Democracy Now! Producer Nicole Salazar was filming the protest at the RNC when the police surrounded the parking lot she was in and demanded that she leave. Did I mention that she was surrounded?
Nicole   more...clearly identifies herself as a member of the press and asks where are we supposed to go? Dude I can’t see and repeating press, press as she is struck and forced to the ground.

This footage was shot by Democracy Now! producer Nicole Salazar during her arrested on Monday, September 1st 2008 while covering the anti-RNC protests in the streets of St. Paul, Minnesota.  less

Israeli Writer-Activist Tikva Honig-Parnass, Who Fought for Israel's Founding in 1948, on 60 Years of Palestinian Dispossession and Occupation. As Israelis Celebrate Independence and Palestinians Mark   more...the "Nakba," a Debate with Benny Morris, Saree Makdisi and Norman Finkelstein.  less

Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Michael Moore on the Election, the Bailout, Healthcare, and 10 Proposed Decrees From a New White House

Max Blumenthal on Sarah Palin’s Radical Right-Wing Pals and Her Ties to the Pro-Secessionist Alaskan Independence Party. Former McCain Supporter Accuses the Senator of "Deliberately Feeding the   more...Most Unhinged Elements of Our Society the Red Meat of Hate". Robert Parry: Why Are McCain Backers So Angry?  less

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Robert Scheer and Dean Baker on the Proposed $700 Billion Bailout of Wall Street, the Largest Government Bailout of Private Industry in US History, Farnaz Fassihi on "Waiting   more...for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq"  less

Steve Coll on "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century"

Army Recruiter Suspended for Threatening High School Student with Jail Time, Sparks Bipartisan Call for Investigation.

Anthrax Mystery: Questions Raised over Whether Government Is Framing Dead Army Scientist for 2001 Attacks. Leading Gun Control Activist Exposed as Gun Lobby Spy. FCC Rules Against Comcast for Blocking   more...Web Access.  less

Pakistan Military Offensive in Khyber Region Enters Fourth Day, Oil and Gas Drilling on Public Lands Reaches New High, Dozens of Minutemen Confront Day-Laborers Gathered For Work in Aurora, CO , Colombian   more...Senator Piedad Córdoba on Negotiating with FARC, Her Criticism of Uribe and Why She Was Detained at JFK  less

Dr. Paul Farmer Challenges Profit-Driven Medical System While Bringing Healthcare to Poor Communities Worldwide

Mary Tillman, Mother of Slain Army Ranger and former NFL Star Pat Tillman, on Her Four-Year Quest to Expose the Military Cover-Up of Her Son?s Death by Members of His Own Unit. US Defends Imprisonment   more...of Iraqi Youths. Iraq Boosts Purchases of US Arms. 8 Iraqi Civilians Killed in US Attack.  less

Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix on the US Rush to War in Iraq, the Threat of an Attack on Iran, and the Need for a Global Nuclear Ban to Avoid Further Catastrophe.

Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003

World Renowned Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on the Iraq War, the Bush Presidency, the War on Terror

Spill at Tennessee Coal Plant Creates Environmental Disaster. HRW Says US Intervention Worsening Somalia Crisis.

Naomi Klein on the Bailout Profiteers and the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene. Ex-CIA Officials Tied to Rendition Program and Faulty Iraq Intel Tapped to Head Obama's Intelligence Transition Team.   more... As Obama Vows to Close Guantanamo, His Advisers Are Reportedly Crafting a Plan to Create A New System of Preventive Detention and National Security Courts  less

Unchaining History: Barack Obama Elected President of the United States. John McCain Concedes Defeat in Phoenix. Manning Marable on the Significance of the Nation's First Elected African-American President.   more... Voices of Harlem: Voters in Historic Black Neighborhood Discuss Their Votes. Where Do Republicans Go From Here? Michael Tomasky on the Future of the GOP  less

McCain Campaign Calls Obama a "Socialist" -- But Why is That a Smear? Following Widespread Complaints, New Lawsuit Seeks Paper Balloting in Pennsylvania. Lawyers Planning Last-Minute Challenges   more...as Time Running Out for Troy Anthony Davis.  less

Leading Pollster Predicts Obama Wins with 344 Electoral Votes. Report: McCain Suppressed Info on Fellow Vietnam POWs Left Behind. Indigenous Colombians Begin 10,000-Strong March Against Uribe Government.

James Bamford: "The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America."

European, Asian Markets Plunge as Recession Fears Spread Worldwide. Faltering Economy Takes Center Stage in McCain-Obama Debate. McCain-Obama Debate Highlights Similar Stances on Foreign Policy.

Can Coal Be Clean? A Debate Between Michael Brune of Rainforest Action Network and Joe Lucas of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. The Tyranny of Oil: Antonia Juhasz on "The World's   more...Most Powerful Industry -- What We Must Do to Stop It". Is Posse Comitatus Dead? U.S. Troops on U.S. Streets.  less

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz: Bail Out Wall Street Now, Change Terms Later. No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates. "The Age of the Warrior":   more...Robert Fisk on the US Elections, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Israel-Palestine.  less

Texas Death Row Prisoner Faces Execution Tonight for Murder He Didn't Commit. Tensions High as NATO Suspends Formal Contacts with Russia Over Georgia Conflict. NYC Agrees to Pay 52 Antiwar Protesters   more...$2 Million.  less