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Secrecy’s Tangled Web of Deceit
US government officials insist that their secret surveillance techniques are so valuable in fighting “terrorism” that they must be kept completely in the dark - along with the American …
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While We Focus on Keystone XL, Big Oil Is Busy With Other Pipelines
Canadian oil producers seeking to expand existing pipelines to get tar sands oil to the US market.
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Chemical Weapons Experts Still Skeptical About US Claim That Syria Used Sarin
The Obama administration has yet to offer details of what evidence it has and how it obtained it.
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Who Will Watch the Watchers?
Congress should, today, take our national security apparatus out of the hands of unaccountable shadowy corporations and put it back in the hands of publicly-accountable institutions.
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US Government Looks to Trim Massive Penal Code
For the first time in two decades, a task force will look at reforms for the criminal justice system.
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Reformist Said to Have Won Iranian Presidency in Heavy Voting
Hasan Rowhani, the candidate favored by Iranian reformists, won the Iranian presidential elections in a landslide, a source said.
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Accountability for Transnational Corporations Must Be an Active US Goal in the Wake of the Kiobel Decision
The Supreme Court's decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum makes it more difficult to bring suit in US federal courts for violations of the law of nations that …
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Avoiding False Alternatives
To avoid making a judgment in politics simply gives someone else the power to judge for you, says Jensen in this piece about false alternatives.
Standard Operating Procedure: Forget Obama’s Latest, In Order to Move Forward, Look to Guantánamo
President Obama started his first term with enormous expectations from the electorate. After eight years of President Bush, America was ready to exit the neo-conservative policy and worldview. Reality …
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How Not to Wage War
The recent NSA revelations of widespread surveillance on American citizens should be cause for intense protest. Surely it will be, as a day of nationwide mass action to restore …