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US Embassy, DEA Obstructing Investigation Into Drug War Killings in Honduras
The failure to provide answers about what happened last year has shed light on the DEA's questionable methods.
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“Toxic Triangle” Residents Refuse to Go Quietly on Anniversary of Kelly Closure
A dozen years since the closing of Texas' Kelly Air Force Base, ailing residents and community activists gathered to decry contamination, injustice.
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President Carter Says America Has No Functioning Democracy
The US is often accused of nation-building and exporting democracy, yet how can that be if we have no real democracy to export?
Global Power Project: Banking on Influence With Bank of America
Bank of America is an influential institution in the media, military industrial complex, think tanks, chemical companies and government circles.
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Rep. Holt to Introduce Bill to Repeal Patriot Act & 2008 FISA Act
While the rest of the country was celebrating our independence, House Dem. Rush Holt (NJ-12) was doing something about it — drafting legislation to repeal both the Patriot Act …
How to Be a Rogue Superpower
The response to Edward Snowden by the US is unprecedented: an u201cinternational manhuntu201d (or more politely but less accurately, u201ca diplomatic full court pressu201d).
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Liberty is Hunted Around the Globe
Despite the outpouring of support from the American people, Edward Snowden continues to be hunted down by the Obama Administration as a traitor.
Using Human Rights for Right-Wing Politics
The Oslo Freedom Forum, under the guise of human right advocacy, is giving a platform for war criminals.
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Crisis in Education? The Crisis Is with the Critics, and It Is Not an Accident
It is time to fight. Educators in higher education and K-12 must mobilize. Before they can do this however, they must understand the situation. Education is under attack, this …
Smiling Brown: People the Color of the Earth
Our colors are not our own, but the colors of the landscapes.