Amy Goodman on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/103/ 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 2009 2009-11-04T01:14:24+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo The Tortured Logic Continues http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091103_the_tortured_logic_continues/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091103_the_tortured_logic_continues/ afghanistan, amy goodman, bush, cia, congress, democracy, extraordinary rendition, government, iraq, justice, law, maher arar, obama, security, syria, terrorism, torture, war, “Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.

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]]> 2009-11-04T01:14:24+00:00 The War Condolences Obama Hasn’t Sent http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091027_the_war_condolences_obama_hasnt_sent/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091027_the_war_condolences_obama_hasnt_sent/ afghanistan, amy goodman, health, iraq, military, obama, pentagon, suicide, war,

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.

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]]> 2009-10-28T00:09:15+00:00 Trick or Treat for Climate Change http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091020_trick_or_treat_for_climate_change/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091020_trick_or_treat_for_climate_change/ activism, amy goodman, campaign, climate, climate change, debate, democracy, environment, global warming, government, maldives, money, the yes men,

Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.

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]]> 2009-10-20T22:19:55+00:00 Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091013_lt_choi_wont_lie_for_his_country/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091013_lt_choi_wont_lie_for_his_country/ afghanistan, amy goodman, congress, dan choi, democracy, don't ask don't tell, gay rights, iraq, lgbt, military, obama, war, Since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993, 13,500 soldiers, sailors and Marines have been discharged from the military.

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]]> 2009-10-13T23:14:59+00:00 Watch What You Tweet http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091006_watch_what_you_tweet/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091006_watch_what_you_tweet/ activism, amy goodman, democracy, free speech, g20, government, hillary clinton, hypocrisy, iran, law, obama, protest, terrorism,

A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh to participate in the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at his home—all for using Twitter.

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]]> 2009-10-06T22:04:52+00:00 Scanning the Horizon of Books and Libraries http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090929_scanning_the_horizon_of_books_and_libraries/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090929_scanning_the_horizon_of_books_and_libraries/ amy goodman, books, court, google, law, libraries, media, technology, A battle is raging over the future of books in the digital age that could grant a practical monopoly on recorded human knowledge to global Internet search giant Google.

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]]> 2009-09-29T23:16:06+00:00 President Zelaya and the Audacity of Action http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090922_president_zelaya_and_the_audacity_of_action/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090922_president_zelaya_and_the_audacity_of_action/ clinton, coup, democracy, diplomacy, g20, government, honduras, military, obama, politics, u.n., zelaya, Manuel Zelaya, the democratically elected president of Honduras, is back in his country after being deposed in a military coup June 28.

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]]> 2009-09-22T22:18:43+00:00 Let Us Not Become the Evil We Deplore http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090915_let_us_not_become_the_evil_we_deplore/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090915_let_us_not_become_the_evil_we_deplore/ 911, afghanistan, amy goodman, bush, congress, democrats, history, house, iraq, obama, senate, speech, terrorism, war,

On Oct. 7, the U.S. enters its ninth year of occupation of Afghanistan—equal to the time the United States was involved in World War I, World War II and the Korean War combined.

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]]> 2009-09-15T23:00:24+00:00 Van Jones and the Boycott of Glenn Beck http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090908_van_jones_and_the_boycott_of_beck/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090908_van_jones_and_the_boycott_of_beck/ activism, amy goodman, book, boycott, democracy, economy, environment, glenn beck, green jobs, media, obama, politics, talk radio, van jones, The right-wing radio and TV host may have helped oust activist and green jobs adviser Van Jones from the administration, but in doing so he further justified the boycott against his broadcasts.

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]]> 2009-09-09T00:13:30+00:00 New Light on Copenhagen Climate Talks http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090901_new_light_on_copenhagen_climate_talks/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090901_new_light_on_copenhagen_climate_talks/ activism, amy goodman, astroturf, climate, climate change, congress, copenhagen, debate, economy, environment, global warming, government, house, obama, politics, senate, The 2009 Copenhagen climate conference will be critical to the success or failure of establishing a practical, binding global plan of action before human-caused climate change reaches the point of no return, creating a cascade of catastrophes.

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