Democracy Now! Audio

Web-only conversation with Deb Haaland of New Mexico, who just became one of the first Native American congresswomen.

Trump fires AG Jeff Sessions, replacing him with Trump loyalist Matthew Whitaker. We speak with the ACLU's David Cole & former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, who voted to impeach Nixon; Deb Haaland makes history as one the nation's first Native congresswomen.

Democrats seize the House with historic firsts for women of color; Stacey Abrams refuses to concede GA governor's race until every vote is counted; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is elected to Congress; Florida re-enfranchises 1.4 million people.

Early voting numbers break records; a lawsuit proceeds against a citizenship question on the census; a record number of women of color run for U.S. office; Big Oil fights an anti-fracking measure in Colorado; Florida could re-enfranchise 1.4M people.

After a self-proclaimed misogynist murders two women at a Florida yoga studio, feminist author Soraya Chemaly discusses the toxic male supremacy movement; Before the midterms, we speak with Noam Chomsky on elections, nuclear warfare and climate change.

As John Bolton calls Venezuela, Cuba & Nicaragua a "troika of tyranny," we speak with Noam Chomsky about U.S. foreign policy in Central America & the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre; Ilana Glazer cancels event at NYC synagogue due to anti-Semitic graffiti.

A political event hosted by Ilana Glazer of Comedy Central’s “Broad City” at the Union Temple Synagogue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, was canceled Thursday night after anti-Semitic and racist messages were found scrawled on walls throughout the building.

Parkland dad Fred Guttenberg calls on voters to elect politicians who stand for gun control in the wake of hate-fueled gun attacks in the United States; Investigative journalist Allan Nairn says fascism is at stake in the midterm elections.

As President Trump claims that he can end birthright citizenship in the United States, we speak with professor Martha Jones about the history of the 14th Amendment; In Brazil, President-elect Jair Bolsonaro threatens fragile democracy & the Amazon.

As voters in Florida prepare to vote on Amendment 4, a measure to restore voting rights to 1.4 million people, Amy Goodman speaks with Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, and Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida.

A gunman kills 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue; an avid Trump supporter mails bombs to prominent Trump critics; a white gunman murders two African Americans in Kentucky. We spend the hour looking at the domestic terror sweeping the country.

A gunman opens fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 worshipers; Brazil elects far-right demagogue Jair Bolsonaro, who Glenn Greenwald calls the "most extremist leader" in the democratic world.

The Trump administration has approved oil drilling in federal waters off Alaska's coast; Hurricane Michael damaged Air Force jets worth $6 billion; we report from hurricane-ravaged Mexico Beach, FL; Saudi Arabia's ties to U.S. universities face scrutiny.

Federal authorities probe pipe bombs sent to a number of prominent Democrats, all critics of President Trump; FBI arrests leader of a California neo-Nazi gang; Gustavo Arellano on Orange County congressional races; California votes on rent control.

Georgia's GOP candidate for governor is caught on tape worrying too many people will vote; civil rights groups sue over voter purging in Georgia; Latinos in Kansas see voter suppression; tech companies profit from helping ICE speed up deportations.