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What the Chilcot Inquiry Really Tells Us About the War in Iraq
Undermining the Security Council's authority in order to go to war with a sovereign nation without a Security Council mandate makes the war illegal.
How the GOP Is Using Dark Money and the “Opioid Epidemic” to Save Its Senate Majority
Should Republicans be playing politics with the nation's painkiller problems?
Death Squad Revelations and the New Police in Honduras
Honduras has an increasingly militarized political and economic system that uses institutionalized corruption to control resources for the benefit of a small, violent, ruling class.
How Justice Scalia’s Absence Has Affected the Supreme Court’s Decisions
If Justice Antonin Scalia had survived to participate in the remainder of the 2015-2016 Supreme Court term, his vote would have done significant damage.
Brexit and the Derivatives Time Bomb
A $500 trillion derivatives time bomb poised atop a $100 trillion mountain of debt is not a stable situation.
Bikini Islanders Still Deal With Fallout of US Nuclear Tests, 70 Years Later
Marshall Islanders living on the fallout-contaminated islands ended up breathing, absorbing, drinking and eating considerable amounts of radioactivity.
Leaker, Speaker, Soldier, Spy: The Charmed Life of David Petraeus
Depending on your viewpoint, Petraeus' post-official life can be seen as pure as the driven snow, or as corrupt as can be imagined.
Obama Drone Casualty Numbers a Fraction of Those Recorded by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism
The Naming the Dead project has named 213 civilians killed in Pakistan by drones in Obama's presidency.
US Border Control Wants to Monitor Travelers’ Social Media Accounts
US Customs and Border Control proposed a slight change to the usual screening process for visitors applying for a visa at the border.
In China, Walmart Retail Workers Walk Out Over Unfair Scheduling
About 70 Walmart workers began a wildcat strike July 1 against an unpopular new flexible scheduling system.