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Headlines for November 02, 2026; “Princes and Thieves” Author Matthew Cole on Jared Kushner & the “Secret Plot to Remake Middle East”

The Grammy-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Russell stopped by the Democracy Now! studio to perform songs from her new album In the Hour of Chaos. She was joined by bassist and vocalist Ganessa James.

Headlines for October 30, 2026; “Ungrounding”: Eyal Weizman on Gaza Genocide & Israel’s “Permanent Architecture of Control”

Headlines for October 29, 2026; “She Was a Fighter”: Dolores Huerta, Legendary Farmworker Organizer & Activist, Dies at 96; Meet AI Engineer Who Resigned from DeepMind over “Google’s Complicity in the Gaza Genocide”

Headlines for October 28, 2026; Israeli Elections to Global Movements: Tariq Ali, Rashid Khalidi on New Book “The Neck and the Sword”

Headlines for October 27, 2026; Trump Is Already Undermining Confidence in Midterm Election Results from Alaska to California: ACLU; “Anti-Fascist Economics”: Isabella Weber on How Inequality Fuels Extremism & Erodes Democracy; “Dark Day for…

Headlines for October 26, 2026; Brazil: Lula Wins Stunning Upset Over Flávio Bolsonaro in Blow to Far Right & Trump; Serbia’s Student-Led Movement Ousts Strongman Aleksander Vučić in Shock Election Result; Will Ousting Netanyahu Change Anything for…

Part 2 of our conversation with Arundhati Roy talking about AI and her new essay, “Apocalypse Now and Then: Artificial Intelligence Is Capitalism’s Final Destination.”

Headlines for October 23, 2026; Ohio Governor’s Race: Trump Backs Ramaswamy Ad Siding with Opponent’s Indicted Childhood Rapist; Brazil Elections: How AI, Meta and Evangelicals Could Sway the Presidential Race for Bolsonaro; “Dying in Detention”: Al…

We host the East African retro-pop band Alsarah & The Nubatones at the Democracy Now! studio.

Headlines for October 22, 2026; Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC’s Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump’s Targeting of Ilhan Omar; Should AIPAC Register as a Foreign Agent? Zeteo Examines Pro-Israel Lobby’s Influence on Elections; “A Spark from the…

Headlines for October 21, 2026; Flamingo Revolution: Albania Protests Escalate over Corruption & Kushner/Trump Luxury Resort; “When the Bubble Bursts”: Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Reclaiming Democracy from AI Oligarchs

Headlines for October 20, 2026; Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay on ICC, Gaza, Rape as War Crime, Her South African Roots & Mandela; A Wealth Tax on Billionaires? California Voters to Decide Prop 40

Headlines for October 19, 2026; French Gov’t Cracks Down on Mass Protests over Cost of Living, Education Cuts; 2,400+ Arrested; Masked Israeli Settlers Nearly Kill Washington Post Journalist as Attacks on Palestinians Escalate; Juan Francisco Solórzano…