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Security Wars: Inside the Military’s Big, Messy Fight With Palantir, the Company They Pay to Spy on You Online
Agency infighting about which technology to use for global spying may be the best news there is for privacy advocates.
We Shouldn’t Be Satisfied With Mediocre Answers to Great Questions
Rebecca Solnit is an activist who challenges us to explore our inner selves in her book, The Far away Nearby.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Supreme Court Rules That Human Genes Cannot Be Patented, and More
The case, Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, challenged the biotechnology company's existing patents on two genes associated with high risks of breast cancer, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2.
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Tyranny Is Bipartisan
First they came for the whistleblowers, but I was not a whistleblower, so I did not speak up...
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Violence and Voyeurism: A Guide on How to Write About Honduras
When referring to Honduras you must make the reader understand that Honduras is the original Banana Republic, no exceptions. The country is now more so known for its crime, …
PM Erdogan Orders End to Protests in “24 hours”
Protesters are met with new wave of police brutality, as thousands of lawyers join demonstrations.
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Berlin and Hamburg Referenda to Reverse Electricity Grid Privatization
Germany's two biggest cities are on course to re-nationalize their electricity grids. In both Berlin and Hamburg, citizen coalitions have successfully forced referenda to re-organize their cities' distribution of …
Is Edward Snowden a Hero? A Debate with Journalist Chris Hedges & Law Scholar Geoffrey Stone
Edward Snowdenu2019s decision to leak a trove of secret documents outlining the NSAu2019s surveillance program has elicited a range of reactions.
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Jail Bankers Not Grandmas
Protest against the plight of the elderly, poor, disenfranchised and dispossessed as opposed to the fate enjoyed by wealthy plutocrats took the form of multi-pronged actions on June 11 …
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An Apologia: In Defense of Public Education
This is a defense of public education. Much like Socrates, public education is on trial. And despite the defendant making an excellent defense, the judges may still convict as …