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Claim on “Attacks Thwarted” by NSA Spreads Despite Lack of Evidence
The NSA, President Obama, and members of Congress have all said NSA spying programs have thwarted more than 50 terrorist plots while there is not evidence to support that …
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Malala
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Healthcare.gov Debacle: Spare Some Blame for Bush and Clinton
Reinventing government by gutting it doesnu2019t appear to have lived up to its promise.
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Naughty Nuns, Bad Bankers and Ballot Bandits
In a return to Jim Crow vote suppression tactics, Judge Richard Posner's Voter ID law has kept 72,000 black voters from the polls.
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Seven Horrifying Things About the Chicken You Eat
Many people eat only chicken to avoid the health and environmental questions surrounding red meat. Yet the track record of US chicken may be worse.
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The End of Impunity? Indigenous Guatemalans Bring Canadian Mining Company to Court
For the first time, a Canadian mining company will appear in a Canadian court for actions committed overseas.
WikiLeaks Cables About a Tiny Country Like Iceland Expose the Dark Depths of American Empire
A Chelsea Manning-leaked cable showed how Iceland asked the US to stop European ‘bullying,’ just the first of a deluge of revelations detailing how America throws around its weight.
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Acting With Impunity: The Case of General Electric
Can the world's biggest corporations act with impunity? When it comes to General Electric, the answer appears to be “yes.”
Empire Under Obama: Barack Obama’s Global Terror Campaign
America is waging a global terror campaign through the use of drones, killing thousands of people, committing endless war crimes, creating fear and terror in a program expected to …
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Here Lies the Tea Party, 2009 – 2013
Tea Party members have marked their own grave with this government shut down, creating historically low ratings for the already floundering GOP.