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Australia has passed a law banning children under 16 from having social media accounts, effective December 10, 2025. Social media platforms face fines of up to AU$50 million for failing to implement age verification measures. Critics, including some senators and tech companies, warn the ban could harm mental health and push children […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As voters cast early ballots ahead of Election Day this coming Tuesday, we end today’s show with the mayoral race in Minneapolis. Omar Fateh, the son of […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Sudan’s government says the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has killed at least 2,000 people in the three days since it seized control of the city of […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We end today’s show in Cuba. On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly voted to condemn the U.S. embargo on Cuba for the 33rd consecutive year, with […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is replacing ICE leadership at 12 of the 25 ICE field offices nationwide with Border Patrol officials, who will take over immigration enforcement in […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We end today’s show with a new documentary, opening tonight in New York at the IFC, about the Israeli comedian and peace activist Noam Shuster Eliassi. This is the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. As the U.S. federal government shutdown enters its 28th day, we now look at how Democrats are demanding Republicans agree to extend healthcare subsidies from the Affordable Care Act […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. “The Right’s Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections.” That’s the headline of a recent article by our next guest, David Sirota, editor-in-chief of The Lever. In the article, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn now to Gaza, where Israel has carried out repeated attacks, killing about 100 Palestinians over the past two weeks since the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal with […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show here in New York, where early voting began this weekend in the city’s mayoral race, with a record 164,000 ballots cast in the […]