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The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations reached an agreement Monday on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest regional trade accord in history. The agreement has been negotiated for eight years in […]

The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations reached an agreement Monday on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest regional trade accord in history. The agreement has been negotiated for eight years in […]

U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim Nations Reach Deal on TPPU.S. Troops Not Under Attack Before Airstrike on Kunduz HospitalU.N.: U.S. Airstrike on Kunduz Hospital in Afghanistan Could Be War CrimeRussia to Send “Volunteer” […]

The spread of knowledge about the NSA’s surveillance programs has shaken the trust of customers in U.S. Internet companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple: especially non-U.S. customers who have discovered how […]

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While some police departments and sheriff’s offices are left to oversee themselves, many cities and counties around the country have adopted civilian oversight bodies. […]

In 2004, while President George W. Bush was running for re-election, he developed a sinister reputation for aggressively banishing political dissent from his events. Bush “rewrote the playbook for organizing ca […]

Alameda County residents, you have a little more than a week to tell your Board of Supervisors how you feel about Sheriff Ahern’s proposed upgrade to phone surveillance technology shared by several law e […]

The Washingtonian has just posted online an extensive profile of Joe Biden that it originally published in 1974. It largely focuses on his tremendously sad personal circumstances; he was first elected to the Se […]

A group of activists flew a drone over a key National Security Agency complex in Germany on Friday, dropping leaflets encouraging the intelligence workers inside to quit in protest over invasive surveillance.

The […]

Trade negotiators from the U.S. and its 11 Pacific Rim partners announced their agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) today, concluding the final round of closed negotiations in Atlanta and […]

Trade officials have announced today that they have reached a final deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Their announcement came after a drawn out round of negotiation in Atlanta, Georgia, which was mainly […]

Saudi Arabia is in the market for a better reputation in Washington, D.C.
In September alone, foreign lobbying disclosure documents show the Saudi government signing deals with PR powerhouse Edelman and lobbying […]

Facebook claims its practice of forcing users to go by their “real names” (or “authentic identities” as Facebook spins it) makes the social network a safer place. In fact, the company has often claimed that the […]

In a recent conversation with National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson asked about communication with alien civilizations, and how such messages might be […]

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When news first broke of the U.S. airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the response from the U.S. military was predictable and familiar. It was all just a big, […]

Ahead of Canada’s October 19 elections, a coalition of Canadian labor, indigenous rights, climate justice, anti-poverty and migrant rights organizations have released The Leap Manifesto, a plan to transition a […]

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is calling this weekend’s torrential rainfall that has triggered flooding and led to eight deaths in the Carolinas a once-in-a-millennium downpour. According to the National W […]

While many Americans believe that the war in Afghanistan is winding down, peace activists and medical aid workers tell a different story. “It really shows how mainstream media has failed to tell the truth to the […]

Doctors Without Borders is demanding an independent international inquiry into a U.S. airstrike Saturday on an Afghan hospital in the city of Kunduz that killed 22 people, including 12 staff members and 10 […]

Doctors Without Borders: Airstrike on Kunduz Hospital May Be War CrimeSyria: Airstrike Kills Family of 5 and a Rescue WorkerSyria: ISIL Allegedly Destroys Ancient Arch of Triumph in PalmyraSouth Carolina: At Least […]