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If Obama Orders the CIA To Kill a US Citizen, Amazon Will Be a Partner in Assassination
The relationship means that Amazon is responsible for keeping the CIA's secrets and aggregating data to help the agency do its work. Including drone strikes.
What Is Climate Geoengineering? Word Games in the Ongoing Debates Over a Definition
The definition of “geoengineering” will determine what technologies and practices will help govern a global-scale climate tweak.
Federal Prosecutions Fail To Bring Justice in New Orleans
After years bringing New Orleans police violence to light, community members find continued activism may result in positive change.
Bill Bratton: NYPD Huckster?
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton seems to see his role as dampening controversy over the force's tactics, not rooting out tactics that are criminal or ineffective.
The Good Jobs News on the Affordable Care Act
Dean Baker: The ACA is freeing people from health care related job-lock. This is a feature, not a bug.
In the Darkness of Dick Cheney: The Smile of Secret Power
It was Dick Cheney, more than any other official, who set the terms for the post-September 11 world we all share.
Misread Telexes Led Analysts to See Iran Nuclear Arms Programme
Early suspicions led to US intelligence assessments saying Iran was secretly pursuing nuclear weapons for a decade.
Washington’s Military Aid to Israel: Fake Peace Process, Real War Process
We Americans have funny notions about foreign aid.
People Powered Media Mobilizes Masses While Mass Media Remains Silent
If we continue to build the independent, people-powered media, greater numbers of people will build up immunity to the destructive misinformation of corporate media.
Illinois Department of Corrections and Attorney Staughton Lynd Respond to Ongoing Menard Prison Hunger Strike
The Illinois Department of Corrections' response to last week's story about hunger strikers at the Menard Correctional Center may represent an opening for resolution of the strike.