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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Who’s Paying for the Conventions?”
The nominating conventions have become elaborate, expensive marketing events, but most people don’t know the extent to which major corporations fund them, pouring tens of millions of dollars into a little-known loophole in the campaign-finance system.
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“Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid”
While the presidential candidates trade barbs and accuse each other of flip-flopping, they agree with President Bush on their enthusiastic support for nuclear power.
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“Colombia: Celebrate the Release, Not the Regime”
It is fantastic to see Ingrid Betancourt free, but the celebration of her release should not be confused with celebration of the Colombian government.
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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.
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“It’s Not the Man, It’s the Movement”
I was on a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado this week when Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter asked me, “Is Obama a sellout?” The question isn’t whether he is a sellout or not—it’s about what demands are made by grass-roots social movements of those who would represent them. The question is, who are these candidates responding to, answering to?
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“Funny Man in an Unfunny World”
The world lost one of its great comedians this week with the death at age 71 of George Carlin. Carlin had a career as a stand-up comic that spanned a half-century, in which he continually broke new ground, targeting those in power with his wit and genius.
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“Weather Reports Are Missing the Story”
While the TV meteorologists document “extreme weather” with their increasingly sophisticated toolbox, from Doppler radar to 3-D animated maps, the two words rarely uttered are its cause: global warming.
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Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews
Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball, discussing the women’s vote in the 2008 election.
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Teaching Democracy Now!
Airing on over 650 stations, Democracy Now! is pioneering the largest public media collaboration in North America, and is working to extend that collaboration into classrooms all over the world. We are launching an innovative, interactive program called Teaching Democracy Now!—to provide a variety of teaching tools for educators to encourage independent journalism, freedom of expression, and critical inquiry.
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In response to hundreds of e-mails from teachers, professors, administrators, students and community activists, Democracy Now! is building a FREE, web-based resource bank for teachers that offers stimulating curricula ideas and materials for a variety of disciplines and levels of education. This page will evolve with a “for educators, by educators” philosophy—a virtual space where educators can submit and share curricula that incorporate Democracy Now!. Learn more about how you can get the DVD of your choice free for submitting curriculum to our database.
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WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEMOCRACY NOW!
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“WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT DEMOCRACY NOW!”
