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Human Rights
Denying Racism Has an Evidence Problem
Saying something doesn't exist will not make that true; it is a sort of word magic that reinforces the unacknowledged status quo.
Debate: Was Snowden Justified? Former NSA Counsel Stewart Baker Vs. Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host a debate on former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and his disclosure of the massive spying apparatus the NSA operates in the …
Any National “Conversation About Race” Must Include Black Radical Tradition
What passes for most ‘conversations about race,’ particularly in corporate media, which shape public perception, are narrow or wrong.
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On Fred Korematsu Day: From Evacuation to Deportation on the Anniversary of Japanese-American Internment
What have we learned since the internment of Japanese-Americans in desert concentration camps and converted race tracks?
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US Plummets in Global Press Freedom Rankings
According to a new report from Reporters Without Borders, there was a profound erosion of press freedom in the United States in 2013.
NSA Whistleblower: USA Freedom Act Will Not Go Far Enough to Protect Civil Liberties
Former NSA intelligence analyst and whistleblower Kirk Wiebe says that the NSA has lived a mostly unconstitutional existence, and that any oversight will require an independent group to have …
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Black History Month
Black History Month provides an opportunity to reflect on a past we should never forget and the extent to which the legacy of racial inequality is still with us.
Death by Metadata: Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald Reveal NSA Role in Assassinations Overseas
In the first expose for their new venture, First Look Media's digital journal The Intercept, investigative journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald reveal the National Security Agency is using …
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Famous First Words: “I Have Been Unfaithful to My Husband”
The stunning directness and immediacy of the opening line of Sigrid Unset's first novel, “Marta Oulie,” are sustained throughout its pages.
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Henry A. Giroux | Totalitarian Paranoia in the Post-Orwellian Surveillance State
Henry A. Giroux: The NSA and other intelligence agencies work hard to create an authoritarian state in which the “electronic self” becomes public property.