The critical concern of the Canadian Border authorities was that Ms. Goodman would be discussing the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver. This is not a joke.
Amy Goodman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Halloween is coming, and children will be dressing up and chanting "trick or treat," their demand for candy backed up by the threat of a prank. Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are doing the same.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
With a clean energy bill making its way through the Senate and the upcoming international summit on climate change in Copenhagen, you can bet the PR spin from industry and think tanks is only going to get louder.
Amy Goodman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
Lt. Dan Choi's pre-existing conditions -- being gay and being honest about it -- may be enough to keep him out of the Veterans Affairs health care system for life.
Michael Carmichael | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
While Americans pay more for their health care than any other nation, more Americans realize that they are not getting their money's worth.
Sheila Shayon | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics
Animal rights activists imprisoned in secret prisons. This actually goes on in America, 2009.
Democracy Now! | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media
AMY GOODMAN: I think what's so interesting about this story is not only what the Pentagon has done; it's the lack of reporting on this by the networks...
Jesse Larner | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment
As someone on the left who loves folk music, I understand that I'm supposed to feel mystically uplifted by the dean of activist folkies. But I never could stand Pete.
Jeff Cohen | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media
Jeremy Stone spoke at Tuesday's inaugural ceremony of the Izzy Awards for independent media -- named after legendary journalist I.F. "Izzy" Stone. Here's his short speech.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics
The euphoria of November 4th and the upcoming excitement surrounding the inauguration are competing with the reality of each looming crisis, from the economy to Gaza.
Wendy Block | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
I'm not ready to return to the same non-adrenaline-rush grassroots work that propelled Obama and the Dems to such a decisive victory.
Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics
The sheer momentum of the Obama-Biden ticket has triggered frantic and massive Republican vote-rigging operations in key battleground states designed ...
Norman MacAfee | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
As we seek to find ways for our bloodied world to live in peace, we will need people who can build the community of nations.
The Real News | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media
818 people were arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota in the days leading up to and during the RNC last week, several dozens were members of the media, covering the various protests.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics
Amy Goodman of Pacifica Network's Democracy Now! was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, while trying to free two of her producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddo...
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics
In addition to preemptive arrests, the police are responding aggressively to the presence of protesters. New video is appearing on YouTube of protesters being tear-gassed by the police.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.28.2008 | Media
Several Arab networks dispatched their best anchors to Denver to beam a sliver of American politics to more than 300 million viewers in the region.
John K. Wilson | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home
MacArthur, the publisher of Harper's, reflects a disturbing trend on the left to use Republican smears to destroy a pragmatic progressive like Obama rather than try to contribute to political change in this country.
Steve Clemons | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics
Obama's speech had high points and deserves applause -- but it's ultimately forgettable because he failed to deliver the most important lines where they most mattered.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media
Coming from Vincent Bugliosi, a man who has proven time and again that he has no fear, his threat it one that George Bush should take seriously. Vince will not back down.
Scott Swenson | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
If Chris Matthews and the mainstream media want to add something productive to the reproductive rights debate, they should move off the 70's polarization created by the far-right.
Dave Zirin | Posted 11.28.2009 | Sports