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Could Cellphone Alerts Used to Search for New York Bombing Suspect Open Door for Attacks on Muslims?
New technology has some concerned about discrimination implications.
US Media Ignores CIA Cover-Up on Torture
US veterans chastise mainstream media for ignoring an account of how the CIA tried to block the Senate's torture investigation.
“The Royal Road” to an Alternate Location for Trump’s Wall
In her new film “The Royal Road,” Jenni Olson explores the true history of our shared physical landscape with Mexico.
Jailing Bresha Meadows Is No Route to Justice
What do you do when you have absolutely no good options? No child should have to face these questions, but Bresha Meadows faced them every day.
Iowa Landowners Sue to Stop Dakota Access Construction, Say Pipeline Provides No Public Service
The Dakota Access pipeline is also facing legal resistance in Iowa, one of four states through which it passes.
Migrant Mother Says She Was Pushed to End Hunger Strike to Win Release From Detention
A woman held for nine months with her four-year-old daughter at the Berks County Residential Center as they seek asylum from El Salvador speaks out.
Abu Zubaydah: Torture’s “Poster Child”
The ugly legacy of Bush's torture program continues as the “poster child” for waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah, makes an appeal.
Against the Battalions in Blue: Challenging American Police, Their Racism and Their Imperial Violence
Police violence and militarization is at the heart of a perpetual crisis in the US.
Why Are We Paying $300 for an EpiPen That Holds Only $1 Worth of Medicine?
In 2007, the wholesale price of the EpiPen in the US was $57.
The Political Significance of Being Inconvenienced
Striving for justice in the long term is worth the upset in the present, worth the mess and the noise of trying to figure it all out.