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Mysterious low-flying plane over Twin Cities raises questions of surveillance
The small aircraft circled Minneapolis, the Mall of America and Southdale for hours late at night.
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Want to end mass incarceration? Stop blindly reelecting your local prosecutor
As crime dropped, US prosecutors locked up more people — and Americans kept reelecting them.
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Luxury Living in a Failed State
Luanda, Angola—not Moscow, Tokyo, or Hong Kong—has become the world’s most expensive city for expats.
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Seymour Hersh and the dangers of corporate muckraking
By Mark Ames.
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Wising Up to the Wise Men of American Foreign Policy
George Kennan was not such a Wise Man after all, a new book argues.
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Did a rich sports team owner jump the line for a liver transplant?
Eugene Melnyk isn't well-known in the United States. But he's a household name in Canada, where he has been the owner of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League since 2003. Since earlier this month, he has also been at the center of a remarkable and much-debated medical and ethical saga...
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An open letter to Obama on trade
By Barney Frank
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The Rise and Fall of Haitian Drug Lord Jacques Ketant
It was supposed to be easy. Edouard Rene Joseph was a combat vet, Desert Storm, so he had trimmed the situation down to simple mission objectives: Get into the country, pick up the kids, leave the country. One day, tops. No big deal.
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The inside story of how the Clintons built a $2 billion global empire
The things that make the foundation work have proved troublesome for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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The World Says No to Surveillance
A post-terror generation is finally standing up for the right to privacy. By Edward J. Snowden.
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Out of Spite: The Governor of Nebraska’s Threat to Execute Prisoners
After his state abolishes the death penalty, Governor Pete Ricketts vows to apply it to the ten inmates still on death row.
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‘I am a citizen’: when border patrol agents violate the rights of US residents
As one Arizona border community calls for closure of checkpoint, concerns grow over increased racial profiling and invasion of civil rights
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Burma’s Stateless Muslims: The World’s Most Persecuted Minority
In Burma, thousands of members of the Rohingya Muslim minority are fleeing persecution from Buddhists. Abused by smugglers, they are being turned away from Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
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What Waco Police Still Won’t Reveal About the Biker-Gang Shootout
Two weeks after the fight between rival outlaw motorcycle clubs, cops won’t answer even the most basic questions about what transpired. By Conor Friedersdorf.
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Killing the Black Panthers
In the 1960s, the U.S. government – as well as state and local authorities – waged a war against the Black Panthers and other militants who were challenging white racism. The repression included sabotage and outright murder, a grim reality recalled in a new documentary, writes David Finkelstein.
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Profits of Drug Trade Drive Economic Boom in Myanmar
Companies with past ties to trafficking are building ports, dams and hotels as Myanmar strives to modernize after decades of dictatorial rule.
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Tesla doubles the power output of the Powerwall without changing the price
Tesla Motors held its 2015 Annual Shareholders Meeting today at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. During his presentation, Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, announced that Tesla will be doubling ...
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The Man Behind the Art of the Black Panther Party
Emory Douglas was one of two African American students in his graphic design classes at San Francisco City College. It was there that he became involved in political activism, and by the late 1960s he was serving as...
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Power and Piety
Is the promotion of violence inherent to any religion?
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The Kansas Supreme Court’s Only Option
Sue Gov. Sam Brownback in federal court. By Mark Joseph Stern
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