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“Stop Watching Us”: As Diplomatic Fallout Grows, Thousands Protest NSA Surveillance in D.C.; Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Spying on Allies Shows “Institutional Obsession” With Surveillance; Glenn Greenwald: Media Venture Will Empower Adversarial Journalism to Hold the Powerful Accountable; While Defenders Cry Foul, JPMorgan Chase’s $13 Billion Banking Settlement a “Screaming Bargain.” HeadlinesOctober 28, 2013 Reports: … Continued
“How Do You Justify Killing a Grandmother?” Amnesty Says U.S. Drone Strikes May Be War Crimes; “Prisoners of Profit”: Despite Widespread Abuse, Private Juvenile Jail Firm Expands Empire; “Cash for Kids”: Firms Behind Juvenile Prison Bribes Reach $2.5 Million Settlement in Civil Suit. HeadlinesOctober 23, 2013 Obama Meets with Pakistani PM as Reports Fault … Continued
Deadly 911 Calls: NYPD Kills African Immigrant Student Inside Home After Mother Calls For Ambulance; Deadly 911 Calls Pt. 2: Police Kill Bipolar Puerto Rican Artist After Concerned Wife Calls For Help; Memphis Model: Police Pioneer Use of Crisis Intervention Teams To Deal with Mentally Sick. HeadlinesOctober 22, 2013 Amnesty Report: U.S. Drone Killings … Continued
Rep. John Conyers Pushes for a “Full Employment” Bill as Congress Votes to End Shutdown; FBI Urged to Reopen Probe Into 1985 Assassination of Arab-American Leader Alex Odeh in California; Arab-American Attorney Abdeen Jabara: I Was Spied on by the National Security Agency 40 Years Ago. HeadlinesOctober 17, 2013 Gov’t Reopens After GOP Backs … Continued
“Totally Self-Inflicted Damage”: U.S. on Verge of Default as Pain from 16-Day Shutdown Spreads; U.S. Eases Rules on Exporting Military Technology to Secure Role as World’s Leading Arms Dealer. HeadlinesOctober 16, 2013 House Fails to Produce Plan as Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms Japan: Typhoon Wipha Kills At Least 17 Philippines: Death Toll from Earthquake … Continued
Another U.S. Whistleblower Behind Bars? Investor Jailed After Exposing Corrupt Azerbaijani Oil Deal. HeadlinesOctober 15, 2013 Senate Leaders Near Deal to End Shutdown, Raise Debt Limit Report: Social Security Rise to Be Historically Low Shutdown Hurts South Dakota Cattle Ranchers Hit by Blizzard Report: NSA Collects Millions of Email, Chat Contact Lists Brazil Gov’t … Continued
