Democracy Now! 2026-03-18 Wednesday

Headlines for March 30, 2026; No Kings: Rep. Omar, Sen. Sanders, Bruce Springsteen, Jane Fonda, Joan Baez at Massive St. Paul Rally; “People Are Rising Up”: Voices of No Kings Protests from NYC to Denver; NYC Palestine Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks Out After Being Target of Assassination Plot; Report from Beirut: “Hearts Are Very, Very Heavy” After Israeli Strikes Target Journalists, Medics; “The Institutions Have Not Collapsed”: Prof. Ali Kadivar on Iran’s Resilience to U.S.-Israeli War

Headlines for March 27, 2026; “No Kings”: March 28 Rallies Could Be Biggest Day of Protest in U.S. History; “Quagmire”: Jeremy Scahill on Iran War, Strait of Hormuz, Market Manipulation & More; Meta & Google Found Liable in Landmark Cases for Knowingly Causing Harm to Young People; Hurray for the Riff Raff Performs “Pa’lante” at Democracy Now!’s 30th Anniversary

Headlines for March 26, 2026; Crude Capitalism: Trump’s War on Iran Disrupts Global Systems, from Agriculture to Oil to Shipping; Meet Ryan Schwank, ICE Whistleblower Who Exposed Agency’s Unconstitutional Practices; “Torture & Genocide”: U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Denounces Israeli Abuse of Palestinians; Michael Stipe & Aaron Dessner Perform “No Time for Love Like Now” at Democracy Now! Celebration

Headlines for March 25, 2026; New DHS Head Markwayne Mullin Is “Trump Loyalist, Anti-immigrant, Incompetent”: Rep. Delia Ramirez; Pentagon Whistleblower Criticizes “Bloodthirst” of Iran War, Says Hegseth Is Enabling War Crimes; Patti Smith Remembers Rachel Corrie, Sings “Peaceable Kingdom” at DN!’s 30th Anniversary Event; “People Have the Power”: Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe at Democracy Now! Celebration

Headlines for March 24, 2026; “Israel First”: Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy Says Netanyahu Led Trump into Illegal Iran War; “Under the Rubble”: Pulitzer Prize Winner Reads Poem About Gaza at Democracy Now!'s 30th Anniversary; Bruce Springsteen Performs “Streets of Minneapolis” at Democracy Now!'s 30th Anniversary; As Trump Deploys ICE Agents to Airports, TSA Agents Continue to Go Without Pay: AFGE Union Steward

Headlines for March 23, 2026; Iran War & Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis Reveal Decline of U.S. Empire: Historian Alfred McCoy; “It’s a Disaster”: European Countries Refuse to Take a Stand Against U.S. Violations of Int’l Law; From Gaza to Iran, Rise of Conscientious Objectors Marks U.S. Soldiers’ “Shift in Consciousness”

Headlines for March 20, 2026; Labor Icon Dolores Huerta, 95, Reveals She, Too, Was Raped by Cesar Chavez; Speaks to Maria Hinojosa; Report from Beirut: 1,000+ Dead, 1M+ Displaced, Many Fear Long-Term Occupation of Southern Lebanon; Disenfranchise Tens of Millions? Trump’s SAVE Act Targets Women, Poor, Rural & Trans Voters

Headlines for March 19, 2026; “Iran Is Playing the Long Game”: Prof. Vali Nasr on What to Expect from Protracted War in Middle East; The End of the Petrodollar? How Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy: Author Laleh Khalili; From Epic Fury to Epstein Fury: Rep. Ro Khanna on the Betrayals of the Trump Administration

Headlines for March 18, 2026; Speeding Up the “Kill Chain”: Pentagon Bombs Thousands of Targets in Iran Using Palantir AI; Trump’s Counterterrorism Chief Resigns over Iran War, Criticizes “Pressure from Israel”; “Warmongers Come for the Media”: Trump Threatens Media with “Treason” Charges over Iran War Coverage

Headlines for March 17, 2026; Israel Says It Has Assassinated Iran’s Security Chief, Ali Larijani, Known for Negotiating with the West; Ground Invasion of Iran Could Be “Suicide Mission” for U.S.: Ex-Army Intelligence Analyst; Report from Havana as Trump Threatens to “Take” Cuba & Pushes for Ouster of Cuban Leader; Prairieland Trial: Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges as DOJ Targets “Antifa Cell”