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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 …
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 …
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 …
Why You Should Care About El Salvador’s Presidential Elections
Like it or not, the past and present of the US is tied to the fate of “El caminito.”
Open Letter to WV Inmates: Beware of Private Prisons Before Signing Away Your Rights
The prisoners themselves would play a critical role in making this scheme by having to sign away their right to be incarcerated and rehabilitated within the state of West …
“Honor the Treaties” Honored the Celebrity
Discussion of the treaties was eerily absent in the media's appraisal of Neil Young's “Honor the Treaties” tour.
President Obama, You Are Invited to Visit Arizona’s Operation Streamline at the Federal Courthouse
24 human rights activists put their lives and liberty on the line to end this for-profit scheme called Operation Streamline.
Ten Principles to Guide the Young Activist
They say people who live for a higher cause are happier than those who don't.
The Passing of Anthony Guarisco
In every element of living, both Anthony and Mary compassionately gave life ‘one heck of ride!’
Hancock 17 Drone War Crimes Resisters Rest Their Case
Reaper drones flown by pilots at Hancock are used commit Crimes Against Peace, War Crimes and violations of Human Rights law.