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Len is a Chicago criminal defense lawyer with a reputation for taking on and winning difficult cases. He's an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University College of Law, where he teaches Federal Criminal Law. He also founded the Leonard C. Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting, which provides editorial and financial support to independent journalists pursuing in-depth investigative projects.

The Democratic Party Faces Its Day of Reckoning

By Leonard Goodman / Original to ScheerPost The Democratic Party has partnered with Wall Street donors since at least the 1990s. Under...

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Ralph Nader Radio Hour Featuring Leonard Goodman (interview starts at 31:20)

Veterans for Peace/ Freedom of Speech by Ralph Nader Read on Substack...

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Leonard C. Goodman: An important case threatening First Amendment rights is about to go to trial

An important case threatening the First Amendment right of all Americans to criticize their government will go to trial this September in a...

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Declassify the Documents From Trump’s Basement

Whatever your feelings about former President Trump, there are reasons to be skeptical when government officials say it was necessary to...

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A Speculator Takes Blame for the Mortgage Mess

Townsend is one of many minor players paying a heavy price for their roles in the mortgage meltdown, while the major figures avoid any...

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Beware of the Fact-Checkers

A case study in how allegedly neutral analysts hired by publications or social media can effectively cancel good-faith questions and...

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Vaxxing our kids

Why I’m not rushing to get my six-year-old the COVID-19 vaccine. As a father of a young child, I am pressured to get my daughter...

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A Deadly Drone Program Lifted by Lies

A wrongly targeted Afghan aid worker and his family are among the latest casualties. On August 29, in the final days of our 20-year...

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What happened to the Squad?

The collapse of the progressive cohort shows change won’t come from within the Democratic Party. I signed up for the COVID-19 vaccine on...

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