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Will the CIA Restart Its Torture Program?
The Trump administration is having debates over the use of torture in the wake of the news that Donald Trump favors reopening CIA black sites.
Ecuadoreans’ Legal Fight Against Chevron Continues in Canada
teleSUR interviewed Steven Donziger, a lawyer fighting for justice for communities affected by the “Amazon Chernobyl.”
Winona LaDuke on New Ways to Keep Pipelines Out of the Great Lakes
The surge of formal opposition to tar sands and fracked oil pipelines shows how Standing Rock resistance has emboldened Great Lakes tribes.
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New Data Undermine Oil and Gas Industry’s Pipeline Safety Claims
New data raises questions about the industry's optimistic safety claims — in terms of the frequency of pipeline spills and pollution.
Should We Keep Wasting Money on Missile Defense — or Invest in Something Useful?
The US government has spent more than $180 billion on a national missile defense system, with no indication it works.
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Shutting Down Milo’s Talk at Berkeley: Thoughts on Hate Speech, Protest and Masks
Anti-fascist protests have taken on a new urgency under the whites-only agenda of Trump supporters.
“Made Me Feel We Were Back in 1950s” Coretta Scott King Memoirist on Silencing of Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was silenced and rebuked by the Senate.
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EPA Workers to Trump: We Don’t Want Scott Pruitt as Our New Boss
EPA workers, activists and community members protested Trump and his EPA nominee, Scott Pruitt, in a rally Monday.
Trump’s Border Wall Could Break the Food System
Your food relies on inexpensive undocumented labor to reach your plate.
Iranian Student Blocked From Entering US: Trump’s Remarks on Muslim Ban Remind Me of the Nazis
A federal appeals court will hear arguments today on whether to restore the Muslim ban.