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We Thought We Were Free
Authoritarianism is a disease. It moves and grows gradually, but inexorably.
Rev. Edward Pinkney Imprisoned for Fighting the Whirlpool Corporation
Rev. Pinkney, a social justice activist in Benton Harbor, Michigan, was sentenced to serve up to 10 years in prison.
As Washington “Pivots” to Asia, China Does the Eurasian Pirouette
At the same moment that China is proposing a new Eurasian integration, Washington has opted for an “empire of chaos.”
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Eric Holder: Profiling Continues
I first met Eric Holder during the Clinton years when he was serving as Deputy Attorney General. Back then, my community was deeply troubled by FBI harassment, the government's …
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US Attends, Then Defies Conference on Nuclear Weapons Effects and Abolition
Vienna, Austria - A pair of conferences here Dec. 6-9 have tried to raise public and government awareness of nuclear weapons. The first, a Civil Society Forum put on …
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Something’s Happening Here: Michael Brown and Willie Horton
In 1986, a black Massachusetts prisoner serving a life sentence for murder brutalized a Maryland couple during a weekend furlough. The prisoner's name was Willie Horton. During the 1988 …
Amid Justice Department Investigations, Protesters Call Out Cleveland Police Murders
As national protests continue, activists and concerned residents in Cleveland are calling for police accountability.
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“Forgiveness Is Liberating”: Desmond Tutu on Healing a Nation’s Racist Past
Today, South Africa's healing process is a beacon of hope for the United States.
Meet Stellan Vinthagen, Head of the First University Program on Civil Resistance
Stellan Vinthagen has nonviolent resistance in his blood.
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Clashing Face-to-Face on Torture
Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern wasn't going to let the ex-House intelligence oversight chief get away with a bland defense of torture in a rare, televised debate.