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The Way of the Knife: NYT’s Mark Mazzetti on the CIA’s Post-9/11 Move from Spying to Assassinations
Mark Mazzetti tracks the transformation of the CIA and US special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world's dark spaces: the new American way of war.
Power Shift Away From Green Illusions
Author-activist Ozzie Zehner talks with Truthout about the limitations of the productivist mentality that infects the worldview of many environmentalists in a world with finite resources.
Critical Moment: What is the State of Black Detroit, 2013?
One of the most revolutionary things we can do is to love.
Chris Hedges: Why I Resigned From PEN
In May, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges was supposed to be speaking at an event for PEN. Instead, he told them he would not be speaking there and …
Drop the I-Word: In Victory for Advocates, Associated Press Stops Using Phrase “Illegal Immigrant”
The Associated Press has dropped the phrase “illegal immigrant” from its popular stylebook, a move welcomed by immigrant advocates who argue the term is a dehumanizing slur.
Can Capitalism Tolerate a Democratic Internet? An Interview With Media Expert Robert McChesney
Anne Elizabeth Moore speaks with McChesney about the future of the Internet, capitalism and Truthout.
An Interview With the Widow of Tunisia’s Slain Popular Leader
Assassinations do, as we have seen on many continents in many eras, change history. For those left behind the slain, some have responded by trying to carry out the …
Stagnant Wages and Speculation Triggered the Crisis
There's another line of thought about the cause of the economic crisis, which is: the underlying issue is that in fact it's a crisis of inequality.
How the Financial Plutocracy Tugs the Leash on the Two-Party Duopoly
An interview with former senate staffer and retired lobbyist Jeff Connaughton, whose 2012 book The Payoff gives an insider's account of Wall Street's stranglehold on DC.
At What Point in Pregnancy Does a Woman’s Personhood End?
Laura Flanders talks to attorney Lynn Paltrow, the executive director of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women.