A Tale of Two Grandmothers (Video)

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 21, 2016 On a recent snowy January night in upstate New York, a grandmother turned herself in to the Jamesville Correctional Facility, to serve a six-month sentence. Her crime? Taking photos. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Stateless and the State of the Union

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 14, 2016 That symbol, the empty chair, creates a moment to reflect on who else wasn't seated in that august gallery in the Capitol, like the undocumented immigrants rounded up in the New Year's raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

An Act of Terror: Deporting a Kurdish Activist Back to Turkey

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 7, 2016 The U.S. government is trying to deport Ibrahim Parlak to Turkey, where he has a well-founded fear of imprisonment, torture and possibly death. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Most Unhappy New Year at Guantanamo

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Dec 31, 2015 As the clock counts down to the new year, another clock will continue ticking, counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds since May 23, 2013, the day President Barack Obama promised to free all those prisoners at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay who have been cleared for release. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

When a Dream Becomes Someone Else’s Nightmare: Clarence Moses-EL’s 28 Years Behind Bars

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Dec 24, 2015 It was all because of the dream of a neighbor woman who had been raped. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change and the Road Through Paris

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Dec 17, 2015 "I see a lot of back-slapping, a lot of self-congratulation, and I see very little in terms of the actual substance that is required to avert climate breakdown." "I see a lot of back-slapping, a lot of self-congratulation, and I see very little in terms of the actual substance that is required to avert climate breakdown." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘We Are Human Beings; We Are Not Dogs’

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Dec 10, 2015 On the outskirts of the northern French town of Calais, a massive, makeshift refugee camp called "The Jungle" grows daily, swelling with asylum-seekers fleeing war in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Sudan and beyond Their countries of origin are a map of the targets of US bombing campaigns On the outskirts of the northern French town of Calais, a massive, makeshift refugee camp called "The Jungle" grows daily, swelling with asylum-seekers fleeing war in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Sudan and beyond. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Paris—and the World—Is Burning

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Dec 3, 2015 A fitting honor to those who died in Paris, and to the countless victims of climate change, would be a fair, ambitious and binding agreement at the climate summit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

30 Seconds, 16 Shots, 400 Days: The Murder of Laquan McDonald

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Nov 26, 2015 Independent media took the official scenario of the Chicago police killing of a 17-year-old black male and turned it on its head. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

This Thanksgiving, No Place for Refugees at the American Table

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Nov 19, 2015 As Americans prepare for one of the most popular national holidays, Thanksgiving, a wave of xenophobia is sweeping the country. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Even War Has Rules

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Nov 12, 2015 Neither of the two recent Doctors Without Borders hospital attacks has been mentioned in any of the U.S. presidential debates or forums. Doesn't anyone remember the Geneva Conventions? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

It’s Always the Same War

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Nov 5, 2015 Barack Obama originally ran for president as the anti-war candidate. Now, as his second term winds down, the two George W. Bush/Obama wars are winding up, with a third in Syria. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )