A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 700 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
Today’s Show
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- In Front of Record Convention Crowd, Obama Accepts Democratic Nomination
- Rep. John Lewis, Rosey Grier, Wendell Pierce and Many More React to Obama Nomination from Stadium Floor
- Michael Eric Dyson Puts Obama’s Address in Historical Context
- Obama Launches Sharp Assault on McCain, Bush in Acceptance Speech
- Reactions to Obama Speech from the Stands of Spectators to Delegates on the Stadium Floor
- Hundreds of Denver Residents in Historic African American Five Points Neighborhood Gather to Watch Obama Speech
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
- Headlines
- Actor, Activist Danny Glover on Challenges for Popular Movements in an Historic Election Year
- Biden Accepts Democratic VP Nomination
- In Historic Move, Democrats Nominate Obama as Presidential Nominee
- EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Chair Henry Waxman Calls for Cancellation of Blackwater’s Contract in Iraq
- Iraq Veterans Against the War Lead Thousands in Protest March to Democratic Convention
- Melissa Harris-Lacewell Urges Obama to Draw on Political Rhetoric of African American Women Like Hamer, Chisholm & Jordan
- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Walks Out of Screening of Katrina Documentary “Trouble the Water”
- Ralph Nader on the Democrats’ Corporate Ties, the Silencing of Third Parties, and Why Biden is the “MasterCard Senator”
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
- Headlines
- 600 Arrested at Mississippi Factory in Largest Immigration Raid in US History
- Clinton Calls on Supporters to Unite Behind Obama
- Amy Goodman Questions Fmr. President Jimmy Carter on Being Sidelined at DNC
- In Wake of Deadly US Air Strike, Jeremy Scahill Questions Lawmakers About Obama’s Afghanistan Policy
- Labor Groups Challenge Retail Giant Wal-Mart on Pressuring Employees to Vote Against Obama
- Narrowing the Obama-Clinton Divide: A Roundtable Discussion
- “Operation First Casualty”: Outside Democratic Convention, Iraq Veterans Against the War Re-Enact Raids on Iraqi Civilians
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich: “Wake Up America!”
- Tarnished by Sex Scandal, John Edwards’ Absence Reduces Focus on Poverty at Democratic Convention
- When Off the Silver Screen, Actress Daryl Hannah Seen on Frontlines of Environmental Movements
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
- Headlines
- As Democratic Convention Kicks Off, Massive Security Presence Clamps Down on Dissent in Denver
- Denver Police Arrest 91, Fire Pepper Spray & Pepper Balls at Protesters
- Former US Senator Jean Carnahan and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan on the 2008 Race, Their Role as Convention Delegates & Voter Registration
- Iraq Veterans Against the War Descends on Denver to Call on Democrats to Endorse True Antiwar Platform
- Jeremy Scahill Grills Democratic Lawmakers on the War, Obama’s Foreign Policy Team and the Corporate Money Behind the Big Show
- Michelle Obama Delivers Keynote Address on Opening Day of Democratic Convention
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Poverty Is the Real Scandal”
Former Sen. John Edwards was supposed to speak in Denver at the Democratic National Convention, but he had an affair. Will the Democrats now forget about his signature issue?
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“Cheney, Bush and Habbush”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on a book tour, where she is being hounded by activists and questioned about her pledge that “impeachment is off the table.” She responded on the TV talk show “The View,” “If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story.” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind may have provided the evidence she doesn’t want to see.
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“Don’t Cage Dissent”
Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant U.S. political parties to the cherished tradition of dissent. Things are not looking good.
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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!
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“Threats, Lies and Audiotape”
With no end in sight in Afghanistan and Iraq, military recruiters must be prevented from using desperate and aggressive measures to lure our nation’s young people—the poorest and most vulnerable—into the line of fire.
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‘It’s a Global Election’
Amy Goodman reports from the Baltics: “When I arrived in Estonia last week—a former Soviet republic that lies just south of Finland—everyone had an opinion on Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin.”
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“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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July 2007 Archive
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
- Headlines for July 31, 2007
- Parents of a U.S. Marine Who Committed Suicide After Returning Home from Iraq File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Veterans Affairs
Monday, July 30, 2007
- Headlines for July 30, 2007
- Rorschach and Awe: As Opposition Grows Over the APA’s Policy Allowing Psychologists to Take Part in Military Interrogations, Vanity Fair Exposes How Two Psychologists Shaped the CIA’s Torture Methods
Friday, July 27, 2007
- Headlines for July 27, 2007
- Should Impeachment Be Off the Table? A Debate with Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan, Ex-CIA Analyst Ray McGovern and Democratic Strategist Dan Gerstein
- State Repression Continues Unabated More than One Year into Oaxaca Uprising
Thursday, July 26, 2007
- Headlines for July 26, 2007
- Outsourcing Intelligence: Author R.J. Hillhouse on How Key National Security Projects Are Contracted to Private Firms
- Berkeley Professor Among Wounded in Attack on Independent Newspaper in Niger Delta
- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Could Face Perjury Probe Over Sworn Testimony on Domestic Spying
- U.S., Iraqi School Teacher Create Peace Bridge for Students from Brooklyn to Baghdad
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
- Headlines for July 25, 2007
- On 109th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Puerto Rico, Acclaimed Photojournalist Frank Espada and Poet Martin Espada Reflect on Ongoing Struggle for National Rights
- Professor Ward Churchill Vows to Sue University of Colorado Over Controversial Firing
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
- Headlines for July 24, 2007
- Children’s Defense Fund’s Marian Wright Edelman Calls on Congress & Bush Administration to Help the Country’s Nine Million Children Without Health Insurance
- “The Bravest Woman in Afghanistan”: Part Two of Our Interview With Afghan Feminist and MP Malalai Joya
Monday, July 23, 2007
- Headlines for July 23, 2007
- Randall Robinson on “An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President”
Friday, July 20, 2007
- Headlines for July 20, 2007
- The Next Front in the Iraq War? Amidst Invasion Talk, Iraq Accuses Turkey of Bombing Northern Region
- Relatives of Colombia Death Squad Victims Sue U.S.-Based Fruit Giant Chiquita for Arming, Funding Their Killers
Thursday, July 19, 2007
- Headlines for July 19, 2007
- Dems End Debate on Iraq Partial Withrawal Bill After Failing to Overcome GOP Filibuster
- Despite Reports Showing Nearly Half of Foreign Militants in Iraq Are Saudi, White House and Lawmakers Keeping Sights on Iran
- Sami Al-Haj and Bilal Hussein: Their Names Mostly Unknown in U.S., Jailed Journalists Have Spent Combined Six Years in U.S. Military Prisons Without Charge
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
- Headlines for July 18, 2007
- Senate Democrats Hold All-Night Debate on Iraq
- Professor and Preacher Michael Eric Dyson on Hip Hop & Politics, Don Imus, the "N"-word, and Bill Cosby
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
- Headlines for July 17, 2007
- Less than 24 Hours Before his Scheduled Execution, Troy Davis is Granted 90-Day Stay of Execution by Georgia Parole Board
- The Execution Tapes: Georgia’s Secret Audio Recordings of Two Executions
- 10 Years in Prison For Consensual Sex: Genarlow Wilson’s Mother Speaks Out on Why Her Son Remains Locked Up
Monday, July 16, 2007
- Headlines for July 16, 2007
- Is Georgia about to Execute an Innocent Man? The Story of Troy Davis
- As Cheney Pushes Bush to Attack Iran, U.S. and Iranian Activists Call for Peace
Friday, July 13, 2007
- Headlines for July 13, 2007
- On 40th Anniversary of Newark Rebellion, a Look Back at Historic Unrest that Changed the Nation
- Legendary Activist Grace Lee Boggs Reflects on Newark, Detroit Uprisings
Thursday, July 12, 2007
- Headlines for July 12, 2007
- The Other War: Iraq Veterans Speak Out on Shocking Accounts of Attacks on Iraqi Civilians
- Iraq War Vets Describe “Brutal Techniques” Used by U.S. Military Against Iraqi Civilians
- “If Soldiers Came From Another Country And Did This To My Family, I Would Be An Insurgent Too” – War Vet Describes Iraq House Raid
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
- Headlines for July 11, 2007
- Michael Moore “Blitzes” CNN’s Coverage of Iraq War, Healthcare in Live Wolf Blitzer Interview
- At Least 50 Dead in Pakistan as Mosque Standoff Nears Close
- Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
- Headlines for July 10, 2007
- The Case of the Jena Six: Black High School Students Charged with Attempted Murder for Schoolyard Fight After Nooses Are Hung from Tree
- “A Modern-Day Lynching”–Parents of Jena Six Speak of Injustice, Racism in Sons’ Prosecution
Monday, July 09, 2007
- Headlines for July 09, 2007
- Ralph Nader on the Candidates, Corporate Power and His Own Plans for 2008
Friday, July 06, 2007
- Headlines for July 06, 2007
- Founder of Iraq Oil Workers Union Rejects U.S.-Backed Oil Law as “Robbery”
- An Iraqi Rhapsody: Poet & Novelist Sinan Antoon on the U.S. Destruction of the Iraqi State, His Latest Novel and the Sad Statement that Iraq Was Better Under Saddam Hussein
Thursday, July 05, 2007
- Headlines for July 05, 2007
- “He Has Subverted the Rule of Law and the System of Justice”—Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson Reacts to Bush’s Commutation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jail Sentence in Outing of Valerie Plame
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
- Headlines for July 04, 2007
- We Shall Overcome: An Hour With Legendary Folk Singer & Activist Pete Seeger
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
- Headlines for July 03, 2007
- Commuting Sentence, Bush Spares Libby from 30-Month Jail Term
- U.S., Russia at Odds over Increasingly Unpopular White House Plans for Missile System in Eastern Europe
- “We Do Not Want America to Represent Torture”: High School Presidential Scholars Deliver Bush a Message on Human Rights
Monday, July 02, 2007
- Headlines for July 02, 2007
- How the Pentagon Papers Came to be Published by the Beacon Press: A Remarkable Story Told by Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, Dem Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel and Unitarian Leader Robert West
