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Rigorous clinical evaluations confirm the torture inflicted for months by US personnel on 11 detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay. Read reports and sign Physicians for Human Rights petition to US government.

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poignant and angry first person narrative from a grade school teacher hugely affected by an immigration raid in her town

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extensive 8-month journalistic investigation of US military prisoner abuse; documentation and narratives from former prisoners included

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From Senator Bernie Sanders, who asked readers to write about what was going on in their lives economically. He received over 600 responses and it seems the middle class is not doing well.

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impending mass die-off of species we don't even know about

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Obama--who taught law at the University of Chicago for a decade--is thoroughly embedded in the mind-set known as the Chicago School. Naomi Klein tells how Obama pays too much heed to free market, no regulation advisors.

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how to keep your old cell phone number when you switch carriers

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"As the Supreme Court delivered another blow to the Bush administration's Guantánamo Bay detentions of terror suspects, a lawyer for some of the suspects looks at where we go from here."

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innovative docudrama following what happened to three British youth returning to their parents' country of Pakistan, traveling to Afgahnistan, mistakenly arrested, and kept a long time in Guantanamo. An eloquent denunciation of injustice.

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site for Errol Morris film; be sure to read the book that accompanies the film, an excellent summary of US policy and practice surrounding torture

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key news story: starting in spring 02, top admin. officials, including Cheney, Tenet, Ashcroft, Rice, met as a group and discussed all interrogation techniques in detail, including demos from CIA.

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progressive think tank, one of the few leftist ones in the US, with articles on many aspects of international politics

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I did not realize the media/Internet had lots of stories and comments saying that Hillary should concede now or in early June; interesting arguments; not sure what I think about this op-ed piece in TIME

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links to blogs that analyze reactions to Obama's speech on race, furthering the discussion of race in US today; it has been a long time since I have seen such a sensible, full discussion of race in public discourse here

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a classic speech that lays out so many issues that we all know but do not usually talk about, and it offers an historical analysis and a view forward; I am glad to be able to have the full text

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useful tips: health insurance provider, local locksmith, free phone numbers via 1-800-GOOG-411 (yes, Google, and better than paying big fee on phone bill)

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savvy analysis of why single-payer health insurance makes economic sense

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eerie, informative, heavily censored photos and narration by journalist from Guantanamo tour; my mind kept filling in the blanks; a fascinating version of documentary

www.theatlantic.com/...guantanamo - Preview

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James Fallows on economic ties between US and China, detailed case studies examined.

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Lakoff, a social linguist, compares candidate's' rhetoric and traces political implications of words.

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