Stories by Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is the host of the nationally syndicated radio news program, 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
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
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
There's an international wave of pushback against corporate malfeasance and greed.
Posted on May 18, 2009
"The real food is not being advertised. And that's really all you need to know."
Posted on May 15, 2009
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
The investigative journalist for The New Yorker explains his recent bombshell revelation about Dick Cheney's "executive assassination" squads.
Posted on Mar 31, 2009
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The judges even jailed some of the young people over the objections of their probation officers.
Posted on Feb 17, 2009
Ali Marzui, a giant in African studies, explains Obama's unprecedented rise to power.
Posted on Feb 17, 2009
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
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
The economy is in freefall and the House GOP just stood back, making ridiculous ideological speeches about socialism.
Posted on Jan 30, 2009
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
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
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
"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
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
A "large number" of Monday's casualties were civilians, and twelve of them were children.
Posted on Jan 6, 2009
Reports indicate that 350 people have been killed and 1,400 injured in the aerial strikes across the Gaza Strip since Saturday morning.
Posted on Dec 30, 2008
Progressives are right to hold the line against Warren's bigoted positions on abortion and homosexuality.
Posted on Dec 24, 2008
Mike Connell, the chief IT consultant to Karl Rove, reportedly asked for protective custody from the government before he died.
Posted on Dec 22, 2008
"How anyone can say that torture keeps Americans safe is beyond me," says the author of How to Break a Terrorist.
Posted on Dec 5, 2008
The bailout is a parting gift to the people that George Bush once referred to jokingly as "my base."
Posted on Nov 18, 2008
On Inauguration Day, Obama could outlaw torture. It would be a tribute to those slaves who built his new home, the White House.
Posted on Nov 13, 2008
John Pilger, Mahmood Mamdani, Raed Jarrar, Tariq Ali, Laura Carlsen, and more on Obama's troubling foreign policy ideas.
Posted on Nov 7, 2008
A special five-hour election day broadcast from 7pm to Midnight EST (4pm-9pm PST) to bring you the 2008 election results as they come in.
Posted on Nov 3, 2008
"At this point it's just kind of sad to see John McCain and the others going to the dark side ... a sad way to end his career."
Posted on Nov 1, 2008
Journalist Jane Mayer on how right-wing Washington insiders became "smitten" with Sarah Palin, and crowned her their VP.
Posted on Oct 31, 2008
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