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Edward Snowden's leaks of top-secret NSA documents has unleashed a wave of very strong feelings of anger and betrayal – of the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable and unwarranted …

Slowly but surely, our government is infringing upon the rights of the media, and eating away at freedom of the press.

Anne Elizabeth Moore speaks with McChesney about the future of the Internet, capitalism and Truthout.

The recent incarceration of a Somali woman who dared to report her own rape has raised concerns internationally over the new government regime.

No matter how hard Genachowski tries to convince us that he's a transformative figure, he seems stuck on the wrong side of history.

An academic researcher says we must protect the press not only from state power, but also from corporate interests - even if the state must be charged to help.

The mainstream press regards Julian Assange as neither whistleblower nor journalist, says law professor Jonathan Turley. And his defiance of category has been his downfall.

Free Press journalists look at forensic evidence to determine whether any voter fraud was committed in Ohio during the 2004 election.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission handed down a decision that could save millions of Verizon Wireless subscribers up to $240 a year.

(Image: JR / Truthout) In researching this book, I ran across an astonishing piece of writing from our nation’s early years. It’s a fitting prologue for this …