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International Law and Crimes Against Humanity
So we are embedded in a cycle of violence, led astray by our faulty memories and national hatreds.
Bill Reintroduced in Congress to Ensure Public Accountability, Transparency at Privately-Operated Prisons
On Wednesday, US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) reintroduced the Private Prison Information Act (PPIA) in Congress.
Nuclear Weapons: Making Us Feel Secure by Threatening Armageddon
“We prepare for our extinction in order to assure our survival.”
SDS Leader Tom Hayden on Vietnam: We Must Challenge the Pentagon on the Battlefield of Memory
Tom Hayden: "Each generation has to wrestle with the history of what came before, and ask: ‘Whose interest does this history serve?"’
Advocates Say Black Women Left Out of Freddie Gray Conversation
More attention is needed to Black women in the policing debate.
Former Congressman Ron Dellums: Organizing for Peace Forces Us to Challenge All Forms of Injustice
Ron Dellums is a legend in this country in the progressive movement.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New York Will Use Bank Settlements to Give Homeless Families Housing, and More
Do you want to see more stories like this published? Click here to help Truthout continue doing this work! In today's On the News segment: New York Attorney General …
137 Shots, No Convictions: Cleveland Cop Acquitted in Killing of Two Unarmed Black People
The national conversation on policing African-American communities is focused on Cleveland after a major federal settlement and a controversial verdict.
Recognizing Genocide and Moving Toward Liberation: Not Counting Mexicans and Indians, Part II
We must take a deeper look at US state violence against Brown and Indigenous people.
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“Incommunicado” Forever: Gitmo Detainee’s Case Stalled for 2,477 Days and Counting
The justice system's treatment of Abu Zubaydah habeas corpus petition has largely escaped notice.