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Should Journalists Who Talk to Leakers Be Worried?
Thereu2019s been a lot of discussion about how Edward Snowden should be prosecuted. But thereu2019s another question: Less has been said about potential consequences for journalists who published the …
Divestment Campaigners Look Beyond Fossil Free to Fund Solar Utopias
Divesting from fossil fuel companies would investment funds to finance green energy ventures.
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Syria: If People Don’t Do Their Own Damn Revolution, It Won’t Work
If the people of a nation in turmoil arenu2019t sufficiently capable of revolution without help from outside forces, they won't be able to self-govern afterwards and will be worse …
Turkey Threatens Doctors and First Responders, Violates Medical Neutrality
The Turkish Health Ministry issued a threat to take medical licenses to practice away from doctors who have been providing treatment to the protesters in Istanbul. They are also …
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Edward Snowden and the Media: the Big Picture
The commercial mass media are in their element now with the Edward Snowden revelations.A highly controversial issue framed as national security vs. individual liberty, a dramatic figure to focus …
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Edward Snowden as Litmus Test
Just before the immediately iconic video of Edward Snowden in discussion with Glen Greenwald exploded all over the Internet, I took my standard poodle to an obedience training class …
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Indigenous Activists Escalate Campaign Against Dams in Borneo
In Malaysia, street protests are rare. Indigenous-led street protests are even more rare. That's why the sight last week of more than 300 Indigenous people wearing matching blue shirts …
What Our Presidents Tell Our Young People
In this season of college graduations, let us pause to remember the stirring words of America's beloved scholar, George W. Bush, speaking in Florida in 2007 at the commencement …
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Obama’s One-Way Mirror
The Bradley Manning trial provides a perfect example of the one-way mirror we're on the wrong side of:
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GM Wheat Discovered in Oregon, Benton County Continues Work on Food Bill of Rights
Benton County is in the heart of the Willamette Valley – a lush, fertile valley in western Oregon. Here in the Willamette Valley we are blessed with a climate …