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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
- Headlines
- As Obama Vows to Close Guantanamo, His Advisers Are Reportedly Crafting a Plan to Create a New System of Preventive Detention and National Security Courts
- Naomi Klein on the Bailout Profiteers and the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene
- Ex-CIA Officials Tied to Rendition Program and Faulty Iraq Intel Tapped to Head Obama’s Intelligence Transition Team
Friday, November 14, 2008
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Amy Goodman’s New Column “President Obama Can Redeem the White House”
Alice Walker is the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But Monday, I called her to talk about a true story. The Obamas had just visited the White House. The first African-American elected president of the United States had visited his soon-to-be residence, a house built by slaves.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Amy Goodman on CNN Newsroom, November 10, 2008
Filed under D.N. in the News
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Anjali Kamat’s New Column: “Change We Can Believe In?”
Democracy Now! producer Anjali Kamat writes, “To all those for whom America has represented generations of racial injustice, the election of America’s first Black president marks the beginning of a new era…But unless the inspired millions who brought him to power continue to believe their demands matter and insist on holding him accountable each step of the way, it will be Obama’s corporate and hawkish friends who determine the domestic and foreign policies of the coming administration and our collective future.”
Filed under D.N. in the News
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“Organizer in Chief”
You could almost hear the world’s collective sigh of relief. This year’s U.S. presidential election was a global event in every sense. Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother, who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, represents to so many a living bridge—between continents and cultures.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Studs Terkel, 1912-2008
The legendary radio broadcaster, writer and oral historian Studs Terkel has died at the age of 96 in Chicago. Over the years Terkel has been a regular guest on Democracy Now!In 2005, Studs Terkel appeared on Democracy Now! shortly after undergoing open heart surgery. He told Amy Goodman, “My curiosity is what saw me through. What would the world be like, or will there be a world? And so, that’s my epitaph. I have it all set. Curiosity did not kill this cat. And it’s curiosity, I think, that has saved me thus far.”
Filed under DN Archives
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“Election Protection”
Election Day approaches, and with it a test of our election system’s integrity. Who will be allowed to vote; who will be barred? Who will get paper ballots; who will use electronic voting machines? Will polls be open long enough to accommodate what is expected to be a historic turnout?
Filed under Weekly Column
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“Change Big Donors Can Believe In”
The candidates’ coffers are swelling with larger and larger bundles of cash, but don’t hold your breath waiting for the extended television discussions of this, because it’s the broadcasters who profit the most.
Filed under Weekly Column
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“Mickey Mouse Won’t Try To Vote”
The 2008 presidential election may see the highest participation in U.S. history. Voter registration organizations and local election boards have been overwhelmed by enthusiastic people eager to vote. But not everyone is happy about this blossoming of democracy.
Filed under Weekly Column
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July 2008 Archive
Thursday, July 31, 2008
- Headlines for July 31, 2008
- Raj Patel on the Collapse of the World Trade Organization Talks
- Plan Mexico and the US-Funded Militarization of Mexico
- GOP Congressional Candidate Accuses Al Jazeera of Trying to Kidnap Him in Florida
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
- Headlines for July 30, 2008
- Field of Schemes: Congress Probes How New Sports Stadiums Turn Public Money into Private Profit
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Defends Her Opposition to Impeachment: “If Somebody Had a Crime that the President Had Committed, That Would Be a Different Story.”
- Black America: A Neglected Priority in the Global AIDS Epidemic
- Report: Vast Majority of African American and Latino Middle-Class Families Are on Shaky Financial Ground
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
- Headlines for July 29, 2008
- Newspapers Suffer Spate of Layoffs, Decline in Circulation, Ad Revenue, Stock Price: A Roundtable Discussion on the State of the Industry
- The Big Squeeze: Steven Greenhouse on Tough Times for the American Worker
Monday, July 28, 2008
- Headlines for July 28, 2008
- Obama Holds Brief Q&A Before Thousands of Journalists of Color at UNITY Convention
- How Chicago Shaped Obama: A Look at the Rise of a Politician
- House Judiciary Committee Holds Historic Hearings on the Case for Impeachment
Friday, July 25, 2008
- Headlines for July 25, 2008
- Steve Clemons: Obama’s Wall Speech Should Have Been About Israel, Not Berlin
- Main Core: New Evidence Reveals Top Secret Government Database Used in Bush Spy Program
- Race, Politics and the Media: A Roundtable Discussion from the UNITY Conference
Thursday, July 24, 2008
- Headlines for July 24, 2008
- Death by Taser: Police Accused of Cover-Up in Death of African American Man Shocked Nine Times While in Handcuffs
- Friend of Mexican Immigrant Beaten to Death in Pennsylvania Gives Eyewitness Account of Attack
- The Forgotten War: Sonali Kolhatkar on Why Afghanistan is “Just as Bad as Iraq”
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
- Headlines for July 23, 2008
- Former Arlington National Cemetery Public Affairs Director Says She Was Fired for Refusing to Limit Press at Funerals
- Suicide or Murder? Three Years After the Death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson in Iraq, Her Parents Continue Their Call for a Congressional Investigation
- Performance Artist Laurie Anderson on War, Art and Her Latest Work, “Homeland”
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
- Headlines for July 22, 2008
- Who’s Paying for the Conventions? Corporate Sponsors Pour Millions into Party Coffers
- Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes
- Nudge: Cass Sunstein on Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness
Monday, July 21, 2008
- Headlines for July 21, 2008
- First All-Women-of-Color Presidential Ticket in US History: Green Party Nominee Cynthia McKinney and Running Mate Rosa Clemente on War, Democracy and Hip Hop
- Maryland State Police Spied on Peace, Anti-Death Penalty Groups
Friday, July 18, 2008
- Headlines for July 18, 2008
- The Dark Side: Jane Mayer on the Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
Thursday, July 17, 2008
- Headlines for July 17, 2008
- Bailout for Mortgage Giants, IndyMac Bank Collapse, Dollar Hits New Low, Inflation at 26-Year High, Dow Falls Below 11K…A Look at the Financial Crisis
- Nelson Mandela Turns 90
- Spike Lee to Film Tony Award-Winning Musical “Passing Strange” as Show Comes to a Close on Broadway
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
- Headlines for July 16, 2008
- Fmr. Chief Guantanamo Prosecutor Says Military Commissions “Not Justice”
- Amory Lovins: Expanding Nuclear Power Makes Climate Change Worse
- Singer-Songwriter Simone White Performing Live On Democracy Now!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
- Headlines for July 15, 2008
- With Crises in Fuel, Food, Housing and Banking, What Gvt. Policies Are Being Pushed Through? Naomi Klein Reexamines “The Shock Doctrine”
Monday, July 14, 2008
- Headlines for July 14, 2008
- Embedded Photojournalist Accuses US Military of Censorship After Being Barred for Publishing Photo of Dead Marine
- Court Interpreter Breaks Confidentiality Code to Speak Out for Workers Rounded Up in Largest Immigration Raid in U.S. History
Friday, July 11, 2008
- Headlines for July 11, 2008
- Stop-Loss: A Look at the US Military Policy that Creates a “Backdoor Draft” to Force Soldiers to Continue Service
- Slavery by Another Name: Author Douglas Blackmon on the Re-Enslavement of Black People in America
Thursday, July 10, 2008
- Headlines for July 10, 2008
- African Dictatorships and Double Standards: Where is the International Criticism Over US-Allied Equatorial Guinean Leader Teodoro Obiang?
- Longest Walk 2: Thirty Years After Historic Cross-Country March, Thousands Walk from San Francisco to D.C. for Native American Rights
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
- Headlines for July 09, 2008
- Five Ways Wall Street and Washington Set Us Up for the Crash: Author Nomi Prins Explains Where Congress Went Wrong on Lending
- Foreclosure Phil: Journalist David Corn on How McCain Campaign Adviser Phil Gramm Helped Create the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
- As Global Food Crisis Tops G8 Summit Agenda, World Leaders Enjoy Lavish 18-Course Banquet
- The Fruit Hunters: Author Adam Leith Gollner on the Politics of Fruit and the Secret History of the “Miracle Berry”
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
- Headlines for July 08, 2008
- Environmental Groups Slam G8 Leaders for Not Doing More on Global Warming
- As Freed US Contractors Speak Out, a Look at the FARC, Colombian Paramilitary Groups and the Generals Being Feted for the Hostage Rescue
- Landmark Case Returns to NY Seeking Millions from Corporations that Profited from South African Apartheid
Monday, July 07, 2008
- Headlines for July 07, 2008
- AT&T Whistleblower Urges Against Immunity for Telecoms in Bush Spy Program
- Award-Winning Palestinian Journalist Mohammed Omer Details Abuse by Israeli Security Officials
- Canadian Court Rules Immigration and Refugee Board Reconsider Asylum Claim for US War Resister
Friday, July 04, 2008
- Headlines for July 04, 2008
- July 4th Special: Readings From Howard Zinn’s “Voices of a People’s History of the United States”
Thursday, July 03, 2008
- Headlines for July 03, 2008
- Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses Big Oil of Conspiracy to Deceive Public About Climate Change
- “Global Disruption” More Accurately Describes Climate Change, Not “Global Warming”–Leading Scientist John Holdren
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
- Headlines for July 02, 2008
- Forty Years After Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, US Tops World in Nuke Arsenal
- Acclaimed Actor and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith on Art in a Time of War
- Obama Pledges to Expand Bush Program to Funnel Federal Money to Religious Groups
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
- Headlines for July 01, 2008
- Pakistan Military Offensive in Khyber Region Enters Fourth Day
- Oil and Gas Drilling on Public Lands Reaches New High
- Dozens of Minutemen Confront Day-Laborers Gathered For Work in Aurora, CO
- Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba on Negotiating with FARC, Her Criticism of Uribe and Why She Was Detained at JFK
