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The current focus of Democracy Now! appears to be on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, with numerous videos addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including discussions with experts and activists, and reports on the humanitarian situation on the ground. The network also continues to cover issues related to US politics, including concerns about democracy, government actions, and social justice. Additionally, there are reports on various social and environmental issues, such as climate change and police brutality.

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"CFPB Staffer Alexis Goldstein Fired for Confronting DOGE Members Announces Run for Congress Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The Trump administration has fired Consumer Financial Protection Bureau program manager Alexis Goldstein for documenting a meeting a year ago between the agency and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE. "I have been on admin leave ever since until I was fired last week" says Goldstein who says the Trump administration's gutting of the CFPB removed key oversight of the financial industry. "So essentially no one is watching"
YouTube Link 2026-02-18T15:45Z 3.2M followers, 39.5K engagements

"Trump's Plan to Seize Greenland Would "Militarize the Arctic" Trample Indigenous Rights Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland which has been controlled by Denmark for more than [---] years. The White House says it's considering "a range of options" including the use of military force. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the U.S. were to attack Greenland it would spell the end of NATO. "Greenland is not up for sale" says Aaju Peter a"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T15:48Z 3.2M followers, 526K engagements

"Trump Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt's Nephew's Mother Released from ICE Jail Faces Deportation Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Bruna Ferreira a DACA recipient and mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew has lived in the United States since she was [--] years old but was recently arrested by ICE in her own driveway in what her attorney Todd Pomerleau calls a "brazen unconstitutional arrest a clear violation of her rights." Ferreira was transported to a remote detention center in Louisiana following her arrest in Massachusetts and just released"
YouTube Link 2025-12-10T15:50Z 3.2M followers, 253K engagements

""Cobalt Red": Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world's cobalt an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops smartphones and electric vehicles. But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions says Siddharth Kara an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives. In an in-depth interview he says the major technology companies that rely on this cobalt"
YouTube Link 2023-07-13T14:10Z 3.2M followers, 702K engagements

"Meet Analilia Meja Who Won NJ Congressional Primary After Speaking Out Against ICE & Genocide Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt In a surprise victory progressive candidate Analilia Meja won the Democratic primary to fill the House seat left vacant by New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill. Meja served as [----] national political director for Bernie Sanders and as deputy director of the Labor Department's Women's Bureau under President Joe Biden. As a proponent of community organizing she has pledged to refuse corporate PAC and AIPAC dollars. "It is training each other"
YouTube Link 2026-02-18T16:06Z 3.2M followers, 13.3K engagements

"Debt Coups & Colonialism in Haiti: France & U.S. Urged to Pay Reparations for Destroying Nation We look in depth at The Ransom a new series in The New York Times that details how France devastated Haitis economy by forcing Haiti to pay massive reparations for the loss of slave labor after enslaved Haitians rebelled founding the worlds first Black republic in [----]. We speak with historians Westenley Alcenat and Gerald Horne on the story of Haitis finances and how Haitian demands for reparations have been repeatedly shut down. Alcenat says the series exposes the rest of the world to a knowledge"
YouTube Link 2022-05-24T14:26Z 3.2M followers, 2.3M engagements

"Army Vet Charged with "Conspiracy" for ICE Protest as Trump Expands War on Dissent Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt A 35-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant Bajun "Baji" Mavalwalla II faces up to six years in prison for protesting against ICE deportations in what legal experts are calling a test case for the Trump administration's attempts to criminalize and punish dissent. Mavalwalla was arrested and charged with "conspiracy to impede or injure officers" after he was identified in a video taken at the protest and shared on Instagram. Mavalwalla who survived a"
YouTube Link 2025-09-03T15:10Z 3.2M followers, 466.3K engagements

""Let Us Out": ICE's Detention of Children Sparks Protests at TX Immigration Jail Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Liam Ramos the 5-year-old from Minnesota who was detained last week after coming home from preschool is being held in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley Texas. Congressmembers who visited Liam report that has been depressed and hasn't been eating well. Javier Hidalgo legal director at RAICES has worked with families at the detention center for years. "We often hear about food with bugs or worms in it half-frozen food being given guards"
YouTube Link 2026-01-29T15:31Z 3.2M followers, 90.9K engagements

"Disappearing Video Legal Threats: How UnitedHealth Largest U.S. Health Insurer Silences Critics Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt In a major new New York Times expos on health insurance behemoth UnitedHealth deputy investigations editor David Enrich reveals how the largest insurer in the country works to intimidate and silence critics of its often predatory and exploitative treatment of patients. While "companies do this kind of stuff all the time" Enrich says UnitedHealth's lawyers "were really going after some fairly obscure stuff and that suggested to me that"
YouTube Link 2025-07-16T14:46Z 3.2M followers, 365K engagements

"Jesse Jackson's Legacy: From Marching with MLK to Building the Rainbow Coalition Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We look back on the life and legacy of civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson who died Tuesday at the age of [--]. From marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to building the Rainbow Coalition in his two presidential runs and beyond "Jackson's life contributed to making this country more democratic more inclusive more fair" says Howard University political science professor Clarence Lusane. We also speak with activist Larry Hamm who co-chaired"
YouTube Link 2026-02-17T15:53Z 3.2M followers, 68.2K engagements

"De Facto Dictatorship: Democrats Confront ICE CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday over their role in the Trump administrations brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations. These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country whether its in detention whether its in the streets or even in the courts says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department of Homeland"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T16:58Z 3.2M followers, 259.8K engagements

"Oscar-Nominated Film Uses Prisoner Cellphones to Show U.S.s Deadliest Prisons The Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution features footage clandestinely shot on contraband cellphones wielded by men incarcerated by the fifth-largest state prison system in the United States. Last month three of the incarcerated activists featured in the film were moved to solitary confinement in what advocates believe is retaliation for their role in exposing the abuses of the states prison system. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declined to speak with the filmmakers during production but issued a press"
YouTube Link 2026-02-16T17:35Z 3.2M followers, 34.8K engagements

"Protests against ICE and Israel erupt in Milan amid Olympics Thousands of people marched through the streets of Milan Italy on Saturday to protest the environmental social and economic impacts of the Winter Olympics. They're also objecting to Israel's participation in the Games and the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with the U.S. delegation. Police fired tear gas and water cannons as some protesters approached a hockey venue"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T16:43Z 3.2M followers, 111.3K engagements

"JD Vance Is Booed at Olympics While Thousands Protest U.S. Sending ICE Agents to Games in Italy Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt With the [----] Winter Olympics underway in Italy we speak with writer and academic Jules Boykoff author of six books about the Olympics who says Milan is hosting the Games despite widespread public opposition from locals. Boykoff says that while the Olympics have attempted in recent years to institute some "cosmetic" reforms "they don't get at the core elements that really plague the Olympic Games and that's overspending that's the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T16:07Z 3.2M followers, 225.1K engagements

""America Amrica": Greg Grandin on Latin American History from Colonization to CECOT to Pope Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We spend the hour with acclaimed historian Greg Grandin discussing his new book America Amrica: A New History of the New World which spans five centuries of North and South American history since the Spanish conquest including the fight against fascism in the 1930s. He examines the U.S.-Latin American relationship under Trump with a focus on El Salvador Panama Ecuador and Cuba. Grandin also has a new piece for The Intercept that draws on the"
YouTube Link 2025-04-23T14:03Z 3.2M followers, 747.7K engagements

""The Blue Road to Trump Hell": Norm Solomon on "How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy" Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt A new report from the grassroots organization RootsAction aims to do what a promised "autopsy" from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not: publicly reckon with the failures of the Democrats' [----] presidential campaign. While the Democratic Party's official postmortem assessment was pulled from public release earlier this month RootsAction's "Democratic Autopsy" looks at how factors like "service to corporate power"
YouTube Link 2025-12-31T16:54Z 3.2M followers, 135.8K engagements

"Protecting Pedophile Predators: Carole Cadwalladr on Jeffrey Epstein & the Elite's Veil of Silence Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are accusing the Justice Department of covering up the names of co-conspirators of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as fallout from the Epstein files grows across the globe. Millions of pages remain unreleased. As many prominent U.S. figures evade accountability following mentions in the Epstein files a number of European figures have resigned for their relationships with Epstein. "The most"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T15:31Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements

"Jesse Jackson Fought for Justice at Home & Abroad: Juan Gonzlez Of all the U.S. leaders of the past half-century I believe none had a more international view and a commitment to worldwide social justice as Jesse Jackson did"
YouTube Link 2026-02-18T19:01Z 3.2M followers, [----] engagements

"Journalist hired by ICE after just one 6-minute interview Journalist Laura Jedeed was hired as an ICE deportation officer after a six-minute interview at a job fair in Texas despite: ❌ never signing any paperwork ❌ not having completed a background check ❌ likely failing a drug test ❌ and publicly sharing her opposition to the Trump administration and its anti-immigrant crackdown. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2026-01-14T19:29Z 3.2M followers, 3.4M engagements

"Did boomers ruin the economy Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich discusses his memoir "Coming Up Short" which tells his life story alongside a larger narrative of how baby boomers squandered an economy of broad prosperity. "We allowed big money to take over" he says"
YouTube Link 2025-08-10T17:28Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

"Director of "WTO/99" Documentary on Anti-Globalization Movement: "These Issues Haven't Gone Away Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt "WTO/99" is a new "immersive archival documentary" about the [----] protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization that uses 1000+ hours of footage from the Independent Media Center and other archives. The historic WTO protests against corporate power and economic globalization were met with a militarized police crackdown and National Guard troops. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and"
YouTube Link 2025-12-03T15:47Z 3.2M followers, 35.9K engagements

"Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trump's Attacks on Critics & Press Are Part of the "Authoritarian Playbook" Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Donald Trump spoke at the Department of Justice Friday in an unprecedented speech in which he threatened to take revenge on his political enemies from the press to the FBI itself. "It was a typical rambling and hate-filled diatribe" says Maryland Congressmember Jamie Raskin. "Nobody has ever taken a sledgehammer to the traditional boundary between independent criminal law enforcement on the one side and presidential political"
YouTube Link 2025-03-17T14:15Z 3.2M followers, 541.1K engagements

"Rep. Khanna Slams DOJ for Not Launching New Probes of Jeffrey Epstein's "Co-Conspirators" Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna has called for Congress to investigate associates of Jeffrey Epstein named in the files and for the full release of the remaining documents. This comes as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the review of Epstein files is over and that no further prosecutions are expected. Blanche who was formerly President Trump's personal lawyer told Fox News that "it isn't a crime to party with Mr. Epstein." He also"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T16:13Z 3.2M followers, 299.4K engagements

""Keep Hope Alive": Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson Civil Rights Icon Who Twice Ran for President Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of [--]. Jackson is known for working closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the civil rights movement and he later ran two groundbreaking presidential campaigns in [----] and [----] when he pushed to cut the Pentagon budget while increasing domestic spending on education housing and healthcare. Jackson was also involved in"
YouTube Link 2026-02-17T15:50Z 3.2M followers, 57.4K engagements

"Jewish Rep. Balint Walks Out of Hearing After Bondi Calls Her Antisemitic Vermont Congressmember Becca Balint asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein a demand that Bondi repeatedly ignored during the hearing"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T19:30Z 3.2M followers, 240.1K engagements

""Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept": Meet the Palestinian Lawyer Censored by Columbia and Harvard Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The website of the Columbia Law Review was taken down by its board of directors on Monday after student editors refused a request from the board to halt the publication of an academic article written by Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah titled "Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept. The article argues for the Nakba to be developed as a unique legal framework related to but distinct from other processes defined under modern"
YouTube Link 2024-06-05T15:05Z 3.2M followers, 88K engagements

"CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling was convicted in "a travesty of a trial" for violating the Espionage Act. He says Julian Assange cannot hope to have a fair hearing in the U.S. criminal justice system if he is prosecuted under the same law for publishing classified documents that exposed war crimes. Sterling was among the witnesses who spoke in Assange's defense at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington on January [--] [----]. The event is named after the Belmarsh prison in London where Assange has languished for years"
YouTube Link 2023-01-27T20:30Z 3.2M followers, 145.3K engagements

"Holocaust Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman on "Maus" & Wave of Book Bans Sweeping U.S. As a wave of book bans sweeps schools and libraries across the United States we speak with the celebrated graphic novelist Art Spiegleman on a Tennessee school district's recent vote to ban his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus" from its eighth grade language arts curriculum. The novel which was targeted for profanity and nudity tells the story of Spiegelman's parents who survived the Holocaust. Spiegelman says the bills put forth by conservatives are just a "displacement of their own anxieties" and"
YouTube Link 2022-02-02T14:55Z 3.2M followers, 128.6K engagements

"Why Is Leqaa Kordia Still Jailed Palestinian Protester Suffers Seizure After [--] Months Locked Up Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Thirty-three-year-old Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia will soon mark one year trapped in ICE detention. Kordia who was born in East Jerusalem first came to police attention when she was arrested during the [----] Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University. Those charges were dropped but Kordia was later detained at routine immigration check-in in New Jersey. Federal immigration officers said her student visa had expired and sent her"
YouTube Link 2026-02-16T15:30Z 3.2M followers, 18.4K engagements

"House Passes "Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever" in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to require proof of U.S. citizenship in the November midterm elections. If it becomes law it would be the "worst voter suppression bill ever passed by Congress" according to Ari Berman national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones. "The bill really combines a lot of the worst things that Republicans want to do with regards to voting and it comes at a time when"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T15:57Z 3.2M followers, 110.5K engagements

"When ICE Agents Lie: DOJ Drops Charges Against [--] Minneapolis Men Falsely Accused of Attempted Murder Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Two ICE officers have been placed on administrative leave and are accused of lying under oath about an incident in Minneapolis last month involving two Venezuelan immigrants one of whom was shot in the leg by an agent. After the incident the two Venezuelan men Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis were charged with felony assault falsely accused of beating an ICE officer with a broom and snow shovel. Sosa-Celis was"
YouTube Link 2026-02-17T15:54Z 3.2M followers, 161.2K engagements

"Top U.S. & World Headlines February [--] [----] Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T16:28Z 3.2M followers, 414.5K engagements

"Former Guantnamo detainee: Ron DeSantis sanctioned my torture in [----] Prior to entering politics Florida Governor Ron DeSantis served in the Navy as an attorney first at the U.S. prison at the Guantnamo Bay prison in Cuba and later in Iraq. Former Guantnamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi who was imprisoned without charge for [--] years and seven months before being released in [----] to Serbia is among multiple Guantnamo prisoners who say DeSantis personally witnessed them being force-fed and tortured. Full interview here: https://youtu.be/D07SeR-IcZ4 Democracy Now is an independent global news hour"
YouTube Link 2023-04-03T19:26Z 3.2M followers, 101.3K engagements

"Elon Musk's Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Elon Musk was born in [----] in Johannesburg South Africa and raised in a wealthy family under the country's racist apartheid laws. Musk's family history reveals ties to apartheid and neo-Nazi politics. We speak with Chris McGreal reporter for The Guardian to understand how Musk's upbringing shaped his worldview as well as that of his South African-raised colleague Peter Thiel a right-wing billionaire who co-founded PayPal alongside Musk. "Musk"
YouTube Link 2025-03-27T14:58Z 3.2M followers, 4.8M engagements

""I Have Never Felt So Much Fear": Immigrant Children Speak Out on Life Inside ICE Jail in Dilley TX Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt A new ProPublica investigation reveals new details about a sprawling ICE detention complex where families describe horrific conditions inside such as being served contaminated food with children and parents at times finding worms in their meals. Lights are reportedly left on for [--] hours a day. South Texas Family Residential Center in the town of Dilley a few dozen miles from the southern border with Mexico detains an estimated 3500"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T15:32Z 3.2M followers, 22.2K engagements

""I Was Just So Disgusted": Jewish Rep. Balint Walks Out of Hearing After Bondi Calls Her Antisemitic Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As we continue to look at Wednesday's contentious hearing of the House Judiciary Committee we speak with Vermont Congressmember Becca Balint who walked out after Attorney General Pam Bondi accused her of supporting antisemitism. Balint who is Jewish and whose grandfather died in the Holocaust had just asked Bondi to meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein a demand that Bondi repeatedly ignored during the hearing. "It was just"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T16:11Z 3.2M followers, 338.5K engagements

"Full Interview: Julian Assange on Trump DNC Emails Russia the CIA Vault [--] & More http://democracynow.org - Full interview with Julian Assange on Democracy Now including a debate with investigative journalist Allan Nairn. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on nearly [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: http://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now today: http://democracynow.org/donate FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW ONLINE: Facebook: http://facebook.com/democracynow"
YouTube Link 2017-04-12T18:36Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements

"Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights His Half-Century in Prison & More Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now host Amy Goodman sat down with longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier for his first extended television and radio broadcast interview since his release to home confinement in February. Before his commutation by former President Joe Biden the 81-year-old Peltier spent nearly [--] years behind bars. Peltier has always maintained his innocence for the [----] killing of two FBI officers. He is expected to serve the remainder of"
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T14:43Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements

"Cuba's U.N. Ambassador Denounces U.S. Oil Blockade Push to Topple Government Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Cuba is facing a growing humanitarian crisis due to a U.S.-imposed oil blockade. The Trump administration has also threatened new tariffs against any nation that sends fuel to Cuba which has been under a U.S. trade embargo since [----]. These measures have caused fuel shortages and widespread blackouts while the cost of food and transportation has skyrocketed. "This is a massive violation of human rights" says Ernesto Sobern Guzmn Cuban ambassador to the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T15:59Z 3.2M followers, 121.7K engagements

"Impeach the President: Rep. Al Green Denounces Trump's Racist Obama Video & Attacks on Black History Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T17:09Z 3.2M followers, 88.8K engagements

"Whistleblower John Kiriakou: For Embracing Torture John Brennan a "Terrible Choice to Lead the CIA" DemocracyNow.org - Days after he was sentenced to [--] months in prison John Kiriakou -- the first CIA official to be jailed for any reason relating to the torture program -- denounces President Obama's appointment of John Brennan to head the CIA. "I've known John Brennan since 1990" Kiriakou says. "I worked directly for John Brennan twice. I think that he is a terrible choice to lead the CIA. I think that it's time for the CIA to move beyond the ugliness of the post-September 11th regime. We"
YouTube Link 2013-01-30T16:39Z 3.2M followers, 13.1K engagements

"FBI and local police raid pro-Palestine activists' homes in Michigan The FBI and local police in Michigan have raided the homes of Palestinian rights activists in Ann Arbor Ypsilanti and Canton. The targets of the raids participated in anti-war protests at the University of Michigan. Attorney General Dana Nessel claims they raids are part of a vandalism investigation. Police detained several people and confiscated their personal electronics. In Ypsilanti the activists say police initially refused to show a warrant. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media"
YouTube Link 2025-04-24T11:36Z 3.2M followers, 221.6K engagements

"Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on Trump's tariffs Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2025-04-10T19:45Z 3.2M followers, 7M engagements

"Extremely Dangerous Situation: Trita Parsi Warns U.S. & Iran Have Incentives to Escalate Conflict As U.S. and Iranian officials continue negotiations over Irans nuclear program President Trump has ordered a buildup of U.S. forces in the Middle East including two aircraft carriers. Both sides actually believe that a short intense war may improve their negotiating position"
YouTube Link 2026-02-18T21:01Z 3.2M followers, 15.8K engagements

"Juan Gonzlez on Lasting Impact of 9/11 Toxic Exposure Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The September [--] [----] attack on the World Trade Center in New York City was a major polluting event. Debris from the collapse of the buildings spread toxic substances including asbestos lead mercury and more throughout the disaster zone. As New York City leaders issue new calls for the release of files detailing the extent of this pollution we revisit the reporting of Democracy Now co-host Juan Gonzlez the author of "Fallout: The Environmental Consequences of the World Trade"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T15:51Z 3.2M followers, 15.5K engagements

"U.S. is "empire in decline": historian Historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is "an empire in decline" exhibiting the same "irrationality" as previous declining powers"
YouTube Link 2026-01-13T22:03Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements

"Minneapolis resident describes her violent arrest by ICE in Minneapolis Aliya Rahman is a U.S. citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T17:06Z 3.2M followers, 13.6K engagements

"Colombian Senator Urges "Collective Action" Against U.S. Aggression Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt After several months of rising tension between them Colombian President Gustavo Petro sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump in a closed-door meeting that lasted approximately two hours at the White House on Tuesday. The two leaders have exchanged threats and insults since Trump returned to office in [----] with Petro harshly criticizing the U.S. bombing of boats at sea and for threatening the sovereignty of countries in Latin America. Both leaders took a much more"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T16:42Z 3.2M followers, 43.5K engagements

"Alex Pretti killing: ProPublica names federal agents who shot Minneapolis ICU nurse ProPublica has identified the two Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti the Minneapolis man killed January [--] while observing immigration enforcement in the city. The outlet says the agents are Jesus Ochoa [--] and Raymundo Gutierrez 35"
YouTube Link 2026-02-03T21:59Z 3.2M followers, 18.5K engagements

"Rep. Jayapal Slams AG Pam Bondi over Epstein Files Congressmember Pramila Jayapal asked Epstein survivors to stand up before she challenged Attorney General Pam Bondi to apologize to them for the Justice Department's failure to fully redact their names in the Epstein files"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T23:01Z 3.2M followers, 76.7K engagements

"Journalists Exposed Bukele's Ties to Gangs. Then They Had to Flee El Salvador to Avoid Arrest Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak with a Salvadoran journalist who fled El Salvador along with others from the acclaimed news outlet El Faro after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele threatened to arrest them for exposing how Bukele had made secret deals with Salvadoran gangs. Bukele has run the country under a so-called state of exception since [----] detaining nearly [-----] people accused of being in gangs largely without access to due process. "We don't know when"
YouTube Link 2025-05-14T15:31Z 3.2M followers, 160.1K engagements

"Israeli Sadism in a Nutshell: Amira Hass on Israeli Prisons Settler Violence & Gaza Ceasefire Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Just days after the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect President Trump has issued new threats against Hamas saying Thursday the United States would back a military intervention against the group if it fails to uphold the ceasefire agreement. There is the fear all the time that the war will be renewed says Amira Hass Haaretz correspondent for the Occupied Palestinian Territories who joins us from Ramallah."
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T14:50Z 3.2M followers, 118.1K engagements

"CBS News Under Fire for Scrapping Reporting Critical of Trump's Deportation Agenda Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Watch ProPublica documentary "Surviving CECOT": https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Lku5h9xjrqc The new head of CBS News Bari Weiss is facing accusations of censorship after she abruptly canceled a segment from Sunday's episode of "60 Minutes" just three hours before broadcast. The segment centered on the stories of Venezuelan immigrants sent to El Salvador's brutal CECOT prison by the Trump administration. "When so much of our ability to communicate out"
YouTube Link 2025-12-23T15:32Z 3.2M followers, 410.2K engagements

"Devastating: Trump EPA to Scrap Landmark Climate Finding in Pro-Fossil Fuel Deregulatory Push Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt In a victory for the fossil fuel industry a set of Obama-era rules that required the federal government to regulate the emissions of six greenhouse gases is being reversed by the Trump administration. The changes would undo the legal basis of the fight against global warming as well as remove industrial reporting obligations and roll back emissions standards for cars and trucks. Environmental engineer Gretchen Goldman helped author those"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T17:13Z 3.2M followers, 46.2K engagements

"Mehdi Hasan says political violence is threat to all of us None of us should celebrate political violence because its a threat to all of us says Mehdi Hasan editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2025-09-12T22:00Z 3.2M followers, 2M engagements

"Merger Madness: Trump at Center of Rival Netflix-Paramount Bids for Warner Bros. Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Donald Trump says he will be personally involved in the potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery with two enormous buyout offers on the table that risk further exacerbating U.S. media concentration. Netflix announced an $83 billion deal last week to buy Warner Bros. Discovery which would give the tech giant control of the Warner Bros. movie studio and rival streaming service HBO Max. Paramount Skydance then launched a hostile takeover bid"
YouTube Link 2025-12-09T16:37Z 3.2M followers, 114.1K engagements

"Vandana Shiva: We Must Fight Back Against the [--] Percent to Stop the Sixth Mass Extinction https://democracynow.org - New research finds at least a third of the Himalayan ice cap will melt by the end of the century due to climate change even if the worlds most ambitious environmental reforms are implemented. A report released earlier this month by the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment warns rising temperatures in the Himalayas could lead to mass population displacements as well as catastrophic food and water insecurity. The glaciers are a vital water source for the [---] million people who live in"
YouTube Link 2019-02-22T17:58Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements

""Divorced from Reality": Economist Dean Baker Fact-Checks Trump's Primetime Speech Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Trump praised the state of the U.S. economy in a primetime address Wednesday evening even though new government statistics show the nation's unemployment rate is at a new four-year high of 4.6%. Dean Baker senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research says Trump's aides should be "wondering about the man's sanity" after Wednesday's speech. "This is utterly divorced from reality." Though Trump blames former President Biden"
YouTube Link 2025-12-18T16:15Z 3.2M followers, 306.2K engagements

"The Dawn of Everything: David Wengrow & the Late David Graeber On a New History of Humanity In an extended interview we speak with archeologist David Wengrow who co-authored the new book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity with the late anthropologist David Graeber. The book examines how Indigenous cultures contributed greatly to what we have come to understand as so-called Western ideas of democracy and equality but argues these contributions have been erased from history. What the broad sweep of history shows is that living in large-scale densely populated technologically"
YouTube Link 2021-11-18T15:46Z 3.2M followers, 323.8K engagements

"The Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. "Free the Truth" The Case of Julian Assange On December [--] [----] the Belmarsh Tribunal will return to Washington D.C. for its most urgent session since its launch in [----]. The Tribunal calls for the release of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange as his potential extradition from the U.K. to the U.S. reaches its denouement with his final U.K. court hearing expected in early [----]. Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunals of the Vietnam War the Belmarsh Tribunal brings together a range of expert witnesses from constitutional lawyers to acclaimed journalists and human"
YouTube Link 2023-12-09T22:06Z 3.2M followers, 997.9K engagements

"Rep. Joaquin Castro Slams ICE "Prison" Where Children as Young as [--] Months Old Are Held Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Senate Democrats have reportedly begun tentative negotiations with the White House just days before funding for the Homeland Security Department is set to expire at midnight on Friday threatening another partial government shutdown. Joaquin Castro a Democratic congressmember from Texas visited the family immigration detention center in Dilley where 5-year-old Liam Ramos was held. Kids have been "traumatized by the experience" says Castro."
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T15:32Z 3.2M followers, 30K engagements

"FBI Raids Home of Washington Post Reporter as Attacks on Press Freedom Intensify Under Trump Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The FBI raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson this week and seized her electronic devices part of a leak probe into a government contractor accused of mishandling classified government materials. Natanson has reported extensively on the Trump administration's changes to the federal bureaucracy including mass layoffs of government workers. This comes amid a broader pattern of attacks on the media including lawsuits"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T15:33Z 3.2M followers, 196.5K engagements

"U.S. veteran who worked at Gaza aid sites describes rampant war crimes As more than [----] Palestinians have been killed seeking aid at militarized aid distribution sites run by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation a former GHF security contractor tells Democracy Now he saw U.S. mercenaries and Israeli forces commit war crimes by indiscriminately shooting at starving Palestinians waiting for aid. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News"
YouTube Link 2025-07-29T16:02Z 3.2M followers, 268.9K engagements

"Can U.S. Oil Companies Really Take Over Venezuela's Industry Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The share prices of U.S. oil companies surged following the Trump administration's attack on Venezuela and abduction of its president Nicols Maduro. In public statements Trump has been clear about his desire to reassert U.S. corporate control over Venezuela's nationalized oil industry. However notes financial reporter David Uberti it won't be so easy for Wall Street to make a profit. In addition to upgrading Venezuela's "decrepit" oil-producing infrastructure oil companies"
YouTube Link 2026-01-06T16:12Z 3.2M followers, 313.7K engagements

"Rep. Joaquin Castro on Horrific Conditions Inside TX Immigrant Detention Center Joaquin Castro a Democratic congressmember from Texas visited the family immigration detention center in Dilley where 5-year-old Liam Ramos was held"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T19:00Z 3.2M followers, 12.2K engagements

"Sinners: Director Ryan Coogler on His Latest Hit Delta Blues His Mississippi Roots & Vampires Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak with acclaimed director Ryan Coogler about his latest film Sinners which is set to be one of the biggest box office hits of the year. Starring Michael B. Jordan the genre-bending horror film is set in the Mississippi Delta during Jim Crow and is a cinematic gumbo of various influences and themes Coogler tells Democracy Now I wanted to make a film that was kind of raging against the concept of genre and making the audience"
YouTube Link 2025-04-25T14:44Z 3.2M followers, 283.2K engagements

"How to Hide an Empire: Daniel Immerwahr on the History of the Greater United States How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. Thats the title of a new book examining a part of the U.S. that is often overlooked: the nations overseas territories from Puerto Rico to Guam former territories like the Philippines and its hundreds of military bases scattered across the globe. We speak with the books author Daniel Immerwahr who writes At various times the inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot shelled starved interned dispossessed tortured and experimented on. What they"
YouTube Link 2019-03-05T16:34Z 3.2M followers, 2.6M engagements

""They Poisoned the World": The Corporate Cover-Up & Fightback Against PFAS "Forever Chemicals" Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt In a major victory for environmental advocates chemical giant DuPont and its related companies have agreed to pay $2 billion to clean up four industrial sites in New Jersey that are contaminated with "forever chemicals" or PFAS which have been found to persist in everything from rainwater to human breast milk. It is the third such settlement New Jersey has reached in less than three years and marks a growing movement against the widespread"
YouTube Link 2025-08-08T15:06Z 3.2M followers, 359.2K engagements

"Bill McKibben on Renewable Energy "Sun Day" & the "Last Chance" for Climate Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As the Trump administration grows increasingly hostile to renewable energy we speak with acclaimed environmentalist Bill McKibben about his new book "Here Comes the Sun" in which he lays out a hopeful vision for the future that includes avoiding climate catastrophe reshaping the economy and saving democracy. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T17:43Z 3.2M followers, 312.4K engagements

"Project [----] Co-Author Lays Out "Radical Agenda" for Next Trump Term in Undercover Video Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As Donald Trump tries to distance his campaign from Project [----] those behind the right-wing policy blueprint to remake the U.S. government continue to brag in private about their close ties to the Republican presidential nominee and how they intend to push a radical right-wing agenda in a second Trump administration. In July Project [----] co-author Russell Vought met with two people he believed to be relatives of a wealthy conservative donor"
YouTube Link 2024-08-16T14:25Z 3.2M followers, 2.1M engagements

"Age of Surveillance Capitalism: We Thought We Were Searching Google But Google Was Searching Us https://democracynow.org - Corporations have created a new kind of marketplace out of our private human experiences. That is the conclusion of an explosive new book that argues big tech platforms like Facebook and Google are elephant poachers and our personal data is ivory tusks. Author Shoshana Zuboff writes in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: At its core surveillance capitalism is parasitic and self-referential. It revives Karl Marxs"
YouTube Link 2019-03-01T16:43Z 3.2M followers, 247.8K engagements

"Rep. Delia Ramirez calls on Democrats to pull DHS funding Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republicans agree to their demands to rein in federal immigration agents. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T23:45Z 3.2M followers, 11.3K engagements

""Nobody's Girl": Virginia Giuffre's Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein Maxwell Prince Andrew Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir has just been released detailing how she was groomed by Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell whom she met at Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort. In Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice she writes that she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times beginning when she was [--] and was beaten and raped by a "well-known prime minister.""
YouTube Link 2025-10-22T15:06Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements

"Why Did Jackie Robinson Join McCarthyist Campaign Against Paul Robeson Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson's death on January [--] [----]. The actor singer athlete and scholar was once famous around the world but he was attacked blacklisted and hounded by the government for his political beliefs. Jackie Robinson the Brooklyn Dodgers star who had integrated the all-white major baseball leagues was hailed as a national hero in [----] for testifying against Robeson before the House Un-American Activities Committee run by Senator"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T16:05Z 3.2M followers, 45.4K engagements

"Ex-CIA Agent Whistleblower John Kiriakou Sentenced to Prison While Torturers He Exposed Walk Free DemocracyNow.org - Former CIA agent John Kiriakou speaks out just days after he was sentenced to [--] months in prison becoming the first CIA official to face jail time for any reason relating to the U.S. torture program. Under a plea deal Kiriakou admitted to a single count of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act by revealing the identity of a covert officer to a freelance reporter who did not publish it. Supporters say Kiriakou is being unfairly targeted for having been the first"
YouTube Link 2013-01-30T15:28Z 3.2M followers, 63.8K engagements

"U.S. volunteer surgeon describes horrific conditions in Gaza As Israel continues its full-fledged military ground invasion of Gaza City Democracy Now speaks with Kathleen Gallagher a U.S. military veteran and general surgeon currently volunteering in Gaza who describes the scene on the ground from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2025-09-17T16:43Z 3.2M followers, 374.1K engagements

"Meet [--] U.S. Citizens Detained at Airports: A Police Chief and a Lawyer Who Sued Trump Administration http://democracynow.org - A growing number of U.S. citizens are sharing accounts of having been detained at airports across the country since the start of the Trump administration. Boston-based civil rights attorney Ivn Espinoza-Madrigal says he was returning home on March [--] from a vacation in Portugal when he was detained at Bostons Logan Airport. A day later the former police chief of Greenville North Carolina Hassan Aden says he was detained for over an hour by Customs and Border"
YouTube Link 2017-03-22T14:49Z 3.2M followers, 2.2M engagements

""Imperial Laboratory": Alexander Avia on the "Donroe" Doctrine & U.S. Intervention in Latin America Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We take a closer look at the Trump administration's Monroe Doctrine-based "Donroe Doctrine" a tightening of U.S. control over the Americas amid weakening global hegemony and internal divisions within the governing MAGA coalition. "As has happened in the past when the U.S. has faced resistance or defeat elsewhere in the world they come back 'home' to the Western Hemisphere. They use Latin America as an imperial laboratory as they have"
YouTube Link 2026-01-06T15:58Z 3.2M followers, 62.1K engagements

""Master Plan": David Sirota on the Elite Plot to Legalize Corruption in the U.S. Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak with journalist David Sirota about his new book Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America. Co-authored with Jared Jacang Maher the book is based on their award-winning investigative podcast of the same name for The Lever. Sirota says that while the United States is now "immersed in corruption" in a way that seems like an inevitable part of politics it is the result of a decadeslong agenda by the wealthy to deregulate the"
YouTube Link 2025-10-28T14:30Z 3.2M followers, 550.4K engagements

"Arundhati Roy on New Memoir "Mother Mary Comes to Me" Gaza & Authoritarianism from India to U.S. Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt In this holiday special we speak to the acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy on her new memoir "Mother Mary Comes to Me." The book focuses on her mother Mary Roy and how Arundhati was shaped by her both as a source of terror and of inspiration. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET."
YouTube Link 2025-12-26T14:30Z 3.2M followers, 89.6K engagements

"MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words Support our work: https://democracynow.org/give Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January [--] [----]. He was assassinated April [--] [----] at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee. He was just [--] years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor Peoples Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his Beyond Vietnam"
YouTube Link 2024-01-15T14:00Z 3.2M followers, 121.9K engagements

"Special Report on Venezuela: U.S. Abducts Maduro Trump Says "We Are Going to Run" Oil-Rich Nation Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host breaking news coverage on U.S. forces attacking Venezuela and seizing Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro. We speak to Venezuelan reporter Andrena Chvez in Caracas as well as professors Miguel Tinker Salas and Alejandro Velasco. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays"
YouTube Link 2026-01-03T21:10Z 3.2M followers, 731.8K engagements

"War Against All Puerto Ricans: Inside the U.S. Crackdown on Pedro Albizu Campos & Nationalist Party http://democracynow.org - Commemorations are being held today to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Pedro Albizu Campos popularly known to many as Don Pedro the former head of the Nationalist Party and leader of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Albizu Campos spent some [--] years in prison for organizing against U.S. colonial rule. He was born in [----] seven years before the U.S. invaded the island. He would go on to become the first Puerto Rican to graduate from Harvard Law School."
YouTube Link 2015-04-21T14:50Z 3.2M followers, 294.9K engagements

""George Bush Doesnt Care About Black People": Reflections on Kanye Wests Criticism [--] Years After Democracynow.org - On Sept. [--] [----] during a nationally televised telethon benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina hip-hop legend Kanye West went off script to directly criticize the media and the White Houses handling of the storm. "I hate the way they portray us in the media" he said. "If you see a black family it says theyre looting. If you see a white family it says theyre searching for food." West went on to say "George Bush doesnt care about black people." Bush later wrote in his memoir"
YouTube Link 2015-08-28T15:47Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

"Was Charlie Kirk really a free speech advocate Journalist Jeff Sharlet says Charlie Kirks legacy is that of stifling free speech in pursuit of a far-right nationalist agenda. You dont whitewash the dead he says. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T16:41Z 3.2M followers, 184.9K engagements

"DOJ's "Domestic Terrorism" Memo Targets "Anti-Americanism Anti-Capitalism Anti-Christianity" Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled "domestic terrorism" organizations based on political views related to immigration gender and U.S. policy. The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump's NSPM-7 directive following the assassination of Charlie"
YouTube Link 2025-12-08T16:08Z 3.2M followers, 193.7K engagements

"Virginia Giuffre's Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein Maxwell Prince Andrew Virginia Roberts Giuffre says she was sexually abused by Prince Andrew multiple times beginning when she was [--]. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2025-10-22T16:33Z 3.2M followers, 382.3K engagements

"Journalist Karen Hao on Sam Altman OpenAI & the "Quasi-Religious" Push for Artificial Intelligence Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As part of our July Fourth special broadcast we continue our extended interview with Karen Hao author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI. The book documents the rise of OpenAI and how the AI industry is leading to a new form of colonialism. "One of the things that you really have to understand about AI development today is that there are what I call quasi-religious movements that have developed within Silicon"
YouTube Link 2025-07-04T14:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

""I Will Govern as a Democratic Socialist": Watch Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders at NYC Inauguration Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Zohran Mamdani hailed "a new era" for New York on Thursday promising in his inaugural address to deliver on the ambitious agenda that electrified progressives in the city and saw him defeat the political establishment in both the Democratic primary and the general election last year. Addressing thousands of supporters who braved freezing temperatures to attend the ceremony at City Hall Mamdani vowed to "govern expansively and"
YouTube Link 2026-01-02T17:01Z 3.2M followers, 85.7K engagements

"Why Trump wants control over the Fed: Aya Ibrahim Economic policy expert Aya Ibrahim says President Trump wants control over the Federal Reserve so he can slash interest rates and "run the economy as hot as possible" without much care for the impact on average people. Tap the link in @democracynow's bio for more of our coverage"
YouTube Link 2025-08-27T23:11Z 3.2M followers, 188.9K engagements

"Top U.S. & World Headlines January [--] [----] Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2026-01-14T15:10Z 3.2M followers, 392.9K engagements

"Sarah Leah Whitson on Israel Gaza & Trump-MBS Meeting Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire went into effect Israel has killed more than [---] civilians including [--] children. To talk about all of this and Trump's controversial Oval Office meeting with Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman we are joined by Sarah Leah Whitson the executive director of DAWN an organization working to reform U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. She is co-author of the new book "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine" Democracy"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T15:36Z 3.2M followers, 36.1K engagements

""Empire in Decline": Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela Iran & Beyond Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As President Trump threatens Iran Venezuela Mexico Greenland and more renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is "an empire in decline" following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage. "American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational" says McCoy. "I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline and it"
YouTube Link 2026-01-13T15:48Z 3.2M followers, 718.4K engagements

"Jimmy Carter on Israeli apartheid #palestine In [----] Jimmy Carter spoke with Democracy Now and described the situation in Israel-Palestine as "apartheid." While he faced massive backlash at the time many observers including leading human rights groups now share his assessment. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2023-12-07T17:09Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

""A Force of Terror": Rep. Delia Ramirez on ICE Abuses & Her Push to Impeach Kristi Noem as DHS Chief Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as they confronted her on Trump's immigration crackdown during a heated House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday. We speak with Congressmember Delia Ramirez who reiterated her call during the hearing for Noem to resign and announced that she would begin taking steps for her impeachment. The Department of Homeland Security is "operating as a"
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T16:13Z 3.2M followers, 139.7K engagements

""Journalism Deserves Better": Ex-Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The Washington Post has laid off more than [---] journalists dismantling its sports local news and international coverage. "Everybody is grieving and it's a loss for our readers" says Nilo Tabrizy one of the paper's recently laid-off staff who describes a "robotic" meeting announcing the cuts. "They didn't have the dignity to look us in the eye." The shocking staff culling has been widely attributed to the paper's leadership under Amazon"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T15:53Z 3.2M followers, 127.6K engagements

"From Slavery to Mass Incarceration Ava DuVernays Film "13th" Examines Racist U.S. Justice System http://democracynow.org - Ava DuVernays new documentary chronicles how our justice system has been driven by racism from the days of slavery to todays era of mass incarceration. The film "13th" is named for the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery with the exception of punishment for crime. The United States accounts for [--] percent of the worlds population but [--] percent of its prisoners. In [----] more than [--] million people were incarcerated in the United Statesof those [--] percent were"
YouTube Link 2016-10-03T17:33Z 3.2M followers, 136.5K engagements

"Trump Set to Garnish Wages for Student Loan Defaults Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Starting in January the Trump administration says it will garnish the wages of student loan borrowers who haven't been able to make their payments for at least nine months. "It's cruel and hostile to working people to turn the system on before we're sure that we can run it in a compliant manner" says Julia Barnard higher education team lead at the Debt Collective and former student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. To student debtors facing financial"
YouTube Link 2025-12-30T16:16Z 3.2M followers, 146.2K engagements

"Philly City Council Considers "ICE Out" Legislation as DA Krasner Decries "Wannabe Nazi" ICE Agents Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt At least [--] Philadelphia city councilmembers have backed a package of ICE Out legislation aimed at combating ICE and federal immigration enforcement operations in Philadelphia including codifying sanctuary protections and prohibiting federal immigration agents from concealing their identities or covering their faces. We heard the cries from the community calling for something to be done says Kendra Brooks a member of the Philadelphia"
YouTube Link 2026-02-03T16:48Z 3.2M followers, 24.4K engagements

"Who is Bari Weiss the new editor-in-chief of CBS News Anti-woke" pundit Bari Weiss is taking the helm as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. The famously pro-Israel writer was named to the position by CBSs new corporate owners the multibillionaire pro-Israel and pro-Trump Ellison family. Weiss who has never before worked in television news will likely bring a right-wing bent to the networks news coverage. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World"
YouTube Link 2025-10-09T00:00Z 3.2M followers, 35.6K engagements

"Meet Aliya Rahman Disabled U.S. Citizen Assaulted Jailed & Traumatized by ICE in Minneapolis Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak with Aliya Rahman a U.S. citizen who was violently dragged from her car by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month and detained at the Whipple Federal Building which has become the epicenter of the government's immigration crackdown in the city. Rahman says she repeatedly told agents she was disabled and had a brain injury but they ignored her pleas for medical attention or other accommodation. "I was taken out of"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T16:04Z 3.2M followers, 116.7K engagements

"Ex-Washington Post staffers slam billionaire owner Jeff Bezos for mass layoffs Hear from Nilo Tabrizy one of the journalists affected by The Washington Post's mass layoffs and from Karen Attiah the Post's former global opinion editor who is challenging her firing in September after she posted about the U.S. gun violence epidemic following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T21:45Z 3.2M followers, 35.2K engagements

"Crime of the Century: How Big Pharma Fueled the Opioid Crisis That Killed [------] and Counting As the U.S. continues to deal with the fallout from the devastating opioid epidemic that has killed over [------] people in the country since [----] we speak with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney whose latest documentary The Crime of the Century looks at the pharmaceutical industrys methods in promoting and selling the powerful drugs. I realized that the big problem here was that we had been seeing it as a crisis like a natural disaster like a flood or a hurricane rather than as a series of"
YouTube Link 2021-07-19T13:51Z 3.2M followers, 57.4K engagements

"Discrimination against Black farmers by USDA John Boyd Jr. a fourth-generation Black farmer says the $2 billion payout to farmers of color like him for discrimination in accessing government loans is a historic win. He also details his experiences with racism from USDA officials. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2024-08-06T17:30Z 3.2M followers, 110.2K engagements

"Lyd: Directors of New Sci-Fi Doc on How [----] Nakba Devastated Palestinian City Support our work: https://www.democracynow.org/donatecampaign=sm-desc-yt&utm_campaign=sm-desc-yt&utm_content=description&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube A new film about the once-thriving Palestinian city of Lyd now known as the Israeli city Lod and home to Ben Gurion Airport has begun screening in the United States. The film is a science fiction documentary that depicts the Palestinian city both with and without the [----] Nakba when over [------] Palestinians were driven from their homes and villages. In Lyd"
YouTube Link 2024-04-29T14:42Z 3.2M followers, 67.6K engagements

"U.S. Citizens Describe Surviving Violent Attacks by Immigration Agents Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt U.S. citizens who have had violent encounters with federal immigration agents deployed in cities across the U.S. testified before Congress on Tuesday. Amid harrowing testimony by three victims and the brothers of Renee Good congressional Democrats offered apologies and promises of accountability. Not a single Republican lawmaker showed up to the hearing. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T16:20Z 3.2M followers, 76.9K engagements

"ICE Out: Tens of Thousands March in Minnesota in General Strike Against Immigration Raids Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Transcript: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/26/minnesota_strike_ice_out Tens of thousands of Minnesotans braved the bitter cold in Minneapolis on Friday to demand ICE out. The march was organized by faith and labor leaders and was accompanied by calls for an economic blackout. Seven hundred businesses reportedly closed in solidarity. Democracy Nows John Hamilton filed a report from the streets. John Reuss an English teacher said his"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T16:06Z 3.2M followers, 145K engagements

"Millions Face Soaring Health Insurance Premiums as GOP Refuses to Extend Obamacare Subsidies Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The central fight in the U.S. federal government shutdown has been over healthcare costs with Democrats demanding that Republicans agree to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act set to expire this Saturday. Without an extension of those subsidies health premiums could more than double for millions of people across the country. The enhanced subsidies were first put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The purpose of healthcare has"
YouTube Link 2025-10-28T14:27Z 3.2M followers, 40.4K engagements

"U.S. making it "impossible" to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza Agns Callamard the head of Amnesty International says civil society groups have documented and condemned the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Now she says it's up to countries including the United States to act"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T16:15Z 3.2M followers, 41.4K engagements

"ICE vs. People of Minnesota: Community Resists Trump's Militarized Crackdown Special Report Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now producer John Hamilton reports from Minneapolis where residents say ICE agents are violently targeting legal observers and community members as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. Patty O'Keefe who was arrested while monitoring ICE activity in her vehicle said agents "broke our two front windows and dragged us out" then taunted her in custody. She said one agent told her "You guys got to stop obstructing"
YouTube Link 2026-01-20T16:10Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements

"Part 1: Ava DuVernay's Documentary "13th" About Mass Incarceration Shortlisted for an Oscar http://democracynow.org - Ava DuVernays recent Netflix documentary "13th" just picked up three Critics Choice Awards and is on the Oscar shortlist for best documentary. The film chronicles how the U.S. criminal justice system has been driven by racism from the days of slavery to todays era of mass incarceration. The film is named for the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery with the exception of punishment for crime. Ava DuVernays previous work includes the hit [----] film "Selma" which told"
YouTube Link 2016-12-30T17:21Z 3.2M followers, 30.9K engagements

"Elon Musk Under Fire for Grok's Sexualized AI Deepfakes French prosecutors have asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning following a police raid on the offices of the social media network X in Paris"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T00:01Z 3.2M followers, 17.8K engagements

"ProPublica Identifies CBP Agents Who Fatally Shot ICU Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt ProPublica has identified the two Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti the Minneapolis man killed January [--] while observing immigration enforcement in the city. The outlet says the agents are Jesus Ochoa [--] and Raymundo Gutierrez [--]. This is in the public interest says reporter J. David McSwane. This country has a tradition and norm of being able to identify law enforcement officers both for their safety and the safety of the public."
YouTube Link 2026-02-03T16:50Z 3.2M followers, 136.6K engagements

"Another World Is Possible: How Occupy Wall Street Reshaped Politics Kicked Off New Era of Protest On the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street we examine the legacy of the historic protests with three veterans of the movement: Nelini Stamp now the director of strategy and partnerships at the Working Families Party; Jillian Johnson a key organizer in Occupy Durham who now serves on the Durham City Council and is the citys mayor pro tempore; and writer and filmmaker Astra Tayor an organizer with the Debt Collective. Occupy Wall Street broke the spell protecting the economic status quo and"
YouTube Link 2021-09-17T14:24Z 3.2M followers, 44.2K engagements

"Top U.S. & World Headlines December [--] [----] Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2025-12-31T15:28Z 3.2M followers, 308K engagements

"MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January [--] [----]. He was assassinated April [--] [----] at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee. He was just [--] years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor Peoples Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his"
YouTube Link 2026-01-19T14:00Z 3.2M followers, 115.7K engagements

"The End of Internet Privacy Glenn Greenwald On Secret NSA Program to Crack Online Encryption http://www.democracynow.org - A new expos based on the leaks of Edward Snowden have revealed the National Security Agency has developed methods to crack online encryption used to protect emails banking and medical records. "Encryption is really the system that lets the internet function as an important commercial instrument all around the world" says Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian which collaborated with The New York Times and ProPublica on the reporting. "It's what lets you enter your credit card"
YouTube Link 2013-09-06T14:46Z 3.2M followers, 29.8K engagements

""Hostile Takeovers": As U.S. Claims Venezuela's Oil Trump Seeks "Vassal States" Across the World Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt In the aftermath of the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores Venezuela has agreed to submit a monthly budget to the Trump administration which will release money from an account funded by oil sales. It's a deal for the interim government led by Delcy Rodriguz that historian Greg Grandin calls "governing under the blade." In a further shift away from the nation-building foreign policy of the past"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T15:44Z 3.2M followers, 166.9K engagements

"Calls For Schumer to Step Down Grow as Democrats Cave on Healthcare to Pass Funding Bill Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak to David Dayen about what could be the end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history after seven Democratic Senators and one independent struck a deal with Republicans to pass a short-term government funding bill. Why would you end this asks Dayen echoing many in the Democratic coalition who believe the deal was a poor strategic move for the anti-Trump opposition. Calls are now growing for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer"
YouTube Link 2025-11-11T15:31Z 3.2M followers, 93.1K engagements

"WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Calls on Computer Hackers to Unite Against NSA Surveillance http://www.democracynow.org - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed a major gathering of computer experts Monday at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg Germany calling on them to join forces in resisting government intrusions on internet freedom and privacy. We play highlights from Assange's speech as well as the one given by Sarah Harrison the WikiLeaks member who accompanied Edward Snowden to Russia. We also hear from independent journalist and security expert Jacob Appelbaum who reveals a"
YouTube Link 2013-12-31T15:18Z 3.2M followers, 23.5K engagements

"Why Was Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard at FBI Election Raid in Georgia Ex-DOJ Attorney Speaks Out Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Donald Trump has called to "nationalize" voting in the United States alarming state leaders who oversee the process as well as legal experts who say his takeover demand violates the Constitution. This comes as he continues to falsely claim he won the [----] election with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard overseeing an FBI raid last week to seize ballot boxes and other voting records in Fulton County Georgia. Gabbard as"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T16:40Z 3.2M followers, 30.5K engagements

"Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Speaks Out as New Ruling Could Lead to His Rearrest Deportation A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil opening the door for his rearrest"
YouTube Link 2026-01-16T21:00Z 3.2M followers, 26.4K engagements

"Judith Butler on campus antisemitism Philosopher Judith Butler is among the [---] names UC Berkeley shared with the Trump administration to comply with its investigation into alleged campus antisemitism. Butler who is Jewish says the real goal of the campaign is to silence pro-Palestine voices"
YouTube Link 2025-09-15T20:56Z 3.2M followers, 93.7K engagements

""He Was Executed": Minneapolis Residents Outraged Defiant After Immigration Agents Kill Alex Pretti Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Transcript: https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/26/alex_pretti_shooting_minneapolis Protests have intensified in Minnesota after federal immigration agents killed Alex Pretti a 37-year-old ICU nurse who worked in the Minneapolis Veterans Health Care System on Saturday. Democracy Now's John Hamilton reports from the scene of Pretti's killing where protesters clashed with federal agents. Weve seen everything from people that are"
YouTube Link 2026-01-26T16:02Z 3.2M followers, 169.5K engagements

"Brad Lander on Mamdani Victory Brad Lander former mayoral candidate who cross-endorsed with Zohran Mandani in the Democratic primary comments on the election results"
YouTube Link 2025-11-05T17:49Z 3.2M followers, 84.7K engagements

"Biden's disastrous debate #debate #election2024 #biden #trump Joe Biden's performance in the first presidential debate was a "complete catastrophe" and should trigger a push to replace him as the candidate says activist Norman Solomon. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2024-06-28T19:01Z 3.2M followers, 34.6K engagements

"Part 1: Jill Stein "Debates" Clinton & Trump in Democracy Now Special http://democracynow.org - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton faced off Monday night in one of the most anticipated debates in U.S. history. The debate was held at Hofstra University on Long Island and moderated by NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt. Throughout the 90-minute often antagonistic debate Clinton and Trump sparred on everything from foreign policy to trade deals to personal stamina. But third-party candidates including Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Partys Jill Stein were excluded from the debate stage"
YouTube Link 2016-09-27T18:10Z 3.2M followers, 181.5K engagements

"UAE Oil CEO Sultan Al Jaber Uses His Role as U.N. Climate Summit President to Push Fossil Fuel Deals Support our work: https://democracynow.org/give As the largest-ever United Nations climate summit kicks off Thursday in Dubai we look at how the COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber who is also CEO of the United Arab Emirates state oil company has used climate summit meetings to lobby countries for oil and gas deals. The Centre for Climate Reporting obtained documents from meeting briefings that include Abu Dhabi National Oil Company talking points. The Centre's Ben Stockton lays out how the"
YouTube Link 2023-11-29T14:57Z 3.2M followers, 54.9K engagements

""Rape Club" Prison in California: U.S. Gov't to Pay Record $116M to [---] Women Who Sued over Abuse Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt "When you're in prison the retaliation starts. I don't think my judge sentenced me to go through this." The U.S. government has agreed to pay a record-breaking amount of nearly $116 million to settle lawsuits brought by [---] people who survived sexual abuse and assault at a federal women's prison in California. The facility FCI Dublin was shuttered earlier this year. Its former warden is now himself imprisoned after being convicted of"
YouTube Link 2024-12-19T16:50Z 3.2M followers, 295.8K engagements

""Taken Hostage by the Israeli Military": Freed Palestinian Prisoners Describe Widespread Torture Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Palestinians who have been released from Israeli prisons as part of the hostage exchange with Hamas are describing physical and psychological torture medical neglect deprivation and more. Moureen Kaki a Palestinian American aid worker with Glia International who has been interviewing the returnees joins us from Khan Younis to share some of their stories. Most were captured and imprisoned without charge by the Israeli military in the past"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T14:53Z 3.2M followers, 30.1K engagements

"Six White Mississippi "Goon Squad" Cops Get Lengthy Prison Sentences for Torturing Black Men Support our work: https://www.democracynow.org/donatecampaign=sm-desc-yt&utm_campaign=sm-desc-yt&utm_content=description&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube In Mississippi six former sheriff's deputies have been sentenced to between [--] and [--] years in prison for raiding a home and torturing shooting and sexually abusing two Black men Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker in January [----]. The six former deputies all of whom are white called themselves the "Goon Squad" and have been linked to at least four"
YouTube Link 2024-03-22T14:37Z 3.2M followers, 296.7K engagements

"COINTELPRO 2.0: How the FBI Infiltrated BLM Protests After Police Murder of George Floyd A new podcast out today called Alphabet Boys documents how the FBI disrupted racial justice organizing after the police killing of George Floyd in [----] including paying an informant at least $20000 to infiltrate and spy on activist groups in Denver Colorado. The informant also encouraged activists to purchase guns and commit violence echoing the FBIs use of the COINTELPRO program to sabotage left-wing activist groups in the 1960s. For more were joined by three guests: journalist and creator of the"
YouTube Link 2023-02-07T15:36Z 3.2M followers, 247.2K engagements

"Israel Killed [--] Journalists in Yemen in Deadliest Attack on Press in [--] Years Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The Committee to Protect Journalists says recent Israeli strikes on newspaper offices in Yemen killed [--] journalists and media support workers making it the deadliest attack on journalists anywhere in the world in [--] years and the second-deadliest attack on the press ever recorded by the organization. "These are civilians" says Niku Jafarnia Middle East and North Africa researcher for Human Rights Watch. "We have documented like many other organizations"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T15:22Z 3.2M followers, 27.1K engagements

"Permanent Record: Why NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Risked His Life to Expose Surveillance State Six years ago Edward Snowden leaked a trove of secret documents about how the United States had built a massive surveillance apparatus to spy on Americans and people across the globe. Snowden was then charged in the U.S. for violating the Espionage Act and other laws. As he attempted to flee to Latin America Snowden became stranded in Russia after the U.S. revoked his passport. He has lived in Moscow ever since. Snowden just published his memoir Permanent Record in which he writes about what"
YouTube Link 2019-09-26T15:19Z 3.2M followers, 418.1K engagements

"Data Crunch: AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt A new report titled Data Crunch: How the AI Boom Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Compromise Climate Goals from the Center for Biological Diversity warns the booming artificial intelligence industrys high resource consumption threatens the worlds climate goals despite rosy prognoses of AIs projected benefits. Co-author Jean Su says that the increasing use of AI for military applications offsets any positives it offers for climate change"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T16:57Z 3.2M followers, 18.5K engagements

"Scientists remove DEI language out of research proposals Scientists are removing DEI language out of research proposals in response to the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2025-03-10T16:26Z 3.2M followers, 41.6K engagements

"From COVID to Hepatitis to Measles RFK Jr. Is Gutting Vaccine Science: Ex-CDC Expert Speaks Out Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dramatically reshapes U.S. immunization policy we speak with Dr. Fiona Havers a former top vaccine expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who resigned in June. Last week Kennedy's handpicked advisers on a federal vaccine panel voted against universal hepatitis B shots for newborns reversing [--] years of CDC guidance that all newborns receive the vaccine within [--] hours of birth."
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T15:39Z 3.2M followers, 60.2K engagements

"Sons of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Ask Obama to Exonerate Their Mother in Nuclear Spy Case http://democracynow.org - Two brothers are making a last-ditch appeal to President Obama to clear their mothers name. Michael and Robert Meeropol are calling on Obama to posthumously exonerate their mother Ethel Rosenberg. She along with their father Julius Rosenberg was charged with conspiring to share nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union and executed on June [--] [----]. At the time FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover accused the couple of committing "the crime of the century." The government alleged the"
YouTube Link 2016-12-29T17:37Z 3.2M followers, 59.6K engagements

"New Yorker Mag Reveals Trump Family's Frenzy to Cash In on the White House Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt "How much is Trump pocketing off the presidency" That's the question driving a major new investigation by journalist David D. Kirkpatrick in The New Yorker which finds that the first family has been leveraging its place atop U.S. politics to rake in billions. According to Kirkpatrick Donald Trump and his immediate family have made $3.4 billion from his time in the White House including more than $2.3 billion from various cryptocurrency ventures alone. "What"
YouTube Link 2025-08-20T15:29Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements

"Seymour Hersh Details Explosive Story on Bin Laden Killing & Responds to White House Media Backlash http://democracynow.org - Four years after U.S. forces assassinated Osama bin Laden Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh has published an explosive piece claiming much of what the Obama administration said about the attack was wrong. Hersh claims at the time of the U.S. raid bin Laden had been held as a prisoner by Pakistani intelligence since [----]. Top Pakistani military leaders knew about the operation and provided key assistance. Contrary to U.S. claims that it located"
YouTube Link 2015-05-12T14:42Z 3.2M followers, 474.8K engagements

"ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Minneapolis Mother Renee Good Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak with two people who responded to the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good a 37-year-old mother of three by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday. Trump administration officials claim the agent acted in self-defense but local officials including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey reject that claim. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T16:05Z 3.2M followers, 940.2K engagements

"Top U.S. & World Headlines October [--] [----] #DemocracyNow Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now today: https://democracynow.org/donate FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW ONLINE: YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow Facebook: http://facebook.com/democracynow Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracynow SoundCloud:"
YouTube Link 2020-10-26T13:37Z 3.2M followers, 77.9K engagements

""Cold-Blooded Murder": Families of Trinidadian Men Killed in U.S. Boat Strike Sue Trump Admin Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The families of two men from Trinidad killed in an October U.S. missile strike in the Caribbean are suing the Trump administration for wrongful death and extrajudicial killing. The families of 26-year-old Chad Joseph and 41-year-old Rishi Samaroo say the two men were returning home from fishing and farming in Venezuela not smuggling drugs as the Trump administration has claimed without evidence. Four others on the same boat were also"
YouTube Link 2026-01-30T15:46Z 3.2M followers, 161.7K engagements

"Immigrant Rights Leader in Maine Says ICE Raids Caused Panic & "Wave of Fear" Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Activists in Maine are resisting ICE immigration raids in Portland and Lewiston that the Trump administration dubbed Operation Catch of the Day. The immigrant community in Maine has grown in recent years with an influx of asylum seekers and Somali immigrants in particular. As a small state community means a lot says Mufalo Chitam executive director of the Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition adding that her organization has received thousands of phone calls"
YouTube Link 2026-02-03T16:49Z 3.2M followers, 30.4K engagements

"Elon Musk Under Fire for Epstein Links Grok's Sexualized AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt French prosecutors have asked Elon Musk to appear for questioning following a police raid on the offices of the social media network X in Paris. The French probe comes on the heels of a U.K. investigation into Musk's AI tool Grok over its "potential to produce harmful sexualized image and video content." Last month the European Union also launched an investigation into sexual deepfakes created by Grok. "It's a part of a kind of a pushback that"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T16:22Z 3.2M followers, 98.1K engagements

"Naomi Klein on the "end times fascism" of the far right Journalist Naomi Klein says the far right in the United States and elsewhere is "betting against the future" with no plan or even desire to save the planet from growing inequality political instability and climate chaos. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2025-05-05T19:15Z 3.2M followers, 510.8K engagements

"The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiya: Al Jazeera Film on Israels Abduction Torture of Gaza Doctor Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt A powerful new documentary produced by Fault Lines on Al Jazeera English tells the story of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya the Palestinian pediatrician and director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza whom Israel has detained with virtually no contact to the outside world for almost nine months. He became known to millions of people around the world for his regular video dispatches from inside the hospital describing the toll of"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T15:27Z 3.2M followers, 50.8K engagements

"ICE Conducts Largest-Ever Raid at Georgia Hyundai Plant Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We get an update on the largest-ever single-site immigration raid in U.S. history that unfolded Thursday when federal agents arrested nearly [---] workers at a Hyundai facility in Georgia. Most workers were Korean nationals who were building an electric vehicle battery plant. Hyundai is investing over $12 billion in a record-setting economic development deal with the state and the South Korean government recently agreed to invest hundreds of billions more in the U.S. in exchange"
YouTube Link 2025-09-08T15:01Z 3.2M followers, 111.8K engagements

"Edward Snowden on exposing NSA surveillance: "I had produced a system that spied on everyone" In his new memoir "Permanent Record" whistleblower Edward describes what he learned from within the American intelligence apparatus that convinced him to blow the whistle on unchecked government surveillance. While working as a contractor for the CIA and NSA Snowden laid the groundwork for many of the cybersecurity protocols under which the agencies currently operate. Eventually Snowden came to believe the NSA's surveillance practices were betraying public trust in the government and violating the"
YouTube Link 2019-09-26T23:00Z 3.2M followers, 36.5K engagements

"Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Winning a Pulitzer: I Can't Celebrate While Gaza Is Starving Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha has just been awarded the [----] Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his essays about the Palestinian experience in the face of the U.S.-backed Israeli assault on Gaza. He joins Democracy Now to discuss his work the necessity of advocating for Palestinian rights and the violence of Israeli occupation. Abu Toha who evacuated Gaza in late [----] after being arrested beaten and detained by the Israeli military now"
YouTube Link 2025-05-06T14:30Z 3.2M followers, 56.7K engagements

"Citizens United at 15: Landmark Ruling Helped Elon Musk & Other Billionaires Bankroll Trump Victory Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Donald Trump's return to the White House comes almost exactly [--] years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Citizens United ruling which opened the floodgates for corporations and billionaires to pour unlimited money into elections. At Trump's inauguration on Monday the front row included several of the world's richest and most powerful men including Tesla's Elon Musk Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Amazon's Jeff Bezos"
YouTube Link 2025-01-22T15:33Z 3.2M followers, 38.1K engagements

"The "two truths" in Iran "As progressives in the United States or outside of Iran we should be able to hold two truths at the same time" says Middle East scholar Arang Keshavarzian. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T23:00Z 3.2M followers, 12.4K engagements

"Dr. Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Died Since Trump Closed USAID Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We had the cure for death from malnutrition and we took it away. We speak to surgeon and health policy expert Atul Gawande about the Trump administrations near-total dismantling of USAID. Gawande the head of global health at USAID during the Biden administration is featured in the short film Rovinas Choice filmed at a refugee camp at the border between Kenya and South Sudan earlier this year. We play an excerpt from the film and discuss the impact of"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T17:59Z 3.2M followers, 31.4K engagements

"How the DOJ bungled latest Epstein files release An attorney for [--] survivors of Jeffrey Epstein says the Trump administration badly bungled the most recent release of files related to the sexual predator"
YouTube Link 2026-02-02T20:01Z 3.2M followers, 203.5K engagements

"Judith Butler Among [---] Named in UC Berkeley "Antisemitism" Files Handed to Trump Admin Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The University of California Berkeley has provided Trump officials with the names of at least [---] students faculty and staff in cases of alleged antisemitism on campus in response to the administration's sweeping crackdown on Palestinian solidarity activism. The administration has already threatened to cut off federal funding from academic institutions and has targeted international students involved in the pro-Palestine movement. We speak to"
YouTube Link 2025-09-15T15:21Z 3.2M followers, 88.9K engagements

""Recognize Palestine": Israeli Knesset Member Ofer Cassif on Protesting Trump Netanyahu Speeches Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As President Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset on Monday he was briefly interrupted by two lawmakers who waved signs reading "Recognize Palestine." The two Knesset members Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif with the Hadash-Ta'al alliance were expelled from the chamber. "Yesterday there was a disgusting display of flattery and personality cult by two megalomaniacs who are hungry for power and blood" says Cassif. "This was a minimum protest"
YouTube Link 2025-10-14T15:08Z 3.2M followers, 84.9K engagements

"YouTube Star Ms. Rachel on Her Gaza Advocacy: "My Deep Care for Children Doesn't Stop at Any Border" Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We speak with Rachel Griffin Accurso the educator known to millions around the world as Ms. Rachel who has become a leading advocate for children in Gaza. Her YouTube channel for young children became wildly popular during the COVID-19 pandemic and today has more than [--] million subscribers. Since the start of Israel's war on Gaza Accurso has used her social media reach to speak out for Palestinian children facing hunger disease"
YouTube Link 2025-08-13T14:42Z 3.2M followers, 166K engagements

"Philadelphia DA promises to hunt down ICE agents who break the law Larry Krasner the Philadelphia District Attorney has vowed to "find the identities" of ICE officers who break the law"
YouTube Link 2026-02-03T15:51Z 3.2M followers, 33.9K engagements

""Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors": Survivor Recounts Deadly [----] London Fire That Inspired Play Support our work: https://www.democracynow.org/donatecampaign=sm-desc-yt&utm_campaign=sm-desc-yt&utm_content=description&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube The play Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors tells the story of the [----] apartment fire at Grenfell Tower in London that killed [--] people. It was the worst fire in Britain since World War II and survivors blamed the government for mismanaging the public housing block and neglecting maintenance. The play tells the story of how the residents"
YouTube Link 2024-05-16T15:33Z 3.2M followers, [----] engagements

"WikiLeaks' Julian Assange & Philosopher Slavoj Zizek In Conversation With Amy Goodman [--] of [--] DemocracyNow.org - In one of his first public events since being held under house arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in London Saturday for a conversation with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj iek moderated by Democracy Now's Amy Goodman. They discuss the impact of WikiLeaks on world politics the release of the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs and Cablegate the largest trove of classified U.S. government records in history. "From being inside the center of the storm I have learned not just"
YouTube Link 2011-07-05T20:44Z 3.2M followers, [----] engagements

""On Our Way to Annihilation": Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud Reports Live from Outside Gaza City Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Israel's military has issued new evacuation orders for neighborhoods of Gaza City as Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip's largest urban area. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have already fled Gaza City for overcrowded areas further south as Israeli forces systematically flatten much of the city. Meanwhile Israeli bombardment continues to kill dozens of Palestinians every day amid widespread famine. Democracy Now is"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T15:49Z 3.2M followers, 191.6K engagements

"Ross Barkan on NYC Mayoral Race Mamdani's Rise Socialism & More Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt New York mayoral candidates held their final debate Wednesday before the November [--] election with early voting beginning Saturday. Democratic nominee and front-runner Zohran Mamdani faced off against Republican Curtis Sliwa and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo running as an independent after losing the primary to Mamdani. While the debate itself is unlikely to have much impact the fact that a pro-Palestine democratic socialist is leading the race is very"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T14:14Z 3.2M followers, 176.6K engagements

"Edward Snowden on Trump Obama & How He Ended Up in Russia to Avoid U.S. Extradition We conclude our interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden who has just published his memoir titled Permanent Record. In [----] after quitting his job at the NSA Snowden attempted to fly from Hong Kong to Latin America in order to avoid being extradited to the United States. But the U.S. revoked his passport when he stopped through Russia effectively stranding him there. Snowden has lived as an exile in Moscow ever since. He tells us his story. #DemocracyNow Democracy Now is an independent global news hour"
YouTube Link 2019-09-30T15:20Z 3.2M followers, 964K engagements

"Glenn Greenwald on Occupy Wall Street Banks Too Big To Jail and the Attack on WikiLeaks www.democracynow.org - The prominent political and legal blogger Glenn Greenwald comments on the growing Occupy Wall Street movement on Democracy Now Oct. [--]. "This movement is about is more important than specific legislative demands . it is expressing dissent to the system itself" says Greenwald. "It is not a Democratic Party organ it is not about demanding President Obama's single jobs bill pass or anything along those lines. It is saying that we believe the system itself is radically corrupted and we"
YouTube Link 2011-10-26T14:22Z 3.2M followers, [----] engagements

""Time to Cut Ties with Israel": U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese on Gaza Hospital Bombing Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Israel's war on Gaza is the deadliest conflict for journalists in recorded history. In an attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza Monday Israel killed five more journalists in addition to over a dozen others. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the hospital attack was a "tragic mishap" but just hours later Israeli forces killed a sixth journalist. "There is a pattern of targeting and killing journalists that lets us think that there is an"
YouTube Link 2025-08-26T15:10Z 3.2M followers, 94K engagements

"Chilean Author Ariel Dorfman on Far-Right President-Elect Jos Antonio Kast's Rise to Power Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Jos Antonio Kast has won Chile's presidential election with the far-right leader getting about 58% of the vote in Sunday's runoff against Jeannette Jara a member of the Communist Party who served as labor minister under outgoing President Gabriel Boric. Kast has openly praised former U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet and is the son of a Nazi who fled Germany after World War II. Kast campaigned on fighting crime and carrying out mass"
YouTube Link 2025-12-17T15:35Z 3.2M followers, 50.2K engagements

"Winona LaDuke on Enbridge's Line [--] pipeline #Line3 #waterprotectors #pipelines #Indigenous A Minnesota judge just dropped charges against Winona LaDuke and other Indigenous water protectors for protesting the Line [--] pipeline. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2023-09-20T16:01Z 3.2M followers, 14.2K engagements

""No Kings": Millions Set to Join Protests Against "Wannabe Dictator" Trump Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Even as President Trump has cracked down on dissent and sent troops into multiple cities organizers of Saturday's anti-authoritarian "No Kings" protests expect millions to join at least [----] rallies across all [--] states and several U.S. territories. The turnout could surpass the [--] million protesters who turned out for "No Kings Day" events in June. "We are engaging in the most American activity in the world which is coming together in peaceful protest of our"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T15:19Z 3.2M followers, 192.1K engagements

"U.S. citizens describe surviving violent attacks by immigration agents U.S. citizens who have had violent encounters with federal immigration agents testified before Congress on Tuesday. Daniel Rascon described how agents pointed rifles at him and shot at his car"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T19:01Z 3.2M followers, 103.1K engagements

"Remembering Berta Cceres Assassinated Honduras Indigenous & Environmental Leader http://democracynow.org - Honduran indigenous and environmental organizer Berta Cceres has been assassinated in her home in Honduras. She was one of the leading organizers for indigenous land rights in Honduras. In [----] she co-founded the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras or COPINH. For years the group faced death threats and repression as they stood up to mining and dam projects that threatened to destroy their community. Last year Cceres won the Goldman Environmental Prize the"
YouTube Link 2016-03-04T16:47Z 3.2M followers, 21.2K engagements

"Right of Return: Omar Shakir & Ken Roth Debate "Blocked" Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs on over [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T16:00Z 3.2M followers, 30.6K engagements

"NYC Nurses' Strike Enters 10th Day; Mayor Mamdani & Sen. Sanders Join Picket Line Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The largest nurses' strike in New York City history has reached its 10th day as negotiations stall. Nearly [-----] New York City nurses are fighting for a contract that includes higher pay a staffing increase to manage patients improved benefits and workplace protections against violence. Senator Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined the picket line at Mount Sinai West Tuesday with the New York State Nurses Association. "This is a fight for our"
YouTube Link 2026-01-21T15:54Z 3.2M followers, 39K engagements

"ICE "Wartime" Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As outrage grows across the country over the Trump administration's deadly immigration crackdown in Minnesota we speak with reporter Drew Harwell who recently reported on the government's effort to hire thousands more ICE agents. According to an internal strategy document uncovered by The Washington Post the federal government plans to spend $100 million over a one-year period in a "wartime recruitment" push including online targeting of"
YouTube Link 2026-01-28T15:51Z 3.2M followers, 132.1K engagements

"Freedom for Western Sahara: Sahrawis Demand End of Moroccan Occupation at U.N. Human Rights Council Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva where activists are shining a light on Moroccos brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its Indigenous people the Sahrawi. The Sahrawi journalist and activist Asria Mohamed speaks with Democracy Nows Amy Goodman about Jaimitna an art installation that evokes the tents of Sahrawi people living in refugee camps. The installation features various melhfas traditional clothing worn by"
YouTube Link 2025-06-30T14:50Z 3.2M followers, 18.7K engagements

"Trump Meddles in Honduran Election & Vows to Pardon Ex-President Jailed in U.S. for Drug Trafficking Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Trump has announced plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernndez who is serving a 45-year sentence for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States. In [----] Hernndez was convicted in New York of drug trafficking and weapons charges. "The evidence from the Southern District of New York was overwhelming" says Dana Frank professor of history emerita at the University of California Santa"
YouTube Link 2025-12-01T15:49Z 3.2M followers, 56.6K engagements

"Yanis Varoufakis on Trumps new world order Yanis Varoufakis calls Trumps Board of Peace and the U.S.-led plan for the reoccupation of Gaza one of the most despicable developments in his lifetime and slams European leaders' ineffectual largely symbolic resistance to Trumps imperial ambitions. Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News Democracy Now Amy Goodman News Politics democracynow Independent Media Breaking News World News"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T20:22Z 3.2M followers, 691.9K engagements

""Shock and Awe": ICE Raids Begin as Judge Halts Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt As the Trump administration launches what it touts as the largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history we look at how immigrant communities and advocates are fighting back. The administration already faces some setbacks including in its attempt to end birthright citizenship which a federal judge halted Thursday from going into effect because it was "blatantly unconstitutional." Thursday's ruling is the first in what's expected to be a"
YouTube Link 2025-01-24T15:57Z 3.2M followers, 1M engagements

"The New COINTELPRO Meet the Activist the FBI Labeled a Black Identity Extremist & Jailed [--] Months https://democracynow.org - In Texas a black activist says he is the first person to be targeted and prosecuted under a secretive U.S. surveillance effort to track so-called black identity extremists. On December [--] activist Rakem Balogun awoke to armed FBI agents storming his Dallas apartment. He was then jailed for nearly six months without the possibility of bail as the FBI investigated him for domestic terrorism in part because of his Facebook posts criticizing police brutality. He was"
YouTube Link 2018-05-23T15:57Z 3.2M followers, 61.3K engagements

"Tinder Hinge OkCupid Owned by Match Group Track Reports of Rape. Why Don't They Warn Users Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Match Group the tech company that owns Match.com OkCupid Hinge Tinder and other popular dating services has known for years which users have been accused of sexual assault and rape but kept those reports hidden from others on the app according to a new investigation. Match Group controls half of the world's online dating market and facilitates meetups for millions of people in scores of countries around the world. "Match Group is aware of a"
YouTube Link 2025-02-14T16:21Z 3.2M followers, 43.5K engagements

"Dem congressional candidate assaulted by ICE agent Democratic congressional candidate @katmabu was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent during a protest in Chicago last week. She vows to continue attending the weekly protests to highlight "human rights abuses" being committed at the facility"
YouTube Link 2025-09-23T16:09Z 3.2M followers, 44K engagements

"Israel's Killing of Yemen's Houthi PM May Expand Regional War Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Thousands of mourners attended a funeral for [--] senior Houthi figures in Yemen's capital of Sana'a on Monday after they were killed by Israel in an airstrike last week. The dead included the Houthi prime minister Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi. The Houthis have ruled the capital and much of northern Yemen for over a decade. For the last two years Houthi fighters have regularly launched missiles at Israel and attacked ships in the Red Sea in what they described as actions in"
YouTube Link 2025-09-02T15:00Z 3.2M followers, 66.7K engagements

""Federal Invasion": Minnesota Officials Condemn Violent ICE Raids Arrests Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Trump's immigration enforcement surge continues to rock Minnesota just a week after the ICE shooting of Renee Good a mother of three and U.S. citizen in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that the number of federal agents now in Minneapolis and Saint Paul outstrips the [--] largest Twin Cities metro police departments combined. "We don't want ICE in our neighborhoods. They are violent they are creating chaos and terrorizing our immigrant neighbors"
YouTube Link 2026-01-14T15:28Z 3.2M followers, 116.4K engagements

"ICE Out of Minnesota: Unions & Churches Lead Economic Blackout in "Day of Truth and Freedom" Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of an economic blackout to protest the surge of ICE agents into the state. Organizers of the strike include faith leaders and unions who are encouraging people to stay home from work school and shopping. Kieran Knutson president of the Communications Workers of America Local [----] says the strike comes "after weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T16:03Z 3.2M followers, 49.9K engagements

"Full Interview: Jane Mayer on the Mercers & the Dark Money Behind the Rise of Trump & Bannon http://democracynow.org - Full interview with the New Yorkers Jane Mayer about her new article "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency: How Robert Mercer Exploited Americas Populist Insurgency." The piece looks at Robert Mercer the man who is said to have out-Koched the Koch brothers in the [----] election. Democracy Now is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on nearly [----] TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET:"
YouTube Link 2017-03-29T17:33Z 3.2M followers, 250.7K engagements

"Rep. Khanna Slams DOJ for Not Launching New Probes of Jeffrey Epsteins Co-Conspirators Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna has called for Congress to investigate associates of Jeffrey Epstein named in the files and for the full release of the remaining documents"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T21:01Z 3.2M followers, 46.9K engagements

"Too Radical for Harvard Cornel West on Failed Fight for Tenure Biden's First [--] Days & More The prominent scholar and activist Cornel West has announced he is leaving Harvard Divinity School after he was denied consideration for tenure and will rejoin the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he started his teaching career more than [--] years ago. West had left Harvard once before in [----] and returned to a nontenured position at Harvard in [----]. The news about the denial of West's request for tenure has led to an outpouring of support and incited conversation about"
YouTube Link 2021-03-10T15:05Z 3.2M followers, 97.4K engagements

"Dick Cheney's destructive legacy Dick Cheney has died at age [--]. He was "the most powerful vice president in American history" and left behind a "destructive" legacy in the United States the Middle East and beyond says John Nichols"
YouTube Link 2025-11-04T18:34Z 3.2M followers, 30K engagements

"The Monroe Doctrine Revisited: How [---] Years of U.S. Policy Have Helped to Destabilize the Americas This weekend Democracy Now co-host Juan Gonzlez gives the opening plenary at American University's one-day conference "Burying [---] Years of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine" marking [---] years since the Monroe Doctrine the foreign policy directive from President James Monroe that effectively declared all of Latin America a U.S. sphere of influence. For the past two centuries the Monroe Doctrine has been repeatedly used to justify scores of invasions interventions and CIA regime changes in the"
YouTube Link 2023-04-27T13:43Z 3.2M followers, 310.6K engagements

"Trump Sends Hundreds of Immigrants to Brutal Salvadoran Prison as Mass Deportations Expand Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Since President Donald Trump took office the U.S. has expelled hundreds of immigrants and asylum seekers to El Salvador without due process to be detained at the supermax mega-prison complex known as CECOT with many of them accused of belonging to gangs largely on the basis of having tattoos. The Trump administration recently admitted in a court filing that a Salvadoran father with protected status was among those sent to El Salvador. Kilmar"
YouTube Link 2025-04-02T13:52Z 3.2M followers, 66.4K engagements

"Edward Snowden Glenn Greenwald & Chris Hedges on NSA Leaks Assange & Protecting a Free Internet NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Glenn Greenwald and Chris Hedges discuss mass surveillance government secrecy Internet freedom and U.S. attempts to extradite and prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. They spoke together on a panel moderated by Amy Goodman at the virtual War on Terror film festival after a screening of "Citizenfour" the Oscar-winning documentary about Snowden by Laura Poitras. #DemocracyNow Democracy Now is an independent global news"
YouTube Link 2021-12-23T15:58Z 3.2M followers, 1.9M engagements

"Could Hegseth Face War Crimes Probe for Killing Survivors of U.S. Boat Strike Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Democracy Now speaks with journalist Spencer Ackerman about the Trump administration's deadly ongoing attacks on alleged "drug boats" amid reports President Trump is preparing to attack Venezuela with all airspace surrounding Venezuela now closed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others are "turning the military into a criminal operation" says Ackerman. "This shows the moral degeneracy that the 'war on terror' has left as a legacy in the U.S. military.""
YouTube Link 2025-12-01T15:51Z 3.2M followers, 62.9K engagements

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