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“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
Edward Snowden Speaks Out Against NSA “Dragnet Mass Surveillance”; “Edward Snowden is a Patriot”: Ex-NSA CIA, FBI and Justice Whistleblowers Meet Leaker in Moscow. HeadlinesOctober 14, 2013 Hopes for Reopening Gov’t Shift to Senate House Democrats: GOP Changed Rules to Block Budget Vote Right-Wing Republicans Protest Shutdown at WWII Memorial IMF Head Warns of … Continued
Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize as U.S. Opposes Calls for WMD-Free Middle East; Worse Than Nixon? Committee to Protect Journalists Warns About Obama Crackdown on Press Freedom; “500 People Will Control American Democracy” If Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Finance Law. HeadlinesOctober 11, 2013 Chemical Weapons Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize Alice Munro … Continued
3 Months After Morsi Coup & Hundreds of Deaths, U.S. Scales Back Military Aid to Egyp; Report Finds Police Worldwide Criminalize Dissent, Assert New Powers in Crackdown on Protests; “Edward Snowden Has Done This Country A Service”: ACLU Praises Leaker For Kickstarting NSA Debate; Rep. Raúl Grijalva on Gov’t Shutdown & Why the Impasse Won’t … Continued
