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Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos
The former administration aggressively and repeatedly rejected the principles of transparency and accountability.
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“Waiting for Fahd”: One Human Story Behind Guantanamo
“My exposure to the world came through Guantanamo.”
Red-Red-Green Is Triumphant!
Injustice is a complicated matter.
US Virgin Island’s Coral Bay, Home to Fishermen, Authors, Artists, Circumnavigators and Endangered Species, Faces Uncertain Future
Since the early 1970s, live aboard sailors in St. John's Coral Harbor have helped preserve the unique character of the sleepy historic village surrounding the 18th century Moravian Mission …
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Beyond Ferguson: the Deeper Issue
It can only be a good thing that the attention of the nation is focused on the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson.
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We’re All Tired – Protests Against State Violence Go Worldwide
Demonstrations linking Ferguson to Ayotzinapa indicate an increasing connection on the ground between issues that so often seem disparate.
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Kind of Blue: Contextualizing the Ebola Crisis, Humanitarian Imperatives and Structural Deficits
Ebola is now serving to concretize in some way, economic enslavement to and dependence on the West.
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Why Our Lives Feel Squeezed: 400 Reasons
The country's 400 richest are collecting far more of the nationu2019s income than they did two generations ago - and paying Uncle Sam far less.
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Mindfulness Meditation Physically Changes the Brain
While practitioners have long touted the emotional and physical benefits of meditation, a new study has shown that the effects are in their mind - literally.
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The Tide Is Turning, but Is It Too Late?
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Economic Outlook is calling for fiscal and monetary stimulus in Europe.