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DARE To Be Informed
Cartoonish in quality, the video is an unorthodox way for a sitting president to express himself. But Mr. Trump has ratcheted up his attacks on the media More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Trump takes his denigration of America's free press to an international platform. Safety concerns for CNN staff surface as threats are received against reporters and their families. Rachel… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Controversy swirls over CNN interview with creator of wrestling match attack GIF circulated by Trump, with critics assailing the network over the terms of their agreement to protect the… More
from Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA
Vaccaro’s legion of critics would accuse him of hypocrisy. After all, he made his living for years off the unpaid players. More
from Patient H.M.
Memories make us. Everything we are is everything we were. This has always been true and is so obvious that it hardly needs to be said. More
from Black Elk
Wind Cave in the Black Hills was that route to the underworld; at least, so said the medicine men, and Black Elk did not question them. More
from Angel of Oblivion
As soon as she starts moving, I follow her. She is my queen bee and I am her drone. The scent of her clothes reaches my nose… More
from Pearl
That pearl had rolled away from a mound where brightly lit plants cast bold shadows: More
from What is Not Yours is Not Yours
Throwing the key into the fire was the first step of this man’s fever-born plan. The second step involved the kidnapping of a girl he had seen around. More
from Evicted
What the judge was saying, in essence, was: We all agree that you were poor and scared when you did this violent, hurtful thing. More
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