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“Homeland Security”: The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define
Whenever you hear the phrase u201chomeland security,u201d watch out: your long-term safety may be at risk.
Top US Terrorist Group: The FBI
A careful study of the FBI's own data on terrorism in the United States, reported in Trevor Aaronson's book The Terror Factory, finds one organization leading all others in …
Disaster Capitalism, Chicago-style
In the Chicago Public School system, disaster is not just a word, its a business strategy.
Radical Reading: The Progressive Dr. Seuss
Seuss uses ridicule, satire, wordplay and nonsense words to take aim at bullies and demagogues.
Boots on Campus: Yale Flap Highlights Militarization of Academia
What can we do to stop the soft takeover of academia by the military?
Henry A. Giroux | The Politics of Disimagination and the Pathologies of Power
The radical imagination waits to be unleashed through social movements in which injustice is put on the run.
The School Security America Doesn’t Need
Ending this cycle of armed fear and violence will require getting police out of the schools along with the whole battery of security state accessories.
Blinder Leading the Blind
Click here to support courageous reporting and commentary by making a tax-deductible contribution to Truthout! The establishment’s debt and deficit hawks have taken flight once again, this time to …
Immigration Reform May Come with Big Gifts to Employers
Immigration reform could get 11 million undocumented workers on the path to citizenship, but watch out for poison pills that compromise workersu2019 rights.
Eyes Wide Shut on the Iraq War
As the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War approaches, itu2019s worth recalling one moment when the curtain was prematurely lifted on the lies justifying the invasion u2013 and how …