Former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, founder and CEO of ERA NOW, in conversation with Alani Bankhead, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana. Hosted by Montana NOW on October 27, 2026, with National NOW President Kim Villanueva and Kathy Bonk of Sign4ERA. Topics: the Equal Rights Amendment, Title IX and...

Kaleilani "Kalei" Grant is a Native Hawaiian survivor of sex trafficking. She and Alani met in 2018 at the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General, where Kalei worked in the Missing Child Center and Alani served in the Internet Crimes Against Children unit. Together they built Hawaii's first operation to find...

Somebody's daughter doesn't come home. Washington gave its word to Montana's tribal nations: treaties, laws, help that was supposed to come. It never fully came. Alani Bankhead spent two decades finding people who were taken and arresting the people who took them. Washington gave its word. She intends to collect....

Alani Bankhead and Libertarian Kyle Austin take questions from the moderator and the audience at the U.S. Senate candidate forum in Billings, Oct. 18, 2026. The forum focused on the environment, including Montana's constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment. All four candidates were invited; Kurt Alme...

On NewsNation's Decision Desk '26, Alani Bankhead answers Seth Bodnar's attack, lays out what Montanans want from their next senator, and responds to President Trump's "Who the hell is that?" from his Kalispell rally. "This election cycle is not about right versus left. It's about the 1% Epstein billionaire class...

Peter Alexander asks Alani Bankhead why she's staying in Montana's U.S. Senate race. Her answer: Montana Democrats chose their nominee, and the voters, not party insiders or millions in outside money, get to decide this race on November 3. She also answers Shannon O'Brien's criticism, the "outsider" question, and...

Jake Tapper asked Alani Bankhead whether she should drop out after Montana's Democratic Party chair resigned to back the independent. In her words: "This election is not about Republican versus Democrats. It is about the Epstein class versus everybody else." Original air date: October 14, 2026 Courtesy of CNN, The...

An hour of unscripted questions from Bozeman voters: holding the executive branch accountable, dark money in this race, universal health care, Indian Country, I-194 and AI data centers. Alani Bankhead takes every question, including the hard ones about whether she should step aside. Original air date: September 23,...

Five minutes in Great Falls with the Cascade County Democrats: why this race is the 1% versus everybody else, why lifelong Republicans are calling the campaign, and the math to win in November. Original air date: September 26, 2026 Alani is the only candidate in this race running on both universal health care and a...

Original air date: June 8, 2026 After a call with a survivor whose abuser was never fully held accountable, Alani Bankhead on why she's staying in: to make Montana safer and more affordable. I just got off the phone with a woman who survived horrific abuse, and the person who hurt her was never held fully...

Original air date: July 4, 2026 From the Copper Kings to the first woman in Congress, Alani Bankhead on Montana's history of reminding the powerful that America belongs to all of us. 250 years in. Happy Birthday, America. But this isn’t just another birthday. It’s a reminder that every generation is called to...

Original air date: February 27, 2026 A former counterintelligence officer on how hard it should be to investigate an American, and why threats to blacklist a company for refusing to spy on citizens should worry everyone. A corporate AI company cares more about the Constitution than the SecDef does In the...

Original air date: August 21, 2026 From the MSU STEM Summer Institute in Bozeman: Alani Bankhead on shrinking enrollment, teachers priced out of housing, and bringing educators to the table. A lot of our youth don’t see the American Dream as a possibility for them. Opening young Montanans’ eyes to what’s possible...

Original air date: July 9, 2026 Montana Democrats nominated Alani Bankhead in the June primary. Her statement on the split vote, and on the people who can't wait while politicians play games. I got 48,772 votes. Seth Bodnar got zero. And he’s been in third place the last three polls. Tester had a quarter billion...

Original air date: February 23, 2026 Alani Bankhead on the teacher who changed her life, and why Montana educators deserve a living wage. I never got to tell my favorite #teacher the impact he had on me I looked for years but couldn’t find him Which is why I make it a point to show my #gratitude to every educator I...