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Digital MLK
If MLK Day 2013 taught us anything, it is that after the Internet, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has become one of the most contested of …
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President Obama’s Second Term: Symbolic or Ironic?
MLK's “dream” was never about electing an African-American president.
A Response to Time Magazine: Young People are Not Fragmenting the Pro-Choice Movement
If anything is strengthening the pro-choice and reproductive justice movements, it's the people, regardless of age, who are working outside the traditional power structures.
In the Shadow of the Wall: From Gaza to Arizona
More than two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall, what have we learned about barriers that separate people?
What Is an Assange?
The mainstream press regards Julian Assange as neither whistleblower nor journalist, says law professor Jonathan Turley. And his defiance of category has been his downfall.
Truthout’s Jason Leopold on His Upcoming Trip to Guantanamo, His Update on the Gitmo “Suicide” of Adnan Latif and the Case of ex-CIA Spy John Kiriakou
Peter Collins talks to Jason Leopold.
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A Window Into Infiltration: The FBI Informant File of Sheila Louise O’Connor
Much has changed since the 70s, yet the use of informants is still a staple of law enforcement.
“An Incredible Soul”: Larry Lessig Remembers Aaron Swartz
“This was somebody who was pushed to the edge by what I think of as a kind of bullying by our government.”
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Aaron Swartz, a Spark in Life and Death
Depression alone didn't kill Aaron. In a statement released over the weekend, his family blamed the Department of Justice's prosecutorial overreach.
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Why a Woman Should Lead the FCC
The Federal Communications Commission has been around since 1934. And not once has a woman served as chair.