Stories by Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman is the host of the nationally syndicated news program, Democracy Now!. subscribe to Amy Goodman's feed

Posted on: Nov 18, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

In a new series, Stone explores the disconnect in U.S. history between what's officially reported and what actually happened.

Posted on: Nov 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Missed by the mainstream media, are social movements, movements without which President Obama would not have been re-elected.

Posted on: Oct 25, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

"This is the first time for the food movement to pass from that moment of voting with your fork to voting with your votes for a different kind of food system," said Pollan.

Posted on: Oct 10, 2012, Source: Democracy Now

Wal-Mart workers are not unionized and have long complained of poor working conditions and inadequate wages. Now they're standing up and fighting back.

Posted on: Oct 3, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Chipotle, which claims "food with integrity," is under fire by activists working on labor conditions in the nation's tomato fields.

Posted on: Sep 19, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Chicago public school students returned to class Wednesday after the governing body of the Chicago Teachers Union voted to suspend its nine-day strike, the first teachers’ strike in Chicago since 1987.

Posted on: Sep 10, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report and Michael Eric Dyson, professor at Georgetown University, spar over Obama's record.

Posted on: Sep 4, 2012, Source: Democracy Now

The month of July set a record high for the number of suicides in the U.S. military.

Posted on: Aug 29, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

After repeatedly touting his business experience as an asset towards reviving the U.S. economy, Romney has been put on the defensive by Bain workers who are fighting back against the outsourcing of their jobs.

Posted on: Jul 24, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Sports writer David Zirin argues that the NCAA's unprecedented punishment harms innocent students but lets trustees off the hook.

Posted on: Jul 19, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Sixteen international banks are accused of rigging a key global interest rate used in contracts worth trillions of dollars.

Posted on: Jul 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

If our news media continue to ignore the essential link between extreme weather and climate change, then we may not act in time to avert even greater catastrophe.

Posted on: Jul 4, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

What's missing from today's discussions is not just the words "climate change," but the words "public sector."

Posted on: Jun 19, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

We hear from Ramarley's family, a former NYPD detective, and the family attorney about why the NYPD officer should be charged for murder.

Posted on: May 10, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

One of Mexico’s best-known poets, Javier Sicilia, laid down his pen last year after his son was murdered by drug traffickers. Now, he is on a mission to transform drug policy.

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 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A career government intelligence official, a filmmaker and a hacker have all been targeted by the state, despite not having been charged with a crime.

Posted on: Apr 24, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Poverty is no longer black and brown - it is multicultural and multiracial - and is engulfing millions of us.

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 16, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

This Summit of the Americas will become an historic moment in the rapidly transforming, global drug policy debate.

Posted on: Apr 16, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Selma James coined the term "unwaged" work to describe the real work of housewives--and she has some thoughts that Mitt and Ann Romney might learn from.

Posted on: Apr 10, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

The Bush administration secretly trained an Iranian opposition group despite its inclusion on the State Department's list of foreign terrorists.

Posted on: Apr 9, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

An interview with Firoze Manji, who argues that unrest in Mali and beyond is 'driven by the fact that over the last 30 years our people have lost all the gains of independence.'

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 21, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

An investigative reporter reveals that the NSA has established listening posts throughout the nation to collect and sift through billions of email messages and phone calls.

Posted on: Mar 12, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Afghans are furious at the US military after an Army sergeant killed 16 civilians, 9 of them children.

Posted on: Mar 9, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Latin American leaders are increasingly speaking out against prohibition. And public opinion in America, especially when it comes to legalizing pot, is shifting very rapidly.

Posted on: Mar 6, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Attorney General Eric Holder gave a broad defense of the chillingly expansive authority that the United States claims to be able to kill people, including its own citizens.

Posted on: Mar 2, 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 6, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

A report found that since President Obama took office between 282 and 535 civilians have been reported as killed in Pakistan, including more than 60 children.

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 31, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman interviews the Director of "The House I Live In" to explore the horrific failures of drug war, as well as the argument for a public health approach.

Posted on: Jan 23, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman and Raj Patel discuss the 49 million people who are struggling to get enough to eat in America, and why GOP candidates' posturing isn't helping.

Posted on: Jan 17, 2012, Source: Democracy Now!

Here's what you need to know about two controversial internet anti-piracy bills moving through Congress and the massive backlash against them.

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: Dec 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Across the country, state legislatures and governors are pushing laws that seek to restrict access to the voting booth.

Posted on: Dec 19, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!

Constitutional lawyer and blogger Glenn Greenwald speaks to Amy Goodman about the Manning hearings and the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.

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