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Clear Proof Obama’s Surveillance Oversight Board Is a Pathetic Sideshow
The easiest way for leaders to manage public outcry is to put on an elaborate performance of mock reform.
Uruguay in Haiti: The Poorest President of a Mercenary Army?
Will Uruguay continue to act as a praetorian guard of a dictatorship in Haiti?
Hottest Year Ever
The 2014 average global temperature was very likely the highest ever recorded, but this is really beside the point.
Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition or a Better Mousetrap?
Under the TPP and TTIP, publicly-owned banks might wind up getting sued for unfair competition.
A Moral Imperative: Release Aging and Long-Term Prisoners
Long-term prisoners who've committed violent crimes are found to be the least likely to offend again, so why do we keep them locked up until death?
Five Important Questions About DEA’s Vehicle Surveillance Program
With each week, we seem to learn about a new government location tracking program. This time, it's the expanded use of license plate readers.
CIA Mission: Destroy the Whistleblower and Perfume the Stench of ‘Operation Merlin’
The trial of Jeffrey Sterling shook loose more serious questions about Operation Merlin than it laid to rest.
The “Great War” of Sinai: How to Lose a “War on Terror“
The audacity of the militants seems consistent with the sense of despair felt by the tribes of Sinai, who are caught in a devastating politically motivated “war on terror”.
The Nisman Murder and the AMIA Terror Bombing: A Tangled Thread
Why would the Kirchner government, knowing that Nisman's main claim could be easily refuted, have any reason to kill him?
Alaska Bolstered Its Economy and Curbed Inequality – By Paying Everyone Thousands in Oil Dividends Every Year
Here's what the rest of us can learn.