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As TPP Trade Talks Miss Third Deadline, Opponents Claim Momentum
Government negotiators for 12 Pacific Rim countries have missed an internal deadline to reach agreement on a controversial US-led trade deal.
Single-Room Occupancy Buildings: Last Bastion of Affordable Housing in San Francisco?
In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, conditions in San Francisco's single-room occupancy buildings are slow to improve.
Did GMO Corn Really Kill All Those Bees in Canada?
What is the current situation with pesticides and bees, and who really is to blame?
Impunity, Strife and Criticism Loom Large over US Customs and Border Patrol
Families of shooting victims, civil rights attorneys and whistle-blowers take Customs and Border Patrol to task.
US Sanctions Relief Fails, Threatening the Nuclear Talks
US policy fails to lift many sanctions on Iran at all and postpones others until late in the process.
The Bases of War in the Middle East: From Carter to the Islamic State, 35 Years of Sowing Disaster
Maintaining scores of bases costing billions of dollars a year is unnecessary.
The Myth of “Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform”: Mississippi Close-Up
No. Mississippi is not our Model of Criminal Justice Reform.
Corporate America Steps Up for Maine’s Right-Wing Gov. Paul LePage
LePage will get another four years to terrorize the people of Maine and provide material for some of the United States' best-known comics.
What Do Joni Ernst’s Senate Win and Support for Embryo “Personhood” Really Tell Us?
Stop saying Joni Ernst won because she ran from her personhood stance.
UN Scrutinizes Obama Administration’s Policies on Torture
IIn Geneva, a US delegation has appeared before the United Nations Committee Against Torture.