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Stories by Juan Gonzalez

Supreme Court to Take Up PATRIOT Act With Review of Humanitarian Aid Case

In its first review of the PATRIOT Act, the Court will rule on an anti-terror law outlawing any aid to groups on the State Department's list of terrorist groups.
Posted on Oct 1, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!

Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party

Max Blumenthal's new book traces the rise of the Radical Right and how it captured control of the GOP and turned it into the party of Sarah Palin.
Posted on Sep 5, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!

Israel Promises Internal Probe After Soldiers Describe Civilian Killings in Gaza

While Defense Minister Ehud Barak claims that Israel has "the most moral army in the world," IDF soldiers suggest otherwise.
Posted on Mar 24, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!

Why Iraqis, Afghans, Palestinians, and Others Might Be Nervous About President Obama

John Pilger, Mahmood Mamdani, Raed Jarrar, Tariq Ali, Laura Carlsen, and more on Obama's troubling foreign policy ideas.
Posted on Nov 7, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!

Robert Fisk: For the Muslim World, It Will Make No Difference Who Wins the Election

"We use phrases like 'victory.' We should be using phrases like 'justice for the people of the Middle East.'"
Posted on Oct 6, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!

How Dick Cheney's Zeal for Warrantless Spying Nearly Brought Down Bush Presidency

A new book delves into the secret history of the vice presidency, revealing Cheney as "the father of the warrantless domestic surveillance program."
Posted on Sep 23, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!

Naomi Klein: China's Hi-Tech Surveillance State Is Ready for Export

With 300,000 security cameras in Beijing alone, China is at the forefront of the surveillance boom -- and U.S. corporations are reaping the profits.
Posted on Aug 18, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!

Steven Greenhouse: Why We're Working More and Earning Less

Wages are stagnating, but productivity keeps going up. Author Steven Greenhouse explains why things are out of whack in the workplace.
Posted on Jul 30, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!

Retired General: "The Current Administration Has Committed War Crimes"

As Congress pieces together the White House torture program, former Army General Antonio Taguba condemns Bush's "systematic regime of torture."
Posted on Jun 23, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!

Status of Forces Agreement will Decide Whether Iraq is Independent or "a Client State of the US"

Veteran reporter Patrick Cockburn broke the story of Bush's secret Iraq plan. He explains its terrible implications for Iraqi sovereignty.
Posted on Jun 16, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!

News Fakers

A scandalous new report shows how widespread and pernicious fake news has become.
Posted on Apr 8, 2006, Source: Democracy Now!

Students Protest Anti-Immigrant Bill

News: Thousands of high school students walked out of their schools this week to protest the anti-immigrant House bill.
Posted on Mar 29, 2006, Source: Democracy Now!

Students Face Punishment for Anti-Bush Walkout

On Nov.2, 20 college students in Virginia staged a walkout on the World Can't Wait day of action. The school administration shut down the protest and threatened to expel them.
Posted on Dec 2, 2005, Source: Democracy Now!

The Last Noble Defender of the American Republic

Gore Vidal reflects on Imperial America, a place where the president can march through a dry forest starting fires.
Posted on Jun 8, 2004, Source: Democracy Now!

Fallout: The Hidden Environmental Consequences of 9/11

Environmental and city officials repeatedly withheld clear evidence of toxic contamination around Ground Zero for political reasons.
Posted on Sep 10, 2002, Source: In These Times

From Seattle to South Central: Whither the New Activism?

As someone who has spent years chronicling racism, I know that the average black cop battles against far more prejudice than most of the young, white radicals who came to LA could ever hope to imagine. Not to recognize that those same cops could be allies, not enemies, is an arrogance and immaturity the new movement cannot afford.
Posted on Aug 22, 2000, Source: In These Times

Vieques Libre

On Vieques, a tiny island off the coast of Puerto Rico, a major political upheaval has erupted during the past few months, taking Washington by surprise and sparking unprecedented unity among Puerto Rico's 3.8 million inhabitants.
Posted on May 16, 2000, Source: In These Times