The Ken Burns Vietnam War Documentary Glosses Over Devastating Civilian Toll
The PBS series by Burns focuses on soldiers' stories, with scant attention to the immense number of Vietnamese civilians who suffered and died.
View ArticleThe NFL, The Military And The Hijacking Of Pat Tillman’s Story
Pat Tillman’s life and death is an all-American story. It’s just not the kind that Donald Trump and his supporters want it to be.
View ArticleThe Airport Bomber From Last Week You Never Heard About
Last week, Michael Christopher Estes left a homemade bomb in a North Carolina airport.
View ArticleEnvisioning An America Free From Police Violence And Control
In "The End of Policing," Alex S. Vitale argues that police reforms implemented in the wake of Brown's death — from diversity initiatives to community policing to body cameras — fail to acknowledge...
View ArticleWhat Happened To Rachel Gray?
Barry Jones was sent to death row for the murder of a 4-year-old girl. Did Arizona get it wrong?
View ArticleLeaked Documents Expose Stunning Plan To Wage Financial War On Qatar — And...
A plan for the United Arab Emirates to wage financial war against its Gulf rival Qatar was found in the task folder of an email account belonging to UAE Ambassador to the United States Yousef al-Otaiba...
View ArticleIs Trump Planning Private Spy Network?
Blackwater founder Erik Prince, a former CIA paramilitary officer, and Oliver North want to make 80s-style covert action great again.
View ArticleMSNBC Reverses Decision To Fire Contributor Based On Alt-Right Protests
After caving to the far-right, MSNBC felt a furious backlash and reversed course, re-instating contributor Sam Seder.
View ArticleHow Obama's Housing Policies Destroyed Black Wealth
"The first black president in American history was a disaster for black wealth," authors of the think tank report wrote.
View ArticleFor The First Time In Three Decades, The 'Death Penalty Capital Of America'...
Harris County, Texas, has the dubious distinction of having sent more people to death row than any jurisdiction in the nation. 2017 marked a notable shift.
View ArticleMy Life As A New York Times Reporter In The Shadow Of The War On Terror
As I took the stand, I thought about how I had ended up here, how much press freedom had been lost, and how drastically the job of national security reporting had changed in the post-9/11 era.
View ArticleThe Dark Truth Behind The Duck
Aflac has exploited workers, manipulated its accounting, and deceived shareholders and customers, according to nine former employees.
View ArticleFlorida Prisoners Prepare To Strike, Demanding An End To Unpaid Labor And...
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, prisoners will stop all work to protest "slave labor," price gouging, and unexplained deaths in custody.
View ArticleForget About Siri And Alexa — When It Comes To Voice Identification, The 'NSA...
Classified documents from the Snowden archive reveal the NSA has been developing technology to automatically identify a speaker from the sound of their voice.
View ArticleIt's Time To Wage War Against War Movies That Glorify Outdated Models Of...
In the #MeToo era, Hollywood should turn away from war movies like "12 Strong" that send harmful messages about masculinity and violence.
View ArticleA 4-Year-Old Girl Was The Sole Survivor Of A US Drone Strike In Afghanistan....
Aisha lost her mother, father, and little brother when a drone attacked their truck. Twelve days later she left Afghanistan in the care of a mysterious NGO.
View ArticleSales Pressure At Aflac Led To Account Fabrications And Policies Sold To...
Aflac agents, according to documents filed in federal court cases, signed people up to policies without their knowledge, illegally bundled policies and falsified records.
View ArticleTop White House Aide Rob Porter Resigns After Former Wives Accuse Him Of Abuse
As part of the top Trump aide's security clearance screening, both of his former wives told the FBI about patterns of abuse in their relationships.
View ArticleFrom School Suspension To Immigrant Detention
Teens are being detained by ICE after dubious claims of gang affiliation make their way from school officials to immigration authorities.
View ArticleLeaked Twitter Messages From Before Election Show Assange Explaining Why He...
Chats from a private Twitter group show that the WikiLeaks founder plotted against critics and opined on the US presidential election, often in a sexist manner.
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