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On MSNBC’s 10th anniversary Hardball broadcast, Amy Goodman slams network for firing Phil Donahue for his antiwar views.

Newsnight with Aaron Brown, CNN, Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Newsnight with Aaron Brown, CNN, Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Amy Goodman on CNN Newsroom, November 10, 2008

November 11, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

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.”

November 10, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

Press Coverage of the Right Livelihood Award

Amy Goodman, first journalist to win the “Alternative Nobel”

October 02, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

“Incarceration Now!”: NPR’s On The Media Interviews Amy Goodman

Around 800 people were arrested during the four day Republican National Convention earlier this month. Dozens were reporters, and one was Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, who argues the arrests have a chilling effect on journalists.

September 26, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

Associated Press: “Reporters arrested at GOP convention: No charges”

ST. PAUL, Minn.–Charges will be dropped against journalists who were arrested during the Republican National Convention protests and cited with unlawful assembly.

September 19, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

Current (Public TV/Radio Newspaper) reports on the arrests of Democracy Now! producers at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul

Videos of the Sept. 1 arrests of Democracy Now! producers in St. Paul, Minn., spread chilling evidence that police were making no distinction between the protestors outside the Republican National Convention and working journalists covering their activities.

September 19, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

Media Coverage on the Arrest of Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers

Links to video and articles about the arrest of Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar.

September 18, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

Amy Goodman Interviewed for NOW on PBS about RNC Arrests

Amy Goodman discusses her arrest, the arrests of her colleagues, police response to demonstrators, and freedom of the press at the Republican National Convention.

September 08, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

Lawmaker Calls on Pentagon to Explain Promotion of Threat-Wielding Recruiter After Democracy Now! Broadcast

Rep. Gene Green (D–TX) is calling on the Pentagon to explain why a military recruiter was given a promotion despite being found to have illegally threatened a teenage boy with jail time if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military. The recruiter was eventually promoted to head a different recruiting station. Green sent the letter questioning Kelt’s new job after his Wednesday appearance on Democracy Now!

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August 08, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News

Democracy Now!–live from Aspen, CO

Democracy Now! and Free Speech TV team up with Aspen Public Access Channel, Grassroots TV, for historic national broadcast.

July 03, 2008  |  Filed under D.N. in the News