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Human Rights
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Scalia Is Dead Wrong on Torture
Torture is about as immoral and unconstitutional as it gets, but that's not how Antonin Scalia sees it.
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The Drone Program’s Excesses Are the Symptom, Intelligence Overreach Is the Disease
Much like their torture program, the CIA drone operation has been demonstrated to be far less effective than the agency claims.
Stop Torture! Accountability: YES – Impunity: NO
Statement and petition initiated by two former UN Assistant Secretaries-General, UN Humanitarian Coordinators for Iraq: Hans von Sponeck and Denis Halliday.
US Torture: Past, Present … and Future? Beyond the Torture Report
What's at stake here is the kind of country we want to be: Are we a courageous nation ruled by laws or a nation of cowards?
Black Youth-Organized Millions March NYC Draws Tens of Thousands in Movement’s Biggest Protest Yet
Saturday's nationwide actions against police killings and racial profiling drew tens of thousands to the streets of NYC.
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Ferguson Outrage Grows From Local Protests to Global Movement
The outrage has left the city limits of Ferguson and spread from the boroughs of New York.
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Latin America’s Lesson for the US: Prosecute the Torturers
Latin America's transition out of dictatorship hinged on two words the US would be wise to heed: “Never again.”
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Twenty Key Findings From the Senate Report on CIA Torture
The report paints a portrait of the CIA as an agency gone rogue.
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The Rank, Reeking Horror of Torturing Some Folks
“I thought I knew the whole deal, I really did, and then the Senate dropped their Torture Report...”
Grieving Mothers Come to Washington, DC to Meet With President and Attorney General Arrest(s) to Occur
It's time to end policies and attitudes that have created and encouraged a culture of militant combat officers instead of peace officers.