Juan González
Juan González co-host's Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. González has been a professional journalist for more than 30 years and a staff columnist at the New York Daily News since 1987. He is a two-time recipient of the George Polk Award.
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Vindication for Snowden? Obama Panel Backs Major Curbs on NSA Surveillance, Phone Record Data Mining
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
"One of Our Greatest Coups": The CIA and the Capture of Nelson Mandela
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
The Anti-Apartheid Underground: Ronnie Kasrils on Meeting Nelson Mandela in an ANC Safe House in 1962
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
"There Is a War on Journalism": Jeremy Scahill on NSA Leaks and New Investigative Reporting Venture
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
Remembering Nelson Mandela: From Freedom Fighter to Political Prisoner to South African President
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
The Pope Slams "Tyranny" of Capitalism and "Idolatry of Money," But Opposes Shift on Women, Abortion
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
Three More NYC Contractors Found Guilty in Massive CityTime Scandal to Modernize Payroll System
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
Calle 13's René "Residente" Pérez on Revolutionary Music, WikiLeaks & Puerto Rican Independence
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now | Video Report
TPP Exposed: WikiLeaks Publishes Secret Trade Text to Rewrite Copyright Laws, Limit Internet Freedom
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
"We Are Living in the World Occupy Made": New York City Voters Elect Mayor Who Vows to Tax the Rich
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Washington State Vote to Label GM Food Defeated by Corporations' "Sophisticated Propaganda Machine"
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Report
War Crimes in Afghanistan? Ten Bodies of Abducted Villagers Found Outside US Special Forces Base
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
"These Drones Attack Us and the Whole World Is Silent": New Film Exposes Secret US War
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
As US Faces New Scrutiny on Drones, UN Report Finds Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Pakistan
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Report
"Still Dreaming": Immigrant Rights Champion Rep. Luis Gutierrez on Life of Activism and Politics
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video
Vast Corruption in Information Technology Contracts in Spotlight as CityTime Trial Begins in NYC
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Another US Whistleblower Behind Bars? Investor Jailed After Exposing Corrupt Azerbaijani Oil Deal
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
Report Finds Police Worldwide Criminalize Dissent, Assert New Powers in Crackdown on Protests
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
Narcoland: Journalist Braves Death Threats to Reveal Ties Between Mexican Government & Drug Cartels
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now | Video Report
Decoding Obamacare: A Guide to New Health Care Marketplaces Designed to Help 48 Million Uninsured
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now | Video Report
Spilling the NSA’s Secrets: Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger on the Inside Story of Snowden Leaks
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now | Video Report
Snowden Documents Reveal NSA Gave Israeli Spies Raw Emails, Texts, Calls of Innocent Americans
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Juan González: New York City Poised to Elect Its Most Progressive Government in 50 Years
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video
Iran-Contra Redux? Prince Bandar Heads Secret Saudi-CIA Effort to Aid Syrian Rebels, Topple Assad
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Glenn Greenwald on Secret NSA Program to Crack Online Encryption
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Juan González: Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now | Video Report
Syria Debate: Does US Have the Evidence and Authority to Hit Assad for Alleged Chemical Attack?
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Jailed Journalist Barrett Brown Faces 105 Years for Reporting on Hacked Private Intelligence Firms
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
Edward Snowden on Why He Stood Up to the NSA: Mass Spying "Not Something I’m Willing to Live Under"
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now | Video Report
LGBT Movement Wins Defeat of DOMA and Prop 8, Fueling Momentum for Next Steps in Fight for Equality
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Report
The Other James Gandolfini: "Sopranos" Actor Remembered for Support of Injured Vets, Community Media
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Did US Government Lie About TWA Flight 800 Crash? Ex-Investigators Seek Probe as New Evidence Emerges
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Patrick Cockburn on US Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons?
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
Chris Pyle, Whistleblower on Domestic Spying in '70s, Says Be Wary of Attacks on NSA's Critics
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
NSA Whistleblowers: "All US Citizens" Targeted by Surveillance Program, Not Just Verizon Customers
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Obama-Backed Trans-Pacific Partnership Expands Corporate Lawsuits Against Nations for Lost Profits
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Did Public Television Commit Self-Censorship to Appease Billionaire Funder David Koch?
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video
"That Woman Is Worth Paying Attention To": Medea Benjamin Explains Why She Disrupted Obama’s Speech
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video
Mexican Priest Alejandro Solalinde on Central, South American Migrants' Perilous Journey to US
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Killing Americans: Jeremy Scahill on Obama Admin’s Admission 4 US Citizens Died in Drone Strikes
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video
Ríos Montt Genocide Verdict Annulled, But Activists Ensure US-Backed Crimes Will Never Be Forgotten
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video
"Astoundingly Disturbing": Obama Administration Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the Globe
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
"The Other IRS Scandal": David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
AP Monitoring Raises Fears of Government Overreach: How Far Will Obama Go to Crack Down on Leaks?
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Are the FBI and IRS Secretly Reading Your Email Without a Warrant?
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, a Culture of "Toxic Masculinity" and Gender-Based Violence
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI's Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorists List
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Report
As Migrant Toll Mounts, Mexicans Urge Obama to Put Human Rights at Center of Immigration Reform
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Video
"Love Has No Color": Georgia High School Students Set to Hold First Integrated Prom
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
Over 200 Killed in Bangladesh Factory Collapse After Workers Forced to Ignore Building's Dangers
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald on "War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State"
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
No OSHA Inspections at Texas Plant in 5 Years: Are We Doing Enough to Protect Workplace Safety?
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Rally for Citizenship: Tens of Thousands Flood Capitol Hill in Massive Call for Humane Reform
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Digital Disconnect: Robert McChesney on "How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy"
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Leaked EPA Documents Expose Decades-Old Effort to Hide Dangers of Natural Gas Extraction
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Video
At National Conference for Media Reform, Activists Hope to Stop Murdoch, Koch-Backed Consolidation
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Video
Drop the I-Word: In Victory for Advocates, Associated Press Stops Using Phrase "Illegal Immigrant"
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Explains Decision to End His Life
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Phil Donahue on His 2003 Firing From MSNBC, When Liberal Network Couldn't Tolerate Antiwar Voices
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Two Years After Invasion to Crush Uprising in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia Helps Fuel Conflict in Syria
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
Pope Francis' Junta Past: Argentine Journalist on New Pontiff's Ties to Abduction of Jesuit Priests
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Operation Condor Trial Tackles Coordinated Campaign by Latin American Dictatorships to Kill Leftists
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Hugo Chávez Dead: Transformed Venezuela & Survived U.S.-Backed Coup, Now Leaves Uncertainty Behind
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video
Fascism in the Church: Ex-Priest on "The Pope's War," Clergy Abuse and Quelling Liberation Theology
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
A Racial Entitlement? Supreme Court Threatens Voting Rights Act, One of Civil Rights Era's Key Gains
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Torture at Guantanamo: Lt. Col. Stuart Couch on His Refusal to Prosecute Abused Prisoner
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Video
Sequestration: What Do the Automatic Spending Cuts Mean for the Poor, Unemployed and Children?
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video
Bowman Versus Monsanto: Indiana Farmer's Supreme Court Challenge to Corporate Control of Food Supply
By Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Two Years into Uprising, Bahrain Feels Like a "Nation Under Occupation"
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video
48 Arrested at Keystone Pipeline Protest as Sierra Club Lifts 120-Year Ban on Civil Disobedience
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Jeremy Scahill: Assassinations of US Citizens Largely Ignored at Brennan CIA Hearing
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Video
Radio Ambulante: Spanish-Language Radio Program Showcases the Untold Stories of the Americas
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video Report
"Redemption": Oscar-Nominated Doc Follows the Working Poor Who Survive on Collecting Bottles and Cans
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Matt Taibbi & Former Bank Regulator William Black on Bailout Secrets and How New Foreclosure Deal Spares Banks From Justice
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
Treasury Nominee Jack Lew's Pro-Bank, Austerity, Deregulation Legacy
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
Debate: With Chávez Ailing, Venezuela’s Longstanding Divisions Threaten New Political Upheaval
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Video
Debate on Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Technique as New York Moratorium May Expire
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
Indian Gang-Rape Victim's Attackers Charged With Murder, Protesters Push for Broader Women's Rights
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Exposé Reveals Walmart Blocked Improvements Despite Vows to Improve Safety After Deadly Factory Fire
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video
New Report Sheds Light on Bin Laden Murder, as Pakistan Faces Fallout from US-Led Vaccination Plot
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Report
Domestic Abuse Survivor Goldie Taylor on Giving Up Her Gun and the Unseen Plague of National Violence
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Walmart Is Now Under Investigation in Mexican "Bribery Aisle" Scandal
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Matt Taibbi: After Laundering $800 Million in Drug Money, How Did HSBC Executives Avoid Jail?
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Truthout | Video Report
Smoke Signals: Martin Lee on Growing US Movement to Legalize Marijuana
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Video
Julian Assange on WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, Cypherpunks, Surveillance State
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Video
Oliver Stone on the Untold US History From the Atomic Age to Vietnam to Obama's Drone Wars
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Critical Role in Obama's Re-Election Heralds New Era of Decisive Latino Vote in US
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
"Harvest of Empire": New Film Recounts How US Intervention Caused Mass Latin American Migrations
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Interview and Video
Middle East Protests at US Embassies Spread in Uproar Over Anti-Muslim US Film
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Interview and Video
"Be Honest About the History of Our Country": Remembering the People’s Historian Howard Zinn at 90
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Report
Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be "Unprecedented" Breach of Diplomatic Immunity
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Video Report
Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: I Congratulate Ecuador for Standing Up to British Empire to Protect Julian Assange
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
Denver Shooting Rampage Leaves 12 Dead, 50 Wounded in Latest of Unparalleled US Gun Attacks
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
As Japan Says Fukushima Disaster "Man-Made" and "Preventable," Fears Grow for Nuclear Plants Worldwide
By Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
"Are You Here to Save Face - or Save Us?": Brittany Trilford, 17, Addresses World Leaders at Rio+20
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video
In Obama Deportation Move, Long-Term Immigration Activism "Has Been Rewarded"
By Juan González and Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW! | Video
Senate Advances Expanded, "Orwellian" Government Surveillance with FISA Amendments, CISPA
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy NOW! | Report
Playwright Tony Kushner Hails Obama's Support for Same-Sex Marriage: "I Felt the Earth Move"
By Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! | Interview and Video