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All Views Articles for 2013-10-01

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
	Edward Snowden The Work of a Generation NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's words were entered as testimony at the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee in Brussels on Monday. Jesselyn Radack of the US Government Accountability... Read more
	Ann Jones The Forgotten War: 12 Years in Afghanistan Down the Memory Hole Will the U.S. still be meddling in Afghanistan 30 years from now? If history is any guide, the answer is yes. And if history is any guide, three decades from now most Americans will have only the... Read more
	Michael Winship The IRS Scandal that Wasn’t A few days ago, Lois Lerner, head of the tax-exempt division of the Internal Revenue Service, retired. But her story will go on because, as Politico’s Lauren French wrote, the thirty-year civil... Read more
	Harvey Wasserman The Demand for a Global Take-Over at Fukushima has Hit Critical Mass More than 48,000 global citizens have now signed a petition at www.nukefree.org asking the United Nations and the world community to take charge of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. Another 35,... Read more
	Robert Scheer The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution Secrecy is for the convenience of the state. To support military adventures and budgets, vast troves of U.S. government secrets are routinely released not by lone dissident whistle-blowers but rather... Read more
	Chris Wagner Employer Fraud Costs Workers Wrongly classifying workers as independent contractors gets around laws like workers' compensation and family and medical leave. It's costing Texas construction workers millions, according to the... Read more
	Steven Lubet GOP's Most Shameful Shutdown Moment There are many candidates, but comparing Obamacare to the Fugitive Slave Act takes the prize Read more
	Joshua Keating How Would We Report on the Government Shutdown if It Happened in Another Country? WASHINGTON, United States—The typical signs of state failure aren’t evident on the streets of this sleepy capital city. Beret-wearing colonels have not yet taken to the airwaves to declare martial... Read more
	Imara Jones Why Race Matters in the Government Shutdown Read more