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The US Military Uncontained: Chaos Spread, Casualties Inflicted, Missions Unaccomplished
No military should ever be trusted and no military should ever be left uncontained.
How the Second Circuit’s Decision Changes the Legislative Game
“I've attempted here to map out the decision's effect.”
For Those Who’ve Considered Drowning
Over a century after the transatlantic slave trade ended, we are still faced with the pervasiveness of the drowning Black body.
Punishing Another Whistleblower, Jeffrey Sterling
Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was a whistleblower who was then targeted by the US legal system for retaliation, which now includes a 42-month prison sentence.
How Banks Did More Damage to Baltimore Than Protesters
Wealthy influences and special interests have too much power in Washington, which is why banks have not been held to a higher level of accountability.
Price of Top-Tier Birth Control Plummets as New IUD Breaks Monopoly
This month, a new IUD became available to American women, and it may be a game changer.
Safety Net More Effective Against Poverty Than Previously Thought
Correcting for underreporting reveals that the safety net also did more to reduce deep poverty than previously shown, although 11.2 million Americans remained below half the poverty line.
Congress Should End Metadata Collection
The Court of Appeals struck down the US metadata collection program, but left it to Congress to come up with a legal fix.
Urban Slums a Death Trap for Poor Children
It's called the urban survival gap and it literally determines whether millions of infants will live or die before their fifth birthday.
More Than 100 Wounded in Brutal Police Reaction to Teachers’ Strike in South of Brazil
The clashes were the result of violent acts by the military police against public servants, mostly teachers of the state of Parana.