Democracy Now! Audio

The Intercept reveals the judge who helped jail former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva likely aided federal prosecutors who targeted him; We look at horrific conditions for immigrants held in for-profit detention jails around the country.

We speak with Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who has made addressing the climate crisis the centerpiece of his presidential campaign; Press freedoms are at risk in Australia after two police raids on journalists.

Mexico and the U.S. reach a deal to avert a trade war, but The New York Times reports that Mexico had promised to take many of the steps they agreed to months ago; Rev. William Barber on how gerrymandering fuels attacks on healthcare, human rights.

"When They See Us." The damning new series tells the story of five teenagers of color wrongfully accused and convicted of raping a white woman jogger in Central Park 30 years ago. We spend the hour with creator, writer and director Ava DuVernay.

Following the release of nearly 100 animal rights activists who were arrested for carrying out a rescue mission and protest at a Northern California duck farm this week, we speak with the founders of the group that coordinated the protest, Direct Action Everywhere. Priya Sawhney and Wayne Hsiung are both facing years of jail time for conducting a series of actions protesting animal torture in recent years.

The death toll from a crackdown on activists in Sudan continues to rise; The Trump administration passes new restrictions on travel to Cuba; Animal rights activists describe the conditions at a factory farm where they carried out a rescue of ducks.

Thousands in London protest Trump's state visit; Senate Republicans oppose Trump's proposed tariff on Mexican imports; We look at violence faced by transgender women in the U.S., after the recent deaths of a trans asylum seeker and a black trans woman.

A national inquiry in Canada determines that the murder & disappearance of indigenous women and girls amounts to genocide; As the 2020 election heats up, we look at the deepening divide within the Democratic Party with Intercept bureau chief Ryan Grim.

How a proposed citizenship question on the census connects to GOP gerrymandering and anti-abortion laws; Author Adam Cohen says his book on eugenics was misused by Clarence Thomas; An Iraq War veteran says Trump is wrong to want to pardon war criminals.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has suffered "psychological torture"; Former members of the underground Jane Collective describe abortions before Roe v. Wade; A couple reflect on Dr. George Tiller's murder 10 years ago.

As Roe v. Wade faces unprecedented attacks across the country, we look at the history of a radical underground feminist organization called Jane that provided safe abortions for women despite the procedure being illegal.

Israel heads to the polls after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a coalition government; Oklahoma sues Johnson & Johnson over the opioid crisis; We look at Harriet Tubman's legacy after Trump delays putting her on the $20 bill.

Web-only interview with historian Kate Clifford Larson about her biography of Harriet Tubman.

Web-only conversation with Scott Warren and Catherine Gaffney of No More Deaths.

Missouri's only abortion clinic might be forced to close by Friday, ending access to legal abortion in the state; A humanitarian volunteer with the group No More Deaths faces up to 20 years in prison for providing aid to undocumented migrants.