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Democracy Now! 2026-11-03 Tuesday

• Headlines for November 03, 2026
• "Democracy Itself Is on the Ballot": Voters Weigh 150+ Ballot Initiatives, from Wealth Tax to Abortion
• Election Protection: NAACP Warns of Voter Suppression & Deployment of Federal Agents to the Polls
• Democratic Socialists on the Rise: Darializa Avila Chevalier & Claire Valdez Set to Win House Seats
• Latino Voters Swing Away from Trump for "Terrorizing Our Communities": Marisa Franco of Mijente

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Democracy Now! 2026-11-02 Monday

• Headlines for November 02, 2026
• "Princes and Thieves" Author Matthew Cole on Jared Kushner & the "Secret Plot to Remake Middle East"

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The Grammy-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Russell stopped by the Democracy Now! studio to perform songs from her new album In the Hour of Chaos. She was joined by bassist and vocalist Ganessa James.

Democracy Now! 2026-10-30 Friday

• Headlines for October 30, 2026
• "Ungrounding": Eyal Weizman on Gaza Genocide & Israel's "Permanent Architecture of Control"

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-29 Thursday

• Headlines for October 29, 2026
• "She Was a Fighter": Dolores Huerta, Legendary Farmworker Organizer & Activist, Dies at 96
• Meet AI Engineer Who Resigned from DeepMind over "Google's Complicity in the Gaza Genocide"

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-28 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 28, 2026
• Israeli Elections to Global Movements: Tariq Ali, Rashid Khalidi on New Book "The Neck and the Sword"

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-27 Tuesday

• Headlines for October 27, 2026
• Trump Is Already Undermining Confidence in Midterm Election Results from Alaska to California: ACLU
• "Anti-Fascist Economics": Isabella Weber on How Inequality Fuels Extremism & Erodes Democracy
• "Dark Day for Journalism": Egypt Shutters Independent News Site Mada Masr, Detains Editor

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-26 Monday

• Headlines for October 26, 2026
• Brazil: Lula Wins Stunning Upset Over Flávio Bolsonaro in Blow to Far Right & Trump
• Serbia's Student-Led Movement Ousts Strongman Aleksander Vučić in Shock Election Result
• Will Ousting Netanyahu Change Anything for Palestinians? Diana Buttu on Upcoming Israeli Elections

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Pt. of our conversation with Arundhati Roy talking about AI and her new essay, “Apocalypse Now and Then: Artificial Intelligence is Capitalism’s Final Destination.”

Democracy Now! 2026-10-23 Friday

• Headlines for October 23, 2026
• Ohio Governor's Race: Trump Backs Ramaswamy Ad Siding with Opponent's Indicted Childhood Rapist
• Brazil Elections: How AI, Meta and Evangelicals Could Sway the Presidential Race for Bolsonaro
• "Dying in Detention": Al Jazeera Investigates Immigrant Deaths in California's Adelanto ICE Jail

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East African retro-pop band Alsarah & The Nubatones talks about music, politics and the power of writing your own narrative.

Democracy Now! 2026-10-22 Thursday

• Headlines for October 22, 2026
• Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC's Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump's Targeting of Ilhan Omar
• Should AIPAC Register as a Foreign Agent? Zeteo Examines Pro-Israel Lobby's Influence on Elections
• "A Spark from the Cockroaches": Arundhati Roy on India's Youth Protests & Modi's Crackdown

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-21 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 21, 2026
• Flamingo Revolution: Albania Protests Escalate over Corruption & Kushner/Trump Luxury Resort
• "When the Bubble Bursts": Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Reclaiming Democracy from AI Oligarchs

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-20 Tuesday

• Headlines for October 20, 2026
• Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay on ICC, Gaza, Rape as War Crime, Her South African Roots & Mandela
• A Wealth Tax on Billionaires? California Voters to Decide Prop 40

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-19 Monday

• Headlines for October 19, 2026
• French Gov't Cracks Down on Mass Protests over Cost of Living, Education Cuts; 2,400+ Arrested
• Masked Israeli Settlers Nearly Kill Washington Post Journalist as Attacks on Palestinians Escalate
• Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa: Prominent Anti-Corruption Lawyer in Guatemala Assassinated

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-16 Friday

• Headlines for October 16, 2026
• "Abolish & Replace ICE": Rep. Analilia Mejía Blasts ICE for Secretly Using NJ Warehouse
• Meet Estrella, an Undocumented Trans Woman Jailed for 9 Years, Then Deported to Mexico
• "Against Tech Oligarchy": Inside the Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-15 Thursday

• Headlines for October 15, 2026
• U.S. Sanctions ICC in a Bid to Avoid "Criminal Liability": War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody
• The Midterm Battle over Data Centers: Memphis House Candidate Justin Pearson Fights Elon Musk's xAI
• "Hyperscale": Paris Marx on Excess of Big Tech Data Empires & His Critique of Bernie Sanders' AI Bill

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Part 2 of our conversation with Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary Musk, an expansive, nearly four-hour examination of the world’s first trillionaire.

Democracy Now! 2026-10-14 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 14, 2026
• Can Democrats Flip the House and Senate? The Lever's David Sirota on Midterm Races to Watch
• "Bogus": Minnesota State Senator Zaynab Mohamed on DHS Raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. Home
• "Propaganda Show": IDF Raids Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections

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Democracy Now! 2026-10-13 Tuesday

• 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

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