https://www.democracynow.org/ Goodman and Moynihan report each week on the people and places caught in the middle, the ones most directly affected by policy debates, war and social issues. The column breaks through the glib clichés, dogmatic language and overall static that has permeated mainstream media coverage. Goodman and Moynihan’s unrestrained commentary from the front lines resonates with a generation that has an uncanny ability to spot the inauthentic in any discourse. The energy and passion for the truth found in this column inspires and rouses readers young Goodman and Moynihan report each week on the people and places caught in the middle, the ones most directly affected by policy debates, war and social issues. The column breaks through the glib clichés, dogmatic language and overall static that has permeated mainstream media coverage. Goodman and Moynihan’s unrestrained commentary from the front lines resonates with a generation that has an uncanny ability to spot the inauthentic in any discourse. The energy and passion for the truth found in this column inspires and rouses readers young and old from across the political spectrum. en-US webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) https://assets.democracynow.org/assets/DN-Podcast-COLUMN-5ff70bc188c20bfccd925450bf206e9ee57b1b2b2f6af596f601b6fdfb007055.jpg https://www.democracynow.org/ Democracy Now! webdev@democracynow.org Democracy Now! false https://www.democracynow.org/podcast-column.xml http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/31/breaking_the_sound_barrier tag:democracynow.org,2025-12-31:blog/08ee36 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Democracy Now! turns 30 in February. Carried on over 1,500 stations around the globe, and with a growing audience of millions across multiple digital platforms, the program has become a leader in the burgeoning non-profit news space, as we collectively grapple with a multipronged crisis in journalism. Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false Breaking the Sound Barrier By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Democracy Now! turns 30 in February. Carried on over 1,500 stations around the globe, and with a growing audience of millions across multiple digital platforms, the program has become a leader in the burgeoning non-profit news space, as we collectively grapple with a multipronged crisis in journalism. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/24/cbs_60_minutes_censorship_rings_another tag:democracynow.org,2025-12-24:blog/a5f153 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan News organizations cannot function under corrupt corporate control, answering to billionaire bosses and politicians. When that happens, democracy dies, and dictators rise. Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false CBS 60 Minutes Censorship Rings Another Alarm, Warning of Corporate Media’s Threat to Democracy By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan News organizations cannot function under corrupt corporate control, answering to billionaire bosses and politicians. When that happens, democracy dies, and dictators rise. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/18/school_shootings tag:democracynow.org,2025-12-18:blog/941aed By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Gun violence is not unique to this country, but its sheer magnitude and frequency here is without equal. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false For Some Brown University Students, This Was Their Second School Shooting By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Gun violence is not unique to this country, but its sheer magnitude and frequency here is without equal. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/11/from_rosa_parks_to_national_parks tag:democracynow.org,2025-12-11:blog/3e9503 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This month marks the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Her courageous act triggered the historic Montgomery bus boycott, launched the career of a young preacher named Martin Luther King, Jr., and changed the world. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false From Rosa Parks to National Parks: Trump's Racism and Bigotry Demand Resistance By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This month marks the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Her courageous act triggered the historic Montgomery bus boycott, launched the career of a young preacher named Martin Luther King, Jr., and changed the world. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/4/secretary_on_the_defensive_pete_hegseths tag:democracynow.org,2025-12-04:blog/c718f1 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims he had nothing to do with killing two survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat following U.S. strikes on September 2. These actions, along with at least 20 additional lethal boat strikes that followed, are widely considered by legal and military experts to be war crimes. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false Secretary-on-the-Defensive Pete Hegseth's Dept. of War (Crimes) By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims he had nothing to do with killing two survivors clinging to the wreckage of their boat following U.S. strikes on September 2. These actions, along with at least 20 additional lethal boat strikes that followed, are widely considered by legal and military experts to be war crimes. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/26/cop30s_three_f_words_failure_on tag:democracynow.org,2025-11-26:blog/11c5ea By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Powerful petrostates and large polluting nations succeeded in blocking inclusion of a roadmap away from fossil fuels in the summit’s concluding agreement Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false COP30's Three F-Words: Failure on Fossil Fuels By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Powerful petrostates and large polluting nations succeeded in blocking inclusion of a roadmap away from fossil fuels in the summit’s concluding agreement nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/20/cop30_in_the_amazon_and_the tag:democracynow.org,2025-11-20:blog/4b8e55 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous people and their allies, have traveled to the tropical city of Belém, Brazil, carrying their message that the rainforest is at a tipping point, but can still be saved. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false COP30 in the Amazon and the Hope of Indigenous Leadership By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous people and their allies, have traveled to the tropical city of Belém, Brazil, carrying their message that the rainforest is at a tipping point, but can still be saved. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/13/adelante_adelita tag:democracynow.org,2025-11-13:blog/a1d3c8 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan House Speaker Johnson’s arbitrary and hostile refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva for close to two months was an absolute disservice, not only to her and her constituents, but to our democracy. As fears rise of Trump’s authoritarian actions, the people of southern Arizona now have a voice in Congress. Adelante, Adelita. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false Adelante, Adelita By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan House Speaker Johnson’s arbitrary and hostile refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva for close to two months was an absolute disservice, not only to her and her constituents, but to our democracy. As fears rise of Trump’s authoritarian actions, the people of southern Arizona now have a voice in Congress. Adelante, Adelita. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/6/zohran_mamdani_eugene_v_debs_and tag:democracynow.org,2025-11-06:blog/04c7c3 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Eugene V. Debs was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. His address to the court at sentencing is considered one of the most eloquent speeches in modern English. That’s what Mamdani quoted at his victory rally. Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0500 false Zohran Mamdani, Eugene V. Debs, and the Dawn By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Eugene V. Debs was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. His address to the court at sentencing is considered one of the most eloquent speeches in modern English. That’s what Mamdani quoted at his victory rally. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/30/speaker_johnson_seat_adelita_grijalva_now tag:democracynow.org,2025-10-30:blog/904add By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan As Trump exerts maximum pressure to block the release of the Epstein files, Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva’s voice and vote is needed in Congress, now. Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Speaker Johnson: Seat Adelita Grijalva Now! By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan As Trump exerts maximum pressure to block the release of the Epstein files, Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva’s voice and vote is needed in Congress, now. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/23/trumps_demolition_from_the_east_wing tag:democracynow.org,2025-10-23:blog/4ac7f0 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan President Trump and his enablers were openly disturbed by the mass protests across the United States on “No Kings Day” that said with incredible creativity and in a consistently peaceful and nonviolent way, essentially what the framers of the Constitution wrote, only a few years before enslaved workers laid that cornerstone of the White House: “No kings, no monarchs.” Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Trump's Demolition, from the East Wing to Western Democracy By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan President Trump and his enablers were openly disturbed by the mass protests across the United States on “No Kings Day” that said with incredible creativity and in a consistently peaceful and nonviolent way, essentially what the framers of the Constitution wrote, only a few years before enslaved workers laid that cornerstone of the White House: “No kings, no monarchs.” nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/16/too_many_palestinian_and_certain_israeli tag:democracynow.org,2025-10-16:blog/53ce58 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan We need a media that reflects the full range of voices. Without that, peace, in the Middle East and elsewhere, will remain beyond reach. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Too Many Palestinian (and Certain Israeli) Voices Are Excluded from the U.S. Media By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan We need a media that reflects the full range of voices. Without that, peace, in the Middle East and elsewhere, will remain beyond reach. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/9/trumps_orwellian_militarization_of_american_cities tag:democracynow.org,2025-10-09:blog/1c6f6b By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan By the end of “1984,” Winston is brutalized into accepting the lies. This need not be our fate. Trump’s attempt to send troops into American cities can and must be resisted. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Trump's Orwellian Militarization of American Cities By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan By the end of “1984,” Winston is brutalized into accepting the lies. This need not be our fate. Trump’s attempt to send troops into American cities can and must be resisted. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/2/trumps_attack_on_free_speech_and tag:democracynow.org,2025-10-02:blog/b3d741 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This week Judge William Young excoriated the Trump administration’s attack on free speech. “This case — perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court — squarely presents the issue of whether non-citizens lawfully present here in [the] United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us,” he wrote. “The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.'” Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Trump's Attack on Free Speech and One Federal Judge's Fiery Rebuke By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This week Judge William Young excoriated the Trump administration’s attack on free speech. “This case — perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court — squarely presents the issue of whether non-citizens lawfully present here in [the] United States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of us,” he wrote. “The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally 'yes, they do.'” nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/25/palestinian_statehood_and_the_race_to tag:democracynow.org,2025-09-25:blog/9e68b9 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This week, 10 more nations recognized Palestinian statehood. Over 150 countries now recognize Palestine as a state, including 14 of 15 members of the United Nations Security Council. The only outlier: the United States, which consistently wields its Security Council veto power in defense of Israel. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Palestinian Statehood and the Race to Stop the Gaza Genocide By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan This week, 10 more nations recognized Palestinian statehood. Over 150 countries now recognize Palestine as a state, including 14 of 15 members of the United Nations Security Council. The only outlier: the United States, which consistently wields its Security Council veto power in defense of Israel. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/18/robert_redford_the_actor_and_the tag:democracynow.org,2025-09-18:blog/966d8a By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Renowned for roles in films like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” Robert Redford won an Oscar for directing “Ordinary People” and numerous other awards over his storied career. But what mattered most to him was independent film. Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Robert Redford: The Actor and the Activist By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Renowned for roles in films like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” Robert Redford won an Oscar for directing “Ordinary People” and numerous other awards over his storied career. But what mattered most to him was independent film. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/11/charlie_kirk_col_kurtz_and_donald tag:democracynow.org,2025-09-11:blog/fad948 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday sent shockwaves across the country and around the world, not only through its raw violence, with a single, deadly sniper shot, but as a hallmark of worsening political divisions wracking the United States. Thu, 11 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Charlie Kirk, Col. Kurtz, and Donald Trump's Heart of Darkness By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday sent shockwaves across the country and around the world, not only through its raw violence, with a single, deadly sniper shot, but as a hallmark of worsening political divisions wracking the United States. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/4/donald_trumps_losing_streak tag:democracynow.org,2025-09-04:blog/1c02dc By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The courts are playing a central role in opposing the lawless Trump administration, but the core of the resistance are people–people at every level organized in opposition, defending democracy. Thu, 04 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false Donald Trump's Losing Streak By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The courts are playing a central role in opposing the lawless Trump administration, but the core of the resistance are people–people at every level organized in opposition, defending democracy. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/28/20_years_later_the_lessons_of tag:democracynow.org,2025-08-28:blog/516b4c By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29th, 2005, breaching New Orleans’ protective levees, unleashing unprecedented destruction. Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false 20 Years Later, the Lessons of Hurricane Katrina Go Unheeded By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29th, 2005, breaching New Orleans’ protective levees, unleashing unprecedented destruction. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News Column https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/amy_goodman_column_aug21_2025 tag:democracynow.org,2025-08-21:blog/b33706 By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Yes, slavery was bad, President Trump. It was evil and remains a stain on this country. We should never stop talking about it. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0400 false On The Smithsonian and Slavery: Trump's Whitewashing of History By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Yes, slavery was bad, President Trump. It was evil and remains a stain on this country. We should never stop talking about it. nonadult tv-g Democracy Now! News