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As Washington “Pivots” to Asia, China Does the Eurasian Pirouette
At the same moment that China is proposing a new Eurasian integration, Washington has opted for an “empire of chaos.”
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Eric Holder: Profiling Continues
I first met Eric Holder during the Clinton years when he was serving as Deputy Attorney General. Back then, my community was deeply troubled by FBI harassment, the government's …
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US Attends, Then Defies Conference on Nuclear Weapons Effects and Abolition
Vienna, Austria - A pair of conferences here Dec. 6-9 have tried to raise public and government awareness of nuclear weapons. The first, a Civil Society Forum put on …
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Something’s Happening Here: Michael Brown and Willie Horton
In 1986, a black Massachusetts prisoner serving a life sentence for murder brutalized a Maryland couple during a weekend furlough. The prisoner's name was Willie Horton. During the 1988 …
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 …