Democracy Now! 2025-01-22 Wednesday

Democracy Now! Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Democracy Now! 2025-01-21 Tuesday

Headlines for January 21, 2025; Trump Grants Clemency to 1,500+ Jan. 6 Insurrectionists; Elon Musk Is Accused of Giving Nazi Salute; Trump Threatens Again to Retake Panama Canal While Distorting Deadly History of Waterway; A Massive Abuse of Emergency Power: Legality of Trump's Move to Deploy Troops to Border Is Questioned; People Are Afraid: Immigrant Communities Brace for Raids and Mass Deportation Under Trump; Chase Strangio: Trump's Anti-Trans Executive Orders Threaten LGBTQ+ People While Claiming to Defend Women; Leonard Peltier to Be Freed After Half-Century in Prison: A Day of Victory for Indigenous People

Democracy Now! 2025-01-20 Monday

Headlines for January 20, 2025; Gaza Ceasefire: Palestinian Lawyer Says Women, Children Released by Israel Faced Torture, Starvation; Bad Deal Better Than No Deal: Ex-Israeli Negotiator Fears Netanyahu Could Resume Attacks; People's March: Thousands Rally Against Trump in Washington Ahead of Second Inauguration; Infinite Hope: Angela Davis Speaks at 2025 Peace Ball Ahead of Trump Inauguration; I've Been to the Mountaintop: In His Final Speech, MLK Spoke of Reaching Promised Land of Equality

Democracy Now! 2025-01-17 Friday

Headlines for January 17, 2025; Gideon Levy & Mouin Rabbani on Ceasefire: Netanyahu Will Do Everything Possible to Kill It Later; Breaking All Records, Trump's Inauguration Set to Bring in $250M from Billionaires & Corporations; Will Biden Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency? Indigenous Leaders Plead, Don't Let Him Die in Prison

Democracy Now! 2025-01-16 Thursday

Headlines for January 16, 2025; Report from Gaza: Ceasefire Announcement Raises Hopes, But Israel Kills 81 in New Attacks; Daniel Levy, Muhammad Shehada, Jeremy Scahill on Ceasefire Deal, Trump's Role & Palestine's Future; Pam Bondi, Trump's Attorney General Pick, Has History of Corporate Lobbying and Election Denial

Democracy Now! 2025-01-15 Wednesday

Headlines for January 15, 2025; Democrats Grill Pete Hegseth on Rape Allegation, Drunkenness and Women in Combat; Meet the Military Vets Arrested for Disrupting Pete Hegseth's Senate Confirmation Hearing; Queer and HIV+ in Gaza: A Young Man's Race Against Time as Israel Blocks Medication

Democracy Now! 2025-01-14 Tuesday

Headlines for January 14, 2025; White Nationalism, Sexual Assault & Corruption: Trump Loyalist Pete Hegseth Faces Senate Confirmation; The Party of War: Matt Duss on Biden, Gaza & How Democrats Lost Foreign Policy Argument to Trump; Unbelievable Bravery: Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Abducted from Gaza Hospital; Advocates Call for Release; Prison Labor in the Spotlight as Incarcerated California Firefighters Risk Lives for $5-10/Day

Democracy Now! 2025-01-13 Monday

Headlines for January 13, 2025; Untold Stories of L.A. Fires: Incarcerated Firefighters, Black Altadena & Octavia Butler's Warning; Tinderbox: How Fossil Fuel Companies & Electric Utilities Intensified L.A. Wildfires, Climate Chaos; Journalism Is Not a Crime: Gaza Reporter Slams International Press as Journalist Death Toll Rises; Seeking Justice: How the Hind Rajab Foundation Pursues Israeli Soldiers for War Crimes

Democracy Now! 2025-01-10 Friday

Headlines for January 10, 2025; Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus Fled L.A. Fearing Wildfires. His Old Neighborhood Is Now a Hellscape; Sabotaged by His Own Democratic Party: Ralph Nader on Jimmy Carter's Legacy; Camp David's Failures: Why Jimmy Carter's Opposition to Israeli Apartheid Wasn't Enough to Secure Peace; Jimmy Carter Championed Human Rights But Also Funded & Armed Indonesia's Genocide in East Timor; Biden Urged to Pardon Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir, Who Could Soon Be Deported

Democracy Now! 2025-01-09 Thursday

Headlines for January 09, 2025; Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA; as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech; L.A. Fires Should Be a Climate Wake-Up Call: 5 Dead, 130K+ Evacuated in Uncontained Apocalypse

Democracy Now! 2025-01-08 Wednesday

Headlines for January 08, 2025; ;Outrageous: Rep. Jim McGovern Slams Trump's Rhetoric on Taking Panama, Greenland & Canada; Will Biden Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg Posthumously? Declassified Docs Show FBI Knew She Was Innocent; Will Biden Pardon Steven Donziger, Who Faced Retaliation for Suing Chevron over Oil Spill in Amazon?; With Trudeau Out & Conservatives Set to Win, Canada Needs a Real Resistance to Trump: Avi Lewis; 11 Men Freed After 20+ Years of Extreme Deprivation. Will Biden Close Guantánamo for Good?

Democracy Now! 2025-01-07 Tuesday

Headlines for January 07, 2025; The Militia and the Mole: Reporter Josh Kaplan on How a Freelance Vigilante Infiltrated U.S. Militias; Requiem for a Refugee Camp: Mosab Abu Toha on Destruction of Jabaliya, Abduction of Doctors & More; Jimmy Carter's ;Decency & Humanity Came with Deadly U.S. Policies in Latin America: Greg Grandin

Democracy Now! 2025-01-06 Monday

Headlines for January 06, 2025; American Historical Assoc. Votes Overwhelmingly to Support Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza; Crack-Up Capitalism: How Billionaire Elon Musk's Extremism Is Shaping Trump Admin & Global Politics

Democracy Now! 2024-12-25 Wednesday

A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz

Democracy Now! 2024-12-20 Friday

Headlines for December 20, 2024; Amazon Workers Launch Historic Strike to Demand New Contracts & End Unsafe Labor Practices; UnitedHealth vs. Patients: NYC Man's Battle to Get Lifesaving Drug Highlights Broken Health System; How to Appeal Insurance Denials, Abolish Medical Debt, and Fight for Medicare for All; Do Not Obey in Advance: Timothy Snyder on How Corporate America Is Bending to Trump

Democracy Now! 2024-12-19 Thursday

Headlines for December 19, 2024; Mass Graves Discovered as Syrian Families Seek Answers to Loved Ones Disappearances Under Assad Regime; Extermination & Acts of Genocide: Human Rights Watch on Israel Deliberately Depriving Gaza of Water; Rape Club Prison in California: U.S. Gov't to Pay Record $116M to 103 Women Who Sued over Abuse

Democracy Now! 2024-12-18 Wednesday

Headlines for December 18, 2024; Obey the Law: Palestinians Sue State Dept., Saying Arms Sales to Israel Violate U.S. Human Rights Law; Justice for Ayşenur Eygi: Family of U.S. Citizen Killed by Israel Meets with Blinken Demanding Probe; Trump Escalates War on Press by Suing Des Moines Register Days After ABC Agreed to $15M Settlement

Democracy Now! 2024-12-17 Tuesday

Headlines for December 17, 2024; It Broke Him: Mother Who Lost Son in Kids for Cash Scheme Slams Biden's Clemency for Corrupt Judge; Astra Taylor: It's Still Not Too Late for Biden to Deliver Debt Relief; Alex Gibney on The Bibi Files, Netanyahu's Corruption Case & How Endless War Keeps Him in Power

Democracy Now! 2024-12-16 Monday

Headlines for December 16, 2024; Lawless: Marwan Bishara on Israel Bombing Syria 800 Times & Expanding Occupation of Golan Heights; South Korea Impeaches President as Demands Grow for Democratic Reforms; Reporter Ken Klippenstein on Publishing Luigi Mangione Manifesto & Internal UnitedHealth PR Memos; Denied: ProPublica Exposes UnitedHealth Profiteering Off Limiting Care for Children with Autism

Democracy Now! 2024-12-13 Friday

Headlines for December 13, 2024; Report from Damascus: Relief Mixed with Sadness. Syrians Search for Loved Ones in Prisons & Morgues; Fasting for Her Son's Freedom, Mother of Jailed British Egyptian Activist Demands U.K. Pressure Egypt; Uhuru 3: Meet Black Liberation Leader Omali Yeshitela, 83. He Faces 5 Years in Prison on Dec. 16

Democracy Now! 2024-12-12 Thursday

Headlines for December 12, 2024; After Fall of Assad, Struggle from Below Needed to Build a Free & Democratic Syria; Another Winter of War: NRC Head Jan Egeland on Visiting Ukraine & Latest on Sudan, Gaza and Syria; The #MeToo Cabinet: Law Prof. Deborah Tuerkheimer on Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Trump & Nominees

Democracy Now! 2024-12-11 Wednesday

Headlines for December 11, 2024; Rep. Delia Ramirez: Trump's Immigration Plans Are Un-American, Unconstitutional & Undemocratic; Indefensible: U.S. Continues Deporting Haitians Amid Political Instability, Massacres; We Didn't Get No Justice: Jordan Neely';s Uncle Slams Daniel Penny's Acquittal in NYC Subway Killing; Herman Whitfield's Family Called for Help During a Mental Health Crisis. Cops Killed Him Instead

Democracy Now! 2024-12-10 Tuesday

Headlines for December 10, 2024; Politics Is Finally Possible: After Surprise Fall of Assad in Protracted Civil War, What';s Next?; Unleashed: Report Details How Israeli Soldiers Brutalize West Bank Palestinians in Hebron; Deny, Defend, Depose: UnitedHealthcare CEO's Slaying Highlights Widespread Rage at Healthcare Industry

Democracy Now! 2024-12-09 Monday

Headlines for December 09, 2024; Assad Is Gone: Writer Yassin al-Haj Saleh on Syria, His 16 Years in Prison & Wife's Disappearance; Syrians Are Celebrating Fall of Assad, Even as the Bigger Picture Is Grim: Scholar Bassam Haddad; Remarkable Moment: After Fleeing Syria, For Sama Director Waad Al-Kateab Celebrates End of Assad

Democracy Now! 2024-12-06 Friday

Headlines for December 06, 2024; Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Full U.S. Support; All That Remains: As Gaza Faces Child Amputee Crisis, New Film Tells Story of 13-Year-Old Leyan; Political Chaos in France: Macron Refuses to Resign After Hand-Picked PM Ousted by Lawmakers

Democracy Now! 2024-12-05 Thursday

Headlines for December 05, 2024; Chase Strangio, First Out Trans Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court, on Landmark Trans Healthcare Case; Surveilled: Ronan Farrow on the Spyware Technology the Trump Admin Could Use to Hack Your Phone

Democracy Now! 2024-12-04 Wednesday

Headlines for December 04, 2024; Mass Protests Force South Korean President to Revoke Shocking Martial Law Declaration After 6 Hours; A Spy in Your Pocket? Ronan Farrow Exposes Secrets of High-Tech Spyware in New Film Surveilled

Democracy Now! 2024-12-03 Tuesday

Headlines for December 03, 2024; Biden in Angola: U.S. Competes with China for Influence in Africa Amid Fight for Key Resources; After Hunter Biden Pardon, Campaigners Ask President to Extend Same Compassion to Cannabis Prisoners; Acts of Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing: Haggai Matar on Gaza War, ICC Arrest Warrants & More; Live Report: Activists Occupy Canadian Parliament Building to Protest Gaza War & Arming of Israel

Democracy Now! 2024-11-27 Wednesday

Headlines for November 27, 2024; Fragile Ceasefire Begins in Lebanon After Israel Launched More Devastating Attacks; Israel Wants Wars: Gideon Levy on Lebanon Ceasefire, Gaza & Gov't Sanctions Against Haaretz; Amid Anti-Trans Wave, Chase Strangio to Make History as First Trans Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court; Pakistani Forces in Islamabad Crush Protesters Demanding Freedom for Jailed Ex-PM Imran Khan

Democracy Now! 2024-11-26 Tuesday

Headlines for November 26, 2024; War Crimes in Lebanon: Human Rights Watch Says Israel Used U.S. Arms to Kill 3 Journalists; Leonard Peltier: Amnesty Int'l Calls on Biden to Free Indigenous Leader Before It's Too Late; Amnesty: Before Trump's Term, Biden Must Change Policies on Asylum, Gitmo, Death Penalty, Gaza & More; I Am Ready, Warden: New Film on TX Death Row Prisoner John Ramirez Examines Redemption & Vengeance

Democracy Now! 2024-11-25 Monday

Headlines for November 25, 2024; U.N. Climate Summit Ends with a Bad Deal as Rich, Polluting Nations Refuse $1 Trillion Finance Plan; After 2023 Ethnic Cleansing of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, Why Did Azerbaijan Get to Host COP29?; Trump Taps Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought for OMB: Wants to Fire Civil Servants, Deploy Military

Democracy Now! 2024-11-22 Friday

Headlines for November 22, 2024; Trillions, Not Billions: Climate Activists Protest as COP29 Closes in on a Bad Deal; A Great Swindle: Activists Slam Draft Climate Plan Reducing How Much Rich Polluting Countries Owe; A Great Day for Justice: Palestinian Lawyer Raji Sourani on ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant; House Approves Nonprofit Killer Bill, Most Dangerous Domestic Anti-Terrorism Bill Since PATRIOT Act; Who Is Pam Bondi? Trump Loyalist Tapped for AG Dropped Probe into Trump University After His $25K Donation

Democracy Now! 2024-11-21 Thursday

Headlines for November 21, 2024; Wanted for War Crimes: ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant over Gaza; Despite White House Pressure, 19 U.S. Senators Back Bernie Sanders's Bills to Block Arms Sales to Israel; Pay Up!: At COP29, Poor Countries Demand $1 Trillion a Year in Climate Finance; They're Expanding Fossil Fuels: Indian Activist Harjeet Singh on Rich Countries' Hypocrisy at COP29; Defund Genocide: Activists at COP29 Link Climate Fight to Militarism, Gaza, Lebanon & Sudan

Democracy Now! 2024-11-20 Wednesday

Headlines for November 20, 2024; Colombian Environment Min. Susana Muhamad on Trump, Banning Coal to Israel & Phasing Out Fossil Fuels; Democracy Now! Asks Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister: When Will Arrested Reporters & Activists Be Freed?; Azerbaijani Journalist Speaks from Exile After Six Colleagues Jailed Ahead of Climate Talks; Trump Nominates Wrestling CEO Linda McMahon as Education Secretary Amid Push to Abolish Dept. of Ed.; Dr. Mehmet Oz Wants to Privatize Medicare. Trump Just Picked the TV Star to Head Medicare Agency

Democracy Now! 2024-11-19 Tuesday

Headlines for November 19, 2024; Daughter of Political Prisoner in Azerbaijan: Gov't Is Using COP29 as Chance to Enrich the Regime; Massive Energy Needs of AI & Cryptocurrencies Lead Amazon, Google & Microsoft to Embrace Nuclear Power; Nuclear Revival? Diné Activist Warns Against New Uranium Mining as AI, Bitcoin Energy Needs Soar

Democracy Now! 2024-11-18 Monday

Headlines for November 18, 2024; Live from COP29: Climate Justice Activists Demand Action as Trump's Return Looms Over U.N. Summit; The Finance COP: Activists at U.N. Climate Talks Push Rich Countries to Pay for Green Transition; Crackdown in Azerbaijan: COP29 Host Country Arrests Climate Activists & Journalists Ahead of Talks; Trump Picks Climate-Denying Oil &; Gas Magnate as Energy Sec. He Once Drank Fracking Fluid on Live TV

Democracy Now! 2024-11-14 Thursday

Headlines for November 14, 2024; Trump Picks Far-Right Loyalist Matt Gaetz to Be AG as He Moves to Weaponize DOJ Against ;Enemies;; Report from Gaza: Palestinians Feel They Are Being ;Slowly Exterminated; in Israel's Genocide; Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against U.S. Military Contractor

Democracy Now! 2024-11-13 Wednesday

Headlines for November 13, 2024; Attorney Lee Gelernt on How Rights Groups Are Preparing to Fight Trump& Mass Deportations; Immigrant Activist to Biden: Close Deportation Cases Now to Take a Weapon Away from Trump; Trump Taps Fossil Fuel Ally Lee Zeldin to Head EPA, Push; Anti-Environmental Agenda; Head of U.N. Climate Summit in Azerbaijan Caught on Tape Pushing Oil & Gas Deals

Democracy Now! 2024-11-11 Monday

Headlines for November 11, 2024;Hate Has No Place Here Black Americans Slam Racist Texts Promoting Slavery After Trump Election; A Campaign of Genocide: Noura Erakat Speaks to Ta-Nehisi Coates About Israel's War on Gaza;Complete Charaade; Qatar Withdraws from Ceasefire Talks, Middle East Prepares for Trump Presidency; Mouin Rabbani on What Really Happened in Amsterdam Between Israeli Soccer Fans Local Residents

Democracy Now! 2024-11-12 Tuesday

Headlines for November 12, 2024;Hatemonger: Stephen Miller to Hold Key Post as Trump Pushes Mass Detention & Deportation; As Private Prison Stocks Soar, Immigrant Rights Activists Vow to Fight Trump Mass Deportation Plans;American Coup: Wilmington Film Examines Massacre When Racists Overthrew Multiracial Gov

Democracy Now! 2024-11-08 Friday

Headlines for November 08, 2024; Democrats Deserted Working Poor: Bishop William Barber on Healthcare, Living Wages, Voting Rights; Open Celebration of the Oligarchy & Both Dems Sucked Up to Billionaires in 2024 Election; End the Arms: Humanitarian Chief Jan Egeland Urges U.S. to Stop Arming Israel Before Trump Takes Office