Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, delivers a thundering speech in this recording of her keynote address at 2007's SolFest in Hopland, California. Goodman says that U.S. journalists have abdicated their role as skeptics and critics, cozying up to power rather than challenging it. She touches on subjects as diverse as the American Psychological Association's weak attitude towards torture, President Bush's use of signing statements, Carlos Arredondo's moving acts of protest, and the importance of hope through activism.