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'The Greening Of America,' A #1 Bestseller, Has Long Been Out Of Print. Now It's Back, Just As Relevant As It Was In 1970.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2012 | Books
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Jesse Kornbluth

The New Yorker issue of September 26, 1970 contained a 70-page, 39,000-word excerpt from The Greening of America -- the longest book excerpt in its hi...

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The Fear of... Freedom?

Sam Chaltain | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Freedom of Speech, Egypt Protests, Tunisia, Middle East, Egypt, Freedom, Bahrain, Fdr, Hugo Black, Democracy, World News
Sam Chaltain

For better or worse, America has committed itself to an unprecedented experiment in freedom. On that principle -- a core First Amendment principle -- we have banked everything.

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Top 5 WikiLeaks Quotes

Joe Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Pentagon Papers, Bob Gates, Potter Stewart, Hugo Black, Franco Frattini, Politics News
Joe Lauria

"The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment...

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A Docudrama Illuminates the Battle Between National Security and the People's Right to Know

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Wikileaks, Maynard Institute, LeRoy Aarons, Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, Neil Sheehan, Hugo Black, Daniel Ellsberg, NY Theatre Workshop, The PentagonPapers, Carl Bernstein, Vietnam War, Kerner Report, David Wise, New York Times, Docudramas, Washington Post, Entertainment News, Robert Shrum Gregg Pierotti, Geoffrey Cowan, Katherine Graham, Robert McNamara, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

The play Top Secret centers on whether Katherine Graham will give approval to print the Pentagon Papers. For those unfamiliar with the history, it opens a door to understanding concerns of utmost relevance today.

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