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Breaking the Sound Barrier by Amy Goodman Democracy Now!
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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.
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Kamala Harris Faces the Racism and Sexism of the Trump/Vance Campaign
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Racism and sexism are not only toxic, but can kill. They have no place in our political discourse, and no place on the presidential campaign trail. -
At RNC in Milwaukee, Republicans Unify...Against Marginalized Communities
On stage at the Fiserv Forum, MAGA Republican loyalists spoke from the podium, heaping praise on their party’s unquestioned leader, Donald Trump, just days after an attempted assassination that left him with a bloodied right ear over which he now wears a white bandage.
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In Gaza, Playing “the Beautiful Game” Amidst Slaughter
As the Olympic Torch arrives in Paris later this month to open the Summer Games, let’s remember the flames outside the soccer pitch at the Al-Awda School in Khan Younis, and the children playing the Beautiful Game in Gaza, amidst the ugliness of war.
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As Authoritarianism Sweeps the Globe, Will the U.S. Follow?
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Authoritarianism can happen here. The question is, will we let it? -
Julian Assange is Free, but Journalism Remains Under Threat
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is free but his prosecution under the US Espionage Act has raised alarms globally over its potentially devastating impact on journalism.
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Juneteenth and July 4th Highlight America's Historic Contradictions
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Two consecutive federal holidays – Juneteenth and Independence Day – highlight the sweep of American history, marking the birth of the nation on July 4th and, on June 19th, the liberation of the last group of enslaved people in the US, at the end of a devastating civil war.
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The Noble Peace Prize
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Anti-Semite
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