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Little Progress in Lima Climate Talks
It is hard to see how developing countries will be satisfied with what is likely to happen in Paris.
Quiet Distress Among the (Ex) Rich
The fact that economic distress has moved pretty high up the food chain is a sign that this recovery isn't all that it is cracked up to be.
CIA Torture Is Out in the Open – but Guantanamo Bay Detainees Are Still Going Nowhere
We must not forget the 136 detainees remaining in Guantanamo Bay, who are still being tortured and held indefinitely without trial.
Seeds of Truth: Vandana Shiva and The New Yorker
“My life of science is about creativity and seeing connections, not about mechanistic thought and manipulated facts.”
Henry A. Giroux | America’s Addiction to Torture
State-sanctioned torture is not just a US export; it's part of a long history of domestic terrorism.
How the CIA Covered Up Its Lie on Torture and bin Laden
The Senate report reveals how the CIA used the film “Zero Dark Thirty” to popularize the agency's false account of its torture program.
Rev. Edward Pinkney Imprisoned for Fighting the Whirlpool Corporation
Rev. Pinkney, a social justice activist in Benton Harbor, Michigan, was sentenced to serve up to 10 years in prison.
As Washington “Pivots” to Asia, China Does the Eurasian Pirouette
At the same moment that China is proposing a new Eurasian integration, Washington has opted for an “empire of chaos.”
Amid Justice Department Investigations, Protesters Call Out Cleveland Police Murders
As national protests continue, activists and concerned residents in Cleveland are calling for police accountability.
Mike Lofgren | The Implications of the Torture Report
The political game is so rigged that something like this was to a degree foreordained. It also explains why no one will ever be tried, at least in a …