Stories by Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is the host of the nationally syndicated radio news program, Democracy Now!
The bereaved parents of Chancellor Keesling, a US soldier who took his own life in Iraq, wonder why the death of their son is treated differently than other mortalities.
Posted on Oct 28, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
No federal regulations specifically govern the disposal of power plant discharges into waterways or landfills.
Posted on Oct 23, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
The 287(g) program gives local law enforcement authority to enforce federal immigration laws, which has led to accusations of racial profiling.
Posted on Oct 19, 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 Oct 1, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Has the UN climate summit in New York just set the stage for disappointment in Copenhagen?
Posted on Sep 24, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Forty percent of the nation’s community water systems violated the Safe Drinking Water Act at least once, exposing over 23 million people to potential danger.
Posted on Sep 16, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis has had three execution dates despite overwhelming proof of his innocence. Now he'll finally have his day in court.
Posted on Aug 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The food industry has changed American eating habits and helped create the country's No. 1 public-health issue.
Posted on Aug 10, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
"We are Hondurans. This is our land, these are our people, and this is our family. We do not want to go to another country."
Posted on Jul 27, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Matt Taibbi argues that "Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression."
Posted on Jul 17, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
No legislation in the U.S. prevents the government from employing technology that monitors everything that goes through the Internet.
Posted on Jun 25, 2009, Source: King Features Syndicate
Sanders: We need to tell Obama that if he suppors a single-payer system, "he will have the backing of tens and tens of millions of Americans."
Posted on Jun 9, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
His alleged killer was seen vandalizing the clinic both the week before and the day before the murder but officials failed to enforce existing laws.
Posted on Jun 4, 2009, Source: King Features Syndicate
There's an international wave of pushback against corporate malfeasance and greed.
Posted on May 18, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
"The real food is not being advertised. And that's really all you need to know."
Posted on May 15, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Sheikh Zoubir Bouchikhi has been held without bail at a private immigration prison in Houston for the past four months.
Posted on Apr 29, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
The investigative journalist for The New Yorker explains his recent bombshell revelation about Dick Cheney's "executive assassination" squads.
Posted on Mar 31, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
An encampment is made up of over a hundred pink tents and is named to protest Seattle Mayor Greg Nickel's policies around the homeless.
Posted on Mar 31, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Tens of thousands languish in immigration prisons in deplorable conditions without receiving a hearing on whether their detention is warranted.
Posted on Mar 27, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Medha Patkar talks about trying to save one of the oldest civilizations and battling the world's most formidable institutions.
Posted on Mar 26, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Gensler worked to exempt credit default swaps from regulation, which led to the collapse of A.I.G. and has resulted in our massive bailout.
Posted on Mar 26, 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 Mar 24, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Krugman on Geithner's toxic assets program: "It’s the zombie that you keep killing, and it just keeps coming back."
Posted on Mar 24, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Activists slammed the event as a non-inclusive, corporate-driven fraud and called for a more open, democratic and transparent forum.
Posted on Mar 23, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
As George W. Bush travels north to give a speech (in exchange for a six-figure speaking fee), Canadians call for his arrest for war crimes.
Posted on Mar 17, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Journalist Roberto Lovato on the historic win of FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes, whose victory ends two decades of conservative rule.
Posted on Mar 16, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
On Capitol Hill, debate has begun over forming a truth commission to shed light on the Bush administration’s secret and illegal terror polices.
Posted on Mar 6, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
While leaders like Stephen Harper and Gordon Brown bend to the will of their constituents, Obama is staying the course.
Posted on Mar 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet
U.S. consumers are exposed to a vast array of harmful chemicals and additives in toys, cosmetics, plastic water bottles and countless other products.
Posted on Feb 25, 2009, Source: Truthdig
The judges even jailed some of the young people over the objections of their probation officers.
Posted on Feb 17, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Ali Marzui, a giant in African studies, explains Obama's unprecedented rise to power.
Posted on Feb 17, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
In a recent interview, Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur told Americans: 'Be squatters in your own homes. Don't you leave.'
Posted on Feb 6, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
The U.S. likes to cast elections as proof of the legitimacy of the occupation, but many Iraqis saw their votes as a way to end it.
Posted on Feb 3, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
The economy is in freefall and the House GOP just stood back, making ridiculous ideological speeches about socialism.
Posted on Jan 30, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Former AL Gov. Don Siegelman: "This is far more important than my case or Karl Rove. This is about restoring justice and preserving our democracy."
Posted on Jan 29, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Pulitzer Prize-winner Walker and civil rights hero Moses on the struggles that paved the way for Obama's success.
Posted on Jan 21, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
In a final, childish act, Bush refuses to answer a question from Helen Thomas, the most senior member of the White House press corps.
Posted on Jan 14, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
"We as Jews have to say to this country that claims to represent us, 'Stop. Stop. This is a humanitarian disaster.'"
Posted on Jan 12, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
Here's what the 50 million workers who saw their retirement plans drop by as much as 30 percent last year should know.
Posted on Jan 10, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
A "large number" of Monday's casualties were civilians, and twelve of them were children.
Posted on Jan 6, 2009, Source: Democracy Now!
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