Stories by Juan Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez is the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio news program, Democracy Now!.
Posted on May 10, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!
In an historic announcement, President Obama has become the first U.S. president to support same-sex marriage. We get reaction from acclaimed playwright and activist Tony Kushner.
Posted on May 3, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!
A new ruling by the FCC requires broadcasters to post political advertisement data online, making it easier for the public to see who is buying those ads.
Posted on Apr 20, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!
NSA whistleblower William Binney believes domestic surveillance has become more expansive under President Obama than President George W. Bush.
Posted on Apr 5, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!
The alleged shooter, Officer Anthony Carelli, is due in court later this month on an unrelated 2008 police brutality case.
Posted on Mar 29, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!
Kenneth Chamberlain is looking for answer as to why his father was shot by police, who yelled racial slurs before breaking down his door and opening fire.
Posted on Mar 3, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales speak with Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day, the global movement to end domestic violence, and the playwright behind "The Vagina Monologues."
Posted on Feb 2, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!
Fox talks with Democracy Now following his arrest Wednesday while trying to film a Congressional hearing.
Posted on Jan 15, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!
For Martin Luther King, Jr. day, Democracy Now! hosts a discussion of mass incarceration among African-Americans and how it has created a new Jim Crow era.
Posted on Sep 23, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Ron Suskind's book has elicited harsh reaction from the White House since it was published. The authors tells his side.
Posted on Sep 15, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
New information has emerged about the possible role of prominent Saudis in the 9/11 plot, and former Florida Senator Graham says it's big.
Posted on Aug 26, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Education expert Diane Ravitch and New York schoolteacher Brian Jones discuss the real problems with--and real solutions for--our public school system.
Posted on Jul 29, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Among those facing misdemeanor civil disobedience charges is Rev. Peter Morales, who discusses why he was arrested and the troubling raids of Latino neighborhoods.
Posted on Jul 26, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Israel has passed a law outlawing citizens from advocating for boycotts against any Israeli person or entity. The law is drawing criticism as an attack on freedom of speech.
Posted on Jun 8, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Legendary journalist Bill Moyers discusses the transformation of democracy from a citizens' to a consumer society and the importance of non-corporate media.
Posted on Jun 3, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Seymour Hersh says the US might attack Iran based on distorted estimates of Iran's nuclear and military threat -- just like it did with Saddam in Iraq.
Posted on May 28, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Biologist Sandra Steingraber talks about the threats that fracking poses to our food, water, jobs, and even our health.
Posted on May 26, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Vermont Health Care for All President Dr. Deb Richter discusses why a universal, single-payer healthcare system was needed in the state.
Posted on May 26, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
News audiences are seeing an increasing number of "severe weather" warnings on TV, but little connection has been made to the role humans have played in driving climate change.
Posted on Apr 3, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Rep. Dennis Kucinich talks about Ohio Democrats' plans to fight Gov. John Kasich's union-busting bill.
Posted on Mar 18, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Japan raised the nuclear alert level from a four to a five, on par with Three Mile Island. This decision has shocked many nuclear experts who thought it should be higher.
Posted on Feb 25, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales interview Democratic State Senator Chris Larson, who pledges to stay in Illinois until Walker's union-busting bill is killed.
Posted on Jan 14, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!
Giffords' intern: Arizona "has been at the forefront of negative rhetoric."
Posted on Dec 28, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Then-U.S. ambassador to France Craig Stapleton was concerned about France's decision to ban cultivation of GM corn produced by Monsanto and threatened recourse.
Posted on Nov 8, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
The object of warfare is to take over a country's land, raw materials and assets. Today you can do it financially simply by creating credit.
Posted on May 13, 2010, Source: NY Daily News
Wealthy investors and major banks have been making windfall profits by using a little-known federal tax break to finance new charter-school construction.
Posted on Mar 14, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
The founder of Daily Kos slammed Kucinich for threatening to vote against the Democrats' healthcare reform bill. Kucinich defends his position.
Posted on Feb 8, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Human rights groups say that Siddiqui, who has been found guilty of attempted murder, was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani officials in 2003 and tortured at the behest of the U.S.
Posted on Nov 30, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Border guards held Goodman and her colleagues for an hour and a half, searching their belongings and telling them they could only stay in the country for two days.
Posted on Oct 1, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
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 Sep 5, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
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 Mar 24, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
While Defense Minister Ehud Barak claims that Israel has "the most moral army in the world," IDF soldiers suggest otherwise.
Posted on Nov 7, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!
John Pilger, Mahmood Mamdani, Raed Jarrar, Tariq Ali, Laura Carlsen, and more on Obama's troubling foreign policy ideas.
Posted on Oct 6, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!
"We use phrases like 'victory.' We should be using phrases like 'justice for the people of the Middle East.'"
Posted on Sep 23, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!
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 Aug 18, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!
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 Jul 30, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!
Wages are stagnating, but productivity keeps going up. Author Steven Greenhouse explains why things are out of whack in the workplace.
Posted on Jun 23, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!
As Congress pieces together the White House torture program, former Army General Antonio Taguba condemns Bush's "systematic regime of torture."
Posted on Jun 16, 2008, Source: Democracy Now!
Veteran reporter Patrick Cockburn broke the story of Bush's secret Iraq plan. He explains its terrible implications for Iraqi sovereignty.
Posted on Apr 8, 2006, Source: Democracy Now!
A scandalous new report shows how widespread and pernicious fake news has become.
Posted on Mar 29, 2006, Source: Democracy Now!
News: Thousands of high school students walked out of their schools this week to protest the anti-immigrant House bill.
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