Democracy Now! Audio

Headlines for September 23, 2026; “New Low in U.N. History”: Trita Parsi on Trump’s Threat to Annihilate Iran at General Assembly; Bernie Sanders: The World Is “Moving in the Wrong Direction” on War, Climate, Inequality & AI Tech; Nepali Activist at U.N. Rally Calls for Climate Justice After Deadly Glacier Floods Kill Thousands; “Secretary of Measlesland”: Dr. Paul Offit Slams RFK Jr.’s Handling of Deadly Measles Outbreak

Headlines for September 22, 2026; Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon’s Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant; “Politics Are Desperately Important at the Moment”: Bill McKibben on Midterms, Trump & Climate Crisis; Could Cuba Become a “Silent Gaza”? U.S. Fuel Blockade Aims to “Asphyxiate” Island: Top Cuban Diplomat; “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Brazilian Educator Paulo Freire Profiled in Film, “Reading the World”

Headlines for September 21, 2026; “War on the Press”: Trump Bans CNN, MS NOW & Politico from White House over Critical Coverage; “Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned; “America, Who Hurt You?”: Tony-Winning Performer Sarah Jones on New NY Solo Show & Art as Resistance

Headlines for September 18, 2026; “Inequality Emergency”: Ahead of U.N. General Assembly, Oxfam Urges Action on Climate, AI & Gaza; “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers”: Rhiannon Giddens on New Album, AI, Ed Sheeran, Macklemore & Trump; “We Are the 99%”: 15 Years Later, Occupy Wall Street’s Impact Is Still Being Felt

Headlines for September 17, 2026; “Fast Food Nation,” Mystery Meat & Trump’s Dismantling of U.S. Food Safety System: Eric Schlosser; “Call It Evil”: Philosopher Susan Neiman on Why Moral Clarity Matters in the Trump Era