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The Public Intellectual: Seth Adler
Seth Adler The US Social Forum and Money: Building a Transformative National MovementThursday 18 November 2010by: Seth Adler, Truthout | News Analysis
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After Police Attack Occupy Oakland Iraq War Vet Reportedly in Critical Care
Update @ 5:15pm ET: A YouTube video (below) is circulating of a protester who appears to have been struck in the face by a projectile fired by police, presumably …
Kathleen Sharp Discusses Medicare Fraud
Award-winning investigative journalist and author Kathleen Sharp spoke with Rick Smith about her Truthout article, “Anatomy of a $30 Billion Medicare Crime,” and her recent book, "Blood Feud: The …
Glenn Greenwald on Two-Tiered US Justice System, Obama’s Assassination Program and the Arab Spring
Glenn Greenwald’s new book, “With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful,” offers a scathing critique of what he …
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The Mainstream Media’s Fear of Occupy Wall Street
Journalism should be about the new and unexpected, but most journalists really prefer the routine and expected, so their days go easier. And they shy away from questioning …
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Timothy Leary on the Wall Street Occupation Movement
In one of his last published writings, Timothy Leary foresaw the current generation of youth making use of the exploding technology of new communication software and devices to challenge …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Commission on War Time Contracting Finds Fraud, but Classifies Report for 20 Years, and More
In today's On the News segment: Oakland police resorted to tear gas and rubber bullets to put down the Occupy Oakland movement, college is getting more and more expensive …
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Former Goldman Sachs Director Charged With Securities Fraud
Rajat K. Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs director who surrendered to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday morning, was charged with insider trading, the latest development in the …
As Qaddafi is Buried, a Look Back at the Complexities and Contradictions of the Libya Mission
With Muammar Qaddafi now dead in Libya and NATO tentatively winding down its mission there by the end of the month, the Obama administration has claimed another foreign policy …
Junk Food Companies Can’t Have It Both Ways
An apple a day and eating your peas used to lead to good health. Now, according to major food manufacturers, they are “job killers” that will devastate the American …