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ON TODAY'S SHOW: Headlines As Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz, Are U.S. & Iran Near Deal or Renewed Fighting? Report from Beirut: Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Met with “Cautious Optimism” Rami Khouri: U.S. & Israel Were “Forced into Two Ceasefires” as Regional Balance of Power Shifts Aliya Rahman v. DHS: Disabled Woman Dragged from Car Files Claim over Violent Arrest in Minneapolis Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 17, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines Israel's War & Demands “Could Throw Lebanon Back into a Civil War”: Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy “Scorched-Earth Campaign”: Israel Uses “Gaza Playbook” to Turn Southern Lebanon into Rubble Reps. Swalwell & Gonzales Resign over Alleged Sexual Misconduct; Will Congress Take More Action? “The Future Is Peace”: Maoz Inon & Aziz Abu Sarah on Israelis and Palestinians Working Together   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Exclusive: Former American & Iranian Negotiators on Ceasefire Talks & How War Could End President vs. Pope: Trump Posts Pic of Self as Jesus, Pope Says Warmakers Have “Hands Full of Blood” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 14, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Trump Orders Naval Blockade of Iran After Failed Talks, Iran Threatens Retaliation in Gulf Viktor Orbán's Era Is Over: Hungarians Celebrate as Longtime Far-Right Leader Suffers Landslide Loss Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Student Activists Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi Automatic Draft Registration Would Expand U.S. Surveillance State: Anti-War Activist Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Headlines “10 Minutes of Terror”: Lebanon Death Toll Tops 300 from Israel's “Black Wednesday” Attack Will the U.S. and Europe Break Up? Trump Says He May Pull Out of NATO as Iran War Criticism Mounts Ahead of Hungary Election, JD Vance Campaigns with Orbán in Show of Support for Far Right in Europe Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 10, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines 10 Minutes, 100 Airstrikes: Israel Rejects Ceasefire for Lebanon, Kills 250+ in Massive Attack “The War Is Turning Iran Into a Major World Power”: U. of Chicago Professor Robert Pape Can Gulf States Rely on U.S. Security Guarantees? How the War Empowers Iran & Remakes the Region Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 9, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “Sigh of Relief”: U.S. & Iran Agree to 2-Week Ceasefire, But Israel Keeps Bombing Lebanon “Steal This Story, Please!”: Documentary on Amy Goodman & Democracy Now! in Theaters April 10   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 8, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Report from Tehran: “Hormuz Is Not a Tool to End the War But How Iran Wins the Aftermath” Juan González: “Latinx Freedom” Conference Will Be Landmark Gathering in NYC April 9-10 “A Moral Obscenity”: White House Demands $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget, Largest Increase Since WWII Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Israeli Peace Activist: Gaza, Iran & Lebanon Are All Part of “One Forever War” That Must End “He Is Increasingly Desperate”: Trita Parsi on Trump's Expletive-Laced Threats Against Iran Israel's War on Lebanon Is a Consequence of “No Accountability” for Gaza: Human Rights Watch Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.   The post Democracy Now! – April 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Pam Bondi Fired as AG Despite Never Saying No to Trump: Law Prof. David Cole David Cole: U.S. War on Iran Is “Blatantly Illegal” Under U.S. & Int'l Law Arizona Sec. of State: Trump Is “Trying to Pick His Own Voters” by Restricting Mail-in Ballots Meet Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Protester Freed After a Year in ”ICE Dungeon” The post Democracy Now! – April 3, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “This War Is Already Lost”: Spencer Ackerman & Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi on Trump's Iran Debacle “Born in the U.S.A.”: Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban Israel's Death-by-Hanging Law Marks Further “Dehumanization of Palestinians”: B'Tselem Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Another Vietnam? Trump Sends Mixed Messages on Iran, from Ending War to Sending in Ground Troops War's Environmental Fallout: U.N. Expert Decries Targeting of Oil Sites & Desalination Plants “Two Versions of Christianity”: Pope Leo Calls for Peace as U.S. Uses Religion to Justify Iran War Immigrant Workers in Colorado Lead “Historic Strike” at JBS, Largest U.S. Meat Processor Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 1, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “Deeply Illegal, Unconstitutional”: Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban Reaches Supreme Court U.S. Pressure on Cuba Continues Despite Arrival of Russian Oil Tanker The AI War on Iran: Project Maven, a Secretive Palantir-Run System, Helps Pentagon Pick Bomb Targets Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 31, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines No Kings: Rep. Omar, Sen. Sanders, Bruce Springsteen, Jane Fonda, Joan Baez at Massive St. Paul Rally “People Are Rising Up”: Voices of No Kings Protests from NYC to Denver NYC Palestine Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks Out After Being Target of Assassination Plot Report from Beirut: “Hearts Are Very, Very Heavy” After Israeli Strikes Target Journalists, Medics “The Institutions Have Not Collapsed”: Prof. Ali Kadivar on Iran's Resilience to U.S.-Israeli War   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 30, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “No Kings”: March 28 Rallies Could Be Biggest Day of Protest in U.S. History “Quagmire”: Jeremy Scahill on Iran War, Strait of Hormuz, Market Manipulation & More Meta & Google Found Liable in Landmark Cases for Knowingly Causing Harm to Young People Hurray for the Riff Raff Performs “Pa'lante” at Democracy Now!'s 30th Anniversary   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.   The post Democracy Now! – March 27, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Crude Capitalism: Trump's War on Iran Disrupts Global Systems, from Agriculture to Oil to Shipping Meet Ryan Schwank, ICE Whistleblower Who Exposed Agency's Unconstitutional Practices “Torture & Genocide”: U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Denounces Israeli Abuse of Palestinians Michael Stipe & Aaron Dessner Perform “No Time for Love Like Now” at Democracy Now! Celebration   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 26, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 25, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “Israel First”: Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy Says Netanyahu Led Trump into Illegal Iran War “Under the Rubble”: Pulitzer-Prize Winner Reads Poem About Gaza at Democracy Now's 30th Anniversary Bruce Springsteen Performs “Streets of Minneapolis” at Democracy Now!'s 30th Anniversary As Trump Deploys ICE Agents to Airports, TSA Agents Continue to Go Without Pay: AFGE Union Steward Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines “Iran Is Playing the Long Game”: Prof. Vali Nasr on What to Expect from Protracted War in Middle East The End of the Petrodollar? How Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy: Author Laleh Khalili From Epic Fury to Epstein Fury: Rep. Ro Khanna on the Betrayals of the Trump Administration   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 19, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Headlines Speeding Up the “Kill Chain”: Pentagon Bombs Thousands of Targets in Iran Using Palantir AI Trump's Counterterrorism Chief Resigns over Iran War, Criticizes “Pressure from Israel” “Warmongers Come for the Media”: Trump Threatens Media with “Treason” Charges over Iran War Coverage Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 18, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Israel Says It Has Assassinated Iran's Security Chief, Ali Larijani, Known for Negotiating with the West Ground Invasion of Iran Could Be “Suicide Mission” for U.S.: Ex-Army Intelligence Analyst Report from Havana as Trump Threatens to “Take” Cuba & Pushes for Ouster of Cuban Leader Prairieland Trial: Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges as DOJ Targets “Antifa Cell” Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.   The post Democracy Now! – March 17, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “A Sense of Despair”: Many Iranians Fear a Prolonged War — and What Comes After Report from Jerusalem: As Israel Keeps Bombing Iran, Palestinians Face Growing Violence in West Bank “Mr Nobody Against Putin” Wins Oscar; Meet the Russian Teacher in Film Who Confronts State Propaganda   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 16, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “No Stupid Rules of Engagement”: Ahead of Iran War, Hegseth Halted Efforts to Limit Civilian Deaths Ex-Marine, Senate Candidate Speaks Out After Arrest, Arm Broken During Iran War Protest in Senate “Killers of Roe”: Amy Littlefield Investigates the “Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights” in U.S.   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 11, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

  On today's show: Headlines Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Netanyahu Could Turn to Nuclear Bombs If Iran War Escalates “The Gulf Fears Whoever Wins This War”: U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Could Destabilize Entire Region “Fossil Fuels as a Weapon of War”: U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Exposes World's Dangerous Reliance on Oil Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 10, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Iran Picks New Supreme Leader; Toxic Black Rain Falls After Israeli Strikes on Iranian Oil Depots “Racist Regime”: Iranian Israeli Editor Orly Noy on Israel Denying Bomb Shelter Access to Palestinians “Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran: U.S. Commanders Accused of Promoting Holy War   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 9, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Another Land Grab? Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Lebanon & Orders Mass Displacement in the South Lies, Corruption & Scandal: Trump Ousts Kristi Noem, Nominates Sen. Markwayne Mullin to Head DHS “Donroe Doctrine” Summit: Trump Seeks to Build Right-Wing Power Bloc in Latin America   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.   The post Democracy Now! – March 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “Why Are We Going to War?”: Former U.S. Middle East Officials Say Trump Has “No Clear Plan” on Iran Geeta Gandbhir on Her Double Oscar Noms for “The Perfect Neighbor” & “The Devil Is Busy” “Armed Only with a Camera”: Oscar-Nominated Doc Honors Brent Renaud and Other “Fallen Journalists” Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 4, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines Iranian American Scholars Denounce U.S.-Israeli Attack, Warn Regime Change Efforts Will Backfire Israel Wants Ability to Attack Anyone at Any Time: Israeli Analyst Ori Goldberg Trump's War on Iran Violates International Law & U.S. Constitution: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – March 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Missing DOJ Files: As Clintons Testify About Epstein, Where Are FBI Interviews with Trump Accuser? ICE Abducts Then Releases Columbia Student After Mamdani Intervenes & Calls to Dismiss More Cases “Abandoned By Border Patrol”: Blind Refugee in Buffalo Dies in the Cold; Family Demands Answers Former St. Louis Congressmember Cori Bush Runs for Seat Again After AIPAC Targeted Her in 2024 Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 27, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Cuba Kills 4 Exiles Trying to “Infiltrate” Island by Boat as U.S. “Medieval Siege” of Cuba Continues “Flagrant War Crime”: Investigation Recreates 2025 Israeli Massacre, Cover-Up of 15 Gaza Aid Workers Beaten, Starved, Tortured: New CPJ Report on Abuse of Palestinian Journalists in Israeli Prisons A Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025, Israel Responsible for 2/3 of the Deaths: CPJ Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 26, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: “You Have Killed Americans,” “Black People Aren't Apes”: Democrats Protest Trump's State of the Union Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz Slams Trump's Myths About Tariffs, Affordability Rep. Summer Lee on Boycotting Trump Speech, Jesse Jackson, Voting Rights, “Endless Wars” & More Jailed for “Standing Up”: DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address “Lies, Gaslighting and Maligning”: Rep. Adelita Grijalva Boycotts Trump's Speech   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 25, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: A Warming Planet Makes Nor'easters & Other Storms More Intense: Climate Scientist Michael Mann Aided by U.S. Intelligence, Mexican Army Kills Top Cartel Leader After Threat of Trump Intervention War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Epstein Files, Duterte's ICC Case & Ukraine War Anniversary Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Trump Lashes Out & Attacks Justices After Supreme Court Limits His Power to Impose Tariffs “It's Still a Genocide”: Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Reality of “Ceasefire” in Gaza As U.S. Olympians Take on the Trump Administration, Trump Attacks Them While Kash Patel Parties Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Carole Cadwalladr on Epstein Fallout: As U.K. Arrests Ex-Prince, Where is the Accountability in U.S.? Jeremy Scahill: Despite Ongoing Talks, Trump Admin Is “Obsessed” with Destroying Iran “Colonial Apartheid Regime”: Jeremy Scahill on Trump's “Board of Peace” & Plans For Gaza Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian Columbia Student Targeted by Trump, Hails Court Ruling Blocking Deportation Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines Jesse Jackson Fought for Justice at Home & Abroad: Juan González & Bishop William Barber “Extremely Dangerous Situation”: Trita Parsi Warns U.S. & Iran Have Incentives to Escalate Conflict CFPB Staffer Alexis Goldstein Fired for Confronting DOGE Members, Announces Run for Congress Meet Analilia Mejía, Who Won NJ Congressional Primary After Speaking Out Against ICE & Genocide in Gaza Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.   The post Democracy Now! – February 18, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “Keep Hope Alive”: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Icon Who Twice Ran for President Bernie Sanders on Jesse Jackson: One of the Most Significant Political Leaders of “Last 100 Years” Jesse Jackson's Legacy: From Marching with MLK to Building the Rainbow Coalition When ICE Agents Lie: DOJ Drops Charges Against 2 Minneapolis Men Falsely Accused of Attempted Murder   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 17, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 16, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines “Massive Cover-Up”: Rep. Jayapal Slams AG Pam Bondi over Epstein Files & Spying on Lawmakers Netanyahu Seeks to Kill U.S.-Iran Talks to Start Another War: Mouin Rabbani Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Speaks Out on Jailing of Screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian in Iran “I Was Just So Disgusted”: Jewish Rep. Balint Walks Out of Hearing After Bondi Calls Her Antisemitic   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “De Facto Dictatorship”: Democrats Confront ICE, CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics Impeach the President: Rep. Al Green Denounces Trump's Racist Obama Video & Attacks on Black History “Devastating”: Trump EPA to Scrap Landmark Climate Finding in Pro-Fossil Fuel Deregulatory Push   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 11, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Protecting Pedophile Predators: Carole Cadwalladr on Jeffrey Epstein & the Elite's Veil of Silence Rep. Joaquin Castro Slams ICE “Prison” Where Children as Young as 2 Months Old Are Held “I Have Never Felt So Much Fear”: Immigrant Children Speak Out on Life Inside ICE Jail in Dilley, TX   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 10, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Meet Aliya Rahman, Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted, Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis As Black History Month Turns 100, Trump Refuses to Apologize for Video Depicting Obamas as Apes JD Vance Is Booed at Olympics While Thousands Protest U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Games in Italy “The War Hasn't Ended”: Palestinians in Gaza Still Face Israeli Attacks, Disease, Medical Neglect Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 9, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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