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Whistleblowers

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New York Times Reporting on Airstrikes Should Give Daniel Hale More Credit

The New York Times should give Daniel Hale proper credit and call for Biden to immediately pardon him. As long as he’s in prison, there is no justice.

Sam Carliner ·

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NY Times: US Hid True Toll of Air Wars; Thousands of Dead Civilians, Many of Them Children

President Barack Obama called it “the most precise air campaign in history”

Common Dreams staff ·

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The US Empire's Slow But Determined Execution of Julian Assange

The journalist and Wikileaks founder committed the greatest sin. He exposed the imperial project as a criminal enterprise.

Chris Hedges ·

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Free Julian Assange Now

The US government's efforts to extradite the Wikileaks founder pose a grave threat to press freedom both in the US and abroad.

Stefan Simanowitz ·

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New Whistleblower Sparks Calls to 'Crack Down on Facebook and All Big Tech Companies'

Hours after another ex-employee filed a formal complaint, reporting broke on internal documents that show the tech giant's failure to address concerns about content related to the 2020 U.S. election.

Jessica Corbett ·

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Life in the Post-9/11 Military: A Navy Wife's Perspective

Over the last decade, I've felt as if the tiny community of discontented, activist-minded spouses I've associated with and the mob-like structures of the military conformists who eternally try to rope us in or dismiss us seemed to recreate post-9/11 America in a microcosm.

Andrea Mazzarino ·

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Critics Say Facebook 'Must Be Investigated, Audited, Regulated, and Stopped'

As whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress, experts urged federal lawmakers and regulators to take on tech giants and work harder to protect civil and human rights online.

Jessica Corbett ·

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In Scathing Senate Testimony, Whistleblower Warns Facebook a Threat to Children and Democracy

Frances Haugen said the company's leaders know how to make their platforms safer, "but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people."

Brett Wilkins ·

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Ilhan Omar to Joe Biden: Pardon Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale

The Minnesota Democrat argued that the information Hale leaked "has shone a vital light on the legal and moral problems of the drone program."

Jake Johnson ·

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Further Blow to Press Freedoms as US Wins Appeal in Effort to Extradite Julian Assange

"This disingenuous appeal should be dismissed by the court and President Biden should take the opportunity to drop these politically motivated charges."

Brett Wilkins ·

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