Democracy Now! Audio

Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, joins us for an extended interview on microfinance, the Grameen Bank, and how five men own more wealth than half of the world.

As the Senate Intelligence Committee says Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, we discuss Russia and Trump with Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen; and we speak with Puerto Rican-born Rep. Nydia Velázquez.

The Las Vegas attack on Sunday has been called the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, but Bishop William Barber recalls the infamous Wilmington massacre of 1898 in which white supremacists seized the town and killed at least 60 African-American residents.

Headlines for October 04, 2017; Could Trump Actually Cancel Puerto Rico's Wall Street Debt After Devastation of Hurricane Maria?; After Las Vegas Massacre, Advocates Look to Australia's Successful Fight to Curb Gun Violence; Rev. Barber: Systematic Racialized Voter Suppression is the "Election Hacking" the U.S. Must Address; Rev. Barber on NFL Protests: MLK Kneels, Prophets in the Bible Kneel, I Kneel—It Should Be Applauded

In an extended interview, we get an update on developments in Spain, where tensions are escalating over Sunday’s independence referendum in the northeast region of Catalonia.

After the Las Vegas mass shooting, we examine Nevada's lax gun laws with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense; discuss pending bills that "could make mass shootings deadlier"; and get an update from Puerto Rico from a protest against Trump's visit.

Voices from the community-led relief efforts in Puerto Rico nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria; the father of Lin-Manuel Miranda on Trump's attacks on San Juan's mayor; and Spain's brutal crackdown against Catalonia's independence referendum.

We speak with Jeri Rice, director of the film “Embargo,” a new documentary about U.S.-Cuba relations.

We speak with Michael Moore about his debut play, “The Terms of My Surrender.” He launched the production with the question, “Can a Broadway show take down a sitting president?”

In August, Democracy Now! traveled to Belfast, Northern Ireland, where Amy Goodman spoke with abortion rights activist and photographer Emma Campbell, who documented women who traveled abroad to access abortion outside the country.

The Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico reports a higher death toll after Hurricane Maria than the government reports; we speak with Michael Moore, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, now in his Broadway debut, "The Terms of My Surrender."

Live from Paris, we speak with Yasser Louati on Macron's labor reforms and new "anti-terror" bill; journalist and press freedom advocate Gwen Lister, founder of The Namibian; and former president of Finland Tarja Halonen.

Headlines for September 27, 2017; Profits vs. Puerto Rican Lives: Trump Admin Blocks Aid from Reaching Devastated Island; Yemenis Suffer "Silent Deaths" as Saudi Arabia Refuses Human Rights Probe in Deadly U.S.-Backed War; Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call for U.N. Security Council to Protect Rohingya from Attacks in Burma; Muhammad Yunus on Achieving a World with Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment & Zero Emissions

President Trump takes five days to respond to devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria knocks out power and causes catastrophic flooding; Hilton Kelley on the recovery of a hard-hit fenceline community in Texas after Hurricane Harvey.

Headlines for September 25, 2017; Take the Knee: Athletes Unite in Historic Protest Against Racism & Police Brutality, Defying Trump; Former NFL Player Donté Stallworth: Don't Let Trump Hijack the Conversation on Racism & Violence; Dr. Harry Edwards: Nominate Football Player Colin Kaepernick for the Nobel Peace Prize; Dr. Harry Edwards on the Injustice of Brain Injuries & CTE as NFL Rosters Become Predominantly Black