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Ten years after Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder, the debate over assisted-suicide continues. A new story at InTheseTimes.com, "Live Free, Die Free," spotlights The Final Exit Network, a the national right-to-die organization, and the government accusations surrounding it.
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NEWS and FEATURES
Live Free, Die Free: The Final Exit Network, a right-to-die organization, battles government euthanasia accusations.
COIN Toss: Counterinsurgency failed before, but the United States is trying again.
Why Kansas Matters: A new documentary details how politics and religion intersect in America.
WORKING IN THESE TIMES
Four Years After Katrina, Workers Still Exploited in the Big Easy: Wage theft continues to haunt many of the tens of thousands of workers who moved to New Orleans in Katrina's wake.
An American Garment Worker Asks, ‘Where’s the Freedom?’: Lisa Liu, a garment worker in Oakland, Calif., recently told her story to Working In These Times contributor David Bacon.
How Could Obama Reduce Economic Inequality?: Senior Editor David Moberg answers when of the country's most pressing questions.
Food Workers Union Squares Off Against Whole Foods: Major unions have joined the movement to boycott the Whole Foods grocery chain.
Japan Election Signals Workers’ Anger, Insecurity: The historic results of Sunday's election in part register the frustration of Japanese workers left behind by neoliberal economic policies.
COMMENTARY
Freedom from Fear: David Sirota on U.S. military marketing: "Join the armed forces, the ads suggest, and you don't have to experience the blood-and-guts consequences of combat."
Jeremy Gantz, Web editor