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Weekly Diaspora: Thousands Protest SB 1070; Arizona Governor Braces for Lawsuits
Over Memorial Day weekend, tens of thousands of people marched in Phoenix, AZ to protest SB1070, a law that immigrants to carry papers at all times and makes it …

This Can’t Be Happening – Happens!
On Sunday May 18, Truthout's Leslie Thatcher interviewed veteran reporter, master raconteur and founder of the “This Can't Be Happening” web site, Dave Lindorff. Dave's remarkable background - and …

Ray McGovern | Obey Obeys
Last Thursday, May 27, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern sent this memo to Rep. David Obey, expressing disappointment over the congressman's continued support for funding the war in Afghanistan. …

News in Brief: States Roll Back Abortion Rights and More
Foes of abortion have been advancing their cause at the state level, reported The New York Times, with at least 11 states passing legislation this year regulating or restricting …

Doubling Down in Afghanistan: Why We Refuse to Fold a Losing Hand
As Congress moves toward rubber-stamping yet another “emergency” supplemental bill that includes more than $33 billion for military operations, mainly to fund the latest surge in Afghanistan, maybe we …

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Keeping focused on long-term US interests while managing the current crisis.

William Rivers Pitt | Down to Raisins
There is an old story about Abraham Lincoln spending vast amounts of time in the telegraph room of the War Department waiting for dispatches from his commanders in the …

CIA Drone Operators Oppose Strikes as Helping Al-Qaeda
Washington — Some CIA officers involved in the agency's drone strikes programme in Pakistan and elsewhere are privately expressing their opposition to the programme within the agency, because it …

On Having the Right to Remain Silent
The Supreme Court has just ruled, in the case of Berghuis v. Thompkins, that a person has the right to remain silent as long as they tell law enforcement …

Meet the People on the Front Lines of BP
The Justice Department has confirmed it’s opened a criminal and civil investigation into the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast, now believed to be the worst environmental disaster …