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- US Activist Detained in Israeli Jail Condemns Blockade of Gaza
- South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the Election of Barack Obama, the Israeli Blockade of Gaza, US Foreign Policy under President Bush and More
- As New York Renames the Triborough Bridge for Robert F. Kennedy, We Speak with RFK’s Daughter Kerry Kennedy on Her Father’s Legacy, Her Human Rights Activism and the 2008 Election
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
- Headlines
- Agents of Change or Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons? A Discussion about Barack Obama’s Advisers and Transition Team
- Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales Indicted in Private Prison Case in Texas
- Vatican Threatens to Excommunicate Catholic Priest for Supporting Ordination of Women into Priesthood
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
- Headlines
- Cornel West on the Election of Barack Obama: “I Hope He Is a Progressive Lincoln, I Aspire to Be the Frederick Douglass to Put Pressure on Him”
- Steve Fainaru on “Big Boy Rules: America’s Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq”
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “A View From the South”
Evo Morales knows about “change you can believe in.” He also knows what happens when a powerful elite is forced to make changes it doesn’t want.
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“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.
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Amy Goodman on CNN Newsroom, November 10, 2008
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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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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?
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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.
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August 2008 Archive
Friday, August 29, 2008
- Headlines for August 29, 2008
- 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
Thursday, August 28, 2008
- Headlines for August 28, 2008
- In Historic Move, Democrats Nominate Obama as Presidential Nominee
- Actor, Activist Danny Glover on Challenges for Popular Movements in an Historic Election Year
- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Walks Out of Screening of Katrina Documentary “Trouble the Water”
- EXCLUSIVE: House Oversight Chair Henry Waxman Calls for Cancellation of Blackwater’s Contract in Iraq
- Biden Accepts Democratic VP Nomination
- Ralph Nader on the Democrats’ Corporate Ties, the Silencing of Third Parties, and Why Biden is the “MasterCard Senator”
- 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
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
- Headlines for August 27, 2008
- Clinton Calls on Supporters to Unite Behind Obama
- Narrowing the Obama-Clinton Divide: A Roundtable Discussion
- 600 Arrested at Mississippi Factory in Largest Immigration Raid in US History
- “Operation First Casualty”: Outside Democratic Convention, Iraq Veterans Against the War Re-Enact Raids on Iraqi Civilians
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich: “Wake Up America!”
- Labor Groups Challenge Retail Giant Wal-Mart on Pressuring Employees to Vote Against Obama
- In Wake of Deadly US Air Strike, Jeremy Scahill Questions Lawmakers About Obama’s Afghanistan Policy
- 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
- Amy Goodman Questions Fmr. President Jimmy Carter on Being Sidelined at DNC
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
- Headlines for August 26, 2008
- Michelle Obama Delivers Keynote Address on Opening Day of Democratic Convention
- Jeremy Scahill Grills Democratic Lawmakers on the War, Obama’s Foreign Policy Team and the Corporate Money Behind the Big Show
- Denver Police Arrest 91, Fire Pepper Spray & Pepper Balls at Protesters
- As Democratic Convention Kicks Off, Massive Security Presence Clamps Down on Dissent in Denver
- 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
Monday, August 25, 2008
- Headlines for August 25, 2008
- Antiwar Activists Take to the Streets to “Defend Denver”
- Rick MacArthur: “You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America”
- Massive Security Operation Mobilized for DNC
- AT&T Throws Party to Support Dems Who Voted to Grant Telecoms Immunity for Illegal Domestic Wiretapping
- A Debate on Sen. Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Record Between Steve Clemons and Stephen Zunes
Friday, August 22, 2008
- Headlines for August 22, 2008
- “Free Gaza” Boats Set Sail from Cyprus to Break Israeli Blockade
- Afghan Civilians Bear the Brunt of Taliban Violence and US, NATO Bombings
- “Trouble the Water”–New Film Provides Firsthand Account of Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
Thursday, August 21, 2008
- Headlines for August 21, 2008
- Texas Death Row Prisoner Faces Execution Tonight for Murder He Didn’t Commit
- Tensions High as NATO Suspends Formal Contacts with Russia Over Georgia Conflict
- NYC Agrees to Pay 52 Antiwar Protesters $2 Million
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
- Headlines for August 20, 2008
- Iowa Town Turned into “Open-Air Prison” as Wives of Men Arrested in Largest Immigration Raid in US History Forbidden to Work…or Leave
- The Limits of Power: Andrew Bacevich on the End of American Exceptionalism
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
- Headlines for August 19, 2008
- “The Bishop of the Poor”: Paraguay’s New President Fernando Lugo Ends 62 Years of Conservative Rule
- Cancer-Stricken 34-Year-Old Chinese Computer Engineer Dies After Being Denied Care in Private US Immigration Prison
Monday, August 18, 2008
- Headlines for August 18, 2008
- Facing Impeachment, Musharraf Resigns as President of Pakistan
- Obama, McCain Discuss Views on Christianity and Supreme Court Justices at Religious Forum
- Referendum on Torture: Debate Over Role of Psychologists in Military Interrogations Comes to a Head at APA Annual Convention
Friday, August 15, 2008
- Headlines for August 15, 2008
- Facing Years in US Prison, Iraq War Resister Jeremy Hinzman Ordered Deported from Canada
- Alfred Zappala, Peace Activist Who Lost Son in Iraq, Dies at 68
- Russia-Georgia Conflict Fueled by Rush to Control Caspian Energy Resources
- Naomi Klein and Christian Parenti on How Beijing Olympics Highlight Globalization of Police State, Inequality
Thursday, August 14, 2008
- Headlines for August 14, 2008
- After Ron Suskind Reveals Bush Admin Ordered Iraq-9/11 Fakery, House Judiciary Chair John Conyers Opens Congressional Probe
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
- Headlines for August 13, 2008
- The Way of the World: Ron Suskind on How the Bush Admin Deliberately Faked an Iraq-al-Qaeda Connection and Undermined Diplomacy, Democracy in Pakistan and Iran
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
- Headlines for August 12, 2008
- Bolivian President Evo Morales Wins Critical Referendum on His Presidency
- Federal Judge Rules US Government Owes Group of Native Americans $455 Million for Unpaid Royalties on Drilling for Oil and Gas
- China Deports 28 Members of Students for a Free Tibet for Staging Protests in Beijing
- Chinese American Writer & Activist Helen Zia on the Olympic Games, the Role of Protest and President Bush’s Visit to Beijing
Monday, August 11, 2008
- Headlines for August 11, 2008
- Mahmoud Darwish, Poet Laureate of the Palestinians, 1941-2008
- Up to 2,000 Killed as Russia-Georgia Fighting Enters Fourth Day
Friday, August 08, 2008
- Headlines for August 08, 2008
- Summer Olympic Games Open in Beijing, Pro-Tibet Protester Deported to US
- “This is the Olympics the West Wanted”–Dave Zirin on US Corporations Entering China, Athletes Speaking Out and the Games from ’68 to Today
- The Wrecking Crew: Thomas Frank on How Conservatives Rule
Thursday, August 07, 2008
- Headlines for August 07, 2008
- Salim Hamdan Found Guilty in First US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII
- Rwanda Accuses Top French Officials in 1994 Genocide
- South Korea Commission Probes Civilian Massacres by US in Korean War
- South Koreans Fill Streets of Seoul to Continue Protest Against US Beef Imports
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
- Headlines for August 06, 2008
- Army Recruiter Suspended for Threatening High School Student with Jail Time, Sparks Bipartisan Call for Investigation
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
- Headlines for August 05, 2008
- American Foreign Policy Brought to You by China: Advisers to Obama, McCain Tied to US Multinationals that Profit from Beijing
- Chevron Lobbies White House to Pressure Ecuador to Stop $12 Billion Amazon Pollution Lawsuit
- Ex-UN AIDS Envoy Slams CDC as Being “Completely Irresponsible” for Withholding Data Showing US Gov’t Had Understated Number of New AIDS Cases by 40%
Monday, August 04, 2008
- Headlines for August 04, 2008
- Anthrax Mystery: Questions Raised over Whether Government Is Framing Dead Army Scientist for 2001 Attacks
- Leading Gun Control Activist Exposed as Gun Lobby Spy
- FCC Rules Against Comcast for Blocking Web Access
Friday, August 01, 2008
- Headlines for August 01, 2008
- Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Ni’lin, Site of Nonviolent Anti-Wall Demonstration
- NYPD Officer Caught on Tape Body-Slamming Cyclist During Critical Mass Ride
- Colorado “Fusion Center” to Step Up Intelligence Gathering During DNC; US Northern Command to Play Role
