Alternative News

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We end today’s show with a look at the ideology and influence of Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, with a fortune estimated by Forbes at $800 billion. Musk runs rock company SpaceX, AI startup xAI, electric car […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Nermeen Shaikh. We turn now to the risks of a global food and hunger crisis if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to shipments of fertilizer, oil and natural gas. The Food and Agriculture […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to the dark world of online betting markets that allow bets on virtually any news event. For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall. On the night of February 27th, 16 […]

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. On this Earth Day, we go now from Memphis to Montana, where we’re joined by Krystal Two Bulls, a longtime Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist. She’s the executive director of 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. We end today’s show from the Arctic Sunrise. That’s the name of a Greenpeace ship sailing across the Mediterranean Sea with the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla includes more than 70 vessels […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: As we continue now to look at President Trump’s immigration crackdown, we turn to an in-depth investigation into the law enforcement response to protesters. In cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Chicago to Minneapolis, residents took to 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. We end today’s show in Wisconsin, where police fired tear gas, pepper spray and rubber-coated steel bullets at hundreds of animal rights activists Saturday as they attempted to rescue […]

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. Last week, when I was in Los Angeles for the theatrical opening of the documentary Steal This Story, Please! about Democracy Now!, I visited the gallery 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. We turn now to major changes underway at the U.S. Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of public lands, forests and grasslands located across 43 states, the […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Iran’s military says it will begin disrupting shipping in the Sea of Oman and the Red Sea if the United States does not end its naval blockade of Iranian ports. Iran’s threat of escalation came as U.S. Central Command said […]