Democracy Now!

June 20th, 2025

Headlines for June 20, 2025

• Another Iraq? Military Expert Warns U.S. Has No Real Plan If It joins Israel’s War on Iran
• “Harming Young People”: Chase Strangio on SCOTUS Trans Heathcare Ban & End of LGBTQ Suicide Hotline
• I Was Detained, Deported From LA Airport For My Reporting on Gaza Campus Protests: Australian Writer
• “More Choices and More Power”: How the Ranked-Choice Ballot Is Changing NYC Elections

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

June 19th, 2025

Juneteenth Special: Historian Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

• Rhiannon Giddens on Pulitzer-Winning Opera “Omar” About Enslaved Muslim Scholar Omar ibn Said
• “Another Wasted Life”: Rhiannon Giddens on How Death of Kalief Browder Inspired New Song

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

June 18th, 2025

Headlines for June 18, 2025

• Tehran Professor Reports from Iran State TV Building Bombed by Israel as Trump Threatens Khamenei
• “A Moment of Immense Danger”: U.S. Inches Toward Direct Involvement in Israel’s War with Iran
• Mosab Abu Toha: As Attention Shifts to Iran, Israel Ramps Up Killings, Starvation & Annexation in Gaza
• “What Authoritarians Do”: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Speaks Out After ICE Arrests Him in Courthouse

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

June 17th, 2025

Headlines for June 17, 2025

• Preemptive Strike or Act of War? Israel Attacked Iran Amid Sinking Global Support for Assault on Gaza
• “We Loved Her”: MN AG Keith Ellison Mourns His Friend Melissa Hortman, Slams Republican Rhetoric
• Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister on U.S. Embargo, Trump’s Deportations, Israel’s War on Iran & Gaza

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

June 16th, 2025

Headlines for June 16, 2025

• Israel & Iran at War: Trump Is “Only World Leader Who Can Stop the Cycle of Escalation”
• No Kings: Millions Across U.S. Protest Trump’s Power Grab, Overshadowing His Military Parad
• “An Outstanding Leader”: Minnesota Mourns Assassinated Lawmaker Melissa Hortman as Suspect Is Arrested

The program was broadcast juni 16th, 2025 at 17:00.

June 13th, 2025

Headlines for June 13, 2025

• Israel Attacks Iran, Killing Top Military Leaders, Scientists
• Hits Nuke Sites in Expanding Conflict
• “We Are in the Midst of the Creation of a Police State”: Rep. Ilhan Omar on Trump’s Authoritarianism
• “Millions of Lives at Risk”: USAID Cuts Lead to Global Rise in Death, Hunger, Poverty and Disease

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

June 12th, 2025

Headlines for June 12, 2025

• Ex-U.S. Diplomat Joins March to Gaza, Says Biden Official Matthew Miller Has “Blood on His Hands”
• Block the Bombs: Rep. Delia Ramirez Pushes Bill to Halt U.S. Weapons Sales to Israel over Gaza
• “The Beginning of Fascism”: Rep. Delia Ramirez Says Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown Is Crushing Democracy
• The U.S. Accepts “Fruits of Migrant Labor” But Not Immigrants’ Humanity: Day Laborer Organizer in L.A.

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

June 11th, 2025

Democracy Now! Wednesday, June 11, 2025

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

June 10th, 2025

Headlines for June 10, 2025

• Chaos & Cruelty: Trump Deploys Thousands of Soldiers to Put Down Anti-ICE Protests in Los Angeles
• California AG Bonta Sues Trump for Deploying Troops, Warns President Is Trying to Provoke Violence
• Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Lawyer: Trump Admin’s Trafficking Charges Must Be Viewed with “Suspicion”
• “A Show of Human Solidarity”: Ex-U.S. Diplomat to Join Global March to Gaza to Break Israel’s Siege

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

June 9th, 2025

Headlines for June 09, 2025

• L.A. Under Siege: Trump Sends in National Guard as Protests Continue over Militarized ICE Raids
• “Absolutely Unprecedented”: Trump Deploys National Guard to L.A. & Hegseth Threatens to Send in Marines
• “Kidnapped in Int’l Waters”: Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Ship, Detains Greta Thunberg & Others

The program was broadcast juni 9th, 2025 at 17:00.

June 6th, 2025

Headlines for June 06, 2025

• Musk vs. Trump? Quinn Slobodian on the Risks of Billionaire Rule
• Trump Budget Bill Would Lead to 51,000 More Deaths Each Year, as Health Experts Urge Medicare for All
• “Completely Unwarranted”: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Sues Trump Officials over His Arrest at ICE Jail
• High Seas Update from Aid Ship Sailing to Gaza: Activists Vow to “Win Through Solidarity”
• Fired over Gaza? Dr. Rupa Marya Sues UCSF, Says She Was Targeted for Speaking Up for Palestine

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

June 5th, 2025

Headlines for June 05, 2025

• Trump Revives Travel Ban, Bars Citizens of 12 Nations in Move Decried as “Devastating”
• Mahmoud Khalil, Trapped in “Immigration Gulag” for Nearly 3 Months, Challenges Deportation Efforts
• As U.S. Vetoes U.N. Gaza Ceasefire Resolution, Kathy Kelly & Veterans Enter 3rd Week of Hunger Strike
• “The Shame of Israeli Medicine”: How Israeli Doctors Turned on Palestinian Colleagues & Patients
• “How to Survive the Broligarchy”: Carole Cadwalladr on Tech Titans & Rising U.S. Authoritarianism

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

June 4th, 2025

Headlines for June 04, 2025

• “Death Traps”: U.S.-Israeli Aid Scheme Paused in Gaza After 100+ Palestinians Killed While Waiting for Food
• Greta Thunberg Speaks from Aid Ship Heading to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats: It’s My Moral Obligation
• “Empire of AI”: Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

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

June 3rd, 2025

Headlines for June 03, 2025

• “Panic, Terror, Chaos, Trauma”: SCOTUS Ruling Lets Trump Strip Protections for 500K+ Immigrants
• ICE Raids on Restaurants, Farmworkers, Students Spark Community Resistance Across Country
• “Detention Facilitates Deportation”: Trump’s Budget Bill Would Massively Increase ICE Jail Capacity
• Palantir: Peter Thiel’s Data-Mining Firm Helps DOGE Build Master Database to Surveil, Track Immigrants

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

June 2nd, 2025

Headlines for June 02, 2025

• Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy: Netanyahu Wants “Permanent War” in Gaza, Not a New Ceasefire
• British Surgeon in Gaza Reports on Rafah Massacre as Dozens of Palestinians Killed Waiting for Aid
• Gaza Aid Worker: Israel’s New Shadowy Humanitarian Aid Scheme Is “Tool to Increase Suffering”
• Harvard Commencement Speakers: Despite Crackdown, “Students Will Keep Speaking Up” for Palestine

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

May 30th, 2025

Headlines for May 30, 2025

• “Worse Than McCarthyism”: Historian Ellen Schrecker on Trump’s War Against Universities & Students
• As Courts Battle Trump on Tariffs, Will Right-Wing Supreme Court Rescue the President’s Trade Agenda?
• Trump’s Abuse of Pardons Undermines Entire Justice System: Reagan Official Bruce Fein

The program was broadcast maj 30th, 2025 at 17:00.

May 29th, 2025

Headlines for May 29, 2025

• Fear, Repression & Brain Drain: U.S. Campuses Reeling as Trump Freezes, Revokes Student Visas
• Mosquito Protocol: Ex-Israeli Soldier on Army’s Systematic Use of Palestinians as Human Shields
• Jeremy Scahill: Shadowy Israeli-U.S. Aid Plan Is Weapon in “Netanyahu’s War of Annihilation” in Gaza

The program was broadcast maj 29th, 2025 at 17:00.

May 28th, 2025

Headlines for May 28, 2025

• “I Am a Political Prisoner”: Immigrant Rights Activist Jeanette Vizguerra Speaks from ICE Jail
• “Corporate Criminal”: Nadia Milleron, Whose Daughter Died in 737 Crash, Slams New DOJ-Boeing Deal
• “Mt. Everest of Corruption”: Crypto Investors Buy Access to President
• Trump Expands Bitcoin Holdings

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

May 27th, 2025

Headlines for May 27, 2025

• Israel Bombs Home of Gaza Pediatrician, Killing 9 of Her 10 Kids, in Latest Attack on Health Workers
• Trump vs. Academic Freedom: President Escalates Attacks on Harvard & International Students
• Georgia Abortion Ban Forces Family to Keep Pregnant, Brain-Dead Woman on Life Support
• “Unconscionable & Deliberate”: GOP Budget Defunds Planned Parenthood Amid Maternal Health Crisis

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

May 26th, 2025

“Sinners”: Director Ryan Coogler on His Latest Hit, Delta Blues, His Mississippi Roots & Vampires

• The Injustice of Justice: Keith LaMar Speaks from Ohio Death Row as Movement Grows to Save His Life
• “I’m Innocent”: Keith LaMar Speaks Live from Death Row About His Case, Conditions & Pending Execution

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

May 23rd, 2025

Headlines for May 23, 2025

• “Theft from On High”: Trump’s Budget Bill Guts Medicaid, Medicare & More to Pay for Tax Cuts
• Mahmoud Khalil: Jailed Activist Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time
• “I Can’t Breathe”: Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Trump Admin Rolls Back Police Oversight
• “King of the North”: New Book Examines MLK’s Fight Against Police Brutality & Racism Outside Dixie

The program was broadcast maj 23rd, 2025 at 17:00.

May 22nd, 2025

Headlines for May 22, 2025

• “Nothing Can Justify It”: Journalist Gideon Levy Reacts to Killing of Israeli Embassy Staffers in D.C.
• “The Worst It’s Ever Been”: U.K. Surgeon in Gaza Warns Kids Are Bearing Brunt as Israel Widens Assault
• U.K. MP Jeremy Corbyn & EU MP Lynn Boylan on Europe Pressuring Israel to Halt Atrocities in Gaza
• Trump Repeats “White Genocide” Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

The program was broadcast maj 22nd, 2025 at 17:00.

May 21st, 2025

Headlines for May 21, 2025

• “A Big, Ugly, Destructive, Deadly Bill”: Bishop William Barber Slams Bill Cutting Medicaid, Medicare
• “It Is Going to Kill People”: Disability Rights Activist Speaks Out on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
• Tax Revolt: Arjun Singh on the Roots of Trump’s Push for Massive $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut for the Rich
• Trump’s Brain Drain: Scientists Look to Move Abroad as DOGE Slashes Research Funding in U.S.

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

May 20th, 2025

Headlines for May 20, 2025

• “The Suffering Is Beyond Description”: Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
• Making Gaza Unlivable: Israel Intensifies Attacks as Netanyahu Vows to Seize All of Gaza
• From a Palestinian Refugee Camp to Columbia: Mohsen Mahdawi Graduates After Being Jailed by Trump

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

May 19th, 2025

Headlines for May 19, 2025

• “Absolutely Genocidal”: Mouin Rabbani on “Gideon’s Chariots,” Israel’s Latest Escalation of War on Gaza
• Project Esther: NYT Details Right-Wing Plan to “Rebrand All Critics of Israel” as Hamas Supporters
• On 100th Birthday of Malcolm X, Family Presses Trump to Release Gov’t Files on Assassination

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