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Former Drone Operators Reveal Air Force Plays Key Role in Secret CIA Assassination Campaign
A new documentary film reveals how a regular US Air Force unit based in the Nevada desert is responsible for flying the CIA's drone strike program in Pakistan.
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Autumnwood: A Community Living in Toxic Fear and Uncertainty
Autumnwood, a community just outside Los Angeles, is riven by a fear held by many that the land on which the houses were built is contaminated with toxic chemicals.
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Each One of Us Is a Toxic Superfund Site
We are all lab rats in one giant, toxic and deadly experiment.
US Anti-Tank Rockets in Syria: Did Congress Approve?
Tell Congress not to be a ‘potted plant’ and weigh in on the US sending dangerous antitank weapons to Syrian rebels that could easily fall into the hands of …
Monsanto and Big Food Losing the GMO and “Natural” Food Fight
With the passage of the Vermont GMO labeling law, after 20 years of struggle, it's time to celebrate our common victory.
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Piketty in Washington: How to Reverse the Increasing Concentration of Wealth
French Economist Thomas Piketty's book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” could very well become one of the most influential books on economics in decades.
Pay Your Taxes, Go to Gitmo?
Does paying taxes violate the law against providing aid and support to a terrorist organization?
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A Reporters’ Guide to the Koch-Funded Rich States, Poor States ALEC Report
ALEC is slated to roll out its annual “Rich States, Poor States” publication this week.
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Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison
Even as it touts new initiatives to reduce the number of people it holds in solitary confinement, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) continues to quietly make headway on …
Big Revamp of Pentagon’s Troubled Mission to Find Missing Soldiers Looks a Lot Like Old Revamp
Without change of leadership throughout, meaningful change could be elusive, critics say.