Exception to the Rulers

Amy Goodman is an award-winning investigative journalist, columnist for King Features Syndicate, author, and the host/executive producer of Democracy Now! airing on nearly 800 stations worldwide. Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' for "developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media.". Goodman is the co-author with her brother, journalist David Goodman, of three New York Times bestsellers: Standing Up to the Madness, Static, and The Exception to the Rulers.

David Goodman is an award-winning independent journalist and the author of five books. He is a contributing writer for Mother Jones, and his articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Outside, Washington Quarterly, Christian Science Monitor, the Boston Globe, the Nation, Newsday, the Village Voice, National Geographic Adventure, and numerous other publications.