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US Torture: Past, Present … and Future? Beyond the Torture Report
What's at stake here is the kind of country we want to be: Are we a courageous nation ruled by laws or a nation of cowards?
Torture Report Confirms Team Bush War Crimes
The Bush administration did torture some folks. But we are still doing other things that are not right.
Flamenco’s Repression and Resistance in Southern Spain
The public spaces that play a major role in the formation of flamenco culture in Spain are increasingly threatened by authorities.
The Secret History of Cannabis in Japan
Many of Japan's licensed cannabis farms grow a low-THC strain which was first developed in the post-War period.
Texas Oil Regulators Fired for Trying to Actually Regulate
What happens to energy regulators that dare to do their jobs and try to actually regulate energy companies? They get fired.
Bail-In and the Financial Stability Board: The Global Bankers’ Coup
The House has passed a bill repealing the Dodd-Frank requirement that risky derivatives be pushed into big-bank subsidiaries.
UN Climate Negotiators Drop the Ball in Lima – Now It’s Up to the Grassroots to Pick It Up
It's up to the people to push our governments to action.
US War Debt Is Over $2 Trillion, Obama Wants to Spend More, but Is That the Answer?
Every tank, round of munition, boot on the ground, drone, vehicle and death fails to justify two wars fought for too long with too much borrowed money.
Civil Society Support for Marshall Islands Against Nuclear Weapons
Activists from all over the world came together in Vienna to participate in a civil society forum organized by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
Uruguay Takes on London Bankers, Marlboro Mad Men and the TPP
A tiny South American nation battles the power of a new transnational order.