The Sentence They Don’t Tell You About

The Sentence They Don’t Tell You About

| Aug 5, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyEight years ago I blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program. I knew there’d be trouble, but I never could’ve predicted the years-long ordeal that followed. My revelations led to a four-year-long FBI investigation and five felony charges — against me,...
To Fight Racism, Protect the Right to Vote

To Fight Racism, Protect the Right to Vote

| Jul 29, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyThe cold-blooded murder of nine people at a Charleston church made it impossible to deny the persistence of racism across the nation. So do the symbols of support for slavery and segregation that remain emblazoned on public property throughout the South, and scattered...
Creeping out of the Foxhole

Creeping out of the Foxhole

| | Rights / DemocracyAt long last Republican presidential hopefuls crept out of their foxholes, where they’d been cowering and maintaining radio silence, to attack Donald Trump. With one or two exceptions, the field went AWOL as Trump trashed immigrants, calling them drug runners and...
The Money Primary

The Money Primary

| Jul 28, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyThe results of the first election of the 2016 presidential race are already in. It’s the money primary, controlled not by voters, but by super-wealthy donors. In this exclusive election, Jeb is way out front of the GOP pack with a record haul of $100 million,...