Dear Truthout Friends,
Most days, my work at Truthout centers on cultivating sources and obtaining documents so I can put together hard-hitting investigative stories about hot-button issues you won’t read about anywhere else. That I have been given the freedom to practice this type of journalism on a daily basis for the past several years is just one of the reasons I love working at Truthout, with people who are just as passionate as I am about covering the real news.
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Truthout has been incredibly fortunate over the past nine years that our loyal readers have been directly responsible for keeping this organization funded. That’s quite an achievement! On behalf of the entire organization, thank you. We truly feel honored that we are beholden to our readers first and foremost. There are still many stories that need to be told, and we would like to have the opportunity to tell them.
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