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Inside the Psyche of the 1%
The unsuccessful psychopath might go to jail for swindling dozens of people with home improvement scams while successful psychopaths might swindle millions with bank deals, get bailed out by …
So Who Is Carmen Segarra? A Fed Whistleblower Q&A
Segarra says she was fired after she found that Goldman lacked an adequate company-wide policy to manage conflicts of interest u2014 and after her superiors urged her to change …
CIA’s Washington Post Leaks Aimed at Silencing Drone Critics
Gareth Porter: CIA leaks to the Washington Post alleging Pakistani support for drone strikes a ploy to prop up increasingly unpopular program.
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The Short Life and Drone-Delivered Death of Tariq Aziz
The reporter describes his interactions with Tariq Aziz, a schoolboy from the tribal regions of North Waziristan u2013 before and after Aziz's death by drone attack.
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How to Steer Our Rolls-Royce World onto a Smoother Road
“No child anywhere needs to grow up — and suffer — in extreme poverty,” writes Pizigati.
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.