Stories by Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is the host of the nationally syndicated radio news program, Democracy Now!
Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy.
Posted on Sep 5, 2008
Rep. Ellison discusses the crackdown on reporters, why he opposes escalation in Afghanistan, and his experience as the first Muslim Congressman.
Posted on Sep 2, 2008
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 Aug 18, 2008
So why are people being arrested for lawful protest?
Posted on Aug 14, 2008
A Texas army recruiter was recently suspended for telling a teenager he would be sent to jail if he chose college over the military.
Posted on Aug 7, 2008
Obama's historic candidacy serves as an inspiration to people the world over.
Posted on Jul 31, 2008
A debate between two progressive legal experts on the FISA bill and the idea of prosecuting of Bush and White House officials for criminal acts.
Posted on Jul 26, 2008
A loophole in campaign-finance law allows corporations to pour unlimited funding into political conventions.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008
We can't let the nuclear power industry use global warming as an opportunity to sell its insanely expensive and dangerous power plants.
Posted on Jul 17, 2008
People are desperate for solutions but instead they're handed policies that don't solve the crises, and are highly profitable for corporations.
Posted on Jul 16, 2008
We shouldn't let Ingrid Betancourt's long-awaited rescue distract from the abuses of the Uribe government.
Posted on Jul 10, 2008
What should progressives do about Obama's move to the center?
Posted on Jul 3, 2008
Hersh reports on a secret Congress-approved plan for activities ranging from supporting dissident groups to spying on Iran's nuclear program.
Posted on Jul 1, 2008
Carlin gave voice to dissident perspectives that have been almost entirely blocked from mainstream media.
Posted on Jun 26, 2008
As Congress pieces together the White House torture program, former Army General Antonio Taguba condemns Bush's "systematic regime of torture."
Posted on Jun 23, 2008
Scientists acknowledge an uncomfortable fact long ignored by the media: global warming is the real cause of extreme weather like the Midwest floods.
Posted on Jun 19, 2008
Veteran reporter Patrick Cockburn broke the story of Bush's secret Iraq plan. He explains its terrible implications for Iraqi sovereignty.
Posted on Jun 16, 2008
Activists are creating alternatives to mainstream media and holding corporate media giants accountable. The corporations are pushing back.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008
Will Republicans disappointed by the dirty tactics of their party go for Obama in November?
Posted on Jun 5, 2008
Throughout his life Phillips kept the rich history of labor struggles alive.
Posted on May 29, 2008
A conversation about privatized war with John Cusack, producer of the new film,
War, Inc., and
Blackwater author Jeremy Scahill.
Posted on May 24, 2008
From nuclear proliferation to the use of cluster bombs -- coverage of the campaign should focus more on the arms race, less on the horse race.
Posted on May 22, 2008
An interview with author Silja Talvi about her AlterNet investigative report on Gus Puryear, a Bush court nominee with a villainous past.
Posted on May 22, 2008
A military whistle-blower has come forward with information that contradicts the government's official story about the deaths of two journalists.
Posted on May 15, 2008
The Bush administration has engaged in assault, intimidation, and imprisonment to limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs.
Posted on May 8, 2008
Unlike Clinton or Obama, Dr. Rocky White, an Evangelical from a conservative background, is promoting a single-payer health care system.
Posted on May 6, 2008
If our government and large food and energy interests don't change direction, the food riots in distant lands will soon be coming to their doors.
Posted on May 1, 2008
It's time for the candidates to stop dancing around real health-care reform and get behind a single-payer system.
Posted on Apr 24, 2008
Food riots are breaking out across the planet. We must re-examine corporate control of the food supply.
Posted on Apr 19, 2008
More than 40 percent of every income tax dollar in 2007 went toward military spending.
Posted on Apr 15, 2008
A private security firm infiltrated environmental groups, collected their phone records and confidential internal documents.
Posted on Apr 15, 2008
Why is the American Psychological Association still allowing its members to participate in torture?
Posted on Apr 10, 2008
40 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pointed to the link between war abroad and poverty at home. Sadly, his observation is just as true today.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008
Tens of thousands of veterans suffer from severe mental and physical injuries. A new documentary tells one soldier's story.
Posted on Mar 27, 2008
An AP journalist who helped lead an frightening investigative report considers the dangers posed to the country's drinking water.
Posted on Mar 25, 2008
Famed NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen tells the depressing story of government censorship of years of impeccable research.
Posted on Mar 24, 2008
Last weekend veterans gave eyewitness testimony about the horrors of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Let's honor them by listening.
Posted on Mar 20, 2008
Before his administration was derailed by scandal, Eliot Spitzer promoted reproductive rights legislation that inspired a grass-roots movement.
Posted on Mar 13, 2008
Consumers are getting duped by the food industry, paying the price with their health.
Posted on Mar 8, 2008
Vermonters air their frustration with the U.S. quagmire in Iraq.
Posted on Mar 6, 2008
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