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Bangkok -  A pioneer of citizens’ journalism in Vietnam is risking 20 years in jail for defending Internet freedom and exposing the draconian censorship laws in this communist party-ruled …

The House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in a surprise vote late Thursday despite a veto threat from the White House and opposition from civil …

We’ve talked at times about George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, and the amnesia that sets in when we flush events down the memory hole, leaving us at the mercy …

What a long chain of failures Occupy has been over the past seven months. Think about it: It didn’t shut down Wall Street on September 17th; it couldn’t set …

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation in his office in Manhattan in May 2007. (Photo: James Estrin / The New York Times)London - With a political firestorm …

BILL MOYERS: Welcome. Imagine if you turned on your TV set someday soon and were greeted by this: SESAME STREET CHARACTER #1: HI! Welcome to Sesame Street! SESAME STREET …

(Photo: Ryan Poplin; Edited: Lance Page / Truthout) Or, how my conservative critics prove the point In my new book The Republican Brain, I argue that if you …

(Photo: MikeWebkist) Do you support Truthout's reporting and analysis? Click here to help fund it. For several years, Luis Avila produced an acclaimed youth radio show in the Phoenix, …

Kevin Sibbitt, a 911 Dispatcher, listens to a call. (Photo: JBLM PAO / Flickr)Victim on Lot 5 Diane Clemmons Belton was a nobody. For a time, years ago, after …

In Free Press’ 2011 report on international models for public media, we noted how many of the changes we are witnessing in the American media landscape are also happening …