Health scholar Steven Thrasher on why the pandemic is not "over," as President Biden claimed; As outrage grows over a political stunt by Republican governors to send asylum seekers to Martha's Vineyard and other liberal cities, we look at the "Reverse Freedom Rides" of 1962, when Southern segregationists bused Black families to Cape Cod and other Northern areas. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
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We go to Puerto Rico for an update on damage from Hurricane Fiona; How the climate crisis has worsened the magnitude of tropical storms; What Black Britons think of mourning the queen. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Renowned Canadian physician Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, "The Myth of Normal," and the impact of trauma on people's health. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
A White House-brokered deal averts a national rail strike over grueling work conditions for tens of thousands of railroad workers; The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Pakistan nears 1,500; Russia continues to bomb civilian infrastructure following Ukraine's successful offensive in the Kharkiv region. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to …
Queen Elizabeth II's legacy in Ireland and the future of the Irish unification movement; War correspondent Luke Mogelson on his new book, "The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible." Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
The legacy of British colonialism in the Caribbean and growing calls for reparations; Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on the energy war between Russia and the West; How the rivalry with China is transforming the U.S. territory of Guam in the Pacific. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your …
The history of British colonialism in Africa, and Kenya in particular; The family of Carl Dorsey, an unarmed Black man shot by New Jersey police, files a civil lawsuit as they demand answers about his death; How privatization set the stage for the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi. Get Democracy …
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 …
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
Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey on the disappointing agreement being drafted at the U.N. climate summit; Activists on how wealthy nations spend more on militarizing their borders than combating climate change; Postcolonial scholar and writer Amitav Ghosh on how combating fossil fuels threatens Western dominance. Get Democracy Now! delivered right …
How the U.S. military is fueling the climate crisis; Julian Assange's partner Stella Moris on WikiLeaks exposés of corporate and state meddling in climate crisis resolutions. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
The latest updates from Friday and Saturday's protests outside COP26, the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland; A report from Global Witness finds hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists allowed to attend COP26. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin and the three men being tried in Georgia for killing Ahmaud Arbery; Youth activists take to the streets of Glasgow, outside the COP26 U.N. climate summit, to demand world leaders do more to avert a climate catastrophe. …
The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, on how rising seas threaten low-lying islands; A lawyer who helped write the 2015 Paris Agreement says the world is running out of time; Leaders pledge more funds to help small countries adapt to the climate crisis. Get Democracy Now! delivered right …
The Nation's John Nichols on elections in Virginia and elsewhere; Updates from the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland; Puerto Ricans continue to suffer regular power outages, four years after Hurricane Maria devastated the island's power grid; Youth climate activists plan a march and rally in Glasgow to demand more …
Latest updates from COP26, including 350.org's Bill McKibben, Indigenous environmental campaigner Tom Goldtooth and Samoan climate justice activist Brianna Fruean; The Supreme Court hears arguments against the near-total ban on abortions in Texas. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe
As the U.N. Climate Change Conference known as COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, Scotland, we speak with climate experts and activists; A Guantánamo Bay detainee describes his torture at CIA black sites for the first time in court, prompting military jurors to call his treatment a "stain on the moral …
Democrats remain divided over two major bills promising trillions in new spending on infrastructure, climate and the social safety net; A human rights network along the U.S.-Mexico border raises alarm over Border Patrol "shadow units" that help agents evade accountability; Toni Morrison's acclaimed novel "Beloved" becomes a flashpoint in the …