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Eight Days in a Hong Kong Hotel: A Film Analysis of Citizenfour
Citizenfour is about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's actions as well as the collective work of reporters, and whistleblowers Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, Jeremy Scahill and William Binney.
Uncle Sam’s Databases of Suspicion: A Shadow Form of National ID
The US government's many watchlists should be seen as a new form of national ID for a growing group of people accused of no crime.
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Updating Sartre’s Anti-Semite and Jew for the Twenty-First Century USA
We as a society openly sustain forms of bigotry, most notably against Muslims today, pursuant to an inequitable social order.
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Public Pension Reform Is Without Legal and Moral Justification
Public employees are promised certain retirement compensation. It is earned; it is not a gratuity.
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In Search of a Sanctuary for Migrant Children
Inspired by the Sanctuary Movement of the early 1980s, when at least 500 churches offered safe-havens for migrants escaping conflict in Central America, faith leaders today are looking to …
Radical Sanctuary: Faith Groups Rally Around Migrant Youth
People in communities of faith are on the front lines of a growing movement pushing for legalization for millions of migrants living in the US.
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Vonderrit Myers “Shot in Back”: Slave Patrol Officials Continue Disinformation Campaign
For this slave patroller, African boys running down a street automatically indicate suspicious and criminal behavior.
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Feminism: The Men Arrive!
The arrival of the guys signifies a sea change for feminism in which the conversation has been transformed.
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Telling the Stories of Victims in Indiana Serial Killings
What will it take for African-American female crime victims to get the national news coverage they deserve?
Truthout Interviews on Domestic Abuse, State Violence and the Case of Marissa Alexander
Ted Asregadoo speaks to Truthout Contributors Tasahsa Henderson, Monica Trinidad and Ash Stephens about domestic abuse, state violence and the case of Marissa Alexander.