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Follow the Money: How Finance Keeps the Whip Hand
While the NSA argues that the biggest risk of terrorism is the possibility of a hack attack on our banking system by unspecified assailants, the mortal danger facing the …
Secret Collaboration Between the Power of Force and the Pursuit of Profit
Secret collaboration between profit-making corporations and public agencies, such as the FBI and the NSA, which are empowered to target citizens for investigation and potential punishment, have brought down …
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DC Is a Revolving Door of Money, Media, Power and Vanity: A Requiem for Democracy
“THIS TOWN” is a lacerating unmasking of DC in the Swiftian satirical tradition, except it's not just a lampoon; it's the truth.
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How the EPA Faked the Entire Science of Sewage Sludge Safety: A Whistleblower’s Story
While working at the EPA, Dr. David Lewis published evidence that a New Hampshire teen died and other neighbors were harmed from living near land applied with sewage sludge.
The Constitution Impaired; the Bill of Rights Annulled
The separation of powers established by the Constitution is eroding.
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“The World Turns Around a Spinning Ball”: Choreographed War and Other Aspects of the World’s Greatest Game
Soccer, metaphor for war, at times turns into real war.
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Our Constitutional Liberties Are Eroding From Border to Border
The surveillance state may be symbolized by the National Security Agency, but according to journalist Todd Miller those in the United States should also be looking to the nation's …
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“Going to Places That Scare Me: Personal Reflections on Challenging Male Supremacy“
Author Chris Crass reflects on the searing journey from seeing himself as a person who had internalized the logic of domination in relationships of power, privilege and oppression to …
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Official Secrets: Absolute Control
Control of information by the government-corporate complex is expanding.
Hate as a Contagion: The Role of Media in the Rwandan Genocide
In this excerpt from “Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World,” Armoudian explains how Hutu power journalists contributed to the Rwandan genocide.