Amy Goodman

6 days ago | times-standard.com | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

Columbia University held graduation recently, with thousands receiving their degrees. Some students were missing, though, casting a pall over the proceedings and provoking protests, evidence of ongoing Palestinian solidarity among Columbia’s students, faculty and staff despite the university’s efforts to crush it. Mohsen Mahdawi was there. As he ascended the stage, he thrust his arms high, his hands giving peace signs to cheers and a standing ovation from his classmates.

1 week ago | thedailyreview.com | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

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1 week ago | times-standard.com | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

The march to authoritarianism in the U.S. accelerated on May 9 with another arrest of an elected official by the Trump administration. Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, the largest city in New Jersey, had accompanied a Congressional delegation to Delaney Hall, a private prison run by GEO Corporation under contract to ICE, Immigration and Customs […] Subscribe to continue reading this article. Originally Published: May 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM PDT

3 weeks ago | times-standard.com | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

On May 3, 2024, Roger Fortson was on a video call with his girlfriend when a knock came at his door. Fortson, a 23-year-old Black man, was a Senior Airman in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Florida. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran had responded to a domestic disturbance call at the apartment complex. […] Subscribe to continue reading this article. Originally Published: May 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM PDT

1 month ago | times-standard.com | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

April 15 was tax day in the United States, when most of us — the wealthiest excepted — pay our share of taxes to fund the government. This includes three key pillars of the social safety net: Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. These three, like almost every federal government department, are being gutted by President Trump and his main funder, a man often called “the co-president,” billionaire Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.