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“Unequal Protection”: Corporations Go Global
(Image: JR / Truthout) People, at the time, generally weren’t all that concerned about the fate of the world’s dolphins. It was the last week of June …
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Into My Father’s Wake
“Into My Father's Wake” records a solo, 5,000-mile Pacific journey aboard the 47-foot ketch Feo, in which the author attempts to put his powerful father to rest once and …
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Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security
(Image: Yale University Press) This essay is an excerpt from his new book, “Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security,” published this month by …
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School “Reform” Ignores Glaring Problem: Outdated Curriculum
From “What's Worth Learning?” Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2011 American education isn't up to the challenge. The evidence is inescapable. Millions of kids …
Conclusion: Tag, You’re It!
Now is the most important time for us all to be paying attention, to show up, and to wake up our friends, family, and neighbors
In the Shadow of the Dragon
A business enterprise has grown in the shadow of the dragon that—in virtually every way imaginable—is the antithesis of a dragon.
Wal-Mart Is Not a Person
“We the People” now explicitly means “We the Citizens, Corporations, and Churches” with a few of the richest humans who run them thrown in.
Put Lou Dobbs Out to Pasture
Our problem is not an immigration issue, it’s an economic one.
They Will Steal It!
“When you’ve got something really good, you don’t have to force it on people. They will steal it!”
Cool Our Fever
For far too long, we have been hooked on oil, and we continue to pay a terrible price for it economically, politically, militarily, and environmentally.