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Neglecting to Forget: Lessons from Guatemala
On Friday, May 10, 2013, José Efraín Ríos Montt became the first head of state to be tried in their own country for genocide and found guilty. It was …
Congressional Briefing Urges Obama to Use His Authority to Close Guantánamo
Today, as the majority of men detained at Guantánamo enter their fourth month on hunger strike in protest of their indefinite detention, the Center for Constitutional Rights participated in …
Getting Past the Icon – Should Photographers Depict Reality, or Try to Change it?
David Bacon looks back at the history of photography and activism.
Bipartisan Congressional Task Force Established to Examine Over-Criminalization in Federal Law
Today, ten House Judiciary Committee members joined together to pass a resolution to form the Over-Criminalization Task Force of 2013 to examine and make recommendations for paring down the …
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Inside the Cooper Union Occupation’s First Hours
Students at Cooper's Union, a free university in NYC, occupied the office of the president to protest the decision to charge tuition.
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A Novel Idea: Asking an Afghan About Afghanistan
Afghanistan's peace is China's economic life-line and America's commodity price recession.
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Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade
As the food movement is taken over by the mainstream, Mark Engler asks
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Ambiguity in Tax Rules and Disintegration of Election Law May Have Led to IRS Tea Party Mess
This is not the first time the IRS has been accused of politically-motivated enforcement, and Congressional hearings on the issue are justified.
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Another CIA Debacle: The Real Benghazi Scandal
CIA coverups in Benghazi exposes the dangerous imbalance of power in this country that cost American diplomats their lives.
Surveillance After Boston
The Boston attacks may be the catalyst that transforms the US into George Orwell's Oceania.