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US Drone Kills Sixth Grade Boy in Yemen, says Human Rights Group

US Engaged in Massive Car Spying Program

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operates a massive secret government database that tracks the movement of motorists across the country, documents reveal. The documents, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union through the Freedom of Information Act, cast further light on...

The Oligarch Party: Koch Bros Vow Nearly $1 Billion for 2016 Elections

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

The political network backed by right-wing billionaires Charles and David Koch...

Guilty Verdict for CIA Agent Called 'New Low' in War on Whistleblowers

Jon Queally, staff writer

Jeffery Sterling, the former CIA agent who tried to blow the whistle on an "...

Amid White House Push for Fast Track, Digital Rights Groups Mount Call for Opposition

Scientists Are Clear: Big Winter Storms Influenced by Warming Planet

Yanis Varoufakis – Who Called Austerity "Fiscal Waterboarding" – Appointed Greek Finance Minister

NSA Began Warrantless Surveillance Without Congressional Approval

Obama Proposal to Open Atlantic Waters to Oil and Gas Drilling Slammed As 'Horrible'

Canada Faces Dual Challenges On Solitary Confinement

New Grocery Merger Creates Mammoth That Puts 'Stranglehold on Consumers'

Mass Surveillance Endangers 'Fundamental Human Rights': Report

Setting Precedent for Public Institutions, Maine University System Pulls Funds From Fossil Fuels

As European Left Cheers, Syriza Vows to Move Swiftly To End Greek 'Nightmare'

Calling TPP a 'Death Pact,' Health Advocates Rally Outside Secretive Trade Talks

Secret ‘BADASS’ Intelligence Program Spied on Smartphones

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Celebrating Moderate Beheadings

Mind-bogglingly, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey is sponsoring an essay contest to honor Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah as "a man of remarkable character and courage,” presumably on the basis of Abdullah's achievements - his jailing, torturing, mutilating, oppressing, beheading and otherwise infamous denying of basic human rights to many thousands of his own citizens. Go U.S. military: ever on the wrong side of history.