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Snowden: Symptom or Disease?
Never-ending culture of war breeds an ever-growing draconian government, which will pressure more whistleblowers to come forward to stop tyranny.
Jailed Journalist Barrett Brown Faces 105 Years for Reporting on Hacked Private Intelligence Firms
Journalist Barrett Brown spent his 300th day behind bars this week on a range of charges filed after he used information obtained by the hacker group Anonymous to report …
Opponents Vow to Fight On as Texas Advances Restrictive Abortion Bill
Organizer Rocio Villalobos: Movement promises to challenge anti-abortion bill in Texas and across the country.
Indignation Across Europe At Revelations of US Spying on Its Citizens
Former British intelligence whistleblower Annie Machon: Europeans angry at spying revelations, but laws protect spy agencies from accountability.
Senate Set to Confirm New FBI Head Who OK’d Waterboarding, Defends Mass Spying, Indefinite Detention
At his confirmation hearing to head the FBI, former Bush administration Deputy Attorney General James Comey refused to criticize the broad, ongoing collection of the phone records of Americans …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Snowden’s Revelation Paves the Way for Federal Lawsuit Against NSA
Edward Snowden's NSA leaks have allowed for a federal lawsuit against the NSA in defense of the fourth amendment.
Harvest of Empire, Part 2
On part two of the ‘Harvest of Empire’ series, Democracy Now!u2019s Juan Gonzalez traces the history of Nicaraguan and Salvadoran migration to the United States.
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act, Sparking Fears of Rollback for Minorities Long After Jim Crow
In a major blow for voting rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated an integral part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, the crowning achievement of the 1960s …
What Do Guns Have to Do With Immigration? For Gun Owners of America, Everything
Gun Owners of America (GOA) has been described as ‘eight lanes to the right’ of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
On the News With Thom Hartmann: FBI Admits to Using Surveillance Drones on US Soil, and More
The FBI has just admitted to using surveillance drones to spy on Americans on US soil.