It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Protesters Stampede to Flee Crackdown in Turkey
Tuesday evening, police suddenly moved in on protestors in Taksim Square, the heart of the Istanbul protests, spraying tear gas and causing a stampede as clouds of tear gas wafted through the air and demonstrators buckled in pain.
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"Boundless Informant" Revealed: The NSA's Secret Tool to Track Global Surveillance Data
The Guardian has acquired top-secret documents about the NSA datamining tool, called Boundless Informant, that details and even maps by country the voluminous amount of information it collects from computer and telephone networks.
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Turkish police storm Taksim Square
Riot police fire tear gas and move past barricades to disperse demonstrators occupying heart of Istanbul.
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Where Is Occupy Now? Answer: Turkey
Yet another chapter of Occupy unfolded as thousands of Turkish protesters, and those standing in solidarity with Occupy Gezi Park, filled Liberty Square in New York City last week.
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Steingraber's Manifesto for a Fracking Abolitionist Movement
A new salvo has been fired in the national battle against fracking, as ecologist Sandra Steingraber denounces Illinois’ new fracking regulations in her newly released manifesto.
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Resisting Corporate Education: Is "Business Productivity" Coming to the University of Texas?
For the University of Texas at Austin, “Smarter Systems for a Greater UT” is the newest move by the administration to treat the university not as a school but rather as a business.
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Our Historic Challenge: Supporting the Moral Actions of Edward Snowden
In Washington, where the state of war and the surveillance state are one and the same, top officials have begun to call for Edward Snowden’s head.
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Kidnapped Canadian Mining Executive is Now a Pawn in Colombia's War
Taken hostage by the National Liberation Army in January, Braeval Mining Corp.'s vice president of exploration, Gernot Wober, has become a bargaining chip in the country's fight for gold rights.
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Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind Revelations of NSA Surveillance
The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows. Snowden joins the ranks of Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning.
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The Fight to Save Public Schools Moves to Northeastern Tennessee
Resistance to school closures and consolidations is moving beyond big cities like Chicago and Philadelphia into more rural regions — the latest being Sullivan County in northeastern Tennessee, where protests have erupted.
