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Debate: Was Snowden Justified? Former NSA Counsel Stewart Baker vs. Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. HeadlinesFebruary 14, 2014 18 Dead as East Coast Storm Winds Down U.N. Envoy Meets with Russia, U.S. as Talks Face Collapse U.N.: Syrian Combatants “Consistently and Flagrantly” Violating Humanitarian Law Karzai Rejects U.S. Criticism of Prisoner Releases Bahrain Arrests Demonstrators Ahead … Continued
Meteorologist Jeff Masters: Climate Change Affecting Weather Patterns Regardless of Season; “This Should Not Come as a Surprise”: Bill McKibben on Global Extreme Weather from U.S. to Sochi; Bill McKibben on Fight Against Keystone XL, Fossil Fuel Divestment and Obama’s Failures on Climate; N.C. Governor No Longer Works for Duke Energy, But After Coal Spill, … Continued
Karim Khan, Anti-Drone Activist Who Lost Family Members to U.S. Strike, Goes Missing in Pakistan; Drone on Your iPhone: Apple Drops Objections to App Tracking U.S. Strikes Overseas; From Jail to Law School: Jim Crow-Era Law Bars Florida Man From Voting, Taking Bar, Serving on Jury; U.S. Plunges in Global Press Freedom Rankings As Obama … Continued
The Day We Fight Back: Activism Sweeps the Internet with Global Action Against Mass Surveillance; The Sixth Extinction: Elizabeth Kolbert on How Humans Are Causing Largest Die-Off Since Dinosaur Age; Bridgegate Scandal Grows As NJ Lawmakers Issue 18 Subpoenas To Christie’s Office, Port Authority. HeadlinesFebruary 11, 2014 Anti-Drone Activist Missing in Pakistan Kabul Records … Continued
Death By Metadata: Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Reveal NSA Role in Assassinations Overseas; Defying Threats to Journalism, Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Launch New Venture, The Intercept. HeadlinesFebruary 10, 2014 Syria Peace Talks Resume in Geneva; Civilians Evacuated from Homs Afghan Civilians Deaths Up 14% in 2013; 35% for Women, Children Bangladesh Factory … Continued
Execution Chaos: Witnesses Say Executions Are Botched As States Use Untested, Secret Drug Cocktails; Trial Begins in Case of Man Who Murdered Florida Teen Jordan Davis Over Loud Music; Affluenza Defense Lands Wealthy Teen in Rehab After He Kills 4 People in Drunk Driving Accident. HeadlinesFebruary 7, 2014 Report: High Levels of Toxic Metals … Continued
Job Killer? How Media Spin Got Obamacare Wrong — and Why Single-Payer Could Cure Its Actual Flaws; Empire of Necessity: Historian Greg Grandin on Slavery, Freedom and Deception in the New World; In Latin American Votes, Honduran Movements Cement Role While El Salvador Poised for Historic Shift. HeadlinesFebruary 6, 2014 U.N. Says Syria Can … Continued
“An Olympic Snowden”: U.S. Athlete on Being Turned Into a “Spokesperson for Verizon” at 2006 Games; “Celebration Capitalism & the Olympics”: Global Protests Mark Opening of Sochi Games. HeadlinesFebruary 5, 2014 Senate OKs Farm Bill With $8.7 Billion in Food Stamp Cuts North Carolina: Up to 82,000 Tons of Coal Ash, 27 Million Gallons … Continued
Debate: State Dept Moves Keystone XL Closer to Approval, But Does Conflict of Interest Taint Report?Environmental Groups “Shocked” by Reports of NSA Spying of U.N. Climate Talks; Michigan Activists Face Up to 2 Years in Prison for Protesting Oil Pipeline Behind 2010 Spill; One Billion Rising: Eve Ensler & Kimberle Crenshaw on Global Movement to … Continued
