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Abu Ghraib 10 Years Later: Challenging Corporate Impunity for Torture
War-profiteering contractors like CACI continue to earn millions without carrying any legal risks for actions outside the US - even when they lead to torture.
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American Abu Ghraib Prisoner “Disappears“
Shawki Ahmed Omar, an American-Jordanian prisoner who has been held without due process in Iraq for almost 10 years, has disappeared.
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Kenya: Artivists Versus the State
The role of a new type of activist - the “artivist” - is becoming increasingly important in Kenya and beyond.
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UN Election: Why Secretary John Kerry Should Deny Visa to Uganda’s Sam Kutesa
Mr. Secretary, as Global citizens who still cherish and believe in the ideals of the United Nations, we urge you to do the right thing and revoke Mr. Kutesa's …
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Why Getting Arrested to Resist Keystone XL Is Legally Justified
Jeremy Brecher says direct action in protesting the Keystone XL pipeline is necessary to prevent a far greater harm.
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Earth: Game Over?
John Feffer: We're in the middle of a sixth mass extinction, and this will be the first one - and possibly the last - we will witness as human …
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General Bentley Rayburn Is Wrong Regarding Air Force Academy Cadets’ Religious Rights
The United States military is a hyper-tribal, adversarial, communal and ritualistic world, which far too very few American citizens fully understand.
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Persecuted and Imprisoned for Environmental Activism
Around the world, environmental activists are imprisoned for peaceful acts to save us all.
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In Love and Trouble: Climate Change and the Power of Honesty
Even though we know there will be climate change tragedy, no matter what we do now, we can still avert some disasters, save some species that would otherwise be …
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Will Climate Change Wash Away One of Louisiana’s Last Remaining Indigenous Tribes?
A timeless existence and way of life on the Isle de Jean Charles is now in jeopardy due to climate change.