Headlines for September 09, 2025; Jeffrey Epstein & JPMorgan: How the Largest U.S. Bank Enabled the Sexual Predator’s Crimes; “Chipocalypse”: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Trump Invoking “Apocalypse Now” & Speaking Out on Gaza Genocide

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Headlines for September 10, 2025; “America Is Bankrolling This”: Jeremy Scahill on Israel’s Bombing of Hamas in Qatar; Will Egyptian Pres. Sisi Soon Free Jailed Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah?; “Here Comes the Sun”: Bill McKibben on Renewable Energy, “Sun Day” & the “Last Chance” for Climate

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Headlines for September 11, 2025; “Moment of Great Peril”: Jeff Sharlet on Killing of Charlie Kirk & Rising Political Violence in U.S.; Trump’s Personal Army? Exec. Order to Create “Quick Reaction Force” Raises Alarm; Global Sumud Flotilla Vows to Keep Sailing to Gaza; Israeli Drones Accused of Striking Two Boats

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Thursday, September 11, 2025

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday sent shockwaves across the country and around the world, not only through its raw violence, with a single, deadly sniper shot, but as a hallmark of worsening political divisions wracking the United States.

Column — Charlie Kirk, Col. Kurtz, and Donald Trump's Heart of Darkness

Headlines for September 12, 2025; Mehdi Hasan: Trump Is Weaponizing the Murder of Charlie Kirk to Go After the Left; Mehdi Hasan on Death of Two-State Solution, Possible U.S. War with Venezuela & More; “A Historic Moment in Brazil”: Jair Bolsonaro Gets 27 Years for 2022 Coup Plot; Nepal’s “Gen Z Protests” Topple Government Amid Anger over Corruption & Inequality

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Friday, September 12, 2025

Headlines for September 15, 2025; “Shame on Humanity”: Gaza Doctor Pleads with World to Stop Israel’s Genocide; “The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk”: Journalist Chris Hedges on the Weaponization of Kirk’s Killing; Judith Butler: Jewish Prof. Among 160 Named in UC Berkeley “Antisemitism” Files Handed to Trump Admin

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Monday, September 15, 2025

Headlines for September 16, 2025; ICE Kills Immigrant Father After Traffic Stop, Detains Day Laborer Who Sued Chicago Police; Block the Bombs to Israel: Rep. Delia Ramirez Denounces Genocide in Gaza; Bishop William Barber Condemns Charlie Kirk Murder and the Right’s Religious Nationalism; U.S. Acts as “Judge, Jury & Executioner” in Venezuelan Boat Strikes, Killing at Least 14

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Headlines for September 17, 2025; “Single Shots to the Head”: U.S. Veteran, Volunteer Surgeon Sees “Extermination of a People” in Gaza; “Perish or Leave”: Hundreds of Thousands Flee As Israeli Military Invades Gaza City; How Video Games, Discord & Deep Web Influenced Alleged Kirk Killer; Trump Uses “Black Criminality” Myth to Take Over Black-Led Cities: Memphis Rep. Justin J. Pearson; Robert Redford the Activist: Hollywood Icon Was Lifelong Champion of Environment & Independent Film

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Headlines for September 18, 2025; Amnesty Int’l: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Palantir Enable & Profit from Israel’s Genocide in Gaza; “The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiya”: Al Jazeera Film on Israel’s Abduction & Torture of Gaza Doctor

Democracy Now! is a daily independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Visit democracynow.org to watch and listen to the latest interviews, read through show transcripts, search the vast news archive or to make a donation to support our nonprofit news program. Livestream weekdays 8 a.m. ET.

Democracy Now! Thursday, September 18, 2025

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Renowned for roles in films like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” Robert Redford won an Oscar for directing “Ordinary People” and numerous other awards over his storied career. But what mattered most to him was independent film.

Column — Robert Redford: The Actor and the Activist

Ten years ago this week, on December 30, 2006, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed. Hussein was toppled soon after the U.S. invasion began in 2003. We continue our conversation with former CIA analyst John Nixon, author of the new book, "Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein."

CIA Interrogator Reveals Saddam Hussein Predicted Rise of ISIS & U.S. Failure in Iraq

An independent daily global news hour, anchored by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González, broadcast weekdays on 1,400+ radio and TV stations. Livestream the show weekdays from 8AM to 9AM ET at http://www.democracynow.org.