Truthout
Op-Ed
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Why Steven Pinker, Like Jared Diamond, Is Wrong
A deconstruction of Steven Pinker's colonialist assumptions.
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CitiBank and Space Discrimination
As CitiBike has launched in parts of New York City, public attention has focused on certain manifestations of public backlash, usually in the form of NIMBY distaste for the …
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Another Truth-Teller Steps Forward
Edward Snowden, who disclosed top-secret documents on the U.S. governmentu2019s massive surveillance programs, is reportedly in Hong Kong and seeking asylum from countries that value openness and freedom, conditions …
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Sensible Security or American Dystopia: Is It Too Late to Choose?
The recent revelations out of the NSA have made it clear that, we, the American people, have a choice to make, assuming we haven't already passed the point of …
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An Open Letter to Dianne Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
Dear Senator Feinstein: On Thursday, when you responded to news about massive ongoing surveillance of phone records of people in the United States, you slipped past the meaning of …
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Government Spying Aims to Silence Us
Today's NYT editorial, "President Obama's Dragnet,' which condemns Obama's routine collection of data on all phone calls that Americans make, is followed on the NYT web site with an …
Obama’s Disheartening Trajectory
Despite his monikers of hope and change, Obama's legacy has become one of violence and oppression.
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With War Crimes Argument Banned, Manning’s Military Trial Is Judicial Lynching
Chris Hedges: The government has effectively muzzled Manning's defense team.
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The Price of Immigration Reform Is Steep
The Senate's proposed bill further transforms our immigration policy into a corporate labor supply system.
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Top Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now
The war on drugs is like the classic mafia protection racket: our government creates a perpetual problem and then charges us exorbitantly to ‘protect’ us from it.