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Impunity, Strife and Criticism Loom Large over US Customs and Border Patrol
Families of shooting victims, civil rights attorneys and whistle-blowers take Customs and Border Patrol to task.
Why Prisons Don’t Work and How We Can Do Better: A Conversation With Maya Schenwar
How do we address the harm violent offenders cause without relying on locking them in cages?
US Sanctions Relief Fails, Threatening the Nuclear Talks
US policy fails to lift many sanctions on Iran at all and postpones others until late in the process.
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Women Hold the Lever to Move the World
By connecting a consumer boycott of meat and dairy to climate change, women can take climate action.
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The Roth Blunder Barrels On
Roth accounts are inherently unfair, contributing to the continuation of wealth inequality.
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William Rivers Pitt | Who Needs Republicans?
The Democrats appear determined to deliver the GOP a gift basket filled with everything on their wish list.
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Conservatives Lie About Net Neutrality for Big Bucks
When it comes to net neutrality, conservatives are absolutely clueless.
Evidence That US Secretly Pays Off Yemeni Drone Strike Victims Revealed By Reprieve
The US government has apparently made secret payments of $100,000 to the families of two Yemeni men who were mistakenly killed in a covert drone strike, an investigation by …
Former Guantanamo Detainee Addresses UN Committee Against Torture to Ask for US Accountability and Closure of Prison
I will never get five years of my life back, but for me and others, it is important that the Committee confronts the United States about its actions in …
If Shareholders Stopped Letting CEOs Rip Them Off It Would Reduce Inequality
Since CEOs are among the very top earners in the US economy, reductions in their pay will have a substantial impact on wage inequality.