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Secret Surveillance Court Judge Who Signed Verizon Order Attended Koch-Funded Terrorism Seminar
A U.S. District Judge and member of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered Verizon to give the NSA millions of Americans' telephone records after attending expenses-paid, Charles Koch-funded seminars.
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Occupy Gezi Through the Eyes of an Occupy Wall Street Organizer
"There was the beautiful solidarity and unity I felt in Zuccotti Park, but also the righteous anger and intensity fueled by police violence that was evident in Tahrir Square," said Justin Wedes, who attended the Istanbul protests.
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"The Awakening That's Happening": How Local Sustainable Food is Transforming Communities
The movement toward healthy local-grown food is growing and it's growing fast.
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Appeals Court Rules Farmers Cannot Sue Monsanto — If Monsanto Cannot Sue Them
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that organic and non-GMO farmers and seed company plaintiffs cannot bring a lawsuit against Monsanto, because the biotech giant has committed to not suing them.
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Colonized by Corporations: When WTO Means "We're Taking Over"
After 237 years, we’re becoming a colony again.
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Dallas Schools are Debtors Prisons
Students who face a Texas truancy court are criminalized for being poor.
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Immigration Enforcement or Folly: Are We Deporting the Worst of the Worst?
“Prosecutorial discretion” is an immigration enforcement reform designed to target the criminal elements within undocumented communities. But is it actually working like that?
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NSA Leak Revives Ethical Questions on Private Security Contractors
The Edward Snowden affair exposes the role of using contractors in intelligent work.
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World Leaders Want More Answers on NSA Surveillance Program
Data protection chiefs and analysts in E.U., Pakistan, South Africa and Canada expressed concerns at the news of broad surveillance programs that spy on Americans.
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The Judicial Lynching of Bradley Manning
The documents that detail the crimes, torture and killing Manning revealed, because they are classified, have been barred from discussion in court, effectively removing the fundamental issue of war crimes from the trial.
