Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a nationally recognized, daily independent news show created by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. It leads the way in the largest public media partnership in the United States, airing on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations. The program can also be watched on public access and PBS, as well as through satellite TV options like DISH network (Free Speech TV channel 9415 and Link TV channel 9410) and DIRECTV (Free Speech TV channel 348 and Link TV channel 375). Additionally, Democracy Now! has a widely popular podcast available online. The War and Peace Report from Democracy Now! offers viewers insights from voices that are often missing in mainstream U.S. media. This includes independent journalists, international reporters, everyday individuals impacted by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders, peace advocates, artists, scholars, and independent thinkers. Moreover, Democracy Now! facilitates genuine discussions by organizing debates between opposing viewpoints, featuring representatives from the White House or Pentagon alongside grassroots activists.

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A Midnight Assassin, Masked Agents and Rising Political Violence

1 week ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis MoynihanA terror campaign is sweeping the United States, orchestrated from inside the White House and waged by masked, militarized federal agents. Its primary targets are immigrants. Also included are those in solidarity with immigrants, and, increasingly, elected officials, all from the Democratic Party. This state repression has a dark and disturbing parallel: vigilante violence.
No Kings, No Caesar: Trump, Deploying the Military to Suppress Dissent, Crosses the Rubicon

2 weeks ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis MoynihanThe die is cast. President Donald Trump has deployed the military against protesters in his drive for authoritarian control. The week started with Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard, deploying 2,000 troops to Los Angeles, to quell growing protests against his attempted mass deportations and against the wishes of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Trump’s New Travel Ban Widens His War On Immigrants

3 weeks ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis MoynihanPresident Donald Trump issued an extensive travel ban on Wednesday, expanding one of the most controversial policies of his first term, the “Muslim ban.” Back then, Trump’s travel ban was challenged in court but ultimately, in 2018, its third scaled-down version was permitted by the Supreme Court.
The Catastrophe in Gaza, 600 Days and Counting

1 month ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan“Six-hundred days on, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is at its darkest point yet,” reads the latest statement by the UN’s Humanitarian Country Team of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which coordinates Palestinian aid. Israel has kept Gaza under a near total siege for three months, preventing food, medicine, fuel and clean water from reaching Gaza’s more than two million residents.
Pomp and Dire Circumstances at Columbia’s Graduation

1 month ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis MoynihanColumbia University held graduation this week, with thousands receiving their degrees. Some students were missing, though, casting a pall over the proceedings and provoking protests, evidence of ongoing Palestinian solidarity among Columbia’s students, faculty and staff despite the university’s efforts to crush it. Mohsen Mahdawi was there.
The Ominous ICE Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

1 month ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis MoynihanThe march to authoritarianism in the US accelerated on May 9th with another arrest of an elected official by the Trump administration. Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, the largest city in New Jersey, had accompanied a Congressional delegation to Delaney Hall, a private prison run by GEO Corporation under contract to ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Black Lives Matter: Challenging Police Impunity

1 month ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis MoynihanOn May 3rd, 2024, Roger Fortson was on a video call with his girlfriend when a knock came at his door. Fortson, a 23 year-old Black man, was a Senior Airman in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Florida. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran had responded to a domestic disturbance call at the apartment complex. Building staff directed him to Fortson’s unit.
“We Are Starving the Children of Gaza”: WHO Issues Damning Warning as Israeli Genocide Continues | Democracy Now!

1 month ago | democracynow.org

Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed at least 22 people today. One attack on the Bureij camp killed nine members of the same family. This comes amid ever more dire warnings of mass starvation and death as Israel’s total blockade on Gaza enters its third month. The World Health Organization deplored the mounting crisis, condemning the international community’s complicity. Dr. Michael Ryan: “The reality here is that we are breaking the bodies and the minds of the children of Gaza. We are starving the children of Gaza, because if we don’t do something about it, we are complicit in what is happening before our very eyes. We are complicit. We are causing this.”
May Day and the End of the Vietnam War, 50 Years Later

1 month ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis MoynihanMay Day, May 1st, has long been a day of protest, and this year is no exception. Protests are happening across the country, against President Donald Trump and his attack on the social safety net, on immigrants, on people of color and the LGBTQ community, and more. On May 1st, 1971, massive protests against the Vietnam war engulfed Washington, DC.
“Taking Our Power Back”: Immigrants & Workers Plan for May Day Protests as Trump Marks 100 Days | Democracy Now!

1 month ago | democracynow.org

Organizers across the United States are planning a massive day of May Day protests against the Trump administration. Organizers say that they have broad support from groups targeted by the administration, including immigrants, federal workers and more. “Instead of attacking only one community … they are attacking everybody at the same time, and that enabled us to gather a really broad coalition,” says Jorge Mújica, strategic organizer for Arise Chicago. In New York, organizers are calling on people to march alongside them in Foley Square. “We need to fight this corporate takeover,” says Nisha Tabassum, lead organizer for worker issues at Make the Road New York. “We are the many; they are the few.” Los Angeles organizers are expecting hundreds of thousands of protesters to join them in opposition to Trump’s policies. “We are taking our power back,” says Georgia Flowers Lee, National Education Association vice president for United Teachers Los Angeles.