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UK Government Urged to Act on Fresh Evidence of BT Drones Link
The British government is being asked to reopen an investigation into BT, after new evidence appeared to link the company to illegal US drone strikes and the mass government …
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In Senate-CIA Fight on Interrogation Report, Another Controversy
The background of a key negotiator in the battle over a Senate report on the CIA's use of torture has sparked concerns about the Obama administration's objectivity in handling …
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Magical Tale Traverses the Harsh Realities of Racism and the Potential for Female Solidarity
This book is not an easy summer read.
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Pakistan Political Movement Depends on Women’s Participation
The resilience and courage of women bringing their children as young as six months old to demonstrations and sit-ins without any basic facilities available is impressive.
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Learning #EverydaySexualViolence: Women Telling Our Stories
Social structures such as racism, sexism, heterosexism, classism, capitalism, and imperialism thrive on unmitigated and often state-sanctioned violence. The brutal murder of Michael Brown is but one example.
British Resident Shaker Aamer “Beaten” in Latest Guantanamo Crackdown
Mr. Aamer, who has been cleared for release by both the Bush and Obama administrations, has been held for long periods of solitary confinement since 2005 and is in …
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The Fails of Eyewitness Testimony
“So you think that copu2019s gonna get off in the Ferguson shooting?”
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Ferguson: Living Through the Replay
We seem repeatedly surprised by the anger generated by educational inequity, vanished jobs, income disparities, lost affordable housing, and racial and ethnic profiling.
Hagel Ignores Leading NGOs’ Call for Release of Gitmo Force-Feeding Tapes
The methods being used to force-feed our desperately ill client are gratuitously brutal.
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The Lash May Change, But the Pain Remains the Same: the Enduring Legacy of Slavery in Mississippi
I don't give a damn how much Southern pride people have; the only way anybody's going to find ambiguity in that chunk of history is if they manufacture it …