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Snowden Documents: NSA Technology Lets the Government Generate Transcripts of Private Phone Calls
The NSA is converting phone conversations into searchable text.
New York City Mayor de Blasio Moves to Rein in Soaring Rents With Call for New Tenant Protections
More than 250,000 apartments have been deregulated.
Human Rights Watch: Saudi-Led Coalition Bombing Yemen With Banned US-Made Cluster Munitions
Cluster bombs are banned under a 2008 treaty for the high civilian toll they can cause.
Emails Show American Psychological Association Secretly Worked With Bush Administration to Enable Torture
The issue is not about doctor-patient relationship here. It is about war crimes and about crimes against humanity, which are not contingent on someone being your patient.
Baltimore Youth on Being Called “Thugs”
Members of Dew More Baltimore talk about what politicians and media had to say about Baltimore youth last week.
“The Army Knew”: New Investigation Unravels Mexican Government Account of How 43 Students Disappeared
The evidence shows repeated inconsistencies and omissions in the government's account of what happened when the students went missing.
What Conditions Gave Rise to the Baltimore Uprising?
Community activists Marisela Gomez, Kimberly Ellis and Shaquayah McKenzie discuss the conversations in the media about Black life and Baltimore.
“Our Time Is Now”: Baltimore State’s Attorney Mosby Charges Six Baltimore Cops in Freddie Gray Death
We play excerpts from Mosby's dramatic announcement, when she acknowledges protests calling for justice in the case.
Voices From the Epicenter of Protest
Eddie Conway speaks with residents of Gilmor Homes about the charges brought against six Baltimore police officers.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Nuclear Deal, Islamic State, Women’s Rights
Ebadi discusses the threat posed by IS and the significance of the framework deal agreed to by Iran and world powers including the US and Israel to curb its …