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! 2024-12-20 Friday

   Headlines for December 20, 2024; Amazon Workers Launch Historic Strike to Demand New Contracts & End Unsafe Labor Practices; UnitedHealth vs. Patients: NYC Man’s Battle to Get Lifesaving Drug Highlights Broken Health System; How to Appeal Insurance Denials, Abolish Medical Debt, and Fight for Medicare for All; “Do Not Obey in Advance”: Timothy Snyder on How Corporate America Is Bending to Trump

2. Democracy Now! 2024-12-19 Thursday

   Headlines for December 19, 2024; Mass Graves Discovered as Syrian Families Seek Answers to Loved Ones’ Disappearances Under Assad Regime; “Extermination & Acts of Genocide”: Human Rights Watch on Israel Deliberately Depriving Gaza of Water; “Rape Club” Prison in California: U.S. Gov’t to Pay Record $116M to 103 Women Who Sued over Abuse

3. Democracy Now! 2024-12-18 Wednesday

   Headlines for December 18, 2024; “Obey the Law”: Palestinians Sue State Dept., Saying Arms Sales to Israel Violate U.S. Human Rights Law; Justice for Ayşenur Eygi: Family of U.S. Citizen Killed by Israel Meets with Blinken Demanding Probe; Trump Escalates War on Press by Suing Des Moines Register Days After ABC Agreed to $15M Settlement

4. Democracy Now! 2024-12-17 Tuesday

   Headlines for December 17, 2024; “It Broke Him”: Mother Who Lost Son in “Kids for Cash” Scheme Slams Biden’s Clemency for Corrupt Judge; Astra Taylor: “It’s Still Not Too Late for Biden to Deliver Debt Relief”; Alex Gibney on “The Bibi Files,” Netanyahu’s Corruption Case & How Endless War Keeps Him in Power

5. Democracy Now! 2024-12-16 Monday

   Headlines for December 16, 2024; “Lawless”: Marwan Bishara on Israel Bombing Syria 800 Times & Expanding Occupation of Golan Heights; South Korea Impeaches President as Demands Grow for Democratic Reforms; Reporter Ken Klippenstein on Publishing Luigi Mangione Manifesto & Internal UnitedHealth PR Memos; Denied: ProPublica Exposes UnitedHealth Profiteering Off Limiting Care for Children with Autism