Democracy Now! - Season 25 / Year 2026

"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

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

"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?

"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

"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"

"Terror & Chaos": Minneapolis Reels After ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Renee Good, Mother of 3

Trump Vows to "Indefinitely" Control Venezuela's Oil as U.S. Seizes Two More Oil Tankers

"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"

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

"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

"Federal Invasion": Minnesota Officials Condemn Violent ICE Raids, Arrests

Journalist Tests ICE Recruitment; Surprised to Find Herself Hired with No Background Check

"ICE Is OK with Renee Good's Killing": Journalist Ken Klippenstein on ICE Tactics & Recruitment

ICE Detention Expands Dramatically; 70,000 Immigrants Now Jailed, Deaths Increase

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

ICE Arresting U.S. Citizens, Using Banned Chokeholds: Explosive ProPublica Report

"Autocratic Power Grab": Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota

Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Speaks Out as New Ruling Could Lead to His Rearrest, Deportation

"All That's Left of You": Oscar-Shortlisted Film Traces Palestinian Family's Love & Loss Since 1948

MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

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

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

"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"

"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

"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 Fed

"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

"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

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

"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

"Hostile Takeovers": As U.S. Claims Venezuela's Oil, Trump Seeks "Vassal States" Across the World

"Cold-Blooded Murder": Families of Trinidadian Men Killed in U.S. Boat Strike Sue Trump Admin

350,000 Haitians in U.S. "at Risk of Losing Everything" After Trump Revokes Legal TPS Status

"Prevent the Bloodshed": Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on Iran Protests & U.S. Threats of Military Strikes

"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

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Directs Local Police to Investigate "Rogue, Reckless" ICE Agents

Philly City Council Considers "ICE Out" Legislation, as DA Krasner Decries "Wannabe Nazi" ICE Agents

Immigrant Rights Leader in Maine Says ICE Raids Caused Panic & "Wave of Fear"

ProPublica Identifies CBP Agents Who Fatally Shot ICU Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

"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

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

Juan González on Lasting Impact of 9/11 Toxic Exposure as NYC Faces Calls to Release Suppressed Files

"Journalism Deserves Better": Ex-Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper

Can U.S. & Iran Lower Tensions? Officials Begin New Talks Amid Trump Threats of Military Strikes

Right of Return: Omar Shakir & Ken Roth Debate "Blocked" Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine

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

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

"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

"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

House Passes "Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever" in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections

"Love Forward Together": Faith Leaders in North Carolina Launch 50-Mile March for Social Justice

"Policy of Aggression": Cuba's U.N. Ambassador Denounces U.S. Oil Blockade, Push to Topple Government

Why Is ICE Still Jailing Leqaa Kordia? Palestinian Protester Suffers Seizure After 11 Months Locked Up

"The Alabama Solution": Oscar-Nominated Film Uses Prisoner Cellphones to Show U.S.'s Deadliest Prisons

"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

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

"Predatory Tech": Silicon Valley on Trial in Landmark Youth Social Media Addiction Case

Social Media Addiction: Facebook Whistleblower Says Big Tech Has Known & Ignored Problem for Years

Courts Have Ruled 4,400+ Times That ICE Jailed People Illegally; Despite Rebukes, ICE Keeps Doing It

Former Prince Andrew Arrested in U.K. as Global Fallout from Epstein Files Grows

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

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

Headlines for February 24, 2026

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

"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

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

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

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

"Horror and Anxiety": Death Toll in Iran Tops 780 as Trump Says U.S. Can Fight "Forever"

By Attacking Iran, U.S. & Israel Seek Unchallenged Supremacy in Middle East: Rami Khouri

"Stop This Bloodshed": Israeli Lawmaker Ofer Cassif Slams Netanyahu's "Fascist Government" over Iran

A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World's Oil Trade

Who Bombed Girls' School in Iran? Reporter Nilo Tabrizy on What We Know About Massacre, 175 Killed

"Iran Is Not Going to Surrender": Johns Hopkins Prof. Says U.S. and Israel Underestimate Iran

"Utter Disaster for All Involved": Is Trump's War on Iran Repeating Bush's "Forever War" in Iraq?

"The Secret Agent": Kleber Mendonça Filho on His Oscar-Nominated Film & Brazil's Military Dictatorship

"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"

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

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

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

"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.

"War on the Iranian People": Nationalism Grows in Iran in Defiance of Deadly U.S. and Israeli Strikes

Amnesty Head Agnès Callamard on Iran War, Global Fight for Gender Justice & Killing of Yanar Mohammed

Report from Beirut: Israel Expands Bombing Campaign & Mass Displacement in Lebanon

Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Will Not Stop Wars & Occupation Until U.S. Pulls Support

Economist Jeffrey Sachs: U.S.-Israeli "War of Choice," Assault on U.N. Charter Could Lead to WWIII

"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

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"

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

"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

Labor Icon Dolores Huerta, 95, Reveals She, Too, Was Raped by Cesar Chavez; Speaks to Maria Hinojosa

Report from Beirut: 1,000+ Dead, 1M+ Displaced, Many Fear Long-Term Occupation of Southern Lebanon

Disenfranchise Tens of Millions? Trump's SAVE Act Targets Women, Poor, Rural & Trans Voters

Iran War & Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis Reveal Decline of U.S. Empire: Historian Alfred McCoy

"It's a Disaster": European Countries Refuse to Take a Stand Against U.S. Violations of Int'l Law

From Gaza to Iran, Rise of Conscientious Objectors Marks U.S. Soldiers' "Shift in Consciousness"

"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

Headlines for March 25, 2026

New DHS Head Markwayne Mullin Is "Trump Loyalist, Anti-immigrant, Incompetent": Rep. Delia Ramirez

Pentagon Whistleblower Criticizes "Bloodthirst" of Iran War, Says Hegseth Is Enabling War Crimes

Patti Smith Remembers Rachel Corrie, Sings "Peaceable Kingdom" at DN!'s 30th Anniversary Event

"People Have the Power": Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe at Democracy Now! Celebration

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

"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

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

"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

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

"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

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"

Headlines for April 06, 2026

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

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

"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

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

"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

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: Antiwar Activist

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"

Headlines for April 15, 2026

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

Hormuz Crisis "Only Going to Get More Horrific Before It Gets Any Better": Prof. Laleh Khalili

"Depths of Hell": Sudan Enters Fourth Year of Devastating Civil War Amid Growing Energy Crisis

"Into the Wood Chipper": Whistleblower's Inside Story of DOGE Shredding USAID, 14 Million May Die

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

"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

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

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

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

Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Killed in Israeli Strike, Medics Blocked from Saving Her Under Rubble

NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé Calls for End to "Deed Theft" After Arrest at Eviction Protest in Brooklyn

"Muskism": Author Quinn Slobodian on How Apartheid South Africa Inspired Elon Musk's Worldview & More

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

Trump 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

"Political Disaster for Donald Trump": Jeremy Scahill on Stalled U.S.-Iran Talks

UAE Quits OPEC as Many Countries Ramp Up Oil Production Despite Worsening Climate Crisis

"We Are Bombarding America's Forests with Roundup": Despite Cancer Fear, Trump Admin Pushes Herbicide

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

From Springfield, Ohio, to the Supreme Court: A Pastor's Fight to Protect TPS for Haitians

"No School, No Work, No Shopping": Workers, Immigrants to Lead Thousands of May Day Protests

"A People's History of Invisible India": Journalist Neha Dixit on Dire State of Worker Rights

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

Trump's War on Iran & Strait of Hormuz Crisis Reveal "Limits of American Imperial Power"

"Assault on the First Amendment": Dem. FCC Commissioner on Megamergers & Trump Targeting Kimmel, ABC

Public Access TV at Risk: Cable Giants Threaten to Cut Funds for Local Stations Across U.S.

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

Gaza Faces Public Health Collapse Amid Rat Infestation & Disease as Israel Blocks Reconstruction

India's Modi Gov't Purged Millions of Voters Before Elections in "Direct Attack" on Democracy

"Gerrymandering Arms Race": GOP Rushes to Erase Black Representation After SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights

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

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

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

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"

Free Salah Sarsour: Muslim & Jewish Communities Demand ICE Release Milwaukee Mosque Leader

Xi Warns Trump of Potential "Conflict" over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More

"Here Where We Live Is Our Country": Molly Crabapple on Resurfacing the Jewish History of Anti-Zionism

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

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

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

"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

"Clear Racism": Trump Admin Blocks Refugee Resettlement, Except for White South Africans

Rising Conflict in DRC, Sudan, Other African Countries Linked to Trump's Gutting of USAID: Study

"They're Trying to Silence Us": Students, Faculty on Censoring Pro-Palestine Voices at Graduations

"Politically Driven Epidemic": Ebola Response Hampered by Impoverishment & U.S. Global Health Cuts

Stephen Colbert Out at CBS as Trump Weaponizes Regulatory Power to Control the Media: David Sirota

"AI Resist List": Karen Hao on Data Center Resistance, Tech Billionaires, "Empire of AI" & More

Democracy Now! Marks 30 Years with Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe & More

Headlines for May 26, 2026

U.S. Bombs Iran Despite Peace Talks; Israel Strikes Lebanon to "Force Trump's Hand": Negar Mortazavi

"Designed to Break You": Gaza Flotilla Activists Faced Violence, Sexual Abuse in Israeli Detention

"He Was in Agony": Tennessee Issues 1-Year Stay for Tony Carruthers After Botched Execution Attempt

"They Are Not Alone Inside": Protests Outside Newark ICE Jail Support Hunger-Striking Detainees

Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump over Slush Fund for Jan. 6 Rioters & Other Allies

"How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies": Northwestern Prof. Jeffrey Winters on Book "The Blind Spot"

No End in Sight: Israel Expands War on Lebanon, Orders Evacuation of 14% of Country

Ex-Nuclear Negotiator on U.S.-Iran Talks, Abraham Accords & Trump's Threat to Blow Up Oman

"From Bogotá to El Fasher": How UAE Trained Colombian Mercenaries to Fight Alongside RSF in Sudan

Trump's Enemies List: DOJ Launches "Egregious" Criminal Probe into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll

"Subversion of Law and Order": ICE Violence Escalates at Newark's GEO-Run Jail, Delaney Hall

Meet Nadia Milleron: Jury Awards Family $50M for Daughter's Death in Boeing Crash

"It's About People Feeding Their Families": Indigenous-Led Anti-Austerity Protests Rock Bolivia

NJ State Police Join Crackdown Against Supporters of Hunger-Striking Immigrants at Delaney Hall

"We Closed Our Account": Advocates Call for Boycott of Citizens Bank for Financing ICE Jails

"Revolving Door": Former GEO Group VP David Venturella Is New Interim ICE Chief

Meet Bajun Mavalwalla, Veteran Convicted for ICE Protest in Unprecedented Use of Conspiracy Charges