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The next time you see a mainstream-media talking-head fawn over Woodward, just remember that if they had any backbone, any moral core, they would be fawning over Assange instead.
Looking beyond the distractions, one can see what really matters, like detecting cancer.
Here’s a hint you might be on the wrong side of history — when your government officials have to pretend to be someone else when contracting with chemical companies that make killer cocktails.
America is not based on hard work. Get it out of your head that this society is set up to be fair. Fair would be everyone with a roof over their head.
Must cut-throat late-stage capitalism always be so predictable?
Peace seems to have exceedingly, ridiculously, laughably bad timing, this latest time in Afghanistan, says Lee Camp.
We should relocate our racist statues to museums where we can remember our racist history in the appropriate context.
You see, there has been a class war going on for years – perpetrated by the rich (who aren’t smarter or better) against everyone else.
Just a few facts will change everything you think you know about American police, writes Lee Camp, with pictures by Eleanor Goldfield from the streets of downtown Washington.