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The Twisted Value Judgments Behind US Sanctions Policy
Senator Lindsey Graham, the most radical authoritarian in the radically authoritarian U.S. Senate, has introduced a legislative measure that would impose trade sanctions on any country that offers asylum …
The Great American Do-It-Yourself Retirement Fraud
The concept of a do-it-yourself retirement was a fraud.
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Mass Media Helps Keep Americans in the Dark About US Foreign Policy
Americans are shielded from the ugly consequences of US military power by our journalists' self-censorship.
The Greatest Threat to Global Food Security: Capitalism
The current Industrial mass production of food for profit is a political, economic and social crisis that has devastating effects on human health and threatens the survival of the …
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Criminalizing Journalism: Manning, Media and You
While Bradley Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy, the entire trial as a whole brings up grave questions about the future of freedom of the press.
Welcome to Post-Constitution America: What If Your Country Begins to Change and No One Notices?
The Bradley Manning verdict signals the beginning of the
ObamaCare’s Relentless Creation of Second-Class Citizens (Part V)
Lambert Strether takes a look at Obamacare and how it is creating an imbalanced system underneath the guise of equality.
Glenn Greenwald on How Secretive DEA Unit Illegally Spies On Americans, Covers Up Actions
Journalist Glenn Greenwald responds to a report by Reuters about how a secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is covering up its use of intelligence intercepts, wiretaps to help …
The Rise of Chinese Influence in Africa
Leonce Ndikumana: China invests in building Africa's infrastructure, but fails to employ local labor.
ALEC Turns 40, But Who’s Behind It?
Brendan Fisher: After forty years, corporate-funded ALEC remains an organization filled with secrecy.