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Why Our Sky Sometimes Does Start Falling
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to be able to demonstrate the link between inequality and catastrophic environmental change. But a little help from rocket scientists can …
The Road From Abu Ghraib: A Torture Story Without a Hero or an Ending
Karen J. Greenberg explores the shameful tale of why, a decade later, the Abu Ghraib affair remains without an end.
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Brought Together by Keystone Pipeline Fight, “Cowboys and Indians” Heal Old Wounds
As natives and ranchers work together to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, they're also learning to understand each other's history, culture, and relationship with the land.
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Dahr Jamail | On Bringing War Criminals to Justice
Dahr Jamail reports from the Iraq Commission conference in Belgium, where he testified about war crimes witnessed while reporting from Iraq during the US-led occupation.
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How George W. Bush Screwed This Generation of College Students
Every kid in the US could have a free public college education right now if George W. Bush hadn't been such a war monger.
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What Problem Is Privatizing Fannie and Freddie Meant to Solve?
It should be possible to block Wall Street's efforts to get a government guarantee for their new foray into the mortgage-backed securities market.
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The Crime of Peaceful Protest
Chris Hedges: Being an activist in peaceful mass protest is the only real “crime” Cecily McMillan has committed.
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Abu Ghraib 10 Years Later: Challenging Corporate Impunity for Torture
War-profiteering contractors like CACI continue to earn millions without carrying any legal risks for actions outside the US - even when they lead to torture.
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American Abu Ghraib Prisoner “Disappears“
Shawki Ahmed Omar, an American-Jordanian prisoner who has been held without due process in Iraq for almost 10 years, has disappeared.
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Ostracized and Isolated: Muslim Prisoners in the US
For many Muslim citizens of the United States, ostracism has become a matter of routine, forcing family members of terror suspects to double up as legal advocates and political …