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- As Obama Considers Napolitano For Homeland Security Chief, A Look at Her Immigration Policies as Arizona Governor
- A Conversation With South African Poet and Anti-Apartheid Activist Breyten Breytenbach on His Own Imprisonment, South Africa’s “Failed Revolution,” Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama
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Amy Goodman’s New Column, “Tutu, Obama and the Middle East”
As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. You may not have heard much lately about the disaster in the Gaza Strip. That silence is intentional: The Israeli government has barred international journalists from entering the occupied territory.
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“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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January 2005 Archive
Monday, January 31, 2005
- Headlines for January 31, 2005
- Robert Fisk on Iraq Elections: Iraqis Voting for “Freedom From Foreign Occupation”
- Candidates on Kurdish Electoral Slate Include Former Baathists
- Iraqi in Baghdad: “The Election Was Shoved Down Our Throats”
- British MP George Galloway: Elections in Occupied Iraq “Flawed Beyond Redemption”
- Occupied Elections: Journalist Christian Parenti on Voting from Afghanistan to Iraq
Friday, January 28, 2005
- Headlines for January 28, 2005
- White House Won’t Contest Media Ownership Rules in Major Victory for Grassroots Media Activists
- Gonzales Misrepresented Role in Shielding Bush’s Drunk Driving Record
- Michael Ratner: Gonzales “Has His Hand Deep in the Blood of the Conspiracy Of Torture”
- U.S. Claims Maher Arar “Extraordinary Rendition” Lawsuit Jeopardizes National Security
- 2005 World Social Forum Kicks Off in Porto Alegre
- Heavy Bloodshed in Iraq Only Expected to Worsen on Election Day
- Report: Global Warming Much Worse Than Previously Thought
Thursday, January 27, 2005
- Headlines for January 27, 2005
- Chaos, Frustration and Extreme Violence as Iraq Readies for Elections
- Code Names: A Look Behind Secret U.S. Military Plans in the Middle East, Africa and at Home
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
- Headlines for January 26, 2005
- GOP Senator Warns Dems to “Be Careful” About Criticizing Rice
- Sen. Byrd: Rice Responsible For “Most Overblown Rhetoric Administration Used to Scare the American People”
- Seymour Hersh: “We’ve Been Taken Over by a Cult”
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
- Headlines for January 25, 2005
- The Hidden Passages in Bush’s Inaugural Address
- Gore Vidal on Bush’s Inaugural Address: “The Most Un-American Speech I’ve Ever Heard”
- Women and Science: A Look at Harvard Pres. Larry Summers
Monday, January 24, 2005
- Headlines for January 24, 2005
- Violence Continues in Iraq as Jan. 30 Vote Looms
- Protesters Disrupt Bush’s Inaugural Address
- Media Concentration Proponent Michael Powell Resigns From FCC
- Truthout’s William Rivers Pitt on the “Perfect Propaganda” in the Corporate Media
- Damu Smith: “Bush Doesn’t Know Anything About Freedom”
- John Hess 1917-2005: Veteran Journalist and Radio Commentator Dies at 87
Friday, January 21, 2005
- Headlines for January 21, 2005
- Inauguration 2005: Bush Vows to Spread “Freedom” and Target World’s “Tyrannies” in Second Term
- Activists Disrupt Bush Inauguration Ceremony
- Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark Calls For Bush Impeachment
- Scenes from the Streets of DC: Democracy Now! Speaks With Supporters and Critics of Bush’s Inauguration
- Pentagon Turns Away Mothers of Soldiers Killed in Iraq
- Undercover Police Dressed Like Activists Arrest Anti-Inauguration Protesters
- Cynthia McKinney: “We Should Export Dignity Not Dictatorship”
- A Look at Roe v. Wade 32 Years Later
Thursday, January 20, 2005
- Headlines for January 20, 2005
- Corporate America Pours in Millions to Fund President Bush’s Second Inauguration
- Energy Secretary Nominee Calls for New Generation of Power Plants and Drilling in Alaskan Arctic
- Lockdown in DC: Unprecedented Security For Bush Inauguration and Protests
- Historian Howard Zinn: “Bush Represents Everything That Martin Luther King Opposed”
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
- Headlines for January 19, 2005
- Rice Refuses to Describe Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib As Torture
- Sen. Boxer to Rice on Iraq Invasion: “Your Loyalty to the Mission…Overwhelmed Your Respect for the Truth”
- GOP Sen. Chafee to Rice: Bush Administration “Disrespectful to the Venezuelan People”
- Sen. Nelson on Haiti Coup: “Hard to Say We Support Democracy and Elections and then We Go and Push [Aristide] Out”
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
- Headlines for January 18, 2005
- Seymour Hersh: U.S. Conducting Covert Operations in Iran For Possible Military Strike
- Iraq Invasion Proponent Condoleezza Rice To Testify At Senate Confirmation Hearing
Monday, January 17, 2005
Friday, January 14, 2005
- Headlines for January 14, 2005
- Supreme Court Overturns Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- Leaked GOP Memo: Privatizing Social Security Would Be “One of the Most Significant Conservative Governing Achievements Ever”
- With Tsunami Death Toll in Indonesia Possibly Rising Over 200,000, Military Crackdown In Aceh Continues
Thursday, January 13, 2005
- Headlines for January 13, 2005
- The Debt Threat: How Debt is Destroying the Developing World
- George Monbiot: “Climate Change Is a Far Greater Threat To Human Well-Being Than Terrorism”
- Whistleblower Charges Justice Dept. with Misconduct in Chertoff’s Prosecution of John Walker Lindh
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
- Headlines for January 12, 2005
- Homeland Security Chief Nominee Chertoff Oversaw Detention of Hundreds of Arabs and Muslims After 9/11
- Bush Appoints Arch-Conservative Claude Allen As Chief Domestic Policy Adviser
- Unprecedented Security Preparations For Bush Inauguration
- James Forman 1928-2005: Civil Rights Pioneer Dies At 76
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
- Headlines for January 11, 2005
- CBS News Fires Four Over Bush National Guard Story
- FAIR on Bush Admin Funding of Armstrong Williams: “The Government Is Running a Domestic Propaganda Operation Secretly Targeting The American People”
- CNN Fires Crossfire, Tucker Carlson Moves to MSNBC
- Four Remaining British Guantanamo Detainees To Be Freed
Monday, January 10, 2005
- Headlines for January 10, 2005
- Ali Abunimah: Palestinian Elections “Taking Place Under Continued Heel of Israel’s Military Tyranny”
- Historic Sudan Peace Accord Marred by Ongoing Violence in Darfur
- Is the U.S. Organizing Salvador-Style Death Squads in Iraq?
- Indonesia Flies al Qaeda-Linked Groups into Aceh
Friday, January 07, 2005
- Headlines for January 07, 2005
- Gonzales Grilled on Role in Torture at Confirmation Hearing
- History in the Making: Dems Force Debate on Ohio Voting Irregularities
Thursday, January 06, 2005
- Headlines for January 06, 2005
- Violence, Confusion, Fear: Problems Mount Surrounding Scheduled Jan 30th Iraqi Elections
- “Free the 6th Amendment, The Right to Counsel”: Attorney Lynne Stewart Blasts Gv’t. Terror Case Against Her
- Alberto Gonzales’ Role in Torture Memos Like “Mafia Lawyer Whose Job it is to Help the Don Stay Out of Jail”
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
- Headlines for January 05, 2005
- Retired US General on Alberto Gonzales: “He Has Endangered Our Soldiers”
- Tsunami Warning Systems: Why Didn’t Scientists Notify the Press About the Impending Disaster?
- Shakeup: Doctors Without Borders Tells Tsunami Donors to Give to Other International Relief Efforts
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
- Headlines for January 04, 2005
- ExxonMobil, Aceh and the Tsunami
- Acehnese Refugees Speak Out
- Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton on the Life of Shirley Chisholm
- Tom DeLay, Ethics and the New Congress
Monday, January 03, 2005
- Headlines for January 03, 2005
- Nearly 100,000 Dead in Aceh From Tsunami, as Activists Blast Indonesian Military for Holding Up Critical Aid
- The Mire of Death, Lies and Atrocities: Robert Fisk Looks Back at 2004
