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Shaker Aamer released from Guantánamo Bay after 14-year detention
No 10 says no plan to detain British resident on return from imprisonment without trial in US military camp where he was beaten.
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5 Yemeni Guantánamo Inmates Are Sent to United Arab Emirates
The lower-level detainees had been held for nearly 14 years but never charged with a crime, and their transfers reduce the population at the prison in Cuba to 107. By Charlie Savage.
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U.K. Pensions Secretary Quits Over Welfare Cuts for Disabled
Iain Duncan Smith, the former Conservative Party leader, resigned as U.K. work and pensions secretary in protest at planned cuts to welfare payments for the disabled, issuing a direct attack on the man behind them, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. By Robert Hutton.
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Inside Guantanamo
During U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba this week, he pushed Cuba to improve its record on human rights and sparred with President Raul Castro, while Castro hit back by decrying U.S. "double standards." By Lucas Jackson.
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Republicans Seize on Guantánamo Fears in Re-election Races
With control of the Senate at stake, blue-state Republican incumbents hope the issue will let them reprise Scott Brown’s 2010 win in Massachusetts. By Charlie Savage.
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Corbyn’s response to the Chilcot Inquiry is one of the most moving things you’ll see all week
The Labour leader made his feelings on former colleagues crystal clear. By Steve Topple.
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Whether Democrats or Republicans take the election on Nov. 8, Elizabeth Warren wins
Whether Democrats win or lose on Nov. 8, Elizabeth Warren’s influence over politics and the future of financial reform is sure to grow. By Victoria Finkle.
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Where Even Nightmares Are Classified: Psychiatric Care at Guantánamo
Secrecy, mistrust and the shadow of interrogation at the American prison limited doctors’ ability to treat mental illness among detainees. By Sheri Fink.
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How Elizabeth Warren Took Down the CEO of Wells Fargo, And Why It Matters
“Brushing aside the excuse that fake accounts were perpetrated by a few (thousand) bad eggs within the company, Warren asked why no senior leaders at Wells Fargo, including Stumpf, had been punished or returned their personal earnings in light of the scam.” By Sibjeet Mahapatra.
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The Case for Bringing Back Torture Is a Ticking Time-Bomb
A former CIA interrogator who terrorized prisoners hasn’t learned the lessons of his own immoral behavior. By Conor Friedersdorf.
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Publishing Milo Yiannopoulos’ book is wrong. My magazine is fighting back
Simon & Schuster has given the Breitbart writer a $250,000 deal – so I decided the Chicago Review of Books would not cover any of its authors in 2017. By Adam Morgan.
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Two Talks by Dr. King
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about race, segregation, poverty, militarism, and nonviolent resistance in two talks that he gave in Hollywood, in March 1968, and in London, in December 1964. From the Pacifica Radio Archives. Via KPFA.
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C.I.A. Torture Detailed in Newly Disclosed Documents
The material sheds additional light on the torture program as the future of the Senate’s classified full report on it hangs in the balance with the Obama presidency ending. By Sheri Fink, James Risen and Charlie Savage.
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Yes, Trump could bring back torture. Here’s how
Torture is terrible. Yet a draft of a new executive order suggests Trump might bring it back anyway. By Zack Beauchamp and Jennifer Williams.
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Trump and Warren Are on a Collision Course
Why is a so-called populist trying to dismantle America’s most effective consumer watchdog? By Alexander Zaitchik.
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Chimp mother filmed cleaning dead body of son in first hint of primate funeral rites
A chimpanzee was filmed using tools to apparently clean the corpse of her adopted son, the first hint that animals other than humans have mortuary practises. By Sarah Knapton.
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Taking a Scalpel to Medicaid
Republican claims of their bill’s greater flexibility for the states are a sham cover for disabling cuts. By Gabrielle Gurley.
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Why Power Brings Out Your True Self
Are you a tyrant or a servant? By Matthew Hutson.
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It’s Basically Just Immoral To Be Rich
A reminder that people who possess great wealth in a time of poverty are directly causing that poverty… By A.Q. Smith
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I Don’t Care How Good His Paintings Are, He Still Belongs In Prison
George W. Bush committed an international crime that killed hundreds of thousands of people. By Nathan J Robinson.
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