Democracy Now! Audio

Headlines for June 12, 2026; “New Form of Imperialism”: Renowned U.N. Scientist on AI Boom’s Huge Water, Carbon & Land Footprint; U.S. Attacks Iranian Water Reservoirs Amid “Normalization” of Targeting Civilian Infrastructure; “Cautionary Tale”: NYC’s The New School Guts Faculty & Staff as Colleges Intensify Austerity; Palestinian Activist Mohsen Mahdawi: Trump Admin “Weaponizing Immigration Laws” to Deport Me; “Hell’s Army”: New Film Tracks Russia’s Wagner Group & Rise of Mercenary Armies

Headlines for June 10, 2026; Report from Tehran: Amid More U.S./Iran Bombing, Trump Warns Iran Is ”DEAD…Will Pay the Price”; The Shocking Secrets of MSG’s Surveillance Machine: Noah Shachtman on Knicks’ Owner James Dolan; Trump Admin Guts Vital Sea Monitoring, “Tears Out the Eyes and Ears of Science”: David Helvarg; “I Was Just Forced to Resign from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory”: Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus

Headlines for June 08, 2026; Iran Warns Israel over Escalating Attacks on Lebanon After Iran, Israel Exchange Strikes: Trita Parsi; Graham Platner’s Billionaire-Bashing Message Resonates in Maine Senate Race, Despite Controversies; Peru Votes for President Amid Trump’s “Unprecedented Program of Aggression” Against Leftists in Region

Headlines for June 04, 2026; Voices from Delaney Hall: Family and Community Members Demand Release of Loved Ones from ICE Jail; Far-Right Leaders, Including Ex-CBP Chief Greg Bovino, Convene in Portugal for “Remigration Summit”; “Notes from an ICE Chaser”: Tracking Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign on the Ground; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Ada Ferrer on Cuba’s Crisis, U.S. Sanctions and Family Separation

Part 2 of our conversation with Kat Abughazaleh and Michael Rabbitt. They were indicted for protesting last year outside the Broadview ICE jail during Trump’s so-called Operation Midway Blitz crackdown. During a recent court hearing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office admitted federal prosecutors committed misconduct during the grand jury proceedings and, in a stunning move, the U.S. Attorney’s Office dismissed the charges against the four who had been indicted.

Part 2 of conversation with Steven Thrasher, author of the new book The Overseer Class: A Manifesto. In the book, he explores how members of historically marginalized groups rise to positions of power within institutions in lieu of structural change.

Headlines for May 29, 2026; “Subversion of Law and Order”: ICE Violence Escalates at Newark’s GEO-Run Jail, Delaney Hall; Meet Nadia Milleron: Jury Awards Family $50M for Daughter’s Death in Boeing Crash; “It’s About People Feeding Their Families”: Indigenous-Led Anti-Austerity Protests Rock Bolivia