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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 & ICE Shooters Were Disengaged with Politics; “They’re Assassinating People for No Reason”: Cuban Minister Condemns U.S. Strikes in Caribbean Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning jo...

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.

Democracy Now! Thursday, September 25, 2025 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.

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 Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow....

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 ICE Agents; Feds Say They Won’t Comply; ICE Assaults Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh at Chicago Protest Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González....

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Headlines for September 19, 2025; “I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & More 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...

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.

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 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 la...

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 Redfo...

Headlines for September 16, 2025; ICE 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 Democracy Now! is a d...

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 Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy G...

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 Democracy Now! is a daily independe...

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.

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 Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists A...

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 Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzá...

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 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 i...

Headlines for September 08, 2025; ICE 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 D...

Headlines for September 05, 2025; “How Can You Be So Ignorant?”: GOP & Dem. Senators Slam RFK 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 Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Go...

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.

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 Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Am...

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 ICE Protest as Trump Expands War on Dissent Democracy Now! is a...

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 Democracy Now! is a daily independent n...

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 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, sear...

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 Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan...