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“Astoundingly Disturbing”: Obama Administration Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the Globe; Obama Worse Than Nixon? Pentagon Papers Attorney Decries AP Phone Probe, Julian Assange Persecution; Released From Prison, Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher on Civil Disobedience & Building Movements. HeadlinesMay 17, 2013 Guantánamo Hunger Strike Enters 100th Day; 30 Prisoners Being Force-Fed Number … Continued
The Other IRS Scandal”: David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption; AP Monitoring Raises Fears of Government Overreach: How Far Will Obama Go to Crack Down on Leaks? Debate: What Caused Cooper Union’s Fiscal Woes and is Ending Free Tuition the Answer? HeadlinesMay 16, 2013 IRS Commissioner Forced to Resign … Continued
Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a “Terrifying” Step in State Assault on Press Freedom; Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Hails Genocide Conviction of Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt; Allan Nairn: After Ríos Montt Verdict, Time for U.S. to Account for Its Role in Guatemalan Genocide. HeadlinesMay 15, 2013 Holder Defends Monitoring of AP Phone Records … Continued
Jailed Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Seeks Compassionate Release over Worsening Cancer; Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark Decries Government’s “Big Brother” Seizure of AP Phone Records; Dr. Paul Farmer on Rwanda’s Health Leap, Haiti’s Struggles & How Communities Can Repair the World. HeadlinesMay 14, 2013 Obama Admin Secretly Obtains Trove of Associated Press Phone … Continued
Ríos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, U.S. Officials Next? Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm For First Time in Human History. HeadlinesMay 13, 2013 Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt Imprisoned After Genocide Conviction Atmospheric Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Hits 400ppm Milestone Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif Wins Pakistani Election … Continued
Did Police Negligence & Suspect Ariel Castro’s Unpunished Domestic Abuse Prolong Victims’ Captivity? Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, A Culture of “Toxic Masculinity” & Gender-Based Violence; Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation; Prosecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt in Genocide Trial. HeadlinesMay 9, 2013 … Continued
Pentagon Study Finds 26,000 Military Sexual Assaults Last Year, Over 70 Sex Crimes Per Day; Eduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Latin America’s “Open Veins,” on His New Book “Children of the Days.” HeadlinesMay 8, 2013 Neighbors: Police Ignored Warnings About Ohio Home Where Captives Were Freed Ohio Kidnapping Victims Reunited with Family Members Pentagon: Military … Continued
Robert Fisk on Syria’s Civil War, Chemical Weapons “Theater” & Obama’s Backing of Israeli Strikes; Mississippi to Execute Willie Manning Tonight After Rejecting DNA Tests & FBI’s Admission of Error; “Over the Line”: U.S. Agents Shooting Dead Innocent Mexicans Across the Border With Impunity. HeadlinesMay 7, 2013 Report: 196 Died Each Day in Syria … Continued
Michael Pollan on How Reclaiming Cooking Can Save Our Food System, Make Us Healthy & Grow Democracy. HeadlinesMay 6, 2013 Syria Calls Apparent Israeli Strikes “An Act of War” Report: U.S., Allies Discussed Syria Strikes U.N. Investigator: Syrian Rebels Likely Using Nerve Gas Bangladesh Toll Hits 645; Murder Probe Begins 7 U.S. Troops Killed … Continued
