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“Black Trans Bodies Are Under Attack”: Freed Activist CeCe McDonald, Actress Laverne Cox Speak Out. HeadlinesFebruary 19, 2014 Ukraine: 25 Killed in Deadliest Episode of Uprising Thailand: 5 Killed in Clashes Between Police, Protesters Court in Britain Rules Detention of David Miranda, Partner of Glenn Greenwald, Was Lawful Venezuela: Right-Wing Opposition Leader Surrenders to … Continued
Julian Assange on Being Placed on NSA “Manhunting” List & Secret Targeting of WikiLeaks Supporters; Attorney for Edward Snowden Interrogated at U.K. Airport, Placed on “Inhibited Persons List”; Spying on Lawyers: Snowden Documents Show NSA Ally Targeted U.S. Law Firm; Republican-Funded, Anti-Labor Campaign Succeeds in Tennessee As Volkswagen Workers Reject UAW Union. HeadlinesFebruary 18, 2014 … Continued
The Killing of Jordan Davis: Michael Dunn Faces 60 Years After Split Verdict in ‘Thug Music’ Trial; Untold History: More Than A Quarter of U.S. Presidents Were Involved in Slavery, Human Trafficking; Former FCC Commissioner Warns About Comcast-Time Warner Merger, “Mindless” Media Consolidation. HeadlinesFebruary 17, 2014 Jury Deadlocks on Murder Charge in Michael Dunn … Continued
Debate: Was Snowden Justified? Former NSA Counsel Stewart Baker vs. Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. HeadlinesFebruary 14, 2014 18 Dead as East Coast Storm Winds Down U.N. Envoy Meets with Russia, U.S. as Talks Face Collapse U.N.: Syrian Combatants “Consistently and Flagrantly” Violating Humanitarian Law Karzai Rejects U.S. Criticism of Prisoner Releases Bahrain Arrests Demonstrators Ahead … Continued
Meteorologist Jeff Masters: Climate Change Affecting Weather Patterns Regardless of Season; “This Should Not Come as a Surprise”: Bill McKibben on Global Extreme Weather from U.S. to Sochi; Bill McKibben on Fight Against Keystone XL, Fossil Fuel Divestment and Obama’s Failures on Climate; N.C. Governor No Longer Works for Duke Energy, But After Coal Spill, … Continued
Karim Khan, Anti-Drone Activist Who Lost Family Members to U.S. Strike, Goes Missing in Pakistan; Drone on Your iPhone: Apple Drops Objections to App Tracking U.S. Strikes Overseas; From Jail to Law School: Jim Crow-Era Law Bars Florida Man From Voting, Taking Bar, Serving on Jury; U.S. Plunges in Global Press Freedom Rankings As Obama … Continued
The Day We Fight Back: Activism Sweeps the Internet with Global Action Against Mass Surveillance; The Sixth Extinction: Elizabeth Kolbert on How Humans Are Causing Largest Die-Off Since Dinosaur Age; Bridgegate Scandal Grows As NJ Lawmakers Issue 18 Subpoenas To Christie’s Office, Port Authority. HeadlinesFebruary 11, 2014 Anti-Drone Activist Missing in Pakistan Kabul Records … Continued
Death By Metadata: Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Reveal NSA Role in Assassinations Overseas; Defying Threats to Journalism, Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Launch New Venture, The Intercept. HeadlinesFebruary 10, 2014 Syria Peace Talks Resume in Geneva; Civilians Evacuated from Homs Afghan Civilians Deaths Up 14% in 2013; 35% for Women, Children Bangladesh Factory … Continued
Execution Chaos: Witnesses Say Executions Are Botched As States Use Untested, Secret Drug Cocktails; Trial Begins in Case of Man Who Murdered Florida Teen Jordan Davis Over Loud Music; Affluenza Defense Lands Wealthy Teen in Rehab After He Kills 4 People in Drunk Driving Accident. HeadlinesFebruary 7, 2014 Report: High Levels of Toxic Metals … Continued
Job Killer? How Media Spin Got Obamacare Wrong — and Why Single-Payer Could Cure Its Actual Flaws; Empire of Necessity: Historian Greg Grandin on Slavery, Freedom and Deception in the New World; In Latin American Votes, Honduran Movements Cement Role While El Salvador Poised for Historic Shift. HeadlinesFebruary 6, 2014 U.N. Says Syria Can … Continued
