Headlines for October 13, 2026; Yemen Plunges Back into “Full-Scale Civil War,” Houthis Trade Strikes with Saudi Arabia; “Musk”: Alex Gibney on New Film, Legal Threats & Elon Musk Spending $366M to Help GOP in Midterms
Oct 13
59 min
Headlines for October 12, 2026; Protesters Say India’s Democracy Is “Rotten” as Modi Gov’t Purges Voter Rolls, Arrests Thousands; Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Leonard Peltier on Resistance, New Film & Fighting for Freedom
Oct 12
59 min
Headlines for October 09, 2026; “Abolish ICE”: Protests Erupt in NYC After ICE Agents Shoot Father with 5-Year-Old Son in Car; Navi Pillay, South African Jurist, Wins Nobel Peace Prize in “Stinging Rebuke to Donald Trump”; “Entire System of Cornell University Failed Her”: Jane Doe Gang Rape Case Enrages Campus Community
Oct 9
59 min
Headlines for October 08, 2026; “She Put Her Body on the Line”: Maricarmen, 87, Dies; Her Eviction Sparked Spain Housing Protests; “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist”: Daniel Roher, Tristan Harris Discuss New Film; Afghanistan, 25 Years Later: Journalist Emran Feroz on the Legacy of “America’s Longest War”
Oct 8
59 min
Celebrated Chilean American composer, musician and electronic music producer Nicolás Jaar recently stopped by the Democracy Now! studio to perform and talk about his work. He has released seven solo albums, including Piedras 1 and Piedras 2, both of which came out in 2025. He’s also known for his film scores, including for Dheepan by Jacques Audiard and Ema by Pablo Larraín.
Oct 7
Headlines for October 07, 2026; Israeli Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on Oct. 7, Decries Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza; “Origins of a Genocide”: Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara on “Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East”; Three Years into Genocide, “The IDF Is Still Hunting Gazans”: Palestinian Journalist Akram al-Satarri
Oct 7
59 min
Headlines for October 06, 2026; French High School Students Lead Mass Protests over School Funding, Inequality; Thousands Arrested; Ebola Death Toll in DRC Tops 4,000; Trump USAID Cuts Fuel Outbreak; “Incredible Moment for the Borderlands”: Judge Blocks Border Wall Expansion in Big Bend & West Texas
Oct 6
59 min
Headlines for October 05, 2026; Far Right Makes Gains in Brazil as Flávio Bolsonaro Tops Lula in First Round of Presidential Race; “I Am Jane Doe”: Cornell Case Reignites Debate over Rape Culture, Frats & Prosecuting Sex Crimes; Meet Issa Amro: Palestinian Human Rights Advocate Attacked by Settlers, Detained by Israeli Army
Oct 5
59 min
Headlines for October 02, 2026; “Cruel & Torturous”: Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution; “The School That Became a Grave”: Jeremy Scahill on U.S Bombing of Minab, Killing 120+ Iranian Kids
Oct 2
59 min
Headlines for October 01, 2026; The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru; “Berlin 4” Lawyer on Pro-Palestine Protest Crackdown & Germany’s Unconditional Support for Israel; Rise of the Far Right in Germany Raises Fear of an Even Wider Crackdown on Migration
Oct 1
59 min
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