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Bush’s Foiled NSA Blackmail Scheme
More than a decade ago, President George W. Bush enlisted the National Security Agency in a blackmail scheme to dig up dirt to coerce UN Security Council members to …
Carol Becker on Creative Leadership, Public Intellectuals and the Arts in Higher Education
In this interview, Carol Becker explains how she also views administrators within institutions such as universities as public intellectuals who can help empower and mobilize future generations of young …
The Educational Deficit and the War on Youth: An Interview with Henry A. Giroux
Giroux writes on pedagogy and fundamentalism in his book, “America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth.”
Ellsberg: A Coup Against the Constitution
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who released the Pentagon papers, says the FISA court is a sham and warrantless wiretapping, which has being going on for years before Sept. 11, …
Americans On Long-Term Hunger Strike to Close Gitmo Prison
In interview with former president of Veterans for Peace, Elliott Adams on his hunger strike in solidarity with prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Don’t Call Me Illegal: An Interview With Youth Immigrant Activist Tania Unzueta
Unzueta, currently an organizer with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and co-founder of the Immigrant Youth Justice League, is one of many undocumented youth who have stepped into …
Truthout TV Interviews Rania Khalek, Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Ted Asregadoo speaks to Truthout contributors about the closing of public schools in Washington, D.C. and the environmental damage of uranium extraction.
Fighting the Secrecy/Surveillance State
The emergence of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and now Edward Snowden represents just the tip of the iceberg of a popular resistance that is challenging the US government's excesses …
Standard Operating Procedure: Forget Obama’s Latest, In Order to Move Forward, Look to Guantánamo
President Obama started his first term with enormous expectations from the electorate. After eight years of President Bush, America was ready to exit the neo-conservative policy and worldview. Reality …
Barbara McGrady: Pictures Worth a Thousand Words
Australian activist and photographer Barbara McGrady discusses her latest exhibition.