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Torture at Guantanamo: Lt. Col. Stuart Couch on His Refusal to Prosecute Abused Prisoner
‘We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt,’ said Couch.
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TSA Now Traumatizing Disabled Toddlers in Strollers
Earlier this month, TSA officials at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport detained 3-year-old Lucy, on her way to a family vacation in Disney World.
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Efforts to Provide HIV-AIDS and Other Health Services to Migrants Face Major Obstacles
Since 2007, HIV and AIDS rates have gone up throughout rural Mexican states.
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In Oakland, Mercado Chain Workers Protest Alleged Sexual Harassment, Firings
Laura Robledo lost her job when she complained she'd been sexually harassed by a coworker.
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The Failure of Multiculturalism and the Necessity of Democracy
Social practices that best deliver multiculturalism are those that at the same time may be regarded as enactments of democratic enfranchisement, the very thing that should inform the heart …
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Supporting Derechos Humanos: A Humanizing Campaign
For several thousand years, Arizona was a great place to live. Then Gov. Brewer became governor... joining Sheriff Joe Arpaio as the undisputed rulers of this now, godforsaken desert... …
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On “Lincoln” and Lincoln
“Lincoln” the movie raises key questions: Who was our sixteenth president, after all? And how best to represent him? “Lincoln” has more talking than action, and some audience members …
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Corporations Write Our Laws and Profit From Our Misery
Chris Hedges: Corporations write our laws and determine how we structure our society. We have all become victims.
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WikiLeaks Is a Rare Truth Teller; Smearing Julian Assange Is Shameful
When Julian Assange moved his legal defense to Gareth Peirce, Britain's leading human rights lawyer, he found a true ally. Peirce asserts that her client faces a grave miscarriage …
Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique”: 50 Years Later
The Feminine Mystique - published on February 19, 1963 - catalyzed the modern feminist movement.