Truthout
Op-Ed
You Are, In Fact, Being Watched
If they can jail someone based on surveillance-gathered data forwarded surreptitiously to the DEA, why not you?
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Bradley Manning and Government’s Cheating Heart
While the U.S government is using Bradley Manning as a scapegoat for its own less-than-desirable actions, the mainstream media is letting them get away with it.
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The Twisted Value Judgments Behind US Sanctions Policy
Senator Lindsey Graham, the most radical authoritarian in the radically authoritarian U.S. Senate, has introduced a legislative measure that would impose trade sanctions on any country that offers asylum …
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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