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My Guantanamo Diary by Mahvish Khan. Imagine that a young idealistic American who happened to speak Pashto had been let inside Guantanamo to interview prisoners? Mahvish Khan was. This Pashtun-American, working as a legal aide, heard sto...

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7:05 PM | Jun 10, 2009

Double X is a new site "written mostly for women, but not only for them." It grew out of Slate's Double X blog, launched to cover the presidential election through the lens of women's issues. I like Meghan O'Rourke's piece, Spock Is From...

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7:06 PM | May 14, 2009

The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature in New York City. When PEN announced its 2009 lineup on March 25, festival chairman Salman Rushdie quoted Kevin Costner. Regarding the festival Rushdie had co-founded five years a...

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1:15 PM | Apr 8, 2009

Zoya Phan of the Burma Campaign. Zoya speaks out with passion and clarity against a regime that some say is engaged in genocide against her people, the Karen. She reminds us, as we mark the 60th anniversary of the UN's Declaration of Hum...

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10:43 AM | Jan 7, 2009

How much change are we truly in for? In answering this, President-elect Obama will surely be friendlier to the arts than his predecessor, possibly because he understands what Orwell was keen to point out, that sloppy politics begins as...

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9:23 AM | Nov 25, 2008

EarthRights International, a non-profit focusing on human and environmental rights, is definitely one to keep an eye on. Their website keeps readers up to date on the brave suits they take on against governments who partner with powerful...

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4:40 PM | Nov 18, 2008
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