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by Peter Monaghan Criminal Punishment
Police body cameras were meant to hold officers accountable. On YouTube and beyond, they’ve become a wildly profitable form of human misery as entertainment. Read the article ›
by Emily Topping Media
The United States is one of the few countries that allow advertising to prescription drugs. It’s adding billions to our healthcare costs. Read the article ›
by Nathan Sledjeski
U.S. military power has poisoned Guam’s waters, controlled its politics, and prevented its people from determining their own future. Read the article ›
Florida’s politics have been misunderstood. Democrats have failed to compete there because they haven’t offered voters inspiring candidacies, not because it’s a “red” state.
Jefferson Davis is the only traitor with a “presidential library”—and you paid for it. My visit to America's most appalling tourist attraction...
Driving through America’s back roads, the emptiness of the information superhighways comes into sharp relief.
Across France, a mass protest and strike movement has nearly brought the state to its knees. In the U.S., there are things we can learn from our European counterparts.
Drop Site News reporter Julian Andreone spends his days staking out the hallways of the Capitol, confronting congress members on the issues they'd rather avoid—and you can too.
We’re often told business owners deserve their profits because of the “risks” they take. Nonsense.
Paul Verhoeven's classic depiction of a militarist fascist society helps demonstrate how propaganda works and what it conceals.
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