Truthout
Op-Ed
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Mass Media Helps Keep Americans in the Dark About US Foreign Policy
Americans are shielded from the ugly consequences of US military power by our journalists' self-censorship.
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Criminalizing Journalism: Manning, Media and You
While Bradley Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy, the entire trial as a whole brings up grave questions about the future of freedom of the press.
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The New Al-Qaeda Menace
If the new, decentralized al-Qaeda is still a major threat, then we have a decade of wrongheaded US policy to blame.
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Are You Prepared to Shoot the Hostage?
With Republicans attempting to block Obamacare at every turn, the American people are the real victims.
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Criminalization, Race and Food Access in a Time of Hyper-Afrophobia
The right to access quality food is profoundly connected to the rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. People of color should enjoy all these rights, but …
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Liberty and Justice? US Support for Israeli Apartheid
There must be a push to divest “from companies that profit from violent, oppressive, and discriminatory practices.”
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Steve Cohen, Meet Al Capone
More than 80 years after the big-time mobster got busted for tax evasion, the feds may bar a cocky hedge fund manager from trading for his
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The Economy Is Awful and Larry Summers Should Not Be Fed Chair
Obama would have us praise Summers for his “successes” instead of taking a closer look at his failures.
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Robin Thicke’s Blurred Vision: A Critique of a Rape Anthem in Two Parts
There is no discernible overturning of sexism in Blurred Lines.
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No Justice in Sanford, No Peace in the Borderlands: Stand Your Ground, Border Policing and the Mass Production of Corpses of Color
In light of the Zimmerman verdict, the Border Patrol shooting of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October 2012 is emblematic of another form of one-sided violence likely to intensify …