Truthout
Human Rights
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Afghan Families Want Accountability, Not Apologies
The dusty cemetery in Saracha village hosts three new graves and their families want justice.
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The NSA Isn’t Foiling Terrorist Plots
There's still no credible evidence that the NSA's massive digital surveillance has disrupted any terrorist plots.
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Glenn Greenwald and the $250 Million “Angel Investor“
Journalist Glenn Greenwald is leaving British newspaper The Guardian to join a media organization started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
Undressing Fashion: What It Says About Gender, Sex, and Power
We get dressed every day; what do our style choices say about us? Authors of the book ‘Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style’ Marjorie Jolles and Shara Tarrant …
Blinded by the Systematic Power
African Americans and Latin Americans have been oppressed for centuries, and yet still has there not been any change. Many people of the United States blame the individual for …
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Freeing Marissa Alexander
In 2012, Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a gun at the ceiling to prevent her estranged husband from attacking her.
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Dr. King’s “Dream” Denied
According to Bill O'Reilly, a syndicated columnist and also the host of the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor, the reason Trayvon Martin died is because he dressed a …
“Edward Snowden Is a Patriot”: Ex-NSA CIA, FBI and Justice Whistleblowers Meet Leaker in Moscow
Democracy Now! spends the hour with four former US intelligence officials - all whistleblowers themselves - who have just returned from visiting National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden in …
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Women Are Bearing the Brunt of Shutdown Fallout
The ‘non-essential’ programs that are currently unfunded due to the shutdown are in fact essential for many women and children.
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Living the Orwellian Life
America has a tradition of spying on its own, something George Orwell predicted long ago in his novel 1984.