17 July 2013
White privilege: Innocent; Trayvon Martin: Guilty
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Dennis Trainor, Jr.
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I can't say I was surprised at the verdict. Because, to apply the famous words of George Zimmerman, these assholes always get away. There is a lot of blame to go around...
14 July 2013
A Conspiracy Primer
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Joseph E. Green
"I must frankly confess that the foreign policy of the United States since the termination of hostilities has reminded me, sometimes irresistibly, of the attitude of Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II ... It is characteristic of the military...
13 July 2013
Denouncing NSA Surveillance Isn’t Enough -- We Need the Power to Stop It
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Norman Solomon
For more than a month, outrage has been profuse in response to news about NSA surveillance and other evidence that all three branches of the U.S. government are turning Uncle Sam into Big Brother.

Now what?

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13 July 2013
Privacy, Security and Sanity
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Robert Koehler
What I keep longing to hear, in the hemorrhaging national debate about Edward Snowden, whistleblowing and the NSA, is some acknowledgment of what the word “security” actually means, and what role — if any — the government should play in...
09 July 2013
An economic divide is growing in our cities
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Jesse Jackson
What is the plan for our nation’s cities? Are they simply to simmer with a growing divide between the affluent financial district and the impoverished slums? Will another generation be lost while we wait for the inevitable explosions? The...
06 July 2013
A region too soon forgotten: U.S. foreign policy in Southeast Asia
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Nicholas Hills
As the Middle East encounters a proliferation of turmoil and angst concerning its future, the United States is struggling to define its foreign policy in the region. Weeks after the Obama administration decided to arm the Syrian rebels in...

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