Stories by Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is the host of the nationally syndicated radio news program, Democracy Now!.
Posted on Sep 7, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
With so much opportunity, why has Obama presided over such an economic disaster?
Posted on Sep 2, 2010, Source: King Features Syndicate
The author of 'The Vagina Monologues' recently sat down with me, in the midst of her battle with uterine cancer, to discuss New Orleans and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Posted on Aug 27, 2010, Source: King Features Syndicate
The massive recall of salmonella-infected eggs opens a window on the power of large corporations over not only our health, but over our government.
Posted on Aug 26, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
An interview with Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, who spoke to the victim from his hospital bed.
Posted on Aug 24, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
'If I went to Lago Agrio as myself and pretended to write a story, no one would suspect that the starry-eyed young American poking around was actually shilling for Chevron.'
Posted on Aug 16, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Finally allowed to speak, Nick Merrill joins us in his first broadcast interview to talk about how he challenged the FBI’s use of national security letters.
Posted on Aug 9, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
A new US Army report finds the rate of suicide by soldiers in the Army has risen above the civilian rate for the first time since Vietnam.
Posted on Aug 1, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
The planet is running out of water. It was about time for the UN to recognize the right of every human being on earth to water and sanitation.
Posted on Jul 24, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
lyse Hogue of MoveOn.Org, and Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee on recapturing the Democratic Party.
Posted on Jul 7, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
In a wide-ranging interview, Moore talks about his controversial career, taking over his local Democratic Party, and unloads on Obama's handling of the Afghan war.
Posted on Jun 23, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Boggs calls Detroit a "symbol of a new kind of society, of people who grow their own food, of people who try and help each other."
Posted on Jun 17, 2010, Source: King Features Syndicate
Canada wants justice for Maher Arar, who was seized by U.S. officials and sent to Syria, where he was tortured for a year.
Posted on Jun 12, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Though George W. Bush paved the way for the catastrophe, it was Obama who gave BP the green light to drill.
Posted on May 28, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Environmental groups are challenging ongoing oil operations in the gulf that are exempt from Obama's moratorium.
Posted on May 24, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Jon Burge oversaw a brutal interrogation program that sent countless innocent men to prison after they were tortured into confessing to crimes they didn't commit.
Posted on May 21, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
A debate between two experts on the uprising and brutal military crackdown in Bangkok.
Posted on May 18, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Chomsky: "It's almost unheard of, outside of totalitarian states, for a government to prevent someone from responding to an invitation at a university to give a talk."
Posted on May 12, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Two leading legal experts debate the pros and cons of Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan.
Posted on May 5, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
A stunning glimpse into Prince's future plans and his crude, racist beliefs.
Posted on Apr 29, 2010, Source: AlterNet
It was a boycott that eventually forced Arizona to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is a shame that similar tactics are needed again.
Posted on Apr 14, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
While we know relatively little about the frontrunner in the nomination race, she is a darling of conservatives, aligns with Sen. Lindsey Graham, and loves executive power.
Posted on Apr 12, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Matt Taibbi takes an in-depth look at the experience of an Alabama town and its disastrous dealings with Wall Street.
Posted on Apr 6, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Glenn Greenwald and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange discuss why footage capturing of U.S. troops shooting unarmed civilians is not an "aberration."
Posted on Apr 5, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Sunday's bombings followed a massacre of 25 people south of Baghdad. The bloodshed has renewed fears of a return to sectarian violence in Iraq.
Posted on Apr 3, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Do we really want to be equal with the people who ripped us off?
Posted on Apr 1, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
The biggest winners in Obama's latest foreclosure prevention plan are the banks that created this mess.
Posted on Mar 31, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Prominent Catholics say the Pope must be ready to answer questions about “the largest institutional crisis in centuries, possibly in church history."
Posted on Mar 23, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
World-renowned author and global justice activist Arundhati Roy discusses U.S. wars, the occupation in Kashmir, and her time spent with Maoist rebels in India.
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 Mar 3, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
A psychotherapist says depression can be debilitating -- but that it’s also been largely created by doctors and drug companies as a medical condition.
Posted on Mar 2, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
The earthquake that struck Chile was 500 times more powerful than the earthquake that struck Haiti, but it caused a fraction of the casualties.
Posted on Feb 25, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
"We've had no contact at all ... We haven't even had a phone call."
Posted on Feb 22, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Documents recently reviewed by the press revealed the contamination at Camp Lejeune was far more extensive and deadly than previously assumed.
Posted on Feb 9, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Rep. Kucinich warns, "This is something that Jefferson feared, something that Lincoln feared."
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 Feb 4, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
In a historic move, Pentagon brass have called for an end to "don't ask, don't tell." Why are politicians like John McCain trying to keep it in place?
Posted on Jan 28, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Remembering the lifelong dissident and peace activist and historian, who joined many of the struggles for social justice over the past fifty years.
Posted on Jan 21, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
An interview with journalist Kim Ives about Washington's domination of Haiti.
Posted on Jan 14, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
An interview with Economist Rob Johnson who says it's time to cut accounts with banks like Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo and go local.
Posted on Jan 13, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!
Haiti has been devastated by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake. The extent of the disaster is still unknown, but there are fears that tens of thousands of people have died.
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