Want to get your politics when you want, rather than in the snappy 5 second soundbites you get from mainstream news? You can subscribe to podcasts of both the 2008 Republican National Convention (iTunes link) and the Democratic National Convention and get the party line on demand. Or – if you think that party rhetoric […]

Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, journalists with the syndicated news program Democracy Now, were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department Monday and charged with conspiracy to riot. According to a statement from Democracy Now: Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfuly detained. They are […]

Dozens of people are being arrested in Minneapolis ahead of the Republican National Convention, apparently in a pre-emptive attempt to stifle protest and independent media coverage. The people arrested appear to fall into two general group, liberal protestors and video bloggers. The New York Times reports “Dozens Detained Ahead of Convention“: On the weekend before […]