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Headlines for August 26, 2026; “They Threw Me to the Wolves”: Karen Attiah on Censorship Under Trump, Winning Her WaPo Job Back; Trump’s Contested Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting Could Disenfranchise Millions: Ari Berman; “Most Americans Are Getting Poorer”: Robert Reich on Inequality & the Failures of Corporate Democrats Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning jou...

Headlines for August 25, 2026; U.S. Threatens New Economic War on Iran by Targeting China & Tehran’s Other Top Trading Partners; Illinois Is a Sanctuary State, But Cops & Prosecutors Still Secretly Work with ICE : Injustice Watch; Meet Prairieland Protester Autumn Hill: How Her “Act of Solidarity” Became a 50-Year Prison Sentence Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winn...

Headlines for August 24, 2026; “Most Stupid Trade Fight in History”: U.S. & Canadian Workers Stand to Lose in Trump’s New Tariff War; Montreal Considers Cutting Ties to Israel as Outrage Grows in Canada over Israeli Impunity: Avi Lewis; “Unbought & Unbossed”: Angie Nixon on Winning Democratic Senate Race in Florida, DSA Membership & More; In Defeat for AIPAC , Aisha Wahab Wins House Seat, Becoming...

Headlines for August 21, 2026; As International Pressure Grows, Israel Finally Opens Probe into 2024 Killing of Hind Rajab in Gaza; Meet Loui Ridi: Palestinian American Returns to West Bank Home Besieged by Israeli Settlers; How Trump Admin Weaponized “Antisemitism” Probes to Dismantle Higher Education “Brick by Brick” Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journal...

Headlines for August 20, 2026; 5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women & Girls in Afghanistan Have Disappeared from Public Life; AI Superintelligence Is Not a Tool, It’s an Adversary Threatening Humanity: ControlAI’s Connor Leahy; “Love Machines”: James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships & the Global Workers Fueling AI Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning...

Headlines for August 19, 2026; Trump’s “Authoritarian Takeover” of the Media, ABC Suing FCC & the Meta Trial: Free Press’s Jessica González; “Profoundly Corrupt”: Trump Sued for Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts for $100K/Month; Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas; Activist Tree-Sit in Ancient Cottonwood Continues Against...

Headlines for August 18, 2026; Who Is Natalie Harp? NYT Reporter Maggie Haberman on Trump’s Aide & His Attacks on Women Reporters; “Regime Change” Author Maggie Haberman on Trump’s Imperial Presidency, Epstein Files & War on Iran; Netanyahu Throws “Poison Pill” into Gaza Deal as Kushner Meets with Hamas & Israel: Mouin Rabbani Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning...

Headlines for August 17, 2026; “Operation Puppet Master”: Trump Admin Spied on Minnesota Activists & Unions After ICE Killings; Exclusive: Palestine Action Lawyer Rajiv Menon Breaks Silence on Facing Contempt Charges in U.K.; “The Nerd Reich”: Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on Democracy Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning j...

Headlines for August 14, 2026; “Stop Toxic Data Centers”: Justin Pearson on Elon Musk, AI & Winning Dem. House Primary in Memphis; “Mop Up Michigan”: Donavan McKinney on Democratic Socialism, Corporate Money & His Primary Upset; “American Doctor”: New Film Follows U.S. Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Kills Staff, Patients Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-w...

Headlines for August 13, 2026; Trump’s Secret Plane Switch: An Israeli Tip, CIA Doubts & Reporters Put at Risk; “Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain”: Militaries Rely on Mistake-Prone AI in Ukraine, Gaza & Iran; “Deep Unlearning”: Timnit Gebru on AI Hype, Ethics & Algorithmic Racial Bias Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visi...

Headlines for August 12, 2026; Gaza Tribunal Co-Chairs MP Jeremy Corbyn, Neve Gordon & Shahd Hammouri on U.K. Complicity in 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 interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation t...

Headlines for August 11, 2026; Bryan Stevenson on the “Enduring Evil of Slavery” and Trump’s Attempt to Rewrite History 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...

Headlines for August 10, 2026; “Consistent Torture”: Keith LaMar Speaks from Ohio Death Row After Getting 3-Year Execution Reprieve `; Edinburgh International Festival Director & Famed Violinist Nicola Benedetti on the Power of Art; Actor Wagner Moura on Brazil’s Dictatorship, Bolsonaro & “A Trial — after An Enemy of the People” Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winni...

Headlines for August 07, 2026; “Zombie Law from the Victorian Era”: DOJ Could Use 1873 Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Pills by Mail; “Focus Is on Affordability”: Cindy Holscher, Kansas Dem Nominee for Gov, on Data Center Fight & More; “The Potluck”: Musical Explores Trauma of 1979 Greensboro KKK Massacre of 5 Antiracist Activists; Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Historic Michigan Win: “People Are Sick and Tir...

Headlines for August 06, 2026; “Fire Climate”: Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control; Amid Growing Fears of Rogue AI, Expert Urges Governments to “Bring This to a Grinding Halt”; “Struggle for Dignity”: At Least 40 Killed in Mass Protests in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy G...

Democracy Now! Wednesday, August 5, 2026 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 August 04, 2026; “Department of Injustice”: Norm Eisen on Todd Blanche AG Nom, Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case; “If Emmett Till Lived”: Cultural Historian Sarah Lewis on New Book/Exhibit, Visit to Mississippi; Johanna Fernández Dies at 55: Leading Scholar on the Young Lords & Latinx Freedom Movement Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Am...

Headlines for August 03, 2026; Why Did 60,000 Migrants Cross from Morocco into Spain’s Ceuta? Moroccan Dutch Professor Explains; The Death of Awdah Hathaleen: Report Details Settler Killing of “No Other Land” Producer in West Bank; “The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journa...

Headlines for July 31, 2026; Rep. Ro Khanna on Blanche Nomination, Epstein Accountability and His Detention by Israeli Settlers; “Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats”: Mother Jones Exposé on Allegations Against GOP Rep. Max Miller; “Zero Accountability”: Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes; “Digital Doppelgangers”: Naomi Klein Corrects the Record on Viral AI-Gene...

Headlines for July 30, 2026; “Less Regulated Than Sandwiches”: MIT Prof. Calls for Oversight as OpenAI Agent Hacks Other Firms; Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De- ICE Campaign; Report from Springfield, Ohio: Haitians Brace for ICE Crackdown After TPS Protections End Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journ...

Headlines for July 29, 2026; U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Slams U.S. “Complicity” as Trump Meets Netanyahu Despite ICC Warrant; “Tipping Point”: Ex- CDC Official Links Cyclospora & Measles Outbreaks to Trump’s Public Health Cuts; India Unleashes “Massive Crackdown” on Youth-Led Cockroach Movement After Education Minister’s Ouster Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-wi...

Democracy Now! Tuesday, July 28, 2026 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 July 27, 2026; “Frontlines of a Burning World”: Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North America; “Iraq 2.0”?: Rep. Jim McGovern on Iran War, New Red Scare, Israeli War Crimes & Dem Party Divide; Israeli Army & Settlers Are Working Together to “Ethnically Cleanse” West Bank: Mariam Barghouti Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journal...

Democracy Now! Friday, July 24, 2026 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 July 23, 2026; Meet Milwaukee Muslim Leader Salah Sarsour. ICE Detained Him for 80 Days; “Enough Is Enough”: Mohsen Mahdawi Says New Deportation Threat Seeks to Silence Palestine Activism; As Mamdani Calls on Trump to Arrest Netanyahu, Genocide Scholar Decries Israel’s Ongoing Impunity Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and...