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William Astore | Give Me Liberty or Keep Me Safe!
Every school boy and girl knows the famous cry of Patrick Henry: “Give me liberty or give me death!” However imperfectly realized, enshrining and protecting personal liberties and freedoms …
Truthout: Breaking the Mold in the Age of Corporate Sponsorship
Hi Truthout Readers, There are a lot of news sources out there - although, OK, not as many as there used to be. But you know already that Truthout …
Drones and Democracy
Islamabad - On May 12, the day after a US drone strike killed 24 people in Pakistan's North Waziristan, two men from the area agreed to tell us their …
Mounting Biodiversity Loss Poses Threat to Human Survival
Rome - When people talk about biodiversity loss, discussion often centres on the tragedy of animals like the tiger and the panda being in danger of extinction. It is …
Red State Road Trip 2: “I’m Not A Racist” (Video – Part XIV)
Travel into the deep South as the 2008 election draws near, and listen to what small town black and white Americans have to say. Support Truthout and independent media …
Haitian Earthquake Survivors Struggle for Social and Economic Rights
“It's a nightmare from which you never wake up,” said a coordinator for Partners in Health in Port-au-Prince, referring to the January 12 earthquake and its social aftermath. …
UN Will Investigate North Korea Sinking of South Korean Ship
North Korea is facing new pressures over its suspected sinking of a South Korean naval vessel, with the United Nations body that oversees the multinational force in South Korea …
Cries From the Past: Torture’s Ugly Echoes
In a superb op-ed, written by Leonard S. Rubenstein and Stephen N. Xenakis, published recently in the New York Times (Doctors Without Morals, March 1, 2010, p. A23), the …
Death-Defying Institutional Brands
I'm increasingly intrigued by the ability of certain brands to outlast the loss of their underlying substance. Facts are stubborn things, John Adams said, but sometimes, it seems, not …
Obama Taps Former Senator Graham to Co-Chair Commission Probing BP Oil Spill
Washington - Facing a growing furor over the monthlong Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the White House Friday named two environmentalists to lead a presidential commission investigating the disaster. …