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Ellison tells Dems to stand up for Ground Zero Islamic center

By Andy Birkey | 08.20.10 | 9:47 am

Rep. Keith Ellison appeared on Democracy Now on Thursday to discuss the controversy over a planned Muslim community center blocks from Ground Zero in New York City. Ellison said that Democrats need to remember the Constitution and support…

MnIndy’s Demko discusses Coleman/Franken on “Democracy Now!”

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.12.08 | 9:26 am

This morning, Minnesota Independent political reporter Paul Demko appeared via Skype on Amy Goodman’s radio and TV show Democracy Now to discuss the recount in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race.The independent news site is closely watching the battle between Al Franken and Norm Coleman as one of three still-up-in-the-air races that, if won, could garner the Democratic party a filibuster-proof, 60-seat “super-majority” in the Senate.

Watch or listen to it. (Fastforward to 38:35)

St. Paul Police Chief Harrington: cops ‘did heroic work yesterday’

By Paul Demko | 09.02.08 | 12:04 pm

St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington addressed reporters this morning, praising the “heroic work” of cops under difficult circumstances yesterday. “We’re looking forward to a day of a little more normality than we had yesterday,” he said at the…

Journalists = fair game? Video of Amy Goodman arrest

By Steve Perry | 09.01.08 | 7:43 pm

To augment the not very revealing audio we posted earlier of the arrest of Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and some of her colleagues, here’s video.
More about the trend toward detaining journalists and documentarians at this year’s RNC tomorrow.…