Truthout
Review
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“The Rise of Islamic State” Offers Policy Lessons for US Hawks
In a new book, Patrick Cockburn looks at the legacy of recent wars in the Middle East.
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Radical Walt! (Whitman, That Is)
The negatives so powerful today would, in the eyes of Walt Whitman, surely be overcome.
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France: Hatred a la Mode
Zemmour is less a journalist or thinker than a medium through whom the political passions of the moment pass and take on form.
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From Good Ole Boy to Progressive Activist: One Man’s Story
James Gustave Speth traces his transition from a good ole boy to vocal antiracist.
Aging US Population Requires Major Changes in Social Policy
As the US population ages, a new generation of caregivers will be necessary to preserve the dignity of people aged 65 and older.
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“Guantanamo Diary”: A Tale of Captivity, Rendition and Torture
Mohamedou Ould Slahi's recently published Guantanamo Diary describes his brutal treatment at the US prison, where he remains, uncharged.
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Beyond Reform: Essays Call for a Sweeping Reassessment of Incarceration
The journal Socialism and Democracy's collection of essays demonstrates why we need to go beyond various justice system reform proposals - valuable as they are - to a much …
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From “The Birth of a Nation” to “American Sniper”: In the Dark With Our Eyes Open
“American Sniper” has exploded on the national scene, sending reverberations back 100 years to D.W. Griffith's “The Birth of a Nation.”
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A Review of “Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA“
“Poison Spring” chronicles some of the consequences of that fraud in an agency snared in its own tangled lies.
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“Chasing the Scream”: The Beginning and End of the Drug War
The drug war has failed, and a humane policy of legalization and nonpunitive drug treatment is long overdue.