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On today’s show: Headlines Brazil: Lula Wins Stunning Upset Over Flávio Bolsonaro in Blow to Far Right & Trump Serbia’s Student-Led Movement Ousts Strongman Aleksander Vučić in Shock Election Result Will Ousting Netanyahu Change Anything for Palestinians? Diana Buttu on Upcoming Israeli Elections Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 26, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Ohio Governor’s Race: Trump Backs Ramaswamy Ad Siding with Opponent’s Indicted Childhood Rapist Brazil Elections: How AI, Meta and Evangelicals Could Sway the Presidential Race for Bolsonaro “Dying in Detention”: Al Jazeera Investigates Immigrant Deaths in California’s Adelanto ICE Jail Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC’s Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump’s Targeting of Ilhan Omar Should AIPAC Register as a Foreign Agent? Zeteo Examines Pro-Israel Lobby’s Influence on Elections “A Spark from the Cockroaches”: Arundhati Roy on India’s Youth Protests & Modi’s Crackdown Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Flamingo Revolution: Albania Protests Escalate over Corruption & Kushner/Trump Luxury Resort “When the Bubble Bursts”: Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Reclaiming Democracy from AI Oligarchs Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 21, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay on ICC, Gaza, Rape as War Crime, Her South African Roots & Mandela A Wealth Tax on Billionaires? California Voters to Decide Prop 40 Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines French Gov’t Cracks Down on Mass Protests over Cost of Living, Education Cuts; 2,400+ Arrested Masked Israeli Settlers Nearly Kill Washington Post Journalist as Attacks on Palestinians Escalate Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa: Prominent Anti-Corruption Lawyer in Guatemala Assassinated Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 19, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “Abolish & Replace ICE”: Rep. Analilia Mejía Blasts ICE for Secretly Using NJ Warehouse Meet Estrella, an Undocumented Trans Woman Jailed for 9 Years, Then Deported to Mexico “Against Tech Oligarchy”: Inside the Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 16, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines U.S. Sanctions ICC in a Bid to Avoid “Criminal Liability”: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody The Midterm Battle over Data Centers: Memphis House Candidate Justin Pearson Fights Elon Musk’s xAI “Hyperscale”: Paris Marx on Excess of Big Tech Data Empires & His Critique of Bernie Sanders’ AI Bill Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Can Democrats Flip the House and Senate? The Lever’s David Sirota on Midterm Races to Watch “Bogus”: Minnesota State Senator Zaynab Mohamed on DHS Raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. Home “Propaganda Show”: IDF Raids Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 14, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Yemen Plunges Back into “Full-Scale Civil War,” Houthis Trade Strikes with Saudi Arabia “Musk”: Alex Gibney on New Film, Legal Threats & Elon Musk Spending $366M to Help GOP in Midterms Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 13, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “Abolish ICE”: Protests Erupt in NYC After ICE Agents Shoot Father with 5-Year-Old Son in Car Navi Pillay, South African Jurist, Wins Nobel Peace Prize in “Stinging Rebuke to Donald Trump” “Entire System of Cornell University Failed Her”: Jane Doe Gang Rape Case Enrages Campus Community Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 9, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today’s show: Headlines Israeli Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on Oct. 7, Decries Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza “Origins of a Genocide”: Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara on “Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East” Three Years into Genocide, “The IDF Is Still Hunting Gazans”: Palestinian Journalist Akram al-Satarri Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines French High School Students Lead Mass Protests over School Funding, Inequality; Thousands Arrested Ebola Death Toll in DRC Tops 4,000; Trump USAID Cuts Fuel Outbreak “Incredible Moment for the Borderlands”: Judge Blocks Border Wall Expansion in Big Bend & West Texas Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Far Right Makes Gains in Brazil as Flávio Bolsonaro Tops Lula in First Round of Presidential Race “I Am Jane Doe”: Cornell Case Reignites Debate over Rape Culture, Frats & Prosecuting Sex Crimes Meet Issa Amro: Palestinian Human Rights Advocate Attacked by Settlers, Detained by Israeli Army Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “Cruel & Torturous”: Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution “The School That Became a Grave”: Jeremy Scahill on U.S Bombing of Minab, Killing 120+ Iranian Kids Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru “Berlin 4” Lawyer on Pro-Palestine Protest Crackdown & Germany’s Unconditional Support for Israel Rise of the Far Right in Germany Raises Fear of an Even Wider Crackdown on Migration Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 1, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “No Land to Stand On”: Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing Columbia 80 Years After Nuremberg Trials, U.S. Leads Assault on ICC & International Law: Wolfgang Kaleck Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – September 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! – September 29, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain’s Housing Crisis “Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed”: How U.K. Downplayed Israeli Crimes to Keep Selling Weapons “Valley of Death”: Sharon Weinberger on Big Tech, AI Warfare & the CIA’s Secret Backing of Steve Jobs Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – September 28, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “Stop Arming Israel”: 100+ Arrested at Jewish Voice for Peace Sit-In Outside Netanyahu U.N. Speech “Grotesque”: Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Netanyahu’s U.N. Speech & Israel’s Impunity The Hague Group: South Africa Leads Coalition Against U.S./Israel’s “Unilateral Bullying” of the ICC “Crossing the Red Line”: Akbar Shahid Ahmed on Biden, His Advisers, Harris & Israel’s War in Gaza Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – September 25, 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! – September 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “New Low in U.N. History”: Trita Parsi on Trump’s Threat to Annihilate Iran at General Assembly Bernie Sanders: The World Is “Moving in the Wrong Direction” on War, Climate, Inequality & AI Tech Nepali Activist at U.N. Rally Calls for Climate Justice After Deadly Glacier Floods Kill Thousands “Secretary of Measlesland”: Dr. Paul Offit Slams RFK Jr.’s Handling of Deadly Measles Outbreak Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – September 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon’s Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant “Politics Are Desperately Important at the Moment”: Bill McKibben on Midterms, Trump & Climate Crisis Could Cuba Become a “Silent Gaza”? U.S. Fuel Blockade Aims to “Asphyxiate” Island: Top Cuban Diplomat “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Brazilian Educator Paulo Freire Profiled in Film, “Reading the World” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – September 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s briefing: Headlines “War on the Press”: Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW & Politico from White House over Critical Coverage “Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned “America, Who Hurt You?”: Emmy-Winning Performer Sarah Jones on New NY Solo Show & Art as Resistance Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – September 21, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.