We look at the housing crisis in San Francisco and Trump's attacks on the city's homeless population; California is fighting back against Trump's rollback of air pollution standards; a new California bill would ban private prisons statewide.

Democracy Now! 2019-10-03 Thursday

Democracy Now! is an independent daily TV & radio news program, hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. We provide daily global news headlines, in-depth interviews and investigative reports without any advertisements or government funding. Our programming shines a spotlight on corporate and government abuses of power and lifts up the stories of ordinary people working to make change in extraordinary times. Democracy Now! is live weekdays at 8am ET and available 24/7 through our website and podcasts.

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Headlines for April 24, 2024; “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel”: 100s Arrested at Jewish-Led Protest Near Schumer’s Home; Naomi Klein: Jews Must Raise Their Voices for Palestine, Oppose the “False Idol of Zionism”; Months Ago State Dept. Panel Exposed Israeli Units’ Rights Abuses, But U.S. Arms Keep Flowing; Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup HQ in NYC to Demand Banking Giant Stop Funding Fossil Fuels; Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister: Deliberate U.S. Policy of “Destroying Cuban Economy” Drives Migration

Democracy Now! 2024-04-24 Wednesday

Headlines for April 23, 2024; Pro-Palestinian Campus Encampments Spread Nationwide Amid Mass Arrests at Columbia, NYU & Yale; Juan González Reflects on Historic 1968 Columbia Protests & Crackdown on Gaza Solidarity Encampment; Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey on UAW’s Astounding Victory in VW Tennessee & Her Fight Against Cancer

Democracy Now! 2024-04-23 Tuesday

Headlines for April 22, 2024; Historic Gaza Protests at Columbia U. Enter Day 6; Campus Protests Spread Across Country; “No Due Process”: Columbia Prof. Mamdani Slams Arrests & Suspension of Students at Gaza Protests; “Collective Punishment”: As Gaza Assault Continues, Israel Ramps Up Violence in Occupied West Bank; “Enormous Expansion of the Law”: James Bamford on FISA Extension, U.S.-Israel Data Sharing

Democracy Now! 2024-04-22 Monday

Headlines for April 19, 2024; “No Palestinian Is Safe”: Renowned Feminist Scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Arrested in Jerusalem; Over 100 Arrested at Columbia After Univ. President Orders NYPD to Clear Pro-Palestine Student Protest; “Fear and Terror”: Gaza Photographer Ahmed Zakot on Documenting the Carnage of Israel’s Assault; U.N. Photo Collection Shows Gaza War Through the Lens of Palestinian Journalists

Democracy Now! 2024-04-19 Friday

Headlines for April 18, 2024; Meet USC Valedictorian Asna Tabassum: School Cancels Commencement Speech by Pro-Palestinian Student; The New McCarthyism: Congress Grills Columbia Univ. President Amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech; Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus; Israel Considers Attacking Iran and Invading Rafah as Netanyahu Seeks Lifelines to Stay in Power

Democracy Now! 2019-10-03 Thursday

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