Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network: Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV: Free Speech TV ch. 348 and Link TV ch. 375); and on the internet. DN!’s podcast is one of the most popular on the web.

Democracy Now!’s War and Peace Report provides our audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S.corporate-sponsored media, including independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics and independent analysts. In addition, Democracy Now! hosts real debates–debates between people who substantially disagree, such as between the White House or the Pentagon spokespeople on the one hand, and grassroots activists on the other.

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WHY INDEPENDENT MEDIA ?

For true democracy to work, people need easy access to independent, diverse sources of news and information.

But the last two decades have seen unprecedented corporate media consolidation. The U.S. media was already fairly homogeneous in the early 1980s: some fifty media conglomerates dominated all media outlets, including television, radio, newspapers, magazines, music, publishing and film. In the year 2000, just six corporations dominated the U.S. media.

In addition, corporate media outlets in the U.S. are legally responsible to their shareholders to maximize profits.

Democracy Now! is funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers, and foundations. We do not accept advertisers, corporate underwriting, or government funding. This allows us to maintain our independence.

1. Democracy Now! 2023-03-24 Friday

   Headlines for March 24, 2023; “France Is Furious”: Anger Grows at Macron for Raising Retirement Age as Millions Strike & Protest; Rep. Ro Khanna on Regulating Banks, TikTok, China, Ukraine & His Vote on the “Horrors of Socialism”; The Candidate and the Spy: James Bamford on Israel’s Secret Collusion with Trump to Win 2016 Race; Cop City: Judge Denies Bond to People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Police Training Facility

2. Democracy Now! 2023-03-23 Thursday

   Headlines for March 23, 2023; A Police Killing Inside a Hospital: Ben Crump on Death of Irvo Otieno During Mental Health Crisis; “Disaster”: Iraqi Journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on U.S. Invasion, Sanctions, Occupation & What’s Next

3. Democracy Now! 2023-03-22 Wednesday

   Headlines for March 22, 2023; Andrew Bacevich on China’s Rise as Global Superpower & Decline of U.S. Empire After Iraq Invasion; The U.S. Owes Iraq “Just Compensation”: Muslim Peacemaker Sami Rasouli on 2003 Invasion & Aftermath

4. Democracy Now! 2023-03-21 Tuesday

   Headlines for March 21, 2023; “Stop Dirty Banks”: Bill McKibben & Ben Jealous on Ending Big Bank Funding for Fossil Fuel Expansion; U.N. Warns “Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking” as Cyclone Freddy Death Toll Tops 560 in Malawi & Mozambique; Remembering Mozambican Rapper Azagaia: Police Crack Down on Protests After Death of Cultural Icon; War Made Easy: Norman Solomon on How Mainstream Media Helped Pave Way for U.S. Invasion of Iraq

5. Democracy Now! 2023-03-20 Monday

   Headlines for March 20, 2023; “Catastrophic”: Iraqi Writers Sinan Antoon & Feurat Alani Reflect on U.S. Invasion 20 Years Later