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Glenn Greenwald on Government Snooping: Why It’s Dangerous and What We Can Do About It
When it comes to stopping NSA surveillance, it may be more effective to write to Facebook and Google than to government officials.
“Baghdad Is a Frightened City”: As ISIS Gains Ground, Iraqi Capital Gripped by Fear and Uncertainty
Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise trip to Baghdad today to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Pressuring Israel, Presbyterian Church Divests From Firms Tied to Occupation of Palestinian Land
In what is being hailed as a major milestone for the global campaign to boycott and divest from Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, the Presbyterian Church voted to …
Kate Clinton and Urvashi Vaid: What Makes Revolutionaries Irresistible?
In honor of Pride month, Flanders talks to political humorist Kate Clinton and author and activist Urvashi Vaid about the LGBT movement, feminism, humor, and irresistible revolutions and revolutionaries.
How Inequality Shapes the American Family
Inequality changes who we are, individually and collectively.
Iraq’s Next PM? Ahmed Chalabi, Chief Peddler of False WMDs, Meets US Officials as Maliki Falters
Pressure is mounting on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form a less sectarian government or to resign.
NYC’s $40 Million Central Park Five Settlement Resolves Wrongful Jailing Fueled by Race-Baiting, Police Abuse
The City of New York has reportedly agreed to pay $40 million to five men wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in Central Park 25 years ago.
The Respectable Face of Terror
Robert Moses says America from 1875 down to the civil rights movement, was slavery by another name.
Truthout Interviews Chris Crass on Feminism
Truthout contributor, Chris Crass, talks to Ted Asregadoo about structural and behavioral sexism, and the ways in which men can change their behavior to transform family relationships and the …
Real, Real Comrades: What 43+ Years of Prison Mean to Eddie Conway and Paul Coates
Marshall Eddie Conway and Paul Coates talk about how they met in Baltimore's Black Panther Party and maintained solidarity and friendship for 43 years after Conway was framed, convicted …