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The Bleached Bones of the Dead: What the Modern World Owes Slavery
How would we calculate the value of what we today would call the intellectual property - in medicine and other fields - generated by slavery's suffering?
Documents Reveal NSA and GCHQ Efforts to Destroy Assange and Track Wikileaks Supporters
Michael Ratner: Documents show the US engaged in major attacks against journalists, publishers, and whistleblowers, as a UK court upholds the legality of David Miranda's detention at Heathrow airport.
Complaint at World Court Alleges NATO Members Complicit in War Crimes
British lawyers' complaint at the World Court accuses NATO members of war crimes by helping facilitate U.S. strikes.
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Our Vision Is More Than a DREAM: What’s Next for Immigrant Youth?
Undocumented and unafraid young people have been the engine behind immigrant rights organizing in recent years. After securing a win with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, they must plot …
Excessive Force? Migrant Shot Dead by US Border Agent Near San Diego After Throwing Rock
While the United States, Mexico and Canada held a major summit in Mexico on Wednesday, US border policies are back in the spotlight after a US Border Patrol agent …
NSA and DHS Finally Acknowledge: Parodied Merchandise Does Not Violate Federal Law
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Will Continue to Allow Sale of Parody Items Containing Agencies' Seals.
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Documenting Darkness: How a Thug State Operates
Shadow government has conquered 21st-century Washington. We have the makings of a thug state of the first order.
New Snowden Revelations Show US Targeting of WikiLeaks, Assange
These documents shed even more light on the Obama administration's continuing attacks on bona fide journalists and whistleblowers.
Attorney for Edward Snowden Interrogated at UK Airport, Placed on “Inhibited Persons List”
A lawyer who represents Snowden was recently detained while going through customs at Londonu2019s Heathrow Airport. Jesselyn Radack joins us today to tell her story.
Julian Assange on Being Placed on NSA “Manhunting” List and Secret Targeting of WikiLeaks Supporters
Amy Goodman: We speak to Assange live from the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he has sought political asylum since 2012.