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As Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Grows, UN Negotiators Consider a “Zero Emissions” Future
Jamie Henn of 350.org talks about the state of the UN talks and the world's growing divestment movement.
Meet Stellan Vinthagen, Head of the First University Program on Civil Resistance
Stellan Vinthagen has nonviolent resistance in his blood.
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Clashing Face-to-Face on Torture
Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern wasn't going to let the ex-House intelligence oversight chief get away with a bland defense of torture in a rare, televised debate.
Emissions-Cutting Deal Reached at COP 20 Lima, but Will It Help Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change?
The countries most dissatisfied with the outcome in Lima were those who are poor and already struggling to rebuild from the impacts of climate change.
Why Are Our Sons Gunned Down? Parents of Black Victims of Police Killings Lead DC March
The families of slain African Americans led a rally and march on the White House.
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Timeline: The Tortured History of the Senate’s Torture Report
The Senate began investigating the CIA's detainee program nearly six years ago.
Mike Lofgren | The Implications of the Torture Report
The political game is so rigged that something like this was to a degree foreordained. It also explains why no one will ever be tried, at least in a …
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$4 Million: That’s How Much These Dim Sum Restaurant Workers Won in Back Pay
Approximately 280 workers, many of them monolingual Chinese immigrants, are savoring a sweet labor victory.
Arizona Opens New $50 Million Supermax Prison; New Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary Confinement
In written testimony, an individual describes the conditions of confinement as “horrendous.”
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Torture Report: What Next?
Without a plan to recommit to the rule of law and hold torturers accountable, the same abuses could be repeated in the future.