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Bernie Sanders' campaign for the presidency of the United States has galvanized supporters all over the country, drawing attention to issues of economic, racial, and social justice and spotlighting one of the most interesting and unconventional candidates in decades.

When Chelsea Manning was arrested in May 2010 for leaking massive amounts of classified Army and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks, she was almost immediately profiled by the mainstream press as a troubled person. Insurgent Truth argues for seeing Manning's example differently: as an act of what the book terms "outsider truth-telling." Bringing Manning's truth-telling into conversation with democratic, feminist, and queer theory, the book argues that outsider truth-tellers such as Manning tell or enact unsettling truths from a position of social illegibility.

"A Self-Proclaimed Outsider Moves Closer to Pop Music Limelight" is from the May 09, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Joe Coscarelli and narrated by Kristi Burns.

For Sessions, that alliance has paid off in a way few ever imagined. Rejected for a federal judgeship, passed over for a crucial Senate committee chairmanship and long considered too far right to attain a Cabinet post, he has defied the odds.

"Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track" is from the January 08, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Sharon Lafraniere and Matt Apuzzo and narrated by Kristi Burns.