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From Spying on “Terrorists Abroad” to Suppressing Domestic Dissent: When We Become the Hunted
Truthout speaks with Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, about the ever-expanding government/corporate surveillance state.
Dirty Energy’s Dirty Tactics: Boulder on the Front Lines of the Renewable Energy Future
The transition to clean energy and grid independence frightens the utility industry, which is fighting the people in places like Boulder, Colorado.
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Gang Instigation Alleged in California Prison Hunger Strike; Force-Feeding Possible
California's prison hunger strike has resulted in several hospitalizations and one death. And now the state may force-feed them.
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Deadly Theater-of-the-Absurd
Today, for those whose “pleasant dreams” are seldom disrupted by disturbing thoughts, one may also offer the timeless caveat of Plato’s Socrates: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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Deadly Theater-of-the-Absurd
Today, for those whose “pleasant dreams” are seldom disrupted by disturbing thoughts, one may also offer the timeless caveat of Plato’s Socrates: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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Court Allows Groundbreaking Case Against Anti-Gay Religious Leader to Proceed
Today, in a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge ruled that persecution on the basis of …
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Court Allows Groundbreaking Case Against Anti-Gay Religious Leader to Proceed
Today, in a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge ruled that persecution on the basis of …
Bad Precedent and Bad Faith
As it stands now, in terms of civil liberties there is not much u201cdaylightu201d between Obamau2019s practice and the past behavior of neoconservative vulgarians such as George W. Bush.
Bad Precedent and Bad Faith
As it stands now, in terms of civil liberties there is not much u201cdaylightu201d between Obamau2019s practice and the past behavior of neoconservative vulgarians such as George W. Bush.
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Sequestration Slashes Head Start Funding
Last year about 1 million of the nation's poorest children got a leg up on school through Head Start, the federal program that helps prepare children up to age …