What we measured
We loaded democracynow.org in a real browser, accepted the cookie banner, and scored what came back. Every number below is on a 0–10 scale where 10 is best.
- Ad restraint
- 8
- Design
- 9
- Reach
- 7
- Editorial
- 6
- Signal-to-noise
- 6
- Access
- 10
- Cadence
- 9
- Independence
- 10
Ad entities counted on the homepage after accepting the cookie banner
Clutter, hierarchy, typography and whitespace, scored from our screenshot
Tranco rank for the registrable domain, capped where the feed is a section
Curated judgement of the writing, not a measurement
How much of the feed is the thing you subscribed for
How much is readable without a paywall or a login
Whether it publishes often enough to be worth a slot
Ownership, and how much it constrains what gets covered
What it looks like
Our screenshot of democracynow.org, taken with the cookie banner cleared.
Latest from Democracy Now!
Straight from the feed. This is what the ticker would be showing you right now.
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- Headlines for August 14, 2026
- "Deep Unlearning": Timnit Gebru on AI Hype, Ethics & Algorithmic Racial Bias
- "Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain": Militaries Rely on Mistake-Prone AI in Ukraine, Gaza & Iran
- Trump's Secret Plane Switch: An Israeli Tip, CIA Doubts & Reporters Put at Risk
- Headlines for August 13, 2026
- Gaza Tribunal Co-Chairs MP Jeremy Corbyn, Neve Gordon & Shahd Hammouri on U.K. Complicity in Genocide
- Headlines for August 12, 2026
- Bryan Stevenson on the "Enduring Evil of Slavery" and Trump's Attempt to Rewrite History
- Headlines for August 11, 2026
- Actor Wagner Moura on Brazil's Dictatorship, Bolsonaro & "A Trial — after An Enemy of the People"
- Edinburgh International Festival Director & Famed Violinist Nicola Benedetti on the Power of Art
- "Consistent Torture": Keith LaMar Speaks from Ohio Death Row After Getting 3-Year Execution Reprieve
Where it sits in World & Politics
- #14 The Intercept80
- #15 Global Voices79.5
- #16 Democracy Now!78.5
- #17 Slow Boring78.5
- #18 Foreign Affairs78