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Protecting Psychologists Who Harm: The APA’s Latest Wrong Turn
Camp Delta, where detainees on the war on terrorism are kept, at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo, October 9, 2003. (Photo: Angel Franco / The New York Times) …
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“They Want Me to be Harmed”: Shaker Aamer, the Last British Resident in Guantánamo, Describes His Isolation
In newly unclassified commentary from Guantánamo, Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, who has been held for ten years without charge or trial, has described how, …
From Prison to Parliament: Burma Pro-Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Wins Seat in Landmark Vote
After more than 15 years in detention, Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won a seat in parliament, sparking scenes of jubilation among supporters. Suu Kyi’s National …
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From Prisoner to Parliament in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy advocate silenced for two decades by Myanmar's generals with house arrests and overturned elections, assumed a new role in …
Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 6: Near Ground Zero and in Af-Pak Region, Two Labyrinths
The endless war on terror in South Asia - with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, India, France, Germany, Spain, all players - must seem …
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“Stability” Trumps Democracy in Egypt
Confronted with popular protest, the country's unelected rulers have doubled down on repression, jailing peaceful activists and killing dozens of civilians who have the gall to exercise their rights. …
Obamacare Battle Will Be a Proxy Fight of Divisions in American Politics
The Obamacare battle that will come before the Supreme Court in the longest hearings in nearly a half-century is a proxy fight between the seemingly irreconcilable differences in American …
Codes of Silence and Child Abuse Cover-Ups: The Sick Underbelly of Institutions in the US
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of child sexual abuse, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. 13, 2011. (Photo: Jeff Swensen / …
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Why Do We Protest the NATO Summit?
After the end of World War II, a group of nations in the north Atlantic established NATO to impede Russian influence over the reconstruction of Europe and to facilitate …
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Gay Marriage Effort Attracts a Novel Group of Donors
Rob Reiner. (Photo: Andy and Mike / Flickr)Los Angeles - On a warm Friday afternoon three years ago, Rob Reiner, the director, arrived for lunch at the Beverly Hills …