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Democracy Now!

Democracy Now!

"Democracy Now!" is an independent, noncommercial, global news hour produced each weekday. The award-winning program anchored by Amy Goodman and Juan González is available for public television stations free of charge. "Democracy Now!" is funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers, and foundations.

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Thick black smoke emerges from a petrochemical plant.
9:29
Oil and gas investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz reports the extent of damage done after Hurricane Ida from the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry.
Masuda Sultan and Rita Lasar with Amy Goodman in 2002.
24:35
Revisit a conversation from January 2002 between Masuda Sultan, an Afghan American woman who lost 19 members of her family in a U.S. air raid, and Rita Lasar, a New Yorker who lost her brother in the World Trade Center attack.
Gavin Newsom
10:24
Californians overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-led recall effort against Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday that cost close to $300 million in taxpayer funds.
People lining up alongside a barbed-wire fence on the sidewalk.
9:22
Economist Joseph Stiglitz says it’s "disturbing" federal aid was allowed to lapse.
Governor Andrew Cuomo.
19:54
New York Attorney General Letitia James released findings of an independent investigation Tuesday about how Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women in violation of the law.
Yuh-Line Niou and Andrew Cuomo.
12:10
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced his resignation, effective August 24, after a week of intense pressure from fellow Democrats for him to step down.
Men sitting atop a vehicle in Afghanistan.
13:40
As the Taliban says it will soon declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after seizing control of the country, award-winning journalist Ahmed Rashid discusses their history.
Afghan women hold up signs written on pieces of paper.
11:14
Afghan women especially are terrified of the future, says journalist Nasrin Nawa, who fled the capital Friday and whose sister is still in the country.
Image of Joe Biden and many American service members.
14:14
President Joe Biden has forcefully defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, describing the removal of U.S. forces as an "extraordinary success."
Photo of Elijah McClain.
12:23
Elijah McClain, not suspected of any crime, was tackled by police, placed in a chokehold and later injected with a large amount of the powerful sedative ketamine. He died several days later.
Tyrone Larkins on "Democracy Now!" and a photo of a scene at the Attica prison uprising in 1971.
25:55
On the 50th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, the deadliest prison uprising in U.S. history, "Democracy Now!" speaks with Tyrone Larkins, a formerly incarcerated survivor.
Four police officers defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 make their testimony.
14:38
The officers described facing down the rioters, being beaten with fists and makeshift weapons, as well as being called racial slurs and accused of treason by the pro-Trump crowds.
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