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<p>Headlines for October 03, 2025; Trump’s Mideast Envoy Steve Witkoff & Sons Blur Peace & Profit, from Real Estate to Crypto Deals; “Attack on Free Speech”: Journalist Mario Guevara Faces Deportation After Covering Anti-Trump Protest; “Move Fast”: From McCarthyism to Authoritarianism, Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group; Israel Detains 440+ Global Flotilla Activists; Italian Unions Strike in Protest</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This week Judge William Young excoriated the Trump administration’s attack on free speech. “This case — perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court — squarely presents the issue of whether non-citizens lawfully present here in [the] United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us,” he wrote. “The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.'”

<p>Headlines for October 02, 2025; “Shameful”: Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Vessels & Detains 400+, But More Boats Are Now Heading to Gaza; “Orwell: 2+2=5”: Raoul Peck & Alex Gibney on New Documentary, Authoritarianism, Trump & More; Will El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban Be a Model for the U.S.? Maria Hinojosa Investigates</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for October 01, 2025; Chicago Mayor on Trump’s Threat to Use “Dangerous” Cities as “Training Grounds for our Military”; A “Green Light” for War Crimes? What Trump & Hegseth’s Lecture to Generals Really Means; Mahmoud Khalil Hails Judge’s Scathing Ruling Against Trump Efforts to Deport Pro-Palestinian Students</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 30, 2025; Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Mere “Repackaging of Genocide” for Israel’s Benefit: Diana Buttu; “Break the Blockade and End the Siege”: Nelson Mandela’s Grandson Speaks from Gaza Aid Flotilla; “The Government Has Been Shut Down” Since Trump Took Office: David Dayen; “We Do Not Want Federal Troops”: Oregon Rejects Trump’s Plan to Send Forces to Portland; Chicago Activist on Organizing Community <span class="caps">ICE</span> Patrols as Trump Escalates Immigration Crackdown</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 29, 2025; Zohran Mamdani on Historic <span class="caps">NYC</span> Mayoral Run & Trump’s Meddling in Election as Eric Adams Drops Out; “War Criminal”: Thousands Call to Arrest Netanyahu, March at U.N. Against Gaza Genocide; Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur Dies at 78 in Cuba; Hear Her Read 1998 Letter to Pope</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 26, 2025; “On Our Way to Annihilation”: Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud Reports Live From Outside Gaza City; As Trump Vows War on Left, Ken Klippenstein Reveals Kirk & <span class="caps">ICE</span> Shooters Were Disengaged with Politics; “They’re Assassinating People for No Reason”: Cuban Minister Condemns U.S. Strikes in Caribbean</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This week, 10 more nations recognized Palestinian statehood. Over 150 countries now recognize Palestine as a state, including 14 of 15 members of the United Nations Security Council. The only outlier: the United States, which consistently wields its Security Council veto power in defense of Israel.

<p>Democracy Now! Thursday, September 25, 2025</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 24, 2025; Trump Slams United Nations, Global Migration & Climate Science in U.N. Speech; “Science Under Siege”: Dr. Peter Hotez on Trump, Tylenol & Autism; “This Is What Fascists Do”: Trump Labels Antifa a Terrorist Org in His War on Dissent</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 23, 2025; Alaa Abd El-Fattah Is Free: Family Celebrates Political Prisoner’s Release in Egypt; No Secret Police Act: CA Gov. Signs Law Against Masked <span class="caps">ICE</span> Agents; Feds Say They Won’t Comply; <span class="caps">ICE</span> Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

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<p>Headlines for September 19, 2025; “I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & More</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Renowned for roles in films like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” Robert Redford won an Oscar for directing “Ordinary People” and numerous other awards over his storied career. But what mattered most to him was independent film.

<p>Headlines for September 18, 2025; Amnesty Int’l: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Palantir Enable & Profit from Israel’s Genocide in Gaza; “The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiya”: Al Jazeera Film on Israel’s Abduction & Torture of Gaza Doctor</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 17, 2025; “Single Shots to the Head”: U.S. Veteran, Volunteer Surgeon Sees “Extermination of a People” in Gaza; “Perish or Leave”: Hundreds of Thousands Flee As Israeli Military Invades Gaza City; How Video Games, Discord & Deep Web Influenced Alleged Kirk Killer; Trump Uses “Black Criminality” Myth to Take Over Black-Led Cities: Memphis Rep. Justin J. Pearson; Robert Redford the Activist: Hollywood Icon Was Lifelong Champion of Environment & Independent Film</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 16, 2025; <span class="caps">ICE</span> Kills Immigrant Father After Traffic Stop, Detains Day Laborer Who Sued Chicago Police; Block the Bombs to Israel: Rep. Delia Ramirez Denounces Genocide in Gaza; Bishop William Barber Condemns Charlie Kirk Murder and the Right’s Religious Nationalism; U.S. Acts as “Judge, Jury & Executioner” in Venezuelan Boat Strikes, Killing at Least 14</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 15, 2025; “Shame on Humanity”: Gaza Doctor Pleads with World to Stop Israel’s Genocide; “The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk”: Journalist Chris Hedges on the Weaponization of Kirk’s Killing; Judith Butler: Jewish Prof. Among 160 Named in UC Berkeley “Antisemitism” Files Handed to Trump Admin</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 12, 2025; Mehdi Hasan: Trump Is Weaponizing the Murder of Charlie Kirk to Go After the Left; Mehdi Hasan on Death of Two-State Solution, Possible U.S. War with Venezuela & More; “A Historic Moment in Brazil”: Jair Bolsonaro Gets 27 Years for 2022 Coup Plot; Nepal’s “Gen Z Protests” Topple Government Amid Anger over Corruption & Inequality</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday sent shockwaves across the country and around the world, not only through its raw violence, with a single, deadly sniper shot, but as a hallmark of worsening political divisions wracking the United States.

<p>Headlines for September 11, 2025; “Moment of Great Peril”: Jeff Sharlet on Killing of Charlie Kirk & Rising Political Violence in U.S.; Trump’s Personal Army? Exec. Order to Create “Quick Reaction Force” Raises Alarm; Global Sumud Flotilla Vows to Keep Sailing to Gaza; Israeli Drones Accused of Striking Two Boats</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 10, 2025; “America Is Bankrolling This”: Jeremy Scahill on Israel’s Bombing of Hamas in Qatar; Will Egyptian Pres. Sisi Soon Free Jailed Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah?; “Here Comes the Sun”: Bill McKibben on Renewable Energy, “Sun Day” & the “Last Chance” for Climate</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 09, 2025; Jeffrey Epstein & JPMorgan: How the Largest U.S. Bank Enabled the Sexual Predator’s Crimes; “Chipocalypse”: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Trump Invoking “Apocalypse Now” & Speaking Out on Gaza Genocide</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 08, 2025; <span class="caps">ICE</span> Conducts Largest-Ever Raid at Georgia Hyundai Plant: 475 Arrested, Mostly Korean; Report from Gaza: Aid Coordinator Describes Disease, Famine as Israel Blows Up Residential Towers; Sister of U.S. Citizen Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi Demands Justice 1 Year After Israel Killed Her in West Bank; Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton Dies at 99; Explored Human Darkness, from Nazi Doctors to Hiroshima</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 05, 2025; “How Can You Be So Ignorant?”: <span class="caps">GOP</span> & Dem. Senators Slam <span class="caps">RFK</span> Jr. for Attacks on Vaccines & Science; Deadly U.S. Strike on Venezuelan Boat Raises Fears of Wider War: Greg Grandin; Indonesia Protests: At Least 10 Killed, Thousands Arrested Amid Police Crackdown</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The courts are playing a central role in opposing the lawless Trump administration, but the core of the resistance are people–people at every level organized in opposition, defending democracy.

<p>Headlines for September 04, 2025; “Courage Is Contagious”: Survivors Demand Epstein Files Release as More Women Come Forward; “Morally Right”: Ro Khanna on Epstein Files Transparency Act, Arms Embargo on Israel; “Uniting for Peace”: How U.N. Could Override U.S. Veto, Send Peacekeepers to Gaza, Block Arms, & More</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 03, 2025; “This Is Not About Public Safety”: Rep. Chuy García Decries Trump Threat to Send Troops to Chicago; Does It Matter? Trump Keeps Losing on Immigration in the Courts; “The Border Is Invading America”: Jean Guerrero on the Bipartisan Failures of Immigration Policy; Army Vet Charged with “Conspiracy” for <span class="caps">ICE</span> Protest as Trump Expands War on Dissent</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for September 02, 2025; Trump’s Tariffs Struck Down: Attorney Neal Katyal & Oregon AG Dan Rayfield Respond; Judge Blocks Trump’s Late-Night Deportation of Hundreds of Guatemalan Children; Israel’s Killing of Yemen’s Houthi PM May Expand Regional War: Rami Khouri; “Will Western Powers Take Action?”: Rami Khouri on Scholars Declaring Genocide in Gaza</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Ms. Rachel on Her Gaza Advocacy: “My Deep Care for Children Doesn’t Stop at Any Border”; Labor Day Special Featuring Howard Zinn & Voices of a People’s History of the United States</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 29, 2025; “A Dark Path”: Ex-State Dept. Official Blasts Trump’s Plans for Postwar Gaza; “Steal This Story, Please!”: Documentary on Democracy Now! Premieres at Telluride Film Festival; “Race Against Time”: 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina, Docuseries Reckons with Aftermath</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29th, 2005, breaching New Orleans’ protective levees, unleashing unprecedented destruction.

<p>Headlines for August 28, 2025; 2 Children Killed in Minneapolis School Shooting as Trump Rolls Back Gun Safety Regs; Remembering Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years After Storm Killed 1,800 in New Orleans; New Orleans Is Unprepared for Another Katrina, Warns Community Activist Malik Rahim</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 27, 2025; Gaza Doctor Says Israel’s Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital “Crosses All Red Lines”; <span class="caps">DNC</span> Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel; First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His Attempt to Fire Her; Katrina Declaration: <span class="caps">FEMA</span> Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 26, 2025; “Time to Cut Ties with Israel”: U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese on Gaza Hospital Bombing; “We Must Defeat Fascism”: Chicago Alderman on Trump’s Threat to Deploy Troops to City; Trump Targets Bail Reform, Wants to Let Rich “Buy Their Way Out of Jail”</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 25, 2025; Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, <span class="caps">NBC</span>; <span class="caps">UNICEF</span> Report from Gaza City: U.N. Declares Famine as Children Starve; Abrego Garcia Detained Again, Faces Deportation to Uganda After 3 Days of Freedom; Meet George Retes, Disabled Army Vet to Sue Trump Admin over Unlawful <span class="caps">ICE</span> Detention</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 22, 2025; “Commander-in-Cheat”: After Texas, Trump’s Redistricting Push Goes National; <span class="caps">EXCLUSIVE</span>: Fired State Dept. Official Speaks Out, Suggested Condolences for Killed Gaza Journalists; Day Laborer Dies Fleeing <span class="caps">ICE</span>: Family Mourns, Community Demands Answers</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Yes, slavery was bad, President Trump. It was evil and remains a stain on this country. We should never stop talking about it.

<p>Headlines for August 21, 2025; “I Just Want to Die”: Desperate Med Student in Gaza Sends Messages to Doctor Denied Entry; “The West Bank Is the Prize”: Israel Approves New Settlements to “Bury” Palestinian State; Smithsonian Head Lonnie Bunch in 2020 on Telling “Unvarnished” History, Meeting Trump & More</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 20, 2025; Occupied D.C.? Six <span class="caps">GOP</span> States Send National Guard to Washington as Outcry Grows over Trump Power Grab; For-Profit Presidency: New Yorker Mag Reveals Trump Family’s Frenzy to Cash In on the White House; “Unprecedented and Not Normal”: <span class="caps">ACLU</span> Sues over Legal Black Hole at “Alligator Alcatraz” <span class="caps">ICE</span> Jail</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 19, 2025; Will Russia-Ukraine War End with Diplomacy or on Battlefield? John Mearsheimer vs. Denys Pilash; “They Kidnapped Me”: L.A. Immigrant Rights Activist Recounts Violent Arrest by Masked Federal Agents</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 18, 2025; Is Peace Possible? Nation Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel on Trump Summits with Putin, Zelensky; In Largest Israeli Protest to Date, 1 Million Israelis Demand Gaza Ceasefire to Free Hostages; “Whitewashing of History”: Harvard Historian on Trump’s Targeting of School Curricula, Smithsonian</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 15, 2025; Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Tells Trump to Stay Out; Decries Authoritarianism, War on Poor People; John Mearsheimer vs. Matt Duss: A Debate on Trump-Putin Summit, Ukraine, Russia & Paths to Peace</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Anas Al-Sharif and his colleagues were among the last journalists in northern Gaza, prepared to report on Israel’s renewed invasion of Gaza City to depopulate the city of 1 million Palestinians.

<p>Headlines for August 14, 2025; “The Fort Bragg Cartel”: Book Exposes U.S. Special Forces’ Involvement in Drug Trafficking & Murder; Colombian Sen. Cepeda on Sentencing of Far-Right Ex-Pres. Uribe, U.S. Ally, Paramilitary Accomplice</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 12, 2025; Trump’s Takeover: <span class="caps">ACLU</span> on Federalizing D.C. Police & Deploying 800 National Guard; “Slide Towards Fascism”: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Racist Roots of Trump D.C. Takeover; Trump’s New Secret Directive OKs Military Action in Latin America Under Guise of Drug War; Israel Has “Deliberate Strategy” of Killing Palestinian Journalists Like Anas al-Sharif: U.N. Expert</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 11, 2025; “Silencing the Coverage”: Israel Assassinates 5 Al Jazeera Journalists in Targeted Strike in Gaza; “This Is Orchestrated Killing”: <span class="caps">MSF</span> Condemns <span class="caps">GHF</span> Aid Sites, Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps; “They Will Be Held Accountable”: California AG Takes Trump to Court for Deploying National Guard; Community Organizer Slams “Fascist <span class="caps">ICE</span> Agents” After Arrest of U.S. Citizen Documenting Raids</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

<p>Headlines for August 08, 2025; Gaza Takeover: Mouin Rabbani on Israel’s “Indefinite, Genocidal Military Campaign”; “They Poisoned the World”: The Corporate Cover-Up & Fightback Against <span class="caps">PFAS</span>, “Forever Chemicals”; Epstein Survivor Jess Michaels: Victims Want “Accountability & Justice,” Not Political Grandstanding</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan We are standing at a real-world version of Rodin’s Gates of Hell, where thinking about the problem is no longer enough.

<p>Headlines for August 07, 2025; “War in Perpetuity”: M. Gessen Warns Putin Won’t Make Peace with Ukraine Because It Risks His Own Survival; From India to Brazil, Trump Intensifies Trade War Against <span class="caps">BRICS</span> Nations as New Tariffs Take Effect; “Tightening the Chokehold”: Amjad Iraqi on Israel’s Plans to “Empty Out” Gaza and Annex West Bank; The Global Plastic Threat: Research Finds Plastics Can Lead to Disease, Disability & Premature Death</p> Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.