The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Eric Garner and Tamir Rice Among Those Missing From FBI Record of Police Killings
Only 224 of 18,000 law enforcement agencies around the U.S. reported a fatal shooting by their officers to the FBI last year, shedding new light on flaws in official systems for counting the use of deadly force by police.
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Former U.S. Detainees Sue Psychologists Responsible For CIA Torture Program
James Mitchell, John “Bruce” Jessen and their employees netted almost $85 million dollars in contracted fees from the CIA for executing a pseudoscientific plan to extract information from alleged terrorists.
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The U.S. Way of War: From Columbus to Kunduz
The confluence of Columbus Day Weekend and the Kunduz hospital bombing has us thinking about the deep levels of cultural violence in the United States and what can be done to change it.
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After Deadly Bomb Blasts In Turkish Capital, Thousands Take To Streets Blaming Government
A day after twin bombings targeted a peace rally in the capital Ankara, killing over 100 civilians, demonstrators and mourners put blame squarely on the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Wars Profit the 1%, Part III: How Armed Conflict Drives Climate Change
Oil and the war business are as connected to each other as they are tied to capitalism – which is why, to tackle climate change, we need to dismantle both.
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Mega Conspiracy? How the Case Against Kim Dotcom Reveals Flaws in American Justice
Vast resources of the U.S. government are being deployed at the bidding of the entertainment industry, which saw its profits threatened by Internet pioneers like Dotcom and his Megaupload content-sharing empire.
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"Who Pays" Report Shows Why Women Of Color Bear the Costs of Mass Incarceration
Surveys of hundreds of formerly incarcerated people and their families in 14 states show that the true costs, emotional and financial, continue long after incarceration ends and reach far beyond the individual being punished
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Border Patrol Agent Indicted In Fatal Shooting of Mexican Teenager
Federal authorities have charged U.S. Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz with second degree murder for killing 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in a cross-border shooting, under the claim that he had been throwing rocks.
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Occupiers In London Meet Violent Police Response During Mass Eviction
Housing activists who were protesting the eviction of families took to the roofs Wednesday as enforcement officers used battering rams in an operation to remove them from housing estate.
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Megaload Founder and Internet Freedom Icon Kim Dotcom In Court Facing U.S. Extradition
"This case is not just about me – it's about how much control we allow U.S. corporations and the U.S. government to have over the Internet."
