Amy Goodman on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/amy_goodman Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-16T00:09:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo The Afghan War’s Nine Lives http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_afghan_wars_nine_lives_20120215/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_afghan_wars_nine_lives_20120215/ afghanistan, airstrike, amy goodman, congress, government, iraq, military, nato, war,

Eight youths, tending their flock of sheep in the snowy fields of Afghanistan, were exterminated last week by a NATO airstrike.

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The leadership of the Catholic Church has launched what amounts to a holy war against President Barack Obama.

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]]> 2012-02-09T00:01:00+00:00 Romney’s 1 Percent Nation Under God http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/romneys_1_percent_nation_under_god_20120201/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/romneys_1_percent_nation_under_god_20120201/ 2012, amy goodman, barack obama, campaign, democracy, election, florida, florida primary, mitt romney, newt gingrich, obama, politics, speech, wall street, After he and the pro-Romney super PACs flooded the airwaves with millions of dollars’ worth of ads in a state where nearly half of the homeowners are underwater, Mitt Romney talked about whom he wants to represent.

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]]> 2012-02-02T00:44:00+00:00 Obama’s Late Payment to Mortgage-Fraud Victims http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obamas_late_payment_to_mortgage-fraud_victims_20120125/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obamas_late_payment_to_mortgage-fraud_victims_20120125/ amy goodman, barack obama, campaign, economy, foreclosures, housing crisis, justice department, law, obama, populism, speech, state of the union, wall street, white house,

In his State of the Union address, many heard echoes of the Barack Obama of old, the presidential aspirant of 2007 and 2008.

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]]> 2012-01-25T23:46:00+00:00 The Day the Internet Roared http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_day_the_internet_roared_20120118/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_day_the_internet_roared_20120118/ amy goodman, barack obama, censorship, congress, conservatives, democracy, electronic frontier foundation, entertainment industry, government, internet, law, media, money, obama, pipa, piracy, senate, sopa, web,

Wednesday, Jan. 18, marked the largest online protest in the history of the Internet. Websites from large to small “went dark” in protest of proposed legislation before the U.S. House and Senate that could profoundly change the Internet.

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]]> 2012-01-19T00:59:00+00:00 Guantanamo at 10: The Prisoner and the Prosecutor http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/guantanamo_at_10_the_prisoner_and_the_prosecutor_20120112/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/guantanamo_at_10_the_prisoner_and_the_prosecutor_20120112/ afghanistan, amy goodman, barack obama, bush, congress, democracy, guantanamo, guantánamo, guantanamo bay, guantanamo bay detention center, guantanamo bay prison, law, mccain, military, morris davis, obama, omar deghayes, pakistan, torture, war, Ten years ago, Omar Deghayes and Morris Davis would have struck anyone as an odd pair. While they have never met, they now share a profound connection, cemented through their time at the notorious U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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]]> 2012-01-12T08:05:00+00:00 Republicans Divided, Citizens United http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/republicans_divided_citizens_united_20120104/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/republicans_divided_citizens_united_20120104/ amy goodman, barack obama, campaign, citizens united, democracy, election, iowa caucuses, mitt romney, money, obama, republicans, rick santorum, ron paul, speech,

The Republican caucuses in Iowa, with their cliffhanger ending, confirmed two key political points and left a third virtually ignored.

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]]> 2012-01-05T03:21:00+00:00 Syrian Activist Speaks Out From Hiding as Arab League Mission Fails to Slow Deadly Crackdown http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/syrian_activist_speaks_out_from_hiding_as_arab_league_mission_fails_to_slow/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/syrian_activist_speaks_out_from_hiding_as_arab_league_mission_fails_to_slow/ amy goodman, arab league, arab spring, democracy, democracy now, observers, syria, uprising,

Amy Goodman and the “Democracy Now!” crew investigate the failure so far of Arab League observers to witness or stop the killing in Syria.

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