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On Thursday afternoon, dozens of congressional staffers walked out in protest of the recent grand jury decisions failing to indict the two officers who killed Eric Garner and Michael…
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The Convention Against Torture and the 1949 Geneva Conventions both require the United States to either initiate prosecution of or to extradite every person who is reasonably accused of…
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The United States government paid two military psychologists $80 million to develop torture tactics that were used against suspected terrorists in the wake of the September 11 attacks…
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Asked if there would be a prisoner swap, President Obama said the U.S. has been “in conversations” about freeing Alan Gross. But there's nothing to report.
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The saga of their staffer's trips to China got our vote for the worst embargo story of 2014. But if enough of us watch the video and sign the petition, maybe a little accountability…
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A new poll finds that Republicans still trail Democrats in securing support from Hispanic voters.
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Social science is being militarised to develop 'operational tools' to target peaceful activists and protest movements.
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The world has long known that the United States government illegally detained and tortured prisoners after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but the Senate report is a portrait…
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Most impressive about Washington's Cuban Encounter were three persons present that made it worthwhile. And the oldest of the three was in his 40s – and not even a Cuban. In the…
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Political debates are often framed in terms of the respective roles of the public and private sectors, with progressives stressing private market failure and conservatives stressing the…
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