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Compared to the kind of secret cables that WikiLeaks has just shared with the world, everyday public statements from government officials are exercises in make-believe.

Recent reports suggest that Bank of America is in damage control mode after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange promises to unleash a cache of damning, secret documents.

Cornel West and Tavis Smiley discuss whether Barack Obama is the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.

Press Advisory. Until now, US officials who authorized torture have escaped punishment. Now as a Spanish court considers a key case, dozens of US groups take their appeal directly to the Spanish people.

Call the White House Thursday to voice your support for accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower US Army PFC Bradley Manning. Bradley has been held in solitary confinement-like conditions for over eight months, and his trial is still months away

What do Hosni Mubarak and the major United States cable companies have in common? RootsAction partner Truthout exposes the Al-Jezeera connection.

 

RootsAction endorser Barbara Ehrenreich discusses the "tyranny of the armed" evident in violent threats to social scientist Frances Fox Piven.

When it comes to health insurance coverage, Wisconsin receives a B in comparison to other states, but only because it’s graded on a curve.

You must have had a moment when you thought to yourself: It really isn’t going to end, is it?  Not ever.

Rationally, you know perfectly well that whatever your “it” might be will indeed end, because everything does, but your gut tells you something different. I had that moment recently when it came to the American way of war.

Representative John Shimkus (R-IL), who said he opposed cap and trade legislation because God would not allow the Earth to be destroyed by global warming, is seeking the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.