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CIA Aiding Colombian Government in Assassinations of FARC Leadership
The Washington Post exposes how the CIA and NSA have transferred advanced tracking technology to the Colombian government to help eliminate FARC leadership, despite human right violations against its …
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Six Crimes Against Nature Perpetrated by the Food Industry
While many procedures on factory farms are cruel, breeding animals into mutants and violating mother-offspring bonds are truly crimes against nature.
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Walmart and Disney Refuse to Compensate Injured Bangladeshi Workers
Companies need to face up to the reality that some of their products are produced by men, women and children working in sweatshop conditions.
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Mystery Oil Spill Turns Miles of Trinidad’s Beaches Black
A mysterious oil spill in south Trinidad is wreaking havoc on homes and wildlife in the area.
Private Federal Contractors Cost Taxpayers Twice as Much as Civil Servants
Journalist and author David Cay Johnston says that private federal contractors need better oversight and should be banned from contributing to election campaigns.
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Hillel International Faces Crisis as Swarthmore Chapter Rebels Against its Israel Guidelines
In a move that sent shockwaves through the American Jewish community, the Hillel chapter at Philadelphia's Swarthmore College declared in an open letter last week that it would not …
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Refugees Struggle in Ruined Camp
As the Syrian war intensifies sectarian clashes in Lebanonu2019s northern coastal city Tripoli, Palestinians in the area worriedly watch the violence from the sidelines.
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Rising Caseload, Fewer Labor Department Judges Triggers Painful Mix for Suffering Laborers
It's been a trying year for James Sawyer, who had two ruined lungs replaced in the space of seven months. Mounting medical expenses only add to his stress.
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Meet the Texas Farmer Challenging the Keystone Pipeline From the Courtroom to the Plains
Julia Trigg-Crawford claims that the state of Texas has no process to determine whether projects that seize landowners' property are really in the public benefit.
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In San Francisco and Oakland, Residents Fight Back Against Tech Giants
Protests against tech giants Apple, Google and Facebook for encouraging eviction, gentrification and displacement in San Francisco's working-class neighborhoods picked up steam with protests on both sides of the …