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Imagine Your Water Bill Shooting Up to $4,000: Inside One of Detroit’s Biggest Crises
The city has cut off water to at least 27,000 residences this year.
UN Scrutinizes Obama Administration’s Policies on Torture
IIn Geneva, a US delegation has appeared before the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
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Political Prophecies: Sealing the Fate of al-Aqsa
Israel's decision to shut down al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, 30 October, is not just a gross violation of the religious rights of Palestinian Muslims.
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What Are Men Doing to Challenge and Stop Gender Violence?
Addressing domestic violence and other forms of gender violence need to be seen not just as a women's issue.
Congress Utilizes Myth of “Human Shields” to Justify War Crimes
No Gaza eyewitnesses found evidence of Hamas using human shields during the last conflict.
Peekaboo, I See You: Government Authority Intended for Terrorism Is Used for Other Purposes
Yet again, terrorism concerns appear to be trampling our civil liberties.
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Fifty Years Ago: A Turning Point in Civil Rights, the 1960s and US Politics
As we observe important 50-year anniversaries, we are also losing awareness of the power and potential of direct political action.
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Eight Days in a Hong Kong Hotel: A Film Analysis of Citizenfour
Citizenfour is about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's actions as well as the collective work of reporters, and whistleblowers Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, Jeremy Scahill and William Binney.
Uncle Sam’s Databases of Suspicion: A Shadow Form of National ID
The US government's many watchlists should be seen as a new form of national ID for a growing group of people accused of no crime.
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Updating Sartre’s Anti-Semite and Jew for the Twenty-First Century USA
We as a society openly sustain forms of bigotry, most notably against Muslims today, pursuant to an inequitable social order.