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- Clinton Calls on Supporters to Unite Behind Obama
- Narrowing the Obama-Clinton Divide: A Roundtable Discussion
- 600 Arrested at Mississippi Factory in Largest Immigration Raid in US History
- “Operation First Casualty”: Outside Democratic Convention, Iraq Veterans Against the War Re-Enact Raids on Iraqi Civilians
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich: “Wake Up America!”
- Labor Groups Challenge Retail Giant Wal-Mart on Pressuring Employees to Vote Against Obama
- In Wake of Deadly US Air Strike, Jeremy Scahill Questions Lawmakers About Obama’s Afghanistan Policy
- Tarnished by Sex Scandal, John Edwards’ Absence Reduces Focus on Poverty at Democratic Convention
- When Off the Silver Screen, Actress Daryl Hannah Seen on Frontlines of Environmental Movements
- Amy Goodman Questions Fmr. President Jimmy Carter on Being Sidelined at DNC
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Cheney, Bush and Habbush”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on a book tour, where she is being hounded by activists and questioned about her pledge that “impeachment is off the table.” She responded on the TV talk show “The View,” “If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story.” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind may have provided the evidence she doesn’t want to see.
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“Don’t Cage Dissent”
Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant U.S. political parties to the cherished tradition of dissent. Things are not looking good.
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Lawmaker Calls on Pentagon to Explain Promotion of Threat-Wielding Recruiter After Democracy Now! Broadcast
Rep. Gene Green (D–TX) is calling on the Pentagon to explain why a military recruiter was given a promotion despite being found to have illegally threatened a teenage boy with jail time if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military. The recruiter was eventually promoted to head a different recruiting station. Green sent the letter questioning Kelt’s new job after his Wednesday appearance on Democracy Now!
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“Threats, Lies and Audiotape”
With no end in sight in Afghanistan and Iraq, military recruiters must be prevented from using desperate and aggressive measures to lure our nation’s young people—the poorest and most vulnerable—into the line of fire.
Filed under Weekly Column
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‘It’s a Global Election’
Amy Goodman reports from the Baltics: “When I arrived in Estonia last week—a former Soviet republic that lies just south of Finland—everyone had an opinion on Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin.”
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“Who’s Paying for the Conventions?”
The nominating conventions have become elaborate, expensive marketing events, but most people don’t know the extent to which major corporations fund them, pouring tens of millions of dollars into a little-known loophole in the campaign-finance system.
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“Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid”
While the presidential candidates trade barbs and accuse each other of flip-flopping, they agree with President Bush on their enthusiastic support for nuclear power.
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“Colombia: Celebrate the Release, Not the Regime”
It is fantastic to see Ingrid Betancourt free, but the celebration of her release should not be confused with celebration of the Colombian government.
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Internships
Democracy Now! is currently accepting applications for internships in New York City. Please email admin (at) democracynow (dot) org for more information.
Jobs
Systems Administrator
Manager for Spanish Outreach & Programming
Immediate opening for full-time Systems Administrator
Democracy Now! is a daily, non-profit, national, independent news hour based in New York City. Our public website, which is is visited by tens of thousands of users daily, features the news hour every day in a variety of video, audio, and transcript formats, and also features a store selling copies of the program. Internally, we maintain a heterogeneous network of client and server computers to process, store, and record the show and its components and to support our general office and distribution operations. Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Systems Administrator with extensive Linux experience to maintain, support, and extend these systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Implement, maintain, and monitor the computer network and internal servers, including our internet connection, firewall, and shared printer resources.
- Provide desktop technical support to staff and volunteers, primarily on an Apple OS X platform.
- Coordinate with external consultants and service providers who are responsible for some aspects of our technical operations.
- Architect and, where practical, develop web sites and applications for public and internal use.
- Research and suggest cost effective products and solutions which may improve organizational workflow.
QUALIFICATIONS
As a small organization with limited IT staff but diverse technological needs, we seek to hire someone who can work with a wide variety of technologies and quickly learn new technologies.
Experience configuring and maintaining GNU/Linux servers and an ability to create and maintain bash shell scripts are essential. The ideal candidate will also have experience with some or all of the following technologies: Free Software media processing tools including ffmpeg, mencoder, sox, dvgrab, and MP4Box; programming languages including Perl, Ruby on Rails, and Python; Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows desktop and application support, ideally including Final Cut Pro and Filemaker Pro; version-control systems such as Subversion and git; firewall maintenance with OpenBSD and pf; and web technologies including HTML, CSS, and XML.
Also essential are the abilities to manage several simultaneous projects and to research, select, and integrate new technologies. Experience in a non-profit or media environment is preferred, as is an interest in independent media and non-commercial television.
This is a full-time New York City-based position with benefits and salary based on experience. Democracy Now! is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and persons with diverse gender and sexual identities.
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter (PDF or plain text formats only) to job (at) democracynow (dot) org with “Systems Administrator” as the subject. No phone calls.
Immediate opening for full-time Manager of Spanish Outreach & Programming
Democracy Now! is a daily, non-profit, national, independent news hour based in New York City. In 2005 we launched Democracy Now! en español to produce, market and distribute Spanish language translations of Democracy Now! content. Today, 200 stations broadcast either our daily headlines or our Resumen Semanal, an 30-minute weekly round up of top headlines.
Building on this strong foundation, the Manager of Spanish Outreach & Programming
will lead our committed team in a period of new growth, bringing more Spanish language Democracy Now! content to bigger audiences worldwide.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage, supervise and participate in the translation of audio, video and print content between English and Spanish.
- Manage, supervise and participate in the editing of audio and video content.
- Exercise discretion in identifying new markets for distribution and opportunities for content creation.
- Market Spanish language content to stations, websites, publications, etc.
- Manage, recruit and supervise remote and New York City based staff, interns and contractors.
- Update content and supervise development of new features for Spanish section of website.
- Manage database of station, publication and website contacts.
- Develop audience for Spanish language content through outreach and publicity.
- Other duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
- In-depth knowledge of Democracy Now!
- Bilingual
- English/Spanish translation and/or interpretation experience
- Managerial and supervisory experience
- Publicity and/or marketing experience
- Audio/video editing
- Familiarity with Spanish language media networks
- Knowledge of Mac OS, Final Cut Pro, Office suite and Filemaker or similar database software
- Extremely well organized
This is a full-time New York City based position with benefits and salary based on experience. Democracy Now! is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively recruits women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and persons with diverse gender and sexual identities.
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to job (at) democracynow (dot) org with “Spanish Manager” as the subject. No phone calls.
