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Is Your Seafood Harvested by Slaves?
Samut Sakhon, Thailand - Soon after Winko joined his fellow captives on a Thai fishing vessel, he witnessed his first killing. The murdered man was, like Winko, a newly …
Shattering Canada’s Collective Myths
Toronto, Canada - There are moments in a country’s history when collective myths become so divorced from reality that almost everyone can hear them burst with a pop. It …
Release of Secret Reports Delayed
Spy agencies foil Obama plan for transparency. Washington - President Obama will maintain a lid of secrecy on millions of pages of military and intelligence documents that were scheduled …
Fighting Extremism With Civility
Washington - The most surprising and disappointing aspect of our politics is how little pushback there has been against the vile, extremist rhetoric that has characterized such a large …
Understanding Our Hollow “Centrists“
The puzzling thing about politicians of either party who claim to be “centrist” or “moderate” is how much they sometimes sound like party-line right-wing Republicans. Distinguishing among these species …
Study Shows Government Contract Fraud Is Hitting Disabled Veterans
A government investigation found that fraud and abuse are diverting millions of dollars in contracts intended to go to businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. Millions of dollars worth of …
Birthers and Birchers: Hiding Behind Stars and Stripes
Sustaining a progressive movement based on shared politics requires not only unification on positive values, but an understanding of the opposition and their tactics. Analysis of the various elements …
Flying Blind
Predator drones kill al-Qaeda leaders without risk to American soldiers; dangerous plotters of terror are efficiently annihilated; and those not yet killed are kept off-balance, in a constant state …
Angry Greenhouse Gas Victims Demand Action
Viterbo, Italy - “Angry” is not the adjective that comes to mind when you first meet Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei. The immaculately dressed 53-year-old Kenyan is generous with her time …
US Still Running Secret Prison in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - An American military detention camp in Afghanistan is still holding inmates for sometimes weeks at a time and without access to the International Committee of the …