A roundtable on the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest- reigning monarch, dead at the age of 96; Climate activists and Appalachians rally outside the Capitol to protest the Mountain Valley Pipeline as Sen. Bernie Sanders calls it a "disastrous side deal" to the IRA that undermines climate activism. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
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The U.N. calls for a demilitarized zone around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine to avoid a Chernobyl-level catastrophe; Update from East Africa, where the majority of countries are facing famine and drought; New revelations about the secretive right-wing billionaire Barre Seid show he funneled billions to groups …
As Israel admits one of its soldiers may have fatally shot Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, her family calls for an independent investigation; The Nation's Elie Mystal on the Trump-appointed federal judge who approved a special master to review documents from the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid, and other investigations; We …
Liz Truss is sworn in as Britain's new prime minister, replacing Boris Johnson; Voters in Chile reject a new constitution; Remembering journalist Barbara Ehrenreich. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
For a Labor Day special, we look back at the life and legacy of the late historian Howard Zinn, who would have turned 100 in August.
President Biden denounces former President Donald Trump and MAGA supporters in a primetime speech. We speak with Prof. Nancy MacLean, author of "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America"; As thousands of unhoused Californians face a heat wave and more face a mass …
Nina Khrushcheva and Katrina vanden Heuvel on the life and legacy of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev; Greenland's melting ice sheet will trigger one foot of global sea level rise by the end of the century; Protests grow inside Google over a $1.2 billion "Project Nimbus" to provide advanced AI …
We get an update on the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, from Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and a longtime activist; Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, on violent protests in Baghdad after Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced his resignation; Robin D. G. Kelley on the …
Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs on the West's "false narrative" about Russia and China; Afghan refugees struggle to gain "humanitarian parole" one year since the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan; A conversation with Florida House Democratic nominee, 25-year-old Maxwell Alejandro Frost, who is set to make history as the first …
Pakistan declares a national emergency as massive floods continue to devastate the country; The Justice Department releases a redacted version of the affidavit used by the FBI to raid former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate; Hundreds of farmworkers pressure California Governor Gavin Newsom to pass a bill that would make …
Six months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war is at a bloody stalemate; Marking one year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan; The assault on reproductive rights continues as more states enact bans on abortion and punishment for doctors who perform them. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your …
The World Health Organization declares monkeypox a global health emergency; Congressmember Ro Khanna on the ongoing baby formula shortage; "Aftershock" is a new documentary that examines the crisis of maternal mortality among Black people in the United States, which could get worse as states struggle to cope with abortion access …
Highlights from the January 6th committee's eighth and final hearing until the fall. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
As heat waves scorch much of the globe, we spend the hour looking at the intensifying climate crisis with leading activists in the United States, Africa and Europe. We look at how Biden could use his emergency powers, and speak with Vanessa Nakate, climate justice activist in Kampala, Uganda, and …
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin on the latest in the House investigation of the Capitol insurrection, which holds its eighth public hearing Thursday; Progressive Caucus Chair, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, on surviving a racist death threat, and the Democrats' push for an assault weapons ban and a federal right to abortion. Get …
Texas state Senator Roland Gutierrez on a new report revealing "multiple systemic failures" in the response of nearly 400 police officers to the shooting in Uvalde; Jewish Currents editor Peter Beinart on how pro-Israel PACs are deploying millions to defeat liberal congressional candidates; Pioneering scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw launches a critical …
Human rights advocates question President Biden's Middle East trip, including his meetings with Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman and Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sisi; Bill McKibben on the heat have scorching much of the globe; How "unimaginable abortion stories" will become more common following the end of Roe v. Wade. Get …
Astrophysicist Katie Mack on the revolutionary new images of the cosmos released this week from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope; Astronomer Lucianne Walkowicz of JustSpace Alliance on the push to rename the JWST because of his role in perpetuating homophobia at the State Dept. and NASA in the 1950s and …
Rashid Khalid and Sarah Leah Whitson on President Biden's Middle East tour; Ed Yong on the COVID-19 "reinfection wave." Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Highlights from the seventh public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection, which focused on former President Trump's links to domestic extremist groups and how he used Twitter to summon some of his most violent supporters to Washington, D.C., on January 6. Get Democracy Now! delivered right …