Back in the Watergate era, the Church Committee documented and exposed extraordinary abuses by the government. Of course some people tried to block its work—Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. Sound familiar? We confront a similar challenge today.

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KXCI and Access Tucson organize a packed benefit on Sunday night in Tucson

Amy Goodman speaking in Phoenix, Tucson today, broadcasting from Tucson on Monday

Amy speaks with Robert Scheer at an event hosted by Truthdig.com, which posts Amy’s column every week.

Amy Goodman to appear on Book TV from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. She will take viewer calls about her just released New York Times Bestselling Paperback, Standing Up to the Madness.

The head of the Riverside Church Council is defending a more than $600,000-a-year package for the church’s new senior minister–a setup that has sparked a court fight among members of the congregation.

The door to justice is open just a crack. After the release of four Bush-era Office of Legal Counsel memos that authorized “harsh interrogation techniques,” President Obama said there should be no prosecutions. Though he may occupy the most powerful office on Earth, there is a force more powerful: committed people demanding change. Torturers should be punished.

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Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald received the first annual Izzy Award for Special Achievement in Independent Media.

Visit http://twitter.com/democracy_now to get updates about Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman’s 70-city tour.

The oldest independent media network in the United States turns 60 years old this week as a deepening crisis engulfs mainstream media.

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KQED’s live call-in program presents wide-ranging discussions of local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.

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Amy Goodman and her brother David spoke at a benefit for KUSP, community radio in Santa Cruz, CA. Here the crowd sings Happy Birthday to Amy as she makes her way to the podium.

While Obama was in Turkey this week, he pledged a commitment to “bridge the divide between the Muslim world and the West.” Meanwhile, in Tampa, Fl., Youssef Megahed was arrested on charges he had been acquitted of days before. In the murky world of immigrant detention, “double jeapordy,” being charged with the same offense twice, is perfectly legal.

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Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald, the first recipients of the Park Center for Independent Media Izzy Award (named for I.F. Stone), appeared on this week’s Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. Watch online

Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez spoke at the University of Texas at Austin about the future of the media.

The police chief who directed Seattle’s response to the 1999 WTO protests, now sounds more like one of the protesters his forces tear-gassed. On the G-20 Protest in London, he says, “We’re now reaping what we have sown.”

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