Truthout
Op-Ed
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Historic Challenge to Support the Moral Actions of Edward Snowden
As we progress forward with the information about NSA surveillance of US citizens, we must not forget to support the whistleblower who risked his life to share it.
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No More Lectures: What President Obama Can Do for Black America
Instead of another rousing speech, Obama need to focus on real change within the black communities that supported him during reelection.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game – but Pay Me a Living Wage
Michael Winship: The SF Giants stadium concession workers are seeking their fair share.
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Mike Lofgren | American Exceptionalism: Alibi of a Nation
We may have moved beyond Manifest Destiny, but American Exceptionalism is still prevalent in modern society.
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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 …