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Walmart’s Top-to-Bottom Taxpayer Subsidies
Walmart executives get big bonuses as employees and taxpayers suffer.
USDA and Submachine Guns: Latest Example of Mission Creep as Federal Policing Expands
The USDA is only one of a slew of seemingly unlikely federal agencies to have acquired an armed police force ready to enforce an ever-expanding federal code.
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Our Constitutional Liberties Are Eroding From Border to Border
The surveillance state may be symbolized by the National Security Agency, but according to journalist Todd Miller those in the United States should also be looking to the nation's …
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“Going to Places That Scare Me: Personal Reflections on Challenging Male Supremacy“
Author Chris Crass reflects on the searing journey from seeing himself as a person who had internalized the logic of domination in relationships of power, privilege and oppression to …
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Five Days for the Cuban Five: Day One
From June 4-11th, delegations from Latin America, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean have gathered in Washington DC for the 3rd annual “5 days for the Cuban 5.”
Summer Reading Suggestions for People of Good Will
Who are the agents of inspirational social change originating from outside political office? Would their narratives make for more interesting summer reading than those of presidential candidates?
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Ukraine, NATO and the World at Turning Points: Talk Prepared for Sarajevo Peace Event, June 7, 2014
It is long past time to learn the lessons of World Wars I and II and of global warming which, more gradually than nuclear weapons, threatens the human and …
Pakistani High Court Orders Police To investigate CIA Drone Strikes
A judge at the High Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, has ordered the Pakistani police to open a criminal investigation into the CIA's involvement in a drone strike that killed …
On One-Year Anniversary of Snowden Disclosures, IC Contractors Lack Whistleblower Protections
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first media report based on National Security Agency contractor and Government Accountability Project client Edward Snowden's disclosures.
Autistic Teen Entrapped by Cops, Jesse Snodgrass, to Participate in Graduation Ceremony at Chaparral High School
Jesse Snodgrass, the teenage special needs student arrested in an undercover police operation will receive his high school diploma at the Chaparral High School graduation ceremony on Thursday, June …