Amy Goodman

Jul 17, 2024 | progressivehub.net | Robert Kuttner |Amy Goodman

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! “War, Peace and the Presidency.” We are “Breaking with Convention.” I’m Amy Goodman. Donald Trump has tapped freshman Ohio Senator J.D. Vance to be his running mate. Trump and Vance were officially nominated on Monday on the opening day of the Republican National Convention.

Jun 20, 2024 | peoplestribune.org | Amy Goodman

Below is a transcript of a special Democracy Now! interview with historian Clint Smith about the significance of Juneteenth. It illustrates that America is the product of its history and that we are still coming to terms with that history. The program first aired in 2021 when Juneteeth became a federal holiday. Democracy Now! aired it again on Junetheenth, 2024.

Jun 20, 2024 | portside.org | Amy Goodman

On Juneteenth: Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America Published June 19, 2024 AMY GOODMAN: Today, a Democracy Now! special on this, the newly created Juneteenth federal holiday, which marks the end of slavery in the United States. The Juneteenth commemoration dates back to the last days of the Civil War, when Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas — it was June 19th, 1865 — with news that the war had ended, and enslaved people learned they were freed.

May 2, 2024 | znetwork.org | Shaanth Nanguneri |Gaye Theresa Johnson |Mel Buer |Amy Goodman

We get an update from the University of California, Los Angeles, where police in riot gear began dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday, using flashbang grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas, and arresting dozens of students. The raid came just over a day after pro-Israel counterprotesters armed with sticks, metal rods and fireworks attacked students at the encampment. The Real News Network reporter Mel Buer was on the scene during the attack.

Mar 9, 2024 | znetwork.org | Katrina vanden Heuvel |Amy Goodman

သမ္မတ ဘိုင်ဒန်သည် ကြာသပတေးနေ့ညတွင် ၎င်း၏ နိုင်ငံတော် မိန့်ခွန်းကို ပြောကြားခဲ့ပါသည်။ ၎င်းတွင် ၎င်းသည် ယခုနှစ် သမ္မတ ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ မတိုင်မီ ဒုတိယ သက်တမ်းအတွက် ၎င်း၏ အမှုတွဲကို ရီပတ်ဘလီကန် ရှေ့ပြေး ပါတီဝင် ဒေါ်နယ်ထရန့်အား အမည် မဖော်ပြဘဲ ဝေဖန်ကာ အချမ်းသာဆုံး အမေရိကန်များ အပေါ် အခွန် ကောက်ခံရန် ၎င်း၏ အုပ်ချုပ်မှု မူဝါဒများကို မီးမောင်းထိုးပြကာ မျိုးပွားခွင့် ပြန်လည် ထူထောင်ရေးနှင့် ပံ့ပိုးကူညီမှုများ ပေးခဲ့သည်။ ယူကရိန်းသို့ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ဧည့်သည် Katrina vanden Heuvel၊ ထုတ်ဝေသူ the...