| Real, Real Comrades: What 43+ Years of Prison Mean to Eddie Conway and Paul Coates Susie Day, Truthout: Marshall Eddie Conway and Paul Coates talk about how they met in Baltimore's Black Panther Party and maintained solidarity and friendship for 43 years after Conway was framed, convicted and jailed for murder. Read the Interview Election Rigging, Dark Money in Cantor's "Upset" Loss to Koch Stealth Candidate Ben-Zion Ptashnik and Victoria Collier, Truthout: November's political races will feature an all-out battle for control of the US Senate. Eric Cantor's "upset" Virginia primary defeat raises two integrity issues barely covered in the media that are red flags for those concerned about vote manipulations. Read the Article Servants of Power: Higher Education in an Era of Corporate Control Peter Seybold, Truthout: The corporatization of higher education has negatively impacted the university as an institution committed to critical inquiry, the empowerment of citizens and democratic discourse. The current struggle is part of a one-sided class war waged by elites to recapture the cultural apparatus of American society. Read the Article DC Press Corps Part of Incestuous Culture That Worships Power Mark Karlin, Truthout: Despite a scathing depiction of the US capital as run by "a permanent feudal caste" in his book, THIS TOWN, Mark Leibovich told Truthout he hasn't alienated many contacts. After all, he's achieved the most coveted status in Washington: that of a celebrity with proven media audience power. Read the Review Truthout Interviews Chris Crass on Feminism Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Truthout contributor Chris Crass talks about structural and behavioral sexism, and the ways in which men can change their behavior to transform family relationships and the larger society to more equitable systems. Watch the Interview Iraqis Are Not "Abstractions" Ray McGovern, Consortium News: US policy makers have long behaved like spoiled, destructive children treating Iraq as if it were some meaningless plaything. The game has been about who "wins" or "loses" in Washington, not who lives or dies in Iraq. Read the Article US Funds "Terror Studies" to Dissect and Neutralize Social Movements Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report: When American rulers say they are defending US national security interests against all potential enemies, what they really mean is they are defending the prevailing capitalist order against any social movement that might oppose it, anywhere on Earth. Read the Article Pundits and Partisans Are Up to Old Tricks in Iraq Eric Alterman, Moyers & Company: There was no al Qaeda-Iraq connection until the war; our invasion made it so. We have known this for nearly a decade, well before the murderous ISIS even appeared. Where were the watchdogs of the press? Read the Article Working Families Party Betrayal Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report: In New York or Illinois or anywhere else in the country, working people have few champions in the smoke-filled rooms of politics. From compromise to collapse, the left-liberals and union careerists are on the road to oblivion. Read the Article On Anniversary of Caperton v. Massey, Recusal Rules Still an Issue Allyse Falce, Brennan Center for Justice: States should adopt recusal standards that address the increasing presence of both campaign contributions and independent expenditures in high court elections, and judges should welcome these rules as a way to safeguard the impartiality of our courts. Read the Article White Blindness and Smiley Faces John Steppling, John Steppling's Blog: Even if there is a sense in white men that they are missing something, they can tell themselves, "Well, I am the creator of my own life. I must rely on myself, and not let this mob of complaining poor get in my way." The answer to those who threaten white privilege is to stomp them out. Read the Article This week in Speakout: David Krieger's poem about the incident that started the Great War reminds us of how easily a war can be started, while in another piece Krieger demands accountability for US actions in the unraveling of Iraq; Owen McCormack discusses the need to treat all animals humanely and decries factory farming; the Cornucopia Institute demands that the National Organic Standards Board remain independent and accountable; Jeriah Bowser describes his first kill; Public Citizen releases a report showing how unregulated Koch-related group spending influences local elections; Service Women's Action Network asks for help solving "the other VA scandal" - ending discrimination against survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment; Samantha Sarra reports back from "5 days for the Cuban 5," an event supporting Cuban political prisoners held in the US; "Johan Schnee" excoriates the UN's bureaucratic response to cholera in Haiti; Jesse Hagopian reports that the backlash against standardized testing has garnered some strange allies; and more. Read the Articles | 
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