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Pakistan Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Shafqat Hussain Appeal
A black warrant had been issued for Shafqat Hussain earlier this week and his execution scheduled for 4am Tuesday morning.
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What This World Needs Is Some Really Honest Journalists
I cannot remember another time in recent history we needed journalists to challenge conventional wisdom.
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Changing Captains on the Left
The big question, full of suspense, was: would Gysi, now 67, wish to remain head of the Left caucus u2013 or quit this limelight post?
Why the Customs Bill Is a Legislative Bridge to Nowhere
The razor-thin margins in the House mean that a handful of substantive provisions still up for debate could swing the margin one way or the other.
Pathologizing the Poor Reinforces Stigma While Deterring Advocacy and Public Policy
The poor don't rate a mention in our public consciousness or political campaigns because we are inconvenient and pathologized.
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How a Right-Wing Political Machine Is Dismantling Higher Education in North Carolina
What began as isolated ideological attacks is looking more and more like a wholesale gutting of the state's public colleges.
US Government Clips NSA Wings, but Snooping Is a Global Effort
The USA Freedom Act only applies to US citizens, which means the NSA is still free to gather meta data on citizens of other nations.
Summit Brings Together 25 Indigenous Nations to Strengthen Resistance in Argentina
The government of Argentina refuses to meet indigenous peoples.
What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Really All About?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and 11 other countries.
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Why Personhood Matters
Voters do not need to be legal sophisticates to know that something is wrong when corporations have more rights than people do.