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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.
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It’s Time to Do Away With Homeland Security
Thom Hartmann: Repeal the PATRIOT Act, dissolve the DHS and let's return to sanity.
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Idle No More
What began as a protest against new laws seen as curtailing environmental protections and infringing indigenous sovereignty, quickly grew into a movement for indigenous rights and environmental justice.
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The Metropolitan Education Problem: Why High School Students Are Walking Out
Though we are still living in the legacy of these historical developments, we no longer discuss the structural problems of American cities like Philadelphia.