Democracy Now!
World Cup Kicks Off in Mexico Amid Protests Against Austerity and Forced Disappearances
- Title
- World Cup Kicks Off in Mexico Amid Protests Against Austerity and Forced Disappearances
- Runtime
- 10:29
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
We continue our World Cup coverage in Mexico City, where local protesters are using the global event to bring attention to their causes. A sit-in by a teachers’ union is targeting World Cup festivities. And “the mothers of disappeared people have been protesting, trying to reach the stadium in the far south of the city,” says José Luis Granados Ceja, who covers Latin America for Drop Site News. Meanwhile, due to high ticket prices, “the people who love this sport are not going to be able to attend the games. They have been extraordinarily inaccessible to the population,” adds Granados Cejas.
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- FIFA's "dynamic pricing" means major increase in World Cup ticket costs
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- With a new pricing system in place, tickets are significantly more expensive for this World Cup than for previous tournaments. “They're trying to extract the maximum that they can out of the ticket buyer,” says author and former professional soccer player Jules Boycoff.
- Title
- "World Cup of Exclusion": Games Begin Amid U.S. Visa Restrictions, High Ticket Costs & Iran War
- Runtime
- 10:56
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
The FIFA World Cup kicks off today with two games in Mexico. This will be the biggest World Cup in history, with teams from 48 countries playing over 100 games in 16 host cities across Canada, Mexico and the United States. With a new FIFA pricing system in place, tickets are significantly more expensive for this World Cup than for previous tournaments. And Trump's harsh immigration policies are having another chilling effect on the games. Out of the 39 countries under either a full or partial U.S. travel ban, four — Iran, Haiti, C te d'Ivoire and Senegal — are expected to play in the World Cup. Players from the latter three countries received visa exemptions, while the Iranian team must train in Tijuana, Mexico.
"This World Cup is shaping up to be one of extreme exclusion," says author and former professional soccer player Jules Boykoff. "Working-class fans basically have no chance of buying a ti...
- Title
- "They Have Never Faced an Adversary Like Iran": Rami Khouri on Latest U.S.-Iran Strikes
- Runtime
- 10:08
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
The U.S. struck Iran on Wednesday for a second day in a row, and President Trump is threatening more strikes. Iran has claimed it launched retaliatory missiles at a U.S. Navy fleet in Bahrain, as well as at U.S. air bases in Kuwait and Jordan. Iran has also declared the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz, despite claims by the U.S. that it now effectively controls the strait. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the U.S. strikes have rendered the ceasefire “practically meaningless.”
The last time that the U.S. and Iran spoke directly was in April, but talks have been continuing through intermediaries. It is Israel, not the U.S. and Iran, that doesn’t want the war to end, argues journalist Rami Khouri. “Israel has made it clear that it’s not going to do what the U.S. tells it,” says Khouri. He adds that the U.S. doesn’t know how to get out of the war or how to “rein in” Israel. “So...
- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 11, 2026
- Runtime
- 9:41
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Somali ref gets hero's welcome upon return home
- Runtime
- 0:27
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The Somali soccer referee Omar Artan returned home to a hero's welcome after being denied entry to the United States, where he was set to officiate games during the FIFA World Cup.
Jubilant crowds in Mogadishu welcomed him at the airport, and he was a guest of honor at a local game. The 34-year-old was named Africa's referee of the year in 2025 and would have been the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup.
- Title
- "I Was Just Forced to Resign from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory": Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus
- Runtime
- 9:33
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
We continue to follow the impact of the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on scientific research in the United States with an update from climate scientist Peter Kalmus, who says he has been forced to resign from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) after 15 years at his “dream job.” In an immense loss to the government’s capacity to monitor and assess atmospheric conditions, the JPL has lost about 30% of its staff since President Trump took office for the second time, says Kalmus, who warns that the dismantling of federally funded scientific infrastructure comes as rising global temperatures put the Earth in “extreme danger.” “We’re on this escalator towards warmer and warmer and warmer temperatures, and world leaders are not doing anything about it.”
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Trump Admin Guts Vital Ocean Monitoring, Treats Sea as "Gas Station and a Garbage Dump"
- Runtime
- 10:11
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
We’re joined by ocean policy expert David Helvarg to discuss the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, the “cutting-edge eyes [and] ears” of the ocean. The program’s closure, proposed in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 playbook for Trump’s second administration, involves the decommissioning of a vast network of ocean floor sensors that collect data on marine ecosystems, ocean currents and global climate data, protecting the world’s oceans and providing critical information about extreme weather. In their place is the increasingly unregulated expansion of resource extraction driven by the fossil fuel industry, “essentially developing the ocean for offshore oil drilling and mining — basically, as a gas station and a garbage dump.”
Helvarg, the author of Forest of the Sea: The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp, also discusses ...
- Title
- The Shocking Secrets of MSG's Surveillance Machine: Noah Schachtman on Knicks' Owner James Dolan
- Runtime
- 9:21
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
James Dolan, the billionaire owner of New York City’s Madison Square Garden and its affiliated sports teams, the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers, is under fire after a bombshell investigation by Wired magazine revealed the inner workings of the arena’s extensive surveillance network. Dolan employs facial recognition technology to track and profile arena attendees. This reportedly included a trans woman who, according to a former security staffer, was targeted solely due to her gender identity, as well as lawyers who have been banned because their firms are involved in lawsuits against him. Dolan’s “spy machine” feeds information to Madison Square Garden’s sizable security forces, who operate beyond the arena itself, “acting as a kind of second ersatz police force in Midtown Manhattan,” explains Noah Shachtman, one of the authors of the Wired investigation. “It captures everyone, and som...
- Title
- Report from Tehran: Amid More U.S./Iran Bombing, Trump Warns Iran Is "DEAD...Will Pay the Price"
- Runtime
- 12:29
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
After the downing of an Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, the United States and Iran have begun trading missile and drone strikes in the most serious escalation of hostilities since the April ceasefire agreement. President Trump posted on social media Wednesday morning that Iran has taken “too long to negotiate a deal” and would now have to “pay the price!!!” For more, we speak to Mohammad Eslami at Tehran University, who says Trump’s “lies and broken promises” have shattered Iranians’ trust in a diplomatic solution. “Every night, there are lots of peoples chanting all around the street against Trump. And also, … unfortunately, many of them are chanting against negotiation with Donald Trump,” he says. “Right now they are asking the Iranian [forces] to retaliate.”
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 10, 2026
- Runtime
- 13:20
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Tech CEOs have the power to ruin the economy
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- “A very small number of tech companies are responsible for a great deal of the stock market rise in the last couple of years,” says author and historian Quinn Slobodian. He warns that, given the magnitude of tech CEOs’ power, their controversial actions can create a “cascade effect" in the economy that could hurt average people.
- Title
- What Donald Trump and Madison Square Garden’s owner have in common
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- James Dolan, the owner of Madison Square Garden, wants to rename New York City’s iconic Penn Station rail hub after President Trump. He was married at Mar-a-Lago and has donated “untold” amounts of money to Trump, says The Nation’s sports editor Dave Zirin.
Tap the link in @democracynow's bio for more of our coverage.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/9/dave_zirin_trump_sports_fifa_ufc
- Title
- Lebanon: ethnic cleansing in the South
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Lebanon-based journalist Lylla Younes recounts what happened when Israeli soldiers occupied the southern Lebanese village of Ain Arab, telling residents to leave at gunpoint. “They tell people, ‘You have two hours to leave.’ They don’t even give them that.” This story demonstrates “just how much the word ‘ceasefire’ has lost its meaning,” says Younes.
- Title
- Why New Yorkers "Thunderously Booed" Trump at Knicks-Spurs Game: Sportswriter David Zirin
- Runtime
- 10:17
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
President Trump on Monday attended the third game of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks, who hadn’t lost a game since late April. The crowd booed when Trump was shown on the jumbotron.
“This was supposed to be a day about the Knicks. It was supposed to be a celebration of New York,” says Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation and host of the Edge of Sports podcast. “And instead it was about one authoritarian, malignant narcissist.”
Anticipation for the FIFA World Cup is “joyless,” adds Zirin. “This is the first time that travel warnings are being issued to fans coming here. Even warnings are being issued to people who live in the United States by immigration groups because of the threats of ICE being at the stadiums.”
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscri...
- Title
- Quinn Slobodian on Elon Musk and SpaceX IPO
- Runtime
- 12:29
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Ahead of the initial public offering for SpaceX, we speak with historian Quinn Slobodian, author of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. He says Elon Musk is “creating a situation where he becomes deeply reliant on state contracts” as the U.S. government then becomes reliant on Musk. “It’s not about demolishing the government,” Slobodian says of his work with DOGE, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency that Musk led for the Trump administration. “It’s about making the government more compatible, ready for the kind of products that Musk offers, and to make him then an indispensable part of the infrastructure.” Slobodian goes on to warn that Musk’s wealth is helping to fuel his anti-immigrant, racist political ideology. “We really should be worried about the possibility of those things to live together: tech-driven prosperity and right-wing racist politics.”
Subscribe t...
- Title
- SpaceX IPO Could Make Musk a Trillionaire at Your Expense in "Massive Wealth Transfer": Eric Gardner
- Runtime
- 14:09
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX is set to go public this week targeting a $1.8 trillion valuation, potentially making it the largest initial public offering in history. It is also projected to make Elon Musk, already the world’s richest man, the world’s first trillionaire.
The nonprofit newsroom More Perfect Union has released a new report from business reporter Eric Gardner called “We Uncovered a Hidden Wealth Transfer in the SpaceX IPO. You’re Holding the Bag.” It details how Musk convinced Nasdaq to forgo the usual waiting period to include SpaceX in its index fund, potentially exposing retirement savers to what many professional investors believe will be an overinflated stock price. While Musk and early investors are positioned to see their wealth skyrocket, the SpaceX IPO could hurt these regular investors, says Gardner. “He has essentially financially engineered the IPO as a mas...
- Title
- "The Word 'Ceasefire' Has Lost Its Meaning"
- Runtime
- 8:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Israel is continuing to carry out attacks on Lebanon amid ongoing talks between the U.S. and Iran to end the war. Iran is maintaining its demand that Lebanon be included in a ceasefire deal. Lylla Younes, an investigative journalist based in Beirut, says President Trump’s claims that he wants peace with Iran are “absurd” because the United States continues to support “Israel’s aggression in southern Lebanon.” She argues that “an angry phone call between Netanyahu and Donald Trump is ultimately meaningless” as long as Israel is granted “impunity and arms.” Younes also talks about reporting she did for Drop Site News on the ethnic cleansing in Ain Arab, a village in southern Lebanon.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 9, 2026
- Runtime
- 11:25
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Can Platner overcome personal scandals?
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Graham Platner's populist economic message is connecting with Democratic voters in Maine despite his "complicated and messy" personal life, says Shay Stewart-Bouley, a writer and civil rights activist in Maine. "He makes people feel heard."
- Title
- Iran hits Israel to enforce its "red line" on Lebanon
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Iran struck Israel in retaliation for ongoing Israeli attacks inside Lebanon, a move intended to "extend their deterrence," says analyst Trita Parsi.
- Title
- Peru Votes for President Amid Trump's "Unprecedented Program of Aggression" Against Leftists
- Runtime
- 12:11
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Peru's presidential runoff is too close to call as ballots continue to be counted from Sunday's election between Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, and leftist lawmaker Roberto Sánchez. Peruvian election officials say final results could take up to a month to confirm.
Peruvian economist and public policy expert Gustavo Guerra-García Picasso says "democracy has been undermined" by Fujimori and her right-wing coalition, and that "reforms must be implemented quickly to restore a presidential system with checks and balances."
We also speak with historian Greg Grandin, who situates the Peru election in a wider battle between right and left across Latin America — with the Trump administration conducting "an unprecedented program of aggression" against leftists.
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and...
- Title
- Graham Platner's Billionaire-Bashing Message Resonates in Maine Senate Race, Despite Controversies
- Runtime
- 22:19
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Voters are casting ballots in primary elections Tuesday in Maine, one of a handful of states that could decide which party controls the Senate after this year's midterm elections. Democrats believe they have their best shot in years to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins, but their presumptive nominee has been mired in controversy.
Graham Platner is a 41-year-old oyster farmer and Marine veteran who entered the race as a populist progressive. Democratic Governor Janet Mills, who was urged to run by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, suspended her campaign in April amid polls predicting Platner would easily beat her — though she remains on the ballot. Platner's past, however, has cast a shadow on his campaign. The initial controversies focused on offensive posts Platner made on Reddit years ago and on a tattoo on his chest that resembled a Nazi symbol, which he has since apologized for and c...
- Title
- Iran Warns Israel over Attacks on Lebanon After Iran, Israel Exchange Strikes: Trita Parsi
- Runtime
- 8:42
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Iran and Israel exchanged fire overnight in the most serious escalation since a U.S.-Iranian truce was reached in April. Iran launched a wave of missiles at northern Israel in retaliation for Israeli attacks near Beirut on Sunday. Israel responded with attacks on Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran, Tabriz and Isfahan. This comes as peace talks appear stalled between the United States and Iran, largely over Iran's insistence that any agreement must include Lebanon and halt Israel's attacks on that country. President Donald Trump has also repeatedly expressed frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and reports from NBC News and _The New York Times_ indicate the Pentagon is growing increasingly concerned over Israel spying on U.S. officials.
"I was not surprised by the Iranian attack on Israel," says analyst Trita Parsi, who notes that Iran's leaders want to "extend their dete...
- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 8, 2026
- Runtime
- 11:50
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Iranian missiles seen in the sky over Israel
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Iran and Israel exchanged fire Sunday night in the most serious escalation since a U.S.-Iranian truce was reached in April. Iran launched a wave of missiles at northern Israel, claiming it was in response to Israeli attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahiyeh, on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed his military hit a Hezbollah command center. Israel is “crossing all red lines” by targeting Dahiyeh, the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya said in a statement on Sunday.
Israel responded to the Iranian missile strikes by bombing Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran, Tabriz and Isfahan. The Israeli military also confirmed it struck the Mahshahr petrochemical plant, one of the largest in Iran.
The attacks on Iran came despite President Trump telling Axios on Sunday that he planned to call Netanyahu to urge him not to respond to the first wave of Iranian missiles. Trump also told the Financial Times that Netanyahu had no choice ...
- Title
- Albanians protest Ivanka Trump's luxury resort
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Protests are erupting in Albania over a luxury private island resort being built by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
- Title
- Israeli strike on Gaza leaves family burned alive in their home
- Runtime
- 0:42
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Al Jazeera reports a Palestinian family of five was burned alive as they slept in their beds when Israel bombed their home in Gaza City Thursday night. They were among nine people killed in the airstrike.
“The war did not end. It is a hoax,” says Rabah Lubbad, who lost his daughter and two grandchildren in the attack. “The war ended from one side only."
- Title
- "Fascism is here," says Hasan Piker
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Leftist streamer Hasan Piker has been supporting pro-Palestinian progressives during the 2026 U.S. midterms. Amid growing "illiberalism in the Western world," he says the Democratic Party needs more "fighters" for the working class.
- Title
- Dr. Adam Hamawy on Gaza and running for Congress in New Jersey
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon who just won the Democratic nomination in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. He is an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights and volunteered in Gaza during Israel's genocidal assault on the territory.
Tap the link in @democracynow's bio for more of our coverage.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/5/adam_hamawy_wins_nj_12
- Title
- Hasan Piker on Being Banned from U.K., Traveling to Cuba & Supporting Candidates Critical of Israel
- Runtime
- 18:45
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
The British government earlier this week barred left-wing political commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the U.K. ahead of several speaking events. The Home Office said it was canceling their travel permits because "their presence in the U.K. may not be conducive to the public good." Piker and Uygur, who are related, are both outspoken in their criticism of Israel. While the government did not cite a specific reason for the ban, some lawmakers and pro-Israel groups had accused the two of promoting antisemitism, which they reject.
"I find what the British government did here to be objectionable. I find it to be disgusting. I also find it to be terrifying," Piker tells Democracy Now!_"I think it's a sign that we're … headed down a very different — dare I say, fascist — direction in the Western world."
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that ai...
- Title
- Adam Hamawy, Ex-Volunteer Doctor in Gaza, Wins NJ House Primary Calling for End to Israeli Aid
- Runtime
- 19:21
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
We speak with Dr. Adam Hamawy, the former U.S. Army combat surgeon who just won the Democratic nomination in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. He is now the heavy favorite to win the Democratic-leaning district in November and, if elected, would become New Jersey's first Muslim member of Congress. Hamawy is an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights and volunteered in Gaza during Israel's genocidal assault on the territory. He has been endorsed by prominent progressives like Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, who credits Hamawy with saving her life after her helicopter was shot down in Iraq in 2004.
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to ...
- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 5, 2026
- Runtime
- 16:51
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- A Cuban American immigration story
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- We speak with Cuban American historian Ada Ferrer about her new memoir and her family’s experience immigrating to the United States.
- Title
- U.S. and European white nationalists convene for “Remigration Summit”
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Hundreds of far-right activists gathered in Portugal on Saturday for the annual “Remigration Summit” advocating for the mass deportation of immigrants.
“Remigration is basically the policy response to the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory,” says journalist Charles R. Davis. He explains “great replacement” as a theory that there is a “global elite plot, typically by Jews,” to replace white people in Europe and North America with immigrants.
- Title
- Rural communities in Bolivia seize oil field
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Rural communities in Bolivia demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz seized an oil field in the Santa Cruz region Wednesday, shutting down production.
Protesters closed the well valves and erected barriers to slow the advance of the police, with a local leader stating the takeover was nonviolent and decided collectively by Indigenous community members.
Police later moved in with riot gear, arresting four people. The oil field action is the latest escalation in a weekslong general strike opposing Paz’s sweeping neoliberal agenda.
The unrest began in early May over fuel shortages, rising living costs and austerity measures. Since then, it has left at least five people dead and caused billions of dollars in economic losses.
President Paz is proposing a controversial state of exception bill to Bolivia’s Congress to authorize the military to dismantle roadblocks as nationwide protests enter their fifth week.
- Title
- Historian Ada Ferrer on Cuba's Crisis, U.S. Sanctions and Family Separation
- Runtime
- 16:02
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
The Trump administration five months ago launched an energy blockade against Cuba, coming on top of the over six-decade-long embargo, the longest in U.S. history. The expanded U.S. sanctions have exacerbated the island’s economic crisis, forcing Cubans to live with rolling blackouts, inflation and shortages of basic goods.
“The situation there is dire,” says Cuban American historian Ada Ferrer. “It has been for quite some time, and it’s gotten worse and worse over the last five months.”
Acknowledging the devastating effects the U.S. embargo has on the island, Ferrer says the Cuban government’s priority “is not the well-being of the Cuban people.” She points out that despite the current deterioration of the industry, Cuba continues to invest in tourism, “ignoring sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, education, health — all of which are in horrible decline.”...
- Title
- "Notes from an ICE Chaser": Tracking Trump's Mass Deportation Campaign on the Ground
- Runtime
- 7:23
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Bovino was eventually removed from his position in January after immigration agents under his command killed 37-year-old VA nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
We speak with Amanda Moore, a reporter who focuses on far-right extremism and state violence. She spent months following Bovino and the immigration crackdown in the United States for Mother Jones and other outlets. “[Border Patrol] would snipe us with rubber bullets from rooftops by the detention centers,” says Moore.
We also get a comment from reporter Charles R. Davis about other right-wing figures in the Trump administration.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Voices from Delaney Hall: Family and Community Members Demand Release of Loved Ones from ICE Jail
- Runtime
- 8:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Hundreds of immigrants detained at the ICE jail known as Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and labor strike for nearly two weeks. They are protesting the conditions at the jail, including spoiled food that has had maggots in it, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Detainees are also forced to work for around $1 per day. In retaliation against the strike, guards at Delaney Hall have reportedly beaten participants, and family visitation was temporarily suspended. The strikers are demanding their release from the ICE jail and that the most vulnerable populations are freed first.
Detainees' family members, along with immigration advocates and anti-ICE protesters, have been rallying outside Delaney Hall since the strike began. Democracy Now!'s María Taracena was outside Delaney on Tuesday. She spoke to a detainee who had just been released, a community organizer, a lawyer a...
- Title
- Far-Right Leaders, Including Ex-CBP Chief Greg Bovino, Convene in Portugal for "Remigration Summit"
- Runtime
- 13:20
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Hundreds of far-right activists gathered in Portugal on Saturday for the annual “Remigration Summit” advocating for the mass deportation of immigrants. Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and white nationalist leader Jared Taylor were VIP guests alongside elected officials from Germany and Spain’s far-right parties. In an interview ahead of the event, Bovino cited Nazi Germany’s lead general, Erwin Rommel, as an inspirational figure.
“Remigration is basically the policy response to the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory,” says Charles R. Davis, a journalist based in Vienna, Austria. Davis explains “great replacement” as a theory that there is a “global elite plot, typically by Jews,” to replace white people in Europe and North America with immigrants. “It’s an argument for mass deportations,” not just of recently arrived immigrants, but of “those who were...
- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 4, 2026
- Runtime
- 10:14
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 3, 2026
- Runtime
- 13:10
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Note: A previous upload of this video was removed due to a technical error that resulted in an incorrect number being displayed for vote percentages in the Los Angeles mayoral race.
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- The Government Tried to Villainize Us: "Broadview 6" Defendants Speak Out After Charges Dropped
- Runtime
- 4:26
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
We continue our coverage of the fallout from the dropped federal case against the "Broadview 6," six people who attended a protest outside Chicago's Broadview ICE jail in September. They were later indicted for conspiracy to impede a federal agent, despite many not having met prior to appearing together in court. "I didn't find out that I had been indicted until a month after this happened," says Kat Abughazaleh, who was not arrested at the protest, but weeks later, as she was running for Congress. Michael Rabbitt, a Democratic ward committeeperson in Chicago, says that when he received a text informing him about a warrant for his arrest, "I actually thought it was a scam. I honestly didn't think it was real."
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- "Broadview 6" Charges Dropped; Chicago Federal Prosecutors Under Fire
- Runtime
- 15:06
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
Calls are growing for the interim U.S. attorney in Chicago, Andrew Boutros, to resign over his handling of the "Broadview 6" case — six individuals charged with federal crimes for protesting outside Chicago's Broadview ICE jail in September. The remaining charges against four of the Broadview 6 were recently dismissed after the case collapsed in court due to widespread prosecutorial misconduct. "This DOJ has completely corrupted the grand jury process," says attorney Chris Parente, who represented one of the Broadview 6. "When they decide that they want to get a political indictment through, they will do whatever it takes, even acting in an unethical way."
Parente, himself a former federal prosecutor, says federal prosecutors heavily misrepresented the case and forced an indictment despite the grand jury initially voting against it. What's "even worse," he adds, is the U.S. attorney's subsequent co...
- Title
- MAGA Loyalist Bill Pulte Tapped to Be New U.S. Spy Chief, Led Efforts to Target Trump Critics
- Runtime
- 5:10
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
In "yet another deeply alarming appointment," President Donald Trump has picked major Trump campaign donor Bill Pulte to replace former Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, the nation's top spy chief who reports directly to the president. Pulte is "not somebody who has any of the requisite experience for this incredibly important office," says Matt Platkin, a former attorney general for New Jersey. Pulte is also expected to continue in his other high-level positions as chair of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and chair of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, where he is accused of abusing his power to pursue political prosecutions against Trump's enemies.
We also speak to Harvard Law School professor Nancy Gertner, a retired federal judge, about legal challenges to Trump's mass...
- Title
- "Fraud on the Court": Even as DOJ Drops $1.8B Settlement Fund, Judge Reopens Case over Collusion
- Runtime
- 14:59
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
After widespread bipartisan outcry, the Justice Department says it is permanently abandoning plans for a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. Widely branded as a "slush fund," it was expected to reward President Donald Trump's supporters, including those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The fund was announced in May as part of a settlement in Trump's personal lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax data. That case was recently reopened, after dozens of former federal judges filed a motion alleging that Trump's actions were "collusive." As Nancy Gertner, one of the judges who joined the motion, explains, "What happened in this case was, essentially, Trump was suing himself. There was no question that Trump was on both sides of the 'v.'" Gertner and her fellow judges are represented by attorney Matt Platkin, who says, "It is illegal for the president to ask for any IRS audit to be opened o...
- Title
- Steven Thrasher on Black cops and "The Overseer Class"
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Journalist Steven Thrasher's book "The Overseer Class" explores how members of historically marginalized groups rise to positions of power within institutions. These figures often perpetuate, rather than challenge, systems of injustice.
- Title
- U.S. boat strikes are "murder as policy," Amnesty International says
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- More than 200 people have now been killed in U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Human rights groups have condemned the attacks as extrajudicial killings.
- Title
- "The Overseer Class": Steven Thrasher on Black Cops, Pro-Palestine Protests, DEI & More
- Runtime
- 40:03
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt
We speak with journalist, academic and author Steven Thrasher about his new book, "The Overseer Class," in which he explores how members of historically marginalized groups rise to positions of power within institutions in lieu of structural change. He identifies Black police officers as a prominent example of this phenomenon. As public opinion in the United States has grown more critical of law enforcement, "Black cops are kind of rehabilitating police departments, as are women cops and LGBTQ cops," Thrasher says. "Those are the people who I call overseers, the ones who rule between the ruling class and the working class."
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.
Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
- Title
- Russia continues to strike Ukraine
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- A wave of Russian strikes in Ukraine on Monday night killed at least 18 people and injured dozens. Russia's latest assault once again prompted Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to ask President Trump to send Patriot interceptors, which are capable of blocking ballistic missiles. Trump has so far ignored Zelensky's pleas, despite Ukraine running out of interceptors.
