Democracy Now! 2026-08-20 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2026-08-20 Thursday  
Podcast: Democracy Now! Audio
Published On: Thu Aug 20 2026
Description: Headlines for August 20, 2026; 5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women & Girls in Afghanistan Have Disappeared from Public Life; AI Superintelligence Is Not a Tool, It’s an Adversary Threatening Humanity: ControlAI’s Connor Leahy; “Love Machines”: James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships & the Global Workers Fueling AI