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William Rivers Pitt
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William Rivers Pitt | To Know the Darkness and the Light
On the heels of Robin Williams' death, William Rivers Pitt ruminates on living with bipolar depression.
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William Rivers Pitt | The Dumpster Fire of Obama’s Moral Authority
Whatever lingering moral authority remaining in the administration of President Barack Obama fell to dust last Friday in a news dump that no one, apparently, was expected to pay …
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William Rivers Pitt | All the Blood in Your Body
Health workers here say they are now battling two enemies: the unprecedented Ebola epidemic and fear.
William Rivers Pitt | Hope in the Village
Glowing like a coal in the night, a bunch of kids were immersed in the practice of community and good government.
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William Rivers Pitt | Land of the Free, Unless You’re a Woman
The Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision is many things, but mostly it's simple, old-fashioned woman-hating from top to bottom.
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William Rivers Pitt | Iraq, Two Bullets and the Long Arc of History
Two bullets in Sarajevo unleashed one hundred years of carnage. Some facile lies from a few American politicians may well have unleashed another hundred years of the same.
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William Rivers Pitt | They Belong in Prison, Not on TV
"I spent the first decade of the 21st century dealing with these blood-sodden bastards from the Bush administration. Now, it appears, I will spend a chunk of a second …
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William Rivers Pitt | The Astonishing Privilege of Fatherhood
Happy Father's Day, brothers. Enjoy it. We're back to work tomorrow.
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The FCC’s Net Neutrality Proposal Is Out: It’s Time to Make Our Voices Heard
The Federal Communications Commission today voted to propose open internet rules, in its latest attempt to establish net neutrality regulations.
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William Rivers Pitt | Mother’s Day at the End of the World
"I stand with Sonja Woods, and with every mother who has felt the suffering of a child who has been shot. There are many more to come, because we …