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Court Rejects Voter Suppression Efforts
Almost 47 years to the day after a peaceful voting rights march in Selma, Alabama, ended in violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a federal court in Philadelphia struck …
Bribing Israel
The bully came to Washington. The American president told him in no uncertain terms that the United States would not support a military attack on Iran at this moment. …
Fukushima in Light of Minamata
Japan is still struggling to deal with the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, and will be for a long time. This makes the triple disaster of March 11, 2011 …
In Afghanistan, the Dam Breaks
The news just keeps getting worse in Afghanistan for the United States. Brave New Foundation’s Rethink Afghanistan project has warned for years that the premises of a counterinsurgency there …
What Other Skeletons Lurk in the NYPD’s Closet?
(Photo: Giacomo Barbaro / Flickr) The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has been embroiled in national controversy after revelations that the department secretly infiltrated cities and …
Infiltration of Political Movements Is the Norm, Not the Exception in the United States
On March 6 members of an off-shoot of Anonymous, Lulzsec, were arrested as a result of an FBI informant, Sabu, who the media describes as a Lulzsec leader. The …
How We Cured “the Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself
A homeless man on the streets of Washington, DC. (Photo: Elvert Barnes / Flickr) It’s been exactly 50 years since Americans, or at least the non-poor among …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Goldman Sachs Thinks You’re a “Muppet,” and More
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Former NSA Official’s Advice to Fellow Whistleblowers: “You Better Lawyer Up“
Thomas Drake. (Photo: Pam Rutter / Flickr) In a January interview with Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expressed concern that the First Amendment, …
Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?
On February 2, 2011, President Obama called Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The two discussed counterterrorism cooperation and the battle against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. At the …