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Ursula Le Guin’s Viral Video: “We Will Need Writers Who Can Remember Freedom”
Eminent sci-fi writer Ursula Le Guin made a knock-out speech about the power of capitalism, literature and imagination.
Peace Activist Kathy Kelly Heads to Prison for Protesting US Drone War
Peace activist Kathy Kelly is about to begin a three-month prison sentence for protesting the US drone war.
NYPD Officer Speaks Out on Fellow Cops Who Turned Backs to Mayor and Why People of Color Fear Police
Some 20,000 people gathered in New York City on Saturday for the funeral of NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos.
Truthout Interviews Joe Macaré on Keeping the Independence in Independent Journalism and Truthout
Ted Asregadoo speaks to Truthout publisher Joe Macare about how Truthout is able to maintain its journalistic independence.
How the Pentagon Papers Came to Be Published by the Beacon Press, as Told by Daniel Ellsberg and Others
In 1972 Beacon Press lost a Supreme Court case brought against it by the US government for publishing the first full edition of the Pentagon Papers.
Rene Gonzalez, First Freed Member of Cuban Five, Speaks Out From Havana
Earlier this month the United States released the remaining members of the Cuban Five.
Native Americans Confront History of Dispossession
Congress passed a measure that would give lands sacred to Native Americans in Arizona to a foreign company.
“The Interview” Belittles North Korea, but Is Film’s Backstory and US Policy the Real Farce?
President Barack Obama has said the US is considering putting North Korea back on its list of terrorism sponsors.
The New Robber Barons
What happened in Washington over the past several days sounds strikingly familiar to the First Gilded Age.
Calls for Calm After NYPD Union Says Mayor, Protesters Have Blood on Their Hands for Cops’ Murder
New York City is grappling with the aftermath of the first targeted killings of police officers in years.