Category: Politics & Human Rights
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Apparent US airstrike kills 26 Syrian civilians
US admits Guantánamo detainee held 13 years in ‘mistaken identity’ case
More Americans are shot by toddlers than by Muslim terrorists
Anne Frank was a refugee who was denied asylum in the US
‘On This Day’ 2005: US Marines massacre 24 Iraqi men, women, and children at Haditha
US troops ordered to ignore child sex slavery among Afghan allies
Reykjavik City Council boycotts goods from ‘apartheid’ Israel
Business Insider — Men who attacked homeless Latino said they were inspired by Trump
Obama administration gives slavery a free pass in favored nations
Israeli Medical Association: New force-feeding law legalizes torture
US psychologists’ support for torture was literally by the book
Remembering the Confederate flag, or, my first KKK rally
Obama accepts Malaysia slavery in order to seal TPP deal
In historic 5-4 ruling, US Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage
NTSB lead investigator: Deadly Amtrak derailment was preventable
Business Insider — Anti-gay Republican lawmaker caught sending nude photo on gay dating app
Study: 1.3 million killed in US ‘War on Terror’
Rep. Louie Gohmert: ‘It’s time to bomb Iran’
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman: Behead disloyal Arab citizens
Leaked spy cables reveal Mossad rejected Netanyahu’s Iran nuke claim
Despite federal ruling, Alabama same-sex couples still denied marriage licenses
UN condemns Israeli killing of Spanish peacekeeper in Lebanon
Obama’s sickening Saudi homage is an object lesson in US hypocrisy
Israel fights back against ICC Gaza war crimes inquiry
World Bank: Same odds of escaping poverty in India, United States
GOP senators say Paris attack justifies NSA surveillance
Obama: US, Cuba to restore relations
Dick Cheney admits some CIA terror suspects were innocent
The enduring ‘ticking time bomb’ torture myth
Phoenix police name officer who killed Rumain Brisbon as protests continue
Business Insider — Vermont’s biggest city gets 100% of its energy from renewable sources
UN Human Rights Council votes 29-1 to probe Israeli war crimes
San Francisco: Thousands protest Israel’s bloody war on Gaza
Other Writing, Politics & Human Rights
Rep. Louie Gohmert during religious freedom hearing: Believe in Jesus or go to ‘hell’
US Senate candidate Kesha Rogers
10 years after Abu Ghraib, no justice for torturers, tortured
Rand Paul: Dick Cheney pushed for Iraq war to benefit Halliburton
Desmond Tutu urges boycott of ‘apartheid’ Israel
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton on ending chronic veteran homelessness
How Phoenix ended chronic veteran homelessness
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