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The United States Has Been Enabling Torture for Decades
(Image: Troy Page; Adapted: mike.benedetti, Caleb Kimbrough) Marjorie Cohn – a law professor and past president of the National Lawyer's Guild – has assembled a compelling interdisciplinary …
Former NSA Official’s Advice to Fellow Whistleblowers: “You Better Lawyer Up“
Thomas Drake. (Photo: Pam Rutter / Flickr) In a January interview with Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expressed concern that the First Amendment, …
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A Public Exit From Goldman Sachs Hits at a Wounded Wall Street
The Goldman Sachs Building and the Empire State Building. (Photo: Derek D / Flickr) Wall Street traders come and go all the time, but few have quit …
Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?
On February 2, 2011, President Obama called Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The two discussed counterterrorism cooperation and the battle against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. At the …
Separate, Unequal … and Distracted
When research, history, and allegory all converge to tell us the same story, we must pause to ask why we have ignored the message for so long and why …
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Facebook Can Go Public, but Can It Build Solidarity?
Let's try to get a grasp on where Facebook stands in terms of that super old-school term, “reality.” Your plight is this: You can't get to any objective truths …
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Urinals, Mona Lisa and Canada’s Mustachioed Vic Toews
When entering Chile, disembarking at the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, I was separated from my family and taken away by Interpol. I was questioned, fingerprinted and photographed for …
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US Army Pulls Ads From Rush Limbaugh’s Show
Rush Limbaugh (Photo: Brett Tatman / Flickr)
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Florida Doles Out Billions in Corporate Tax Breaks While Slashing College Funding and Laying off Thousands
Florida’s GOP dominated legislature, along with Republican Gov. Rick Scott, has already decided that it would be prudent to pay for a corporate tax break by slashing the state’s …
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The Cost of Going Solar Is Dropping Fast, State Study Finds
The cost of solar power in North Carolina is falling steeply, a state trade group reported, providing the first real evidence of a trend that is likely occurring in …