Democracy Now! Audio

On the 20th anniversary of the first prisoner's arrival at Guantánamo Bay, we spend the hour with former detainees at the military prison, Moazzam Begg and Mansoor Adayfi, and Guantánamo's former Muslim chaplain, Captain James Yee, who was jailed after being falsely accused of espionage. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

An update on U.S.-Russian meetings in Geneva over escalating tensions in eastern Europe; Unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic is exempted from Australian immigration restrictions as his case intensifies international scrutiny over the country’s inhumane treatment of refugees; A look at the Omicron variant's impact on the healthcare system across the U.S. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

President Biden marks the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection with a speech denouncing the violence at the U.S. Capitol; An ER doctor from the frontlines of the record number of COVID-19 cases exacerbated by the Omicron variant; Protests in Sudan against the military coup result in at least three dead as troops fire tear gas into the crowd of protesters. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

On the first anniversary of the deadly January 6 insurrection, when a largely white mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, we spend the hour looking at the events of that day, what inspired the violence, and how false claims about voter fraud continue to fuel Republican efforts to restrict voting access — especially for Black voters. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Many who participated in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol were part of far-right extremist and white supremacist groups. On the first anniversary of the deadly attack, we look at the threat they pose today, with an investigation by Frontline into the "American Insurrection"; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Will Bunch on why the attempted coup to overturn the election failed. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

A child tax credit program that sent monthly payments to parents is discontinued as many immigrant families continue to receive no assistance at all; An update on COVID-19 infections in private immigration jails under the Biden administration; A French humanitarian organization files a manslaughter lawsuit against British and French officials over the drowning deaths of 27 refugees in the English Channel. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

A patent-free, low-cost vaccine that could reach billions; The U.S. faces a shortage of rapid tests in part due to poor FDA standards; A climate-fueled wildfire devastates suburbs in Colorado. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We celebrate Democracy Now!'s 25th anniversary by airing highlights from our coverage over the years, from Haiti to Gaza, Standing Rock, the U.S.-Mexico border and more.

An hour with Noam Chomsky on the pandemic, the climate emergency, Julian Assange, Biden's foreign policy and more.

White supremacist behind the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally are ordered to pay over $26 million in damages for their role in organizing the event; A survivor speaks out after a rapist receives only probation for sexually assaulting four teenagers; Jeremy Scahill on the bipartisan foreign policy consensus that promotes war and militarism and Biden’s ongoing persecution of military whistleblowers. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses her new anthology and children's book published as an extension of The 1619 Project that examines the legacy of slavery in the United States, how states have banned the project and the teaching of critical race theory, and her response to the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse and the trail of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery; Noam Chomsky on U.S. foreign policy under Biden. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Jacob Blake’s family members respond to the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse; Jacob Blake Sr. on the Missouri police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter of Cameron Lamb; The attorney for the family of Anthony Huber, one of Kyle Rittenhouse’s two victims, discusses the legal case, and says Huber’s parents consider him a “hero.” Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

As a New York judge exonerates two men convicted of assassinating Malcolm X, we speak with independent researcher Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, whose work played a key role in spurring the new investigation; Land defenders protect Wet’suwet’en territory from Canadian police raids and oil pipeline construction; Katie Worth, author of the new book "Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America"; Angela Davis on the war against critical race theory. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

The U.S. House censures Republican Rep. Paul Gosar; Closing arguments begin in the trial of white supremacists who organized the deadly 2017 "United the Right" rally; David Wengrow on his new best-selling book, "The Dawn of Everything," co-authored with the late David Graeber. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Activists risk arrest outside the White House to demand Congress pass key voting rights legislation; Extreme gerrymandering in Republican-led states could swing control of Congress back to the GOP; Jennifer Gosar on her "sociopath" brother, Congressmember Paul Gosar of Arizona who faces censure in the House today; Why was Occupied Western Sahara silenced at the U.N. climate summit? Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe