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No More Torture: World’s Largest Group of Psychologists Bans Role in National Security Interrogations; Art & Protests at the Venice Biennale Highlight Labor Conditions, Climate Change and Austerity; Art and Social Change: Creative Time Summit at Venice Biennale Features Artists and Democracy.
Lead the Way Out of the Interrogation Room: Will American Psychological Assoc. End Role in Torture? James Risen: In Sharp Break from Past, APA Set to Vote on Barring Psychologists from Interrogations; Gitmo is a “Rights-Free Zone”: Dissident Psychologists Speak Out on APA Role in CIA-Pentagon Torture; First Republican Debate of 2016 Presidential Race Kicks … Continued
Japanese Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe on 70th Anniv. of US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; On Hiroshima Anniv. Peacemakers March on Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Lab, Birthplace of Atomic Bomb.
Juan González: Puerto Rico’s Economic “Death Spiral” Tied to Legacy of Colonialism; Give Us the Ballot: The Struggle Continues 50 Years After Signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; The Making of Leopoldo López: An Investigation into Venezuela’s Most Prominent Opposition Figure.
Naomi Klein: Obama Is Beginning to Sound Like a Climate Leader, When Will He Act Like One? Naomi Klein on Visiting the Vatican & the Radical Economic Message Behind Papal Climate Encyclical; Are Journalists & Activists Safe Anywhere in Mexico? Protests Erupt over Killing of 5 in Mexico City.
“The Look of Silence”: Will New Film Force U.S. to Acknowledge Role in 1965 Indonesian Genocide?
Police Remove Greenpeace Activists from Portland Bridge After They Forced Shell Ship Back to Port; Are Undercover Attacks on Planned Parenthood Part of a Broader Effort to Outlaw Abortion; Will Prosecutors Charge Officers Who Lied to Protect Ray Tensing After He Fatally Shot Sam Dubose?
Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home”: The Coming-Out Memoir That Became a Hit Broadway Musical
Fighting Both Sides of the Same War: Is Turkey Using Attacks On ISIL As Cover for Assault on Kurds? “Deplorable”: Federal Judge Condemns For-Profit Texas Detention Centers For Immigrant Families; This is Child Abuse: Social Worker Breaks Silence Over Conditions Inside Immigrant Detention Center; Rappel Shell? Activists in Oregon Suspend Themselves from Bridge to Block … Continued
In Ethiopia, Obama Hails Democracy Despite Recent Election Where Ruling Party Won 100% of Seats; 438 Days Imprisoned in Ethiopia: Journalist Recounts Facing Arrest, Mock Execution & Terror Charges; Clinton & the Coup: Amid Protests in Honduras, Ex-President on Hillary’s Role in His 2009 Ouster.
