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This important new book tells the story of the world’s most famous prison from the perspective of the lawyers who toiled under notoriously difficult conditions on behalf of the detainees.

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]]> 2009-11-23T03:03:33+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/freedoms_fight_part_ii_20091120/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/freedoms_fight_part_ii_20091120/ black soldier, civil rights, fbi, freedom's fight, gary phillips, history, j. edgar hoover, novel, race, war, world war ii, Book Excerpt

Truthdig is pleased to present the second excerpt from Gary Phillips’ novel “Freedom’s Fight,” which interweaves real historical figures and situations in a fictive narrative about World War II, focusing not just on the black soldier’s struggle, but also on the debates various civil rights groups had about the war stateside.

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]]> 2009-11-21T00:46:51+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20091111_freedoms_fight/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20091111_freedoms_fight/ african american, black soldier, fiction, freedom's fight, gary phillips, novel, veteran's day, world war ii, Book Excerpt Gary Phillips

Truthdig is pleased to present an excerpt from Gary Phillips’ novel “Freedom’s Fight,” which interweaves real historical figures and situations in a fictive narrative about World War II, focusing not just on the black soldier’s struggle, but also on the debates various civil rights groups had about the war stateside.

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]]> 2009-11-11T23:56:14+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20091103_inventing_la_the_chandlers_and_their_times/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20091103_inventing_la_the_chandlers_and_their_times/ book, boyarsky, california, chandler, conservatives, excerpt, history, los angeles, los angeles times, media, money, newspapers, Book Excerpt

The Chandler family’s L.A. Times practically invented one of the great American cities. This is the story of the paper’s fall toward mediocrity.

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]]> 2009-11-03T10:23:20+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20091011_the_victims_of_pornography/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20091011_the_victims_of_pornography/ avn, book, chris hedges, culture, empire of illusion, hedges, las vegas, love, pornography, religion, sex, Book Excerpt

Pornography does not promote sex. It promotes masturbation. It promotes the solitary auto-arousal that precludes intimacy and love. Pornography is about getting yourself off at someone else’s expense.

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]]> 2009-10-12T05:48:28+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090914_business_goes_to_school/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090914_business_goes_to_school/ book, business, economy, education, excerpt, mike rose, money, school, why school, Book Excerpt

Business leaders are eager to meddle in education but rarely take responsibility for the root of education’s problem—economic despair and mind-numbing mass media.

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]]> 2009-09-15T07:33:54+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090821_a_bomb_in_every_issue/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090821_a_bomb_in_every_issue/ book, government, hinckle, history, media, peter richardson, politics, ramparts, religion, scheer, vietnam, war, Book Excerpt By Peter Richardson

Peter Richardson’s fascinating new book explores the short, unruly life of Ramparts Magazine and its extraordinary effect on American politics and media.

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]]> 2009-08-21T08:58:10+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090730_book_excerpt_empire_of_illusion/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090730_book_excerpt_empire_of_illusion/ book, culture, economy, empire, excerpt, hedges, media, television, war, Book Excerpt

Read this brilliant and humorous chapter from Chris Hedges’ new book and marvel as the Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent makes sense of reality television.

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]]> 2009-07-30T11:04:42+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090610_get_rich_cheating_part_2/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090610_get_rich_cheating_part_2/ , Book Excerpt Jeff Kreisler

Truthdig is pleased to present a second excerpt from comedian Jeff Kreisler’s new book, “Get Rich Cheating,” a satirical how-to guide that uses real scams in business, sports, entertainment and politics to show how we got into the mess we’re in.

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]]> 2009-06-10T18:23:34+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090602_get_rich_cheating/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090602_get_rich_cheating/ get rich cheating, humor, jeff kreisler, satire, Book Excerpt Jeff Kreisler

Truthdig is pleased to present an excerpt from comedian Jeff Kreisler’s new book, “Get Rich Cheating,” a satirical how-to guide that uses real scams in business, sports, entertainment, and politics to show how we got into the mess we’re in.

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