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The fact that journalists assigned to cover this story could fail to remember that political violence has been part of the United States landscape for the past decade and more is testament to a narrow definition that dismisses right-wing domestic violence as not really terrorism–and to a will to believe, for partisan or psychological reasons, that George W. Bush "kept us safe" after 9/11. The reality is not so comforting.

Henry Kissinger's quote recently released by Wikileaks, "the illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer," likely brought a smile to his legions of elite media, government, corporate and high society admirers. Oh that Henry! That rapier wit! That trademark insouciance! That naughtiness! It is unlikely, however, that the descendants of his more than 6 million victims in Indochina share in the amusement.

Daniel McGowan is now serving the last six months of his seven-year sentence for an environmentally motivated arson at a halfway house in Brooklyn. The Bureau of Prisons has retaliated against McGowan for writing constitutionally protected political blogs by placing him in a special prison unit and then after he was released, re-imprisoned him when he exercised his free speech rights by writing an article complaining about it. Kafka is twirling in his grave.

At least 27 human species have walked the Earth, but only our lineage survived. Our ancestors may have crossed a cerebral Rubicon that led to babies being born “early”

“We Need To Tell The Story”: Literary advocates nationwide reflect on five years of relentless attacks on the freedom to read.

Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities. The security officers were contracted through multinational private security company Prosegur, according to a Raw Story investigation.

The people of New York decided earlier this year that the person they most trusted to decrease the cost of living is Zohran Mamdani. Just a few months later, the craze for a leftist mayor crossed the Atlantic and reached the German capital Berlin.

The 322-page joint report from the ACLU and Amnesty International claims that the University violated free speech rights and imposed more punitive punishments for pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

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Death by drugs is brutal—and designed for political optics. Christa Pike’s failed execution pulled back the curtain.