As more details emerge about last week’s killing by Baltimore County police of 23-year-old Korryn Gaines, activists have directed growing anger not only at local … Facebook Removes Potential Evidence of Police BrutalityRead more
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Will Jeffrey Sterling’s Trumped-Up Espionage Conviction Be a Death Sentence?
CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling is in trouble. He’s not in trouble with prison authorities or with the government, at least not any new trouble. His … Will Jeffrey Sterling’s Trumped-Up Espionage Conviction Be a Death Sentence?Read more
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The real founders of ISIS
Scott Anderson talking: there’s 22 nations in the Arab world. And if you look at the three that have really been sort of torn apart, … The real founders of ISISRead more
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Hillary Clinton Aides Celebrating F-15 Sales to Saudi Arabia
The shockingly brutal Saudi air campaign in Yemen has been led by American-made F-15 jet fighters. The indiscriminate bombing of civilians and rescuers from the … Hillary Clinton Aides Celebrating F-15 Sales to Saudi ArabiaRead more
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Inside the Fox News Bunker
Few people in the news business have valued secrecy quite like Roger Ailes, the former C.E.O. of Fox News. Ailes’s very own corner office on … Inside the Fox News BunkerRead more
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Uprising in Milwaukee After Police Kill 23-Year-Old Black Man
Protests are continuing in Milwaukee, two days after police shot dead a 23-year-old African-American man named Sylville Smith. On Sunday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker activated … Uprising in Milwaukee After Police Kill 23-Year-Old Black ManRead more
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NSA Targeted Pro-Democracy Campaigner
Tony Fullman is a middle-aged former tax man and a pro-democracy activist. But four years ago, a botched operation launched by New Zealand spies meant … NSA Targeted Pro-Democracy CampaignerRead more
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Multinationals Dodging $718bn in U.S. Taxes on Profits Booked Offshore
The largest American companies have stashed nearly $2.5 trillion in profits offshore allowing them to dodge $718 billion in U.S. taxes, according to a new … Multinationals Dodging $718bn in U.S. Taxes on Profits Booked OffshoreRead more
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Is America Any Safer?
Fifteen years ago this September 11, 19 terrorists, using four jetliners as guided missiles, killed 2,977 people—and enveloped the country in fear. It was the … Is America Any Safer?Read more