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The CIA torture cover-up
Senate intelligence committee leader, Dianne Feinstein, has provided stark and convincing evidence that the C.I.A. may have committed crimes to prevent the exposure of interrogations…
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Sen. Feinstein launches scathing attack on CIA over alleged cover-up
The chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee, Dianne Feinstein, accused the CIA of a catalogue of cover-ups, intimidation and smears aimed at investigators probing their…
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Misreporting of Venezuelan inflation violates standards
On Saturday, March 1, the New York Times ran a graphic accompanying its article on Venezuela that showed an “implied inflation rate” of more than 300 percent. It was a statistic…
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It’s over between us, Latinos tell President Obama
Calling the president 'Deporter in Chief' Janet Murguía, president of the National Council of La Raza, told the organization's awards gala in Washington that the president "does have…
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Money rules
Money rules. It makes the rules. That's not exactly news. What is novel globally and, most especially, in the United States, is the intensity, pervasiveness, brazenness, and deep…
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An executive order Obama should sign
What a difference a year makes. It was only a year ago that Republicans were among the loudest voices for comprehensive immigration reform. Of course, they were speaking, not out of…
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Let’s make capitalism a dirty word
Under the capitalist system, the majority of life for today's average American before retirement is spent pursuing profits that will never be shared with them, says the author. Based on…
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Republicans ready to kill Obama’s minimum wage hike
President Obama wants to give the lowest paid workers in the country a raise. He intends to do that by significantly raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour.
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America’s stupidest foreign policy: isolating Cuba
Presidential campaign consultant Bob Shrum asks what rational basis there is for punishing the Castro regime when the U.S. will trade with China, talk to Iran, or deal with Vietnam.…
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Sánchez Arveláez named envoy to Washington
Maximilian Sánchez Arveláez was appointed Monday as Venezuela's ambassador to the United States, as part of President Nicolás Maduro's expressed desire to enhance the Venezuelan…
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