AlterNet.org: Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman: Why Won't Obama Send Condolence Letters to the Parents of Soldiers Who Have Committed Suicide?

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The bereaved parents of Chancellor Keesling, a US soldier who took his own life in Iraq, wonder why the death of their son is treated differently than other mortalities.

Amy Goodman: Toxic Waters: Regulatory Absence Allows Chemical, Coal and Farm Industries to Pollute US Water Supplies

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:00:01 PDT

No federal regulations specifically govern the disposal of power plant discharges into waterways or landfills.

Amy Goodman: Dept of Homeland Security Expands Controversial Program Empowering Local Police

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:01 PDT

The 287(g) program gives local law enforcement authority to enforce federal immigration laws, which has led to accusations of racial profiling.

Amy Goodman: Supreme Court to Take Up PATRIOT Act With Review of Humanitarian Aid Case

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:00:01 PDT

In its first review of the PATRIOT Act, the Court will rule on an anti-terror law outlawing any aid to groups on the State Department's list of terrorist groups.

Amy Goodman: With Copenhagen Summit Approaching, Leading Polluters US and China Undercut Hopes of Substantial Pollution Cuts

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:00:01 PDT

Has the UN climate summit in New York just set the stage for disappointment in Copenhagen?

Amy Goodman: Are You Drinking Unsafe Water? Corporations Have Violated Clean Water Act Over 500,000 Times in Last Five Years

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:00:01 PDT

Forty percent of the nationâ€™s community water systems violated the Safe Drinking Water Act at least once, exposing over 23 million people to potential danger.

Amy Goodman: Supreme Court Shocker: Troy Davis Will Get a Chance to Prove His Innocence In Court

Amy Goodman, AlterNet — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:00:01 PDT

Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis has had three execution dates despite overwhelming proof of his innocence. Now he'll finally have his day in court.

Amy Goodman: "When in Doubt, Add Bacon and Cheese": How the Food Industry Hijacked Our Brains and Made Us Fat

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The food industry has changed American eating habits and helped create the country's No. 1 public-health issue.

Amy Goodman: First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, Wife of Ousted Honduran President, Speaks Out About Coup

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:00:01 PDT

"We are Hondurans. This is our land, these are our people, and this is our family. We do not want to go to another country."

Amy Goodman: Taibbi: How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Economic Meltdown

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Matt Taibbi argues that "Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression."

Amy Goodman: Big Business Is Aiding the Internet Crackdown in Iran and China -- Will the Technology Be Used on Americans Next?

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT

No legislation in the U.S. prevents the government from employing technology that monitors everything that goes through the Internet.

Amy Goodman: Bernie Sanders and Nurses Tell Obama: Embrace Single-Payer Health Care

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:00:01 PDT

Sanders: We need to tell Obama that if he suppors a single-payer system, "he will have the backing of tens and tens of millions of Americans."

Amy Goodman: How the FBI Could Have Prevented Dr. Tiller's Death

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:00:01 PDT

His alleged killer was seen vandalizing the clinic both the week before and the day before the murder but officials failed to enforce existing laws.

Amy Goodman: Around the World, the Workers Are Fighting Back

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

There's an international wave of pushback against corporate malfeasance and greed.

Amy Goodman: Michael Pollan: "Don't Buy Any Food You've Ever Seen Advertised"

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

"The real food is not being advertised. And that's really all you need to know."

Amy Goodman: Locked in a Private Immigration Prison, One Man Speaks Out

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:00:01 PDT

Sheikh Zoubir Bouchikhi has been held without bail at a private immigration prison in Houston for the past four months.

Amy Goodman: Seymour Hersh: Secret U.S. Forces Carried Out Assassinations in 'a Lot of' Countries, Including in Latin America

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:00:01 PDT

The investigative journalist for The New Yorker explains his recent bombshell revelation about Dick Cheney's "executive assassination" squads.

Amy Goodman: Nickelsville: Seattle's Homeless Name New Tent City After City's Mayor

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:01 PDT

An encampment is made up of over a hundred pink tents and is named to protest Seattle Mayor Greg Nickel's policies around the homeless.

Amy Goodman: Jail Without Justice: Report Slams U.S. Immigration Gulags

Amy Goodman, AlterNet — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:00:01 PDT

Tens of thousands languish in immigration prisons in deplorable conditions without receiving a hearing on whether their detention is warranted.

Amy Goodman: Dam Politics: India's Leading Activist Medha Patkar Takes on Corporate Control of Water

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:01 PDT

Medha Patkar talks about trying to save one of the oldest civilizations and battling the world's most formidable institutions.

Amy Goodman: Stop the Madness: Bernie Sanders Tries to Block Appointment of Latest Wall Street Insider

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Gensler worked to exempt credit default swaps from regulation, which led to the collapse of A.I.G. and has resulted in our massive bailout.

Amy Goodman: Israel Promises Internal Probe After Soldiers Describe Civilian Killings in Gaza

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:01 PDT

While Defense Minister Ehud Barak claims that Israel has "the most moral army in the world," IDF soldiers suggest otherwise.

Amy Goodman: Have Geithner's Zombie Ideas Won? Paul Krugman on the "Cash for Trash" Program

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Krugman on Geithner's toxic assets program: "Itâ€™s the zombie that you keep killing, and it just keeps coming back."

Amy Goodman: Water Rights Activists Blast World Water Forum as "Corporate Trade Show to Promote Privatization"

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:00:01 PDT

Activists slammed the event as a non-inclusive, corporate-driven fraud and called for a more open, democratic and transparent forum.

Amy Goodman: Bush Heads to Canada, Canadians Amass Shoes

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:00:01 PDT

As George W. Bush travels north to give a speech (in exchange for a six-figure speaking fee), Canadians call for his arrest for war crimes.