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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.

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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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On today's show: Headlines Rep. Khanna Slams DOJ for Not Launching New Probes of Jeffrey Epstein's “Co-Conspirators” “Tear Down ICE” & Probe Trump-UAE $500M Crypto Deal: Rep. Ro Khanna Shot, Harassed & Threatened: U.S. Citizens Describe Surviving Violent Attacks by Immigration Agents Elon Musk Under Fire for Epstein Links, Grok's Sexualized AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “No Means No”: AZ Secretary of State Calls for Resistance as Trump Pushes to “Nationalize” Voting Why Was Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard at FBI Election Raid in Georgia? Ex-DOJ Attorney Speaks Out A New Nuclear Arms Race Could “Spiral” as Last U.S.-Russia Treaty Expires: Dr. Ira Helfand “Geopolitics of the Weak”: Colombian Senator Urges “Collective Action” Against U.S. Aggression The post Democracy Now! – February 4, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines “Journalism Is Not a Crime”: Georgia Fort & Don Lemon Arrested for Covering St. Paul Church Protest “Leave Our City Now”: Minneapolis Residents March as Part of National Strike Against ICE “Billionaire Boys Club”: What the Latest Epstein Files Reveal About Elite Impunity FBI Raid in Georgia Is Part of “Trump's Scheme to Try to Rig the Midterms”: Ari Berman   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – February 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines “Let Us Out”: ICE Detention of Children Sparks Protests at Immigration Jail in Dilley, TX “Not Going to Bully Me”: Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison over ICE Jail Inspection ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 29, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines ICE “Wartime” Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging Rep. Ilhan Omar Attacked by Man at Minneapolis Town Hall After She Called for Noem's Impeachment “The Border Is the Entire Country”: How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 28, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “Feels Like a Cover-Up”: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Slams Trump Admin over Deadly ICE Crackdown Can ICE Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Warrant? Inside Trump's Attack on the 4th Amendment From George Floyd to Alex Pretti: “Copaganda” Author on Myths About Immigration, Crime & Policing Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.   The post Democracy Now! – January 27, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “He Was Executed”: Minneapolis Residents Outraged, Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers “Compassion,” “Deep Empathy” of ICU Nurse Killed by Feds “Trumped-Up Charges”: Out of Jail, Nekima Levy Armstrong Faces Prosecution for Anti-ICE Church Protest “ICE Out”: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 26, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: “Emperor” Trump's So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance Nekima Levy Armstrong Jailed After Protesting ICE Official Who Also Serves as Pastor in St. Paul ICE Out of Minnesota: Unions & Churches Lead Economic Blackout in “Day of Truth and Freedom” “Kings and Pawns”: Howard Bryant on What Jackie Robinson & Paul Robeson Reveal About America Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: “An Abomination”: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump's “Board of Peace” & Threat to Democratic World Order “Catch of the Day”: Latest ICE Operation in Maine Targets Somali Community Born in Evin Prison, Iranian Author on Protests Against “Authoritarian, Theocratic Regime”   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: Facing Possible Arrest, Minnesota Lawyer Defends Protest at Church Whose Pastor Is Top ICE Official As Trump Threatens to Take Greenland, Oxfam Warns of Rising Authoritarianism & Billionaire Boom NYC Nurses' Strike Enters 10th Day; Mayor Mamdani & Sen. Sanders Join Picket Line Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 21, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY'S SHOW: ICE vs. People of Minnesota: A Special Report on Community Resistance to Trump's Militarized Crackdown “Not Above the Law”: Law Prof. Michele Goodwin Decries Violent ICE Activity in Minnesota A Distraction from Epstein Files? Trump Ramps Up Chaos in Minnesota, Greenland & Beyond “No Going Back”: Trump Escalates Threats to Take Greenland & Tariff European Allies Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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ON TODAY'S SHOW: FBI Raids Home of Washington Post Reporter as Attacks on Press Freedom Intensify Under Trump “This Regime Will Fall”: Director Jafar Panahi on Deadly Iran Protests & Filmmaking Under Censorship Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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ON TODAY'S SHOW: “Stolen from Us”: Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Black Father Killed by Off-Duty ICE Agent “State of Siege”: Iran Protest Death Toll Rises to 2,000 After U.S. Sanctions Spawn Economic Crisis “Empire in Decline”: Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On todays show: Headlines Iran Escalates Deadly Crackdown on Mass Protests as Trump Threatens to Launch Military Attack “We Had Whistles. They Had Guns”: Nationwide Protests Held over ICE Killing of Renee Good “All the Walls Came Down”: L.A. Fire Survivors Fight Foreclosure & Demand Justice in Altadena   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 12, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “What Are You Hiding?” Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Says ICE Killing of Renee Good Must Be Investigated “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Shortlisted for Oscar, Uses Audio of 6-Year-Old Girl Killed in Gaza “Holding Liat”: Former Israeli Hostage Says “There Aren't Any Conflicts That Are Unsolvable”   Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 9, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines “This Is Our Hemisphere”: Report from Colombia on Trump's Escalating Threats to the Region Trump's Plan to Seize Greenland Would “Militarize the Arctic,” Trample Indigenous Rights “Firestorm”: MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff on Anniversary of L.A. Fires & “America's New Age of Disaster” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “It's All About the Oil, Stupid!”: Mehdi Hasan on Trump Attacking Venezuela & Kidnapping Maduro “Imperial Laboratory”: Alexander Aviña on the “Donroe” Doctrine & U.S. Intervention in Latin America Chevron Stocks Surge After Trump Vows to “Take Back” Venezuela's Oil After U.S. Attack Trump Family Businesses Rake in $4 Billion After His Reelection with Focus on AI, Crypto & Nuclear Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines “Venezuela Is Not Going to Be a U.S. Colony”: Report from Caracas on U.S. Attack & Maduro Abduction “Imperialist Intervention”: Law Prof. David Cole on the Illegality of U.S. Attack on Venezuela Trump “Just Wants Oil,” Not Democracy: What's Next in Trump's War on Venezuela? Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – January 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: Headlines Mamdani Takes Oath at Abandoned NYC Subway Station to Highlight Plan to Improve Public Transit Zohran Mamdani Supporters Celebrate “Politics of Optimism” at His Inauguration AOC, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams & Poet Cornelius Eady: Voices from the Mamdani Inauguration “I Will Govern as a Democratic Socialist”: Watch Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders at NYC Inauguration The post Democracy Now! – January 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines “Whatever Israel Wants”: Trump Backs Netanyahu's “Colonial” Wars in Gaza, Iran & Beyond “Israel Crushed Mohammad Bakri”: Gideon Levy & Rami Khouri on Death of Iconic Palestinian Filmmaker Trump Set to Garnish Wages for Student Loan Defaults; The Debt Collective Lays Out Other Options Over 20M Americans Set to Lose Healthcare Coverage Jan. 1 After Congress Goes on Recess Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – December 30, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's episode: Headlines What's Behind Trump's Christmas Strikes on Nigeria? Anti-Christian Genocide or Appeasing MAGA Base? “Witch Hunt”: Jailed U.K. Palestine Action Activists Continue Hunger Strike Despite Health Risks Cover-Up? New HBO Film Examines 2010 Immigrant Death Under Trump's Current Border Commissioner Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – December 29, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today's show: Headlines CBS Censorship: Bari Weiss Pulls “60 Minutes” Exposé on Torture of Migrants U.S. Sent to El Salvador “Out for Blood”: Writer Jasper Nathaniel on Surviving Israeli Settler Attack on W. Bank Olive Farmers Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – December 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: “Who Are They Protecting?”: Rep. Ro Khanna Urges Contempt Charges over AG Bondi's Epstein Redactions Rep. Ro Khanna on Venezuela Strikes, Zohran Mamdani, Trump-Kennedy Center & More Israel Approves 19 New West Bank Settlements as State-Sponsored Violence Escalates “Destroying Knowledge”: Michael Mann on Trump's Dismantling of Key Climate Center in Colorado Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – December 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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