A UN Human Rights Committee excoriates the US civil and political rights record, enumerating 25 lapses - including torture, drone attacks, police violence, racialized justice, Guantanamo, criminalization of homelessness and failures of accountability. ...[
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Ever since the crisis in Ukraine erupted, the oil and gas industry and its friends in Congress have been pushing exports of gas. While many justifications have been offered to explain this push for LNG exports, in reality, this has nothing to do with loft ...[
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Rolling Stone takes you inside the dark underbelly of factory farming in the meat industry ...[
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Western-backed rebel leader, Jamal Maarouf, has admitted that the fighting against Al-Qaeda was “not our problem” and that his group is battling alongside the terrorist organization.
Maarouf told The Independent that his group, the Syrian Revolutionar ...[
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The top myths about people immigrating to United States. ...[
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Executives at General Motors have answered the age-old question of how much is a life worth. A life is worth 57 cents. ...[
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There is growing concern that the negotiations could result in the opening of the floodgates for GMOs and shale gas (fracking) in Europe, the threatening of digital and labour rights and the empowering of corporations to legally challenge a wide range of ...[
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The Iraq War veteran who opened fire at Fort Hood on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 16, was being treated for mental health issues and being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder, the Associated Press reports. ...[
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Russia's Federal Security Service has reported the detention of 25 Ukrainian citizens suspected of masterminding attacks on the territory of Russia.
The arrested were identified as belonging to the Right Sector movement in Ukraine. ...[
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Chomsky talks about how indigenous peoples are trying to save the world from anthropogenic climate disruption and the havoc being wrought by ''really existing capitalist democracies.'' ...[
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Here's what it looks like to be one of the people making the things we use every day. ...[
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