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NSA Whistleblowers: “All U.S. Citizens” Targeted By Surveillance Program, Not Just Verizon Customers; Obama-Backed Trans-Pacific Partnership Expands Corporate Lawsuits Against Nations for Lost Profits; Civil Rights Veteran Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Miss., Once a Center of Racial Abuses. HeadlinesJune 6, 2013 Verizon Handing over Millions of Phone Records in Broadest Gov’t Surveillance … Continued
As U.S. Deploys Patriot Missiles and F-16s to Jordan, Could Syrian Conflict Engulf the Middle East? Debate: Supreme Court OKs Unfettered DNA Collection — An Invasion of Privacy or a Blow to Crime? Jim Crow After Roe? How States Are Regulating Abortion Out of Existence & Widening Health Inequality HeadlinesJune 5, 2013 Turkey Protests … Continued
A Turkish Spring? Over 1,000 Injured as Anti-Government Protests Spread Outside of Istanbul; Bradley Manning Trial: After 3 Years, Army Whistleblower Begins Court Martial Shrouded in Secrecy. HeadlinesJune 3, 2013 Protests at Ft. Meade Ahead of Bradley Manning Trial Guantánamo Prisoners Pen Open Letter to Military Doctors 13 Killed in Oklahoma Tornado Fires Erupt … Continued
In Civil Rights Victory, Virginia Restores Voting Rights for Hundreds of Thousands Nonviolent Felons; As FBI Seeks Capture of Assata Shakur, NAACP Head Calls for U.S. Truth & Reconciliation Commission; Oscar López Rivera: After 32 Years in Prison, Calls Grow for Release of Puerto Rican Activist; our Years After Murder of Dr. George Tiller, His … Continued
Did Public Television Commit Self-Censorship to Appease Billionaire Funder David Koch? As Lawmakers Target Food Stamp Funding, New Report Finds 1 in 6 in U.S. are Going Hungry. HeadlinesMay 30, 2013 U.S. Soldier Reaches Plea Deal to Avoid Death Penalty for Afghan Massacre U.K. Admits to Holding Dozens Without Charge in Afghanistan Both Sides … Continued
Chicago to Shutter 50 Public Schools: Is Historic Mass Closure an Experiment in Privatization?; Obama Taps Billionaire Fundraiser Penny Pritzker for Commerce Despite Anti-Labor, Subprime Legacy; Poet, Author Alice Walker Meets the Inner Journey With Global Activism in “The Cushion in the Road.” HeadlinesMay 28, 2013 EU Ends Arms Embargo on Syria; McCain Visits … Continued
Medea Benjamin v. President Obama: CodePink Founder Disrupts Speech, Criticizing Drone, Gitmo Policy; “That Woman Is Worth Paying Attention To”: Medea Benjamin Explains Why She Disrupted Obama’s Speech; As Guantánamo Hunger Strike Enters 107th Day, Diane Wilson begins 25th Day of Solidarity Fast; The Story of Jude Mohammad: Why Was a U.S. Citizen Secretly Killed … Continued
