Denis Moynihan
Denis Moynihan is a writer and radio producer who writes a weekly column with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman.
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Views Thursday, March 21, 2019 Jacinda Ardern Shows Trump What Leadership Looks Like Another mass shooting has gripped world attention. Fifty Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand, were brutally gunned down in two mosques by a single gunman armed with an arsenal of legally purchased semi-automatic weapons. In a sick modern twist, the alleged killer, 28-year-old Australian... Read more |
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Views Friday, March 08, 2019 The Time for Medicare-for-All Has Arrived Last week, as the media focused on President Donald Trump’s North Korea summit in Vietnam and the congressional testimony of his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, a largely overlooked news conference took place, announcing legislation that could save millions of lives. Seattle Democratic... Read more |
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Views Thursday, January 17, 2019 Steve King Stands for Everything MLK Fought Against If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive, he would have turned 90 years old on Tuesday. Instead, he was felled by an assassin’s bullet that terrible day, April 4, 1968. After a long-fought struggle, his birthday was finally celebrated as a national holiday in 1986. Many states, from New Hampshire to... Read more |
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Views Thursday, January 03, 2019 Censoring Commentary on War Crimes and Mass Starvation Is No Joke Netflix’s decision to censor an episode of comedian Hasan Minhaj’s series, blocking access to it within Saudi Arabia, has implications that ripple far beyond the borders of the Saudi dictatorship. “Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj” is a comedy series produced by Netflix, featuring the young, Muslim-... Read more |
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Views Friday, December 21, 2018 The Tragic Lives of the Children Trump's Policies Target Maria Meza desperately sought safety for herself and her children. The 39-year-old Honduran mother had trekked northward on the migrant caravan, arriving in Tijuana in November. She and two of her daughters were among hundreds of asylum-seekers tear-gassed by U.S. border agents. A Reuters photo of... Read more |
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Views Thursday, December 06, 2018 How Would Mother Jones Eulogize George H.W. Bush? In a windswept miners union cemetery north of Mount Olive, Illinois, stands a large monument, marking the burial site of Mary Harris Jones. Mother Jones, as she was popularly known, was a legendary labor activist from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She devoted herself to the cause of... Read more |
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Views Thursday, November 22, 2018 Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia's Dismemberment of Yemen “Saudi Arabia must face the damage from the past three-plus years of war in Yemen.” These words opened the last column by Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi published while he was still alive. Three weeks later, on Oct. 2, Khashoggi walked into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul,... Read more |
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Views Friday, November 09, 2018 After an Election of Historic Firsts, the Real Work Begins “Words cannot express my gratitude to every organizer, every small-dollar donor, every working parent and dreamer who helped make this movement happen,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said to the ecstatic crowd that packed the election night party celebrating her victorious run for Congress. “That’s... Read more |
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Views Thursday, September 06, 2018 This Woman Is Going to Prison for Voting On Nov. 8, 2016, Crystal Mason, an African-American mother of three, went to the polls and voted. Hers was a provisional ballot, however, as she hadn’t been to her polling place near Fort Worth, Texas, for several years. She had been in prison for tax-related offenses, and was under federal... Read more |
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Views Thursday, June 21, 2018 How Four Words Changed the Course of the Immigration Debate Q: “And babies?” A: “And babies.” These four words, broadcast by CBS News in 1969, had a profound impact on the American public, the Nixon presidency and the course of the Vietnam War. Questions about babies have arisen again at the White House, this time about thousands of immigrant children, some... Read more |