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Amid Justice Department Investigations, Protesters Call Out Cleveland Police Murders
As national protests continue, activists and concerned residents in Cleveland are calling for police accountability.
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“Forgiveness Is Liberating”: Desmond Tutu on Healing a Nation’s Racist Past
Today, South Africa's healing process is a beacon of hope for the United States.
Meet Stellan Vinthagen, Head of the First University Program on Civil Resistance
Stellan Vinthagen has nonviolent resistance in his blood.
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Clashing Face-to-Face on Torture
Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern wasn't going to let the ex-House intelligence oversight chief get away with a bland defense of torture in a rare, televised debate.
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Timeline: The Tortured History of the Senate’s Torture Report
The Senate began investigating the CIA's detainee program nearly six years ago.
Mike Lofgren | The Implications of the Torture Report
The political game is so rigged that something like this was to a degree foreordained. It also explains why no one will ever be tried, at least in a …
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$4 Million: That’s How Much These Dim Sum Restaurant Workers Won in Back Pay
Approximately 280 workers, many of them monolingual Chinese immigrants, are savoring a sweet labor victory.
Arizona Opens New $50 Million Supermax Prison; New Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary Confinement
In written testimony, an individual describes the conditions of confinement as “horrendous.”
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Torture Report: What Next?
Without a plan to recommit to the rule of law and hold torturers accountable, the same abuses could be repeated in the future.
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Connecting Police Violence Against People of Color and People With “Mental Illness“
Racism intersects deeply with discrimination and violence against people of all races who are perceived as unstable or “mentally ill.”