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Reporter Who Brought Down the 'Runaway General' Dead at 33

The Terror Con

Greenland's Great Melt Is Pinned on Climate Change

The U.S. Military and the Unraveling of Africa

Nate Silver vs. Politico: It's on Again

REPORTS

Greenland’s Great Melt Is Pinned on Climate Change
By Tim Radford, Climate News Network

The U.S. Military and the Unraveling of Africa
By Nick Turse, TomDispatch

Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Ex-Employees Say
By Paul Kiel, ProPublica

The Making of a Global Security State
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch

Ear to the ground

Google Fights for Transparency in FISA Court

U.S. and Taliban Announce Direct Negotiations

Reporter Who Brought Down the ‘Runaway General’ Dead at 33

Nate Silver vs. Politico: It’s on Again

IRS Conspiracy Theory Debunked, Rand Paul Answers Cheney Criticism, and More

Bill Ayers: Try Obama, Bush for War Crimes

A/V Booth

GOP Congressman: Abortions Should Be Banned Because Male Fetuses Masturbate

The Campaign to Ignore Sarah Palin

Did Progress Leave Christians Behind?

Watch: Rick Perry Blunders Jab at Obama’s Benghazi Reaction

Arts & Culture

Ernest Hemingway: Dud KGB Spy?

The Joy of Singing Out of the Spotlight
By Richard Schickel

Let Nicholas Kristof Damage Your Mind

The Unwinding
By Marc Fisher

Digs

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust

By Tom Segev

John Lasker, Contributor

Freelance journalist John Lasker was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. His work has appeared in Wired magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Agence France-Press and Truthdig. Much of what John writes about focuses on human rights, exploited labor and armed conflict.

Truthdig Columns

2012

03/25 Stepmother of Slain Female Soldier Asks Court to Show Leniency

01/23 Surviving the Hell of War, and Then Some

2011

09/20 No End in Sight for a Family’s Agonizing Guessing Game

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The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust

Conversations With Scorsese

Baseball Cap

John Lasker, Contributor

Truthdig Columns

2012

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