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Edward Snowden Had a Breaking Point, Where He Decided to Risk It All to Fix This Country – What’s Yours?
Change starts with action, and each of us has a way to contribute.
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Society of Addiction: Capitalism, Dopamine and the Consumer Junkie
Are we capitalism junkies?
Americans On Long-Term Hunger Strike to Close Gitmo Prison
In interview with former president of Veterans for Peace, Elliott Adams on his hunger strike in solidarity with prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
US Cold War Ally in the Docks at Guantanamo for USS Cole Bombing
The backstory of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 whose military commission pretrial hearings were recently held at Guantanamo Bay, is intertwined …
Elizabeth Warren’s QE for Students: Populist Demagoguery or Economic Breakthrough?
Could Warren's bill represent the sort of game-changing thinking sorely needed to turn the economy around?
Transcend Conditioned Consciousness: None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds
David Degraw looks at the intricacies of mental slavery in everything from political policy to economic debt.
Celebrate the Defeat of the Granny Bashers!
Dean Baker: Medicare and Social Security are safe from austerity hawks - for now. Time to raise a toast, then switch from defense to offense.
The Making of a Global Security State: The Five Uncontrollable Urges of a Secrecy-Surveillance World
Given the recent discovery of the NSA surveillance, Tom Engelhardt discusses the world of secrecy that prompted these whistleblowers' decision.
Motion Sickness: How the Supreme Court Erects Barriers to Justice
The court's changes to Federal Rules of Procedure lead to dismissal of cases before the facts are weighed.
Don’t Call Me Illegal: An Interview With Youth Immigrant Activist Tania Unzueta
Unzueta, currently an organizer with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and co-founder of the Immigrant Youth Justice League, is one of many undocumented youth who have stepped into …