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The Promise of a Courageous Al-Jazeera America May Be Fading

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Real American Boy: How Our Byzantine Immigration System and Failed Economy May Have Made a Terrorist
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California Man Sues Officers He Says Nearly Beat Him to Death

The Promise of a Courageous Al-Jazeera America May Be Fading

A Step Closer to Immigration Reform

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Economic Murder: How and Why Austerity Kills

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Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

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The Girls of Atomic City
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Tag: Michael Ratner

Assange Lawyer to U.S. and Britain: ‘Back Off’

Michael Ratner, legal adviser to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, applauds Ecuador for standing up to two of the world’s most powerful countries, the United States and the United Kingdom, and says those countries will break international law under the U.N. Refugee Convention if they prevent Assange from accepting asylum in Ecuador.

Posted on Aug 16, 2012 READ MORE

AP/Tim Hales

Truthdigger of the Week: Julian Assange

Few people have so fully devoted their lives to exposing abuses of power as WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange.

Posted on Jun 22, 2012 READ MORE

Leaked Email Suggests Secret Indictment of WikiLeaks Founder

Internal emails disclosed by Anonymous and WikiLeaks suggest that Stratfor, a private intelligence firm working with the U.S. Justice Department, has information about a confidential “sealed indictment” for the arraignment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.