What I Learned From Breaking the Law

Here are five lessons I learned. I learned that: 1) Law is not to be trusted without interrogating its complicity with privilege and power. 2) Identity is morally problematic, especially if you get yourself born a white male of class privilege. 3) A nation that lets itself be governed by fear will become a poorly governed nation. 4) The arrogance of power contributes to its own demise when confronted by persistent resistance, and finally…. 5) I learned that the anger called hope can overcome despair, create a community of resistance and build a future that seemed impossible.

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American Drone Operators Are Quitting in Record Numbers

The Air Force explains the departure of these drone pilots in the simplest of terms. They are leaving because they are overworked. The pilots themselves say that it’s humiliating to be scorned by their Air Force colleagues as second-class citizens. Some have also come forward to claim that the horrors of war, seen up close on video screens, day in, day out, are inducing an unprecedented, long-distance version of post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD).

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