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Does Free Speech Have a Palestine Exception? Dismissed Professor Steven Salaita Speaks Out
Activists in the US are being harassed, disciplined, fired, sued, censored or threatened for their advocacy around Palestine.
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“Economic Migrants” Getting Bad Rap in Refugee Debate
Like refugees, economic migrants deserve the right to relocate, as they are fleeing another kind of violence: poverty.
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Brazil’s Unending World Cup: Twenty-Two Communities Still Fighting for Home in Fortaleza
After a World Cup light rail project forced them to relocate, residents continue to fight for fair compensation and housing.
Dahr Jamail | Free Speech Gets the Death Penalty
The US Department of Defense's Law of War Manual gives the US military the legal opportunity to censor, capture and even kill US journalists.
Freed Al Jazeera Reporter Peter Greste Seeks Pardon From Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi granted pardons to 100 people on Wednesday.
Journalist Peter Greste on Surviving Egyptian Prison Term
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste remembers his time in prison in Egypt.
Protecting the Shield: Why ESPN Can’t Be Trusted to Cover the NFL
It's not just wealthy quarterbacks who suffer at the hands of a duplicitous league and a complicit media empire: We all do.
Calling Out “Activist Tourism” and the “Progressive” Mainstream
Ball discusses “activist tourism,” the mainstream press and how books and museums shape cultural and collective memory.
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Hitler at Home: How the Nazi PR Machine Duped the World
Through architecture, design and media depictions of his homes, a myth of the private Hitler as peaceable homebody emerged.
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How to Censor Yourself Before the Government Even Has a Chance
When so many of us become frightened enough of our own government to do its censoring for it, I'd say that we've all lost.