All News Articles for 2013-04-05
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Environmentalist Back in Jail Days After Writing About His Secretive Prison Unit for HuffPost I was supposed to meet Daniel McGowan for coffee today, and got an email from him last night that his work pass was denied. The revocation of his pass was a surprise, because McGowan has done everything possible to adjust himself to life post-prison, including securing a job at a law firm, and reporting to work and to his halfway house every day on time. However, he expected to be able to go back to work on Friday. Instead, he was taken into custody. He is now imprisoned at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York City. Read more |
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Digital Disconnect: Robert McChesney on "How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy" Read more |
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UN: Guantanamo a 'Clear Breach of International Law' UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said prison should immediately close, detainees' rights must be upheld Read more |
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Fukushima Nuclear Cooling System Goes Down (Again) A cooling system inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant failed once again on Friday, highlighting the ongoing nuclear catastophe at the plant—which reports say will take decades to decommission. A TEPCO official said that they had lost the ability to cool radioactive fuel rods in one of the plant's crippled reactors for roughly three hours—the second failure of the system in three weeks. If the cooling system fails for an exteneded period of time, a nuclear metldown could occur. Read more |
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Following Protest, UN Suspends Assistance in Gaza Strip The UN's relief agency in Gaza has suspended its cash assistance program in the Gaza strip after protesters on Thursday stormed their offices. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) provides both cash, food, and other forms of direct assistance to nearly 800,000 Palestinian refugees living inside Gaza. That figure accounts for approximately two-thirds of the population. Though the head of UNRWA said food assistance would continue, the suspension of cash aid will affect approximately 25,000 people per day. Read more |
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Hearts, Minds and Dollars: Condolence Payments in the Drone Strike Age The U.S. drone war remains cloaked in secrecy, and as a result, questions swirl around it. Who exactly can be targeted? When can a U.S. citizen be killed? Another, perhaps less frequently asked question: What happens when innocent civilians are killed in drone strikes? Read more |
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Court: FDA Must Make Emergency Contraception Available Over the Counter for All Ages "It's a true victory for all women," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights Read more |
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Robert Reich: The 'Chained CPI' and Why It's Bad for Social Security The White House and prominent Democrats are talking about reducing future Social Security payments by using a formula for adjusting for inflation that’s stingier than the current one. It’s called the “Chained CPI.” I did this video so you can understand it — and understand why it’s so wrongheaded. Read more |
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Libya Intervention More Questionable in Rear View Mirror WASHINGTON - While the tenth anniversary last month of Washington’s invasion of Iraq provoked overwhelmingly negative reviews of the adventure except among its most die-hard neo-conservative proponents, a more recent – albeit far less dramatic and costly – intervention has faded almost completely from public notice. Read more |
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Obama's Budget Proposal: Cut Social Security, Medicare Benefits President Obama's budget proposal to be unveiled next week will include cuts to Social Security and Medicare, according to media reports Friday morning. Politico reports: Read more |