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EPA Moves to Cut Coal Pollution, but Critics Say Plan Falls Short on Real Emissions Reduction
Many environmentalists are urging the United States to take greater action on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
New Whistleblower Organization Launched on Anniversary of Snowden Revelations
Former whistleblowers Radack, Wiebe, Coleman-Adebayo and Ellsberg speak out at the launch of ExposeFacts.org, a US-based independent media organization that encourages whistleblowers to expose government and corporate malfeasance.
Is the US Headed Toward Another Recession?
Economists Dean Baker from CEPR and Robert Pollin from PERI say that the US economy remains weak 5 years after the recession despite recent job growth, due to low …
“There Were No Good Options”: Bergdahl Should Get Honorable Discharge, Says Lawyer for Deserters
Despite winning the freedom of the only known US prisoner of war, the deal has come under Republican attack amidst reports Bergdahl voluntarily left his base after growing opposed …
Video Statement by Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
Famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg announces the launch of ExposeFacts, a public accountability organization.
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Father of Freed US Soldier: “Nobody Can Relate to Guantánamo Prisoners More Than Our Family”
Bowe Bergdahl, the last known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan, has been freed in a prison swap with the Taliban five years after his capture.
Beyond Snowden: New Group to Clear a Path for More Whistleblowers
A new organization for whistleblowing will launch on Wednesday morning when the ExposeFacts.org website goes live and the group begins its first day with a news conference at the …
After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal, Will Obama Jail New York Times Reporter James Risen?
In one of the most significant press freedom cases in decades, the US Supreme Court has turned down the appeal of a New York Times reporter who faces prison …
Ex-Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Committed War Crimes
Richard Clarke, the nation's former top counterterrorism official, says he believes President George W. Bush is guilty of war crimes for launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Corporations Have Almost Erased Workers’ Rights in the US, and More
According to data from the International Trade Union Confederation, it appears that corporations have almost completely destroyed workers' rights in the US, and more.