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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...

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.

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

Headlines for August 27, 2025; Gaza Doctor Says Israel’s Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital “Crosses All Red Lines”; DNC 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: FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted b...

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

Headlines for August 25, 2025; Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Kills 5 Journalists from AP, Al Jazeera, Reuters, NBC ; UNICEF 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 ICE Detention Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour...

Headlines for August 22, 2025; “Commander-in-Cheat”: After Texas, Trump’s Redistricting Push Goes National; EXCLUSIVE : Fired State Dept. Official Speaks Out, Suggested Condolences for Killed Gaza Journalists; Day Laborer Dies Fleeing ICE : Family Mourns, Community Demands Answers Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Vis...

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.

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

Headlines for August 20, 2025; Occupied D.C.? Six GOP 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”: ACLU Sues over Legal Black Hole at “Alligator Alcatraz” ICE Jail Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winnin...