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On today’s show: Headlines Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Muslim Senator as Democrats Rout GOP Across the U.S. in Rebuke to Trump “The Earth Shook Last Night”: Talarico Wins Senate, Hinojosa Becomes First Latina Governor in Texas “Over a Decade of Organizing”: Keisha Lance Bottoms Elected First Black Woman Governor in U.S. History Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – November 4, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “Democracy Itself Is on the Ballot”: Voters Weigh 150+ Ballot Initiatives, from Wealth Tax to Abortion Election Protection: NAACP on Voter Suppression & Deployment of Federal Poll Monitors Democratic Socialists on the Rise: Darializa Avila Chevalier & Claire Valdez Set to Win House Seats Latino Voters Swing Away from Trump for “Terrorizing Our Communities”: Marisa Franco of Mijente Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – November 3, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “Princes and Thieves” Author Matthew Cole on Jared Kushner & the “Secret Plot to Remake Middle East” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – November 2, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “Ungrounding”: Eyal Weizman on Gaza Genocide & Israel’s “Permanent Architecture of Control” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 30, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines “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” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 29, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines Israeli Elections to Global Movements: Tariq Ali, Rashid Khalidi on New Book “The Neck and the Sword” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 28, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Headlines 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 Journalism”: Egypt Shutters Independent News Site Mada Masr, Detains Editor Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 27, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – October 8, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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

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

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

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

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

On today’s show: Headlines “No Land to Stand On”: Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing Columbia 80 Years After Nuremberg Trials, U.S. Leads Assault on ICC & International Law: Wolfgang Kaleck Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now! – September 30, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.