Chelsea Manning, who's now set to be free May 17th [2017], after Obama shortened her sentence from 35 years to seven. According to her attorneys, she is already the longest-held whistleblower in U.S. history.
Amy GoodmanI've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track
Amy GoodmanWe have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.
Amy GoodmanIf 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them.
Amy GoodmanIn one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, longtime imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar Lรณpez Rivera and retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Cartwright. But missing from the list is 71-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier.
Amy Goodman