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Fix the Pentagon Part I: Create an Independent Audit Agency
Today's Solution column is written by Charles Smith, a little known, retired, Army civilian employee hero, who went up against the Iraq contractor KBR on behalf of the troops …
EXCLUSIVE: David Hicks: One of Guantanamo Bay’s First Detainees Breaks His Silence
David Hicks, author of “Guantanamo: My Journey.” (Image: Random House Australia) David Hicks was the Australian drifter who, years before 9/11, converted to Islam, changed his name …
Book Excerpt: “Guantanamo: My Journey“
Everyone has an opinion on him. Now hear his story, in his words. In 1999 a young man from suburban Adelaide set out on an overseas trip that would …
Chevron Runs From Judgment in Ecuador
Chevron Petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by …
Feds Approve Monsanto Herbicide-Resistant Crops
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved plantings of three genetically engineered (GE) crops in as many weeks, including Monsanto Co.'s Roundup Ready sugar beets and alfalfa that …
How Courts Avoid Doing Justice
It is apparent that in order to put more than 2.3 million people behind bars and keep them there, while simultaneously building a prison guard/police arm of the state …
News in Brief: US Continues Haiti Deportations, and More
US Continues Haiti Deportations
Bill Moyers: “Facts Still Matter …“
History Makers is an organization of broadcasters and producers from around the world concerned with the challenges and opportunities faced by factual broadcasting. Bill Moyers was the keynote speaker …
Beyond Barbarism: David Kato, Uganda and the American Right
I, like many, am deeply saddened by the news of the violent death of David Kato, a prominent Ugandan LGBTI activist. David was murdered in his home on 26 …