Breaking the Sound Barrier by Amy Goodman

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan “Water is Life” became the anthem of the water protectors protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in and around the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota in 2016. Now, a cruel negative variant of that phrase applies to Gaza: “No water is de ...  عرض المزيد

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The Syrian government has been overthrown and dictator Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow. Assad, and before him, his father Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria with extreme brutality for over 50 years. “Syrians have been subjected to a horrifying catalogu ...  عرض المزيد

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” President Joe Biden said in a statement released by The White House on December 1st. “I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision.” Hunter Biden awaited sen ...  عرض المزيد

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan While many brace for the return of Donald Trump to the White House, let’s remember that until Monday, January 20th, Joe Biden is still president, with all the power that confers. The Constitution grants the president the “Power to grant Reprieves a ...  عرض المزيد

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan BAKU, Azerbaijan – COP29, the 29th United Nations’ “Conference of Parties” to the climate convention, convened this year in Azerbaijan, a small, authoritarian petrostate wedged between Russia and Iran on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The worsening ...  عرض المزيد