All News Articles for 2015-05-22
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As Patriot Act Expiration Looms, Critics Hope for Sunset on Mass Surveillance 'Together we will end the Patriot Act, and the sun can rise on a new day filled with freedom and privacy for all.' Read more |
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Media Executives Are Salivating Over Big Money Flooding the 2016 Election Cycle 'Reliance on political ad spending has already led some media interests to fight against reforms designed to make the American election system cleaner.' Read more |
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Say Her Name: In Expression of Vulnerability and Power, Black Women Stage Direct Action With Chests Bared 'Our labor, our bodies, our lives are valuable. I won't go another day without that being recognized' Read more |
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'Nothing to Fear for Voting for Love and Equality': Ireland Poised to Make History High turnout expected as Ireland heads to the polls for marriage equality referendum Read more |
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For 7 Years, FBI Defied Law for Seeking a Person’s Records Under Patriot Act A Justice Department inspector general’s report shows that for seven years the Federal Bureau of Investigation violated statutory law designed to restrict the agency’s surveillance power. During this period, the agency sought individuals’ records under the business records provision of the PATRIOT... Read more |
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After Decades, Fake Tire Reefs 'Killing and Smothering' Real Coral "People who see it for the first time come to the surface and say, 'Oh, my God.'" Read more |
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If You Thought the Southern Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers Were Stable, Think Again New research finds region once thought secure is undergoing dramatic ice loss Read more |
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Under Shadow of Trade Deal, US Pesticide Lobby Pressured EU to Dump Toxic Pesticide Rules Report details how corporate lobbyists mobilized to stop the EU from regulating hormone disrupting chemicals known to have significant health and environmental impacts Read more |
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NYPD, Housing Authority Complicit in Akai Gurley Death: Lawsuit Wrongful death claim says officers, police department, and housing authority 'negligently and recklessly' complicit in death of unarmed black man last year Read more |
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Iranian Official Raises Alarm to UN Over Israel's Thinly Veiled Nuclear Threats Iran's UN envoy Gholam Ali Khoshrou charged that threats from a high-ranking Israeli official show "the regime's aggressive nature" Read more |
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GOP Blocks Bill to Shine Light on Clandestine Trade Deals The Trade Transparency Act would have ensured ensure meaningful debate over TPP 'before Congress ties its hands' Read more |
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Six Months Later, Pentagon Admits (Maybe) We Killed Some Kids in Syria While notable for admitting the possibility it killed two young children, admission called "too little, too late" by expert who says deathtoll of innocent people far exceeds Pentagon statement Read more |
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'Race is a Factor': Protests Follow Police Shooting in Washington State Two unarmed black men shot after being stopped by police in Olympia expected to live Read more |
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Strangled By War and Siege, Gaza's Economy 'On Verge of Collapse': World Bank Global body calls for 'lifting of the blockade on the movement of goods and people to allow Gaza’s tradable sectors to recover' Read more |