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Lauren McCauley

Military Experts: Killer Drones Will Trigger ‘Slippery Slope’ Into Endless War

The use of drones as a ‘pillar’ of military policy raises significant strategic, legal and ethical questions, warns a high-level panel of military and foreign policy experts.

27 6 月, 2014
Lauren McCauley
27 6 月, 2014
作者 Lauren McCauley

The embrace of killer drones by the United States government is likely to increase anti-U.S. sentiment, erode national sovereignty and trigger a "slippery slope" into endless war, a prominent military and intelligence panel warned in a new report published Thursday. Recommendations and Report of the Task Force on United States Drone Policy (pdf)

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Moral Movement Launches ‘Freedom Summer’ in North Carolina

Rev. William Barber: “We have exposed the hypocrisy, now it is time to organize.”

25 6 月, 2014
Lauren McCauley
25 6 月, 2014
作者 Lauren McCauley
North Carolina

Protesters who for over a year have railed against the "extremist" policies of the North Carolina legislature are now bringing their fight to the voting booth as the movement known as Moral Mondays launched a bold initiative to get-out-the-vote this week. “We have exposed the hypocrisy,” Rev. William J. Barber II, chief organizer of the protests

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Report: Militarization Of Police Turning Communities Of Color Into ‘War Zones’

“Our police are trampling on our civil rights and turning communities of color into war zones,” said Kara Dansky, senior counsel with the ACLU’s Center for Justice.

25 6 月, 2014
Lauren McCauley
25 6 月, 2014
作者 Lauren McCauley
SWAT

The rapid militarization of American police forces is turning our communities into "war zones" with tactics of war used disproportionately against people of color, charged a new report by the ACLU on Tuesday. The report, War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing (pdf) reveals how heavily armed Special Weapons and Tactics

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Argentina President Blasts US Bank ‘Extortion’ of Developing Nations

Supreme Court refusal to hear appeal spells ‘terrible news for all of the developing world’

18 6 月, 2014
Lauren McCauley
18 6 月, 2014
作者 Lauren McCauley

Argentina will not submit to Wall Street's "extortion" of their debt, said President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a national address Tuesday night. De Kirchner's comments came after it was announced that the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by the South American country despite their argument thatobliging predator banks would

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New Yorkers Wage Urgent Battle For GMO Label Law

Industry groups spending millions to kill a bill likely to create a “domino effect” in the northeast

18 6 月, 2014
Lauren McCauley
18 6 月, 2014
作者 Lauren McCauley
According to a recent poll, approximately 93% of all Americans support GMO labeling. (Photo: CT Senate Democrats/ cc/ Flickr)

Campaigners for a bill to label foods made with genetically modified organisms (or GMOs) in New York are racing against the clock this week as they rally for a vote before state lawmakers on Thursday adjourn for the year. In what has emerged as a pivotal battle in the state-by-state labeling fight, outside industry groups have spent millions to

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Internet Advocates: New ‘Net Neutrality’ Bill Good Step, But Not Enough

Open Internet groups continue to push for reclassification of broadband to deter ‘pay-for-play’ web

18 6 月, 2014
Lauren McCauley
18 6 月, 2014
作者 Lauren McCauley

A new bill banning "fast lanes" on the Internet was unveiled in both the Senate and House on Tuesday. The bill, dubbed the the Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act, was introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Representative Doris Matsui (D-Calif.). "Americans [...] want an Internet that is a platform for free expression and

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California Braces For Explosion Of Fracked Oil By Rail Shipments

Freight industry reportedly withholding information regarding shipments from officials and public.

12 6 月, 2014
Lauren McCauley
12 6 月, 2014
作者 Lauren McCauley

The mountains and cities of California are about to see an explosion in the number of trains carrying fracked Bakken crude oil through the state. And according to a report (pdf) released on Tuesday, both the federal government and industry have done little to protect citizens from the "potentially serious risks" of such oil transport. Further,

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