. Torture Program
• “Injustice”: How Biden’s DOJ Failed to Hold Trump Accountable for Jan. 6, Corruption & More

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