Today’s Show
- Headlines
- Promising “Change” in Washington, McCain Accepts GOP Nomination
- Maverick? Author Paul Waldman on “Free Ride: John McCain and the Media”
- Convention Cash: Journalist Peter Stone on the RNC’s Sponsors
- Crashing the Party: Suites, Corporate-Sponsored Events Gather the Money Behind the Conventions
- McCain: “We Have to Catch Up to History”
- Abramoff Sentenced to Four Years in Jail for Corruption and Tax Offenses
- Nearly 400 Arrested on Last Day of RNC, Including Over a Dozen Media Workers
- Ramsey County Sheriff Admits Local Police Used Paid Infiltrators and Spied on Activists Including RNC Welcoming Committee
- “We Are Not Terrorists”: Activists with the RNC Welcoming Committee Speak Out Against Police Crackdown & Terrorism Charges
- Iraqi American Sami Rasouli Says McCain Should Have Invited an Iraqi to Talk at RNC About the Effect of the Surge
RECENT SHOWS
Thursday, September 04, 2008
- Headlines
- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Accepts GOP Nomination
- Amy Goodman Questions Ramsey County Prosecutors on Jailing, Charges of Journalists
- Eight Members of RNC Activist Group Lodged with Terrorism Charges
- Hundreds of Jailed Protesters Held for 2+ Days Following Mass RNC Arrests
- I-Witness Video Collective Forced Out of Living Space After Second Raid by St. Paul Police in Five Days
- Libertarian Presidential Candidate and Ex-Republican Rep. Bob Barr on Impeachment, Opening Up the Debates, and Why He Left the GOP
- Voices of the Delegates: Jeremy Scahill Goes Inside the RNC
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
- Headlines
- 8 Years After Accepting Dems’ VP Bid on Gore Ticket, Lieberman Attacks Former Party at GOP Convention
- Amy Goodman Grills St. Paul Police Chief About Her Arrest and Two Democracy Now! Producers
- Bush: “Angry Left” Will “Never Break” John McCain
- Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter on the RNC, Joe Biden and the Possibility of an Attack on Iran
- Freed from Jail, Fmr. Alabama Governor Don Siegelman Accuses Karl Rove of Orchestrating Political Witch Hunt
- Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Takes Cause to Streets Outside RNC
- Sami Al-Arian Released After 5.5 Years in Prison
- Thousands Gather in Minneapolis for Ron Paul Counter-Convention
- Thousands Join Poor People’s March Outside RNC
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
- Headlines
- Amy Goodman & Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested at RNC Protest
- As RNC Opens, Iraq Veterans Against the War March in St. Paul
- As the RNC Opens in St. Paul, Twin Cities Police Arrest Nearly 300; Journalists Targeted
- A Debate: Iraq Veterans Against the War vs. Vets for Freedom
- Hurricane Gustav Slams Louisiana: A Report from Jordan Flaherty in New Orleans
- Report: Secretive Right-Wing Group Vetted McCain’s VP Candidate Sarah Palin
- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Condemns Police Intimidation of Journalists
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On MSNBC’s 10th anniversary Hardball broadcast, Amy Goodman slams network for firing Phil Donahue for his antiwar views.
Newsnight with Aaron Brown, CNN, Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Newsnight with Aaron Brown, CNN, Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Lawmaker Calls on Pentagon to Explain Promotion of Threat-Wielding Recruiter After Democracy Now! Broadcast
Rep. Gene Green (D–TX) is calling on the Pentagon to explain why a military recruiter was given a promotion despite being found to have illegally threatened a teenage boy with jail time if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military. The recruiter was eventually promoted to head a different recruiting station. Green sent the letter questioning Kelt’s new job after his Wednesday appearance on Democracy Now!
More...Democracy Now!–live from Aspen, CO
Democracy Now! and Free Speech TV team up with Aspen Public Access Channel, Grassroots TV, for historic national broadcast.
More...Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews
Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball, discussing the women’s vote in the 2008 election.
More...Amy Goodman on the Importance of Independent Bookstores
I think the diversity of ideas, religions, and opinions in this country is our glory, is the strength of the U.S. And I think that’s why independent bookstores, which are the sanctuaries of that diversity of opinion, are just so important. They are our intellectual watering holes.
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More...Democracy Now! Honored At Webby Awards
Democracy Now! has been selected as an Official Honoree at the 12th Annual Webby Awards in three categories: News, Political and Podcast.
More...Amy Goodman on The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS
Amy Goodman appeared on The Tavis Smiley Show Thursday on PBS discussing her new book. Watch excerpts of the interview.
More...Jeremy Scahill Wins George Polk Book Award for “Blackwater”
Democracy Now! correspondent and best-selling author Jeremy Scahill has won the The George Polk Book Award for his book “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.” The judges said: “Scahill’s work exposed killings, human rights violations and misconduct by the firm’s personnel and revealed the U.S. government’s growing reliance on this ‘shadow army.’ His reporting and Congressional testimony helped propel legislation that would ban U.S. government security contracts with Blackwater and other private military companies.”
More...Amy Goodman, cover story in The Progressive Magazine
By Elizabeth DiNovella, February 2008 Issue
“I’ve always been surprised that people say it’s a hopeful program because we deal with such difficult subjects,” she says. “But I think it’s hopeful because of the people we interview.”
More...Democracy Now! in Le Monde Diplomatique
For 12 years a radio and television news programme, Democracy Now, has survived and even flourished on a cobbled-together broadcast network that reaches all of the United States and out into the world. It has almost no paid resources, yet daily defies the corporate and government agendas, and has sometimes forced mainstream media into picking up its stories, if not its attitudes.
More...Regis Philbin watches Democracy Now!
Regis talks about his dinner with Amy Goodman on his show Live with Regis and Kelly.
REGIS: And on my right was Amy Goodman—I was unfamiliar with the name. “What do you do, Amy?”… She says, “We cover global events.” … Well, now, excuse me, but what am I going to have in common with someone who covers global news? … : The beautiful baby contest? That ain’t going to do it! … Santa Claus getting pawed? No!… [The] woman was very interesting, so I tuned her in. She’s on from 8:00 to 9:00 in the morning.
KELLY: That’s really good. So I’m going to tune her in, too.
REGIS : Yeah. Yes, Amy Goodman.
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