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Justice Corrupted
Scattered throughout the ranks of US federal prosecutors and judges there have always been men and women who are unwilling to make a distinction between their own biases and …
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War Is Our Business and Business Looks Good
It is enlightening to see how pugnacious the US establishment, led by a Peace Laureate, has been in dealing with the Ukraine crisis.
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How Your Local Library Can Help You Resist the Surveillance State
Librarians take a strong stand on privacy. Your library record is as confidential as your medical records, if not more so.
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A Deluded Consensus on Discrimination
Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling made it clear that bigotry still flourishes.
The Lost, Lingering Legacy of Robert F. Kennedy
Despite his privilege and doubtless power from birth, Robert F. Kennedy became an advocate for the poor and oppressed.
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Nobel Peace Laureates Slam Human Rights Watch’s Refusal to Cut Ties to US Government
Human Rights Watch's affiliation with ex-CIA and NATO officials generates perverse incentives and undermine its reputation for independence.
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Michigan, Nation Must Look at North Carolina’s “Moral Mondays“
Moral Mondays, spreading rapidly to other states, aim to help ordinary citizens take back their state governments from corporate-backed extremists.
What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Abortion
“I stayed silent about my abortion for four years. After the Supreme Court's new round of assaults on reproductive rights, I'm speaking out.”
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Netanyahu’s War: What Is It Good For?
The administration knows full well that it has various levers to pull to respond to the Gaza crisis, manufactured by Benjamin Netanyahu for political ends, but it lacks sufficient …
Obama’s Failure and Richard Perle’s Whitewashing of the Iraq War
Richard Perle's recent statements indicate intellectual degeneration of a group that had once promised a “new Middle East,” only to destabilize the region with violent consequences.