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On today's show: Headlines “Dictatorship in Action”: David Cay Johnston on $1.8B Slush Fund & Shielding Trumps “Forever” from IRS Report from Havana: Cubans Starving & Dying Because of Intensified U.S. Blockade Is an Invasion of Cuba Next? Peter Kornbluh on U.S. Move to Indict Raúl Castro & CIA's Widening Role Amnesty: Executions Spike in Iran as Gov't Intensifies Domestic Repression Amid U.S./Israeli Attacks   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Headlines 3 Killed in Devastating San Diego Mosque Shooting: Linda Sarsour on Rising Anti-Muslim Hate & More “Ask E. Jean” Film Profiles the Woman Who Twice Sued Trump & Won, for Sexual Assault & Defamation Minnesota Officials Charge ICE Agent Who Shot Venezuelan Immigrant & Falsely Reported What Happened Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 19, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Headlines As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis? Trump's Christian Nationalist Agenda & Taxpayer-Funded D.C. Prayer Rally: Bishop Barber & Sarah Posner “Staggering Corruption”: Rep. Raskin on Trump's $10B IRS Lawsuit, Stock Trades & Family Business Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 18, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Nakba Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel's Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience “Israel: What Went Wrong?”: Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz's Gideon Levy Debate Zionism   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines FDA Chief Pushed Out in Latest Sign of Public Health Chaos Under RFK Jr. Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting “Billionaire Big Tech Agenda” Family Demands Release of Salah Sarsour, Milwaukee Muslim Leader Taken By ICE   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines A Return to Jim Crow? Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke Denounces Gutting of Voting Rights Act I Was Kidnapped by Israel in Int'l Waters, Jailed for 10 Days: Gaza Flotilla Activist Saif Abukeshek   Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Far-Right Anti-Immigrant Party Surges in U.K. Elections; Calls Grow for Labour PM Starmer to Resign Meet Guido Reichstadter, the Marine Veteran Who Scaled D.C. Bridge to Protest Iran War & AI Canceled over Palestine: Biotech CEO Rami Elghandour on Rutgers Disinviting Him as Graduation Speaker   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 11, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Headlines Trump Pushes to Take Over Elections, Punish His Enemies: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Ned Parker Amid Growing Abuse at ICE Jails, Rep. Adelita Grijalva Calls to Shut Down Trump's Detention Network “They Don't Care”: Trump's Border Wall Construction Damages 1,000-Year-Old Sacred Indigenous Site “Absolutely Vulnerable”: Over 20,000 Global South Ship Workers Stranded at Sea Due to Iran War Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 8, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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ON TODAY'S SHOW: Headlines Global Press Freedom Hits Record Low, U.S. Drops to 64th in the World: Reporters Without Borders Israel's Destruction of Southern Lebanon Turns Villages into “Moonscapes”: Reporter Lylla Younes “Backtalker”: Kimberlé Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines Abortion Rights Movement Shifts to “Plan C” as Court Restricts Mifepristone by Mail Gaza Flotilla Participant Details “Cruelty” of Israeli Abduction at Sea; Two Activists Still Detained Trita Parsi on Iran War: Trump Still “Looking for a Silver Bullet” Instead of Negotiating Seriously Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – May 4, 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! – May 1, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act in “Devastating Blow” to Democracy & Civil Rights: Maya Wiley Maya Wiley: Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment Is Part of Trump's Broader Attack on Civil Rights Scholar Gilbert Achcar on the U.S. War Against Iran & Trump's “Old-New Imperial Doctrine” Sunlight Doesn't Go Through the Strait of Hormuz: Bill McKibben on Iran Oil Shock & Green Transition   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.   The post Democracy Now! – April 30, 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! – April 29, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: HeadlinesTrump vs. Dreamers: Justice Dept. Moves to Make It Easier to Deport 500K+ DACA Recipients Avi Lewis, New Socialist Leader of Canada's NDP: “Life Just Doesn't Have to Be So Grindingly Unfair” Colombia Hosts First Global Summit on Transitioning from Fossil Fuels in Attempt to Break U.N. Deadlock Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 28, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Rep. Ro Khanna on White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting, Political Violence, Epstein Files & More “Slow Civil War” Author Jeff Sharlet on the Growing Normalization of Violence at Home & Abroad Death by Firing Squad: Sister Helen Prejean on Trump's Moves to Ramp Up Executions   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 27, 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! – April 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines How Hawkish Democrats, from Schumer to Harris, Paved the Way for War with Iran: Stephen Zunes The Looming Food Crisis: Why the Strait of Hormuz Is Disrupting Global Agriculture Betting on War: Mysterious Traders Make Millions on Well-Timed Bets Tied to Trump's War on Iran   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines AI Data Center Resistance: Maine Passes Nation's First Statewide Moratorium — Will Gov. Mills Sign It? “Colossus Failure”: Elon Musk's Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis “Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land Greenpeace Sends Ship to Support Global Sumud Flotilla's Attempt to Break Israel's Blockade of Gaza   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Headlines Deaths in ICE Custody Skyrocket: 2026 Toll Reaches 17, on Average One a Week Caught in the Crackdown: Cases Against Arrested Anti-ICE Protesters Keep Falling Apart Animal Rights Activists Target Wisconsin Facility Accused of Breeding Dogs for Medical Experiments Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 21, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “Gulf of Trust” Between Iran & U.S. as End of Ceasefire Nears, Peace Talks Uncertain Who Is Breaking International Law in the Strait of Hormuz? It's Not Iran, Says Scholar Shepard Fairey on Art, Activism & Resisting Fascism: “It Can Happen Here, and It Is” Forest Firings: Trump Admin Aims to “Break the Forest Service,” Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – April 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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.

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.