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Dave Lindorff | National Insecurity: Afraid of the Truth
The White House’s initial response to the release of 92,000 pages of raw reports from the field by US forces in Afghanistan for a period from 2004-2009—that it was …
News in Brief: Migrant Bodies Piling Up in Arizona Heat, and More
Recent heat waves made July a deadly month for immigrants crossing the Arizona-Mexico border, with 57 bodies recovered from the deserts south of Tucson on the American side, according …
Democrats Take on Supreme Court’s Giant Sell-Out of Our Democracy to Corporations
Democrats in Congress are fighting to undo, or at least mitigate, the potential damage wrought by the Supreme Court in its Citizens United decision, an example of right-wing judicial …
Safety First!
The number of serious on-the-job accidents this year have yet again made very clear the urgent need for expanded and tightened government safety regulation. The toll on workers has …
Barry Eisler | The Ministry of Truth
Recently, I had the good fortune to be invited by NPR to submit an essay on a favorite thriller of mine. I decided to write about George Orwell's Nineteen …
Michigan Oil Leak Polluting Kalamazoo River; Governor Declares Disaster Area
Battle Creek, Michigan - Southern Michigan residents are learning that devastating oil spills aren't limited to the Gulf Coast. Crews were working Wednesday to contain and clean up an …
WikiLeaks Q&A With Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, the man behind the most significant leak in Pentagon history – the 1971 Pentagon Papers – spoke to the Monitor about how important the WikiLeaks documents are …
The End of (Military) History?
What’s the point of constantly using our superb military if doing so doesn’t actually work?
Mexico Celebrates Ruling on Arizona Law
Mexico City — In the heart of the Mexican capital a crowd of 100 activists stood silently outside the imperious American Embassy on Wednesday waiting for a judicial decision …
Conceding Failure of Pentagon Papers Critical to WikiLeaks’ Success Ending War
Almost as soon as the WikiLeaks story broke on Sunday, officials and commentators were making comparisons between these 91,000 documents and the Pentagon Papers, the 4,000 page classified study …