Special Report: For many Americans, Thomas Jefferson is the beloved author of the Declaration of Independence so they broach no criticism of him. But the real Jefferson may have been America’s founding sociopath, a man of racist self-interest and endless hypocrisies, writes…
Category: Human Rights
The Restoration of Plundered Rights
Itching for a Genocide
The Risk of a Ukraine Bloodbath
A Band-Aid Approach to Fixing the V.A.
Does Cell-Phone Case Imperil NSA Spying?
Though the Republican-controlled U.S. Supreme Court often splits 5-4 on partisan and ideological issues, a consensus is emerging against the government’s electronic intrusion on personal privacy, which could portend trouble for NSA spying, says Marjorie Cohn.
Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism
Iraqi Chaos May Give Kurds a State
Who Violated Ukraine’s Sovereignty?
Selective Sympathy in Israel/Palestine
The mainstream U.S. media often reveals its bias by selecting some personal tragedies for saturation coverage while downplaying or ignoring similar horrors to “others,” such as the massive attention given to the search for three kidnapped Israeli teens, as Lawrence Davidson observes.