Ahead of this weekend’s elections in Russia to choose deputies for the Duma, the lower house of parliament, one young candidate for an ultra-nationalist party is going all out to associate herself with three politicians revered by the Russian version… Read More ›
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A morte de Domingos Montagner e os índios da bacia do Xingu
Foi necessária a morte de um ator global para as autoridades se preocuparem com os impactos da Usina Hidrelétrica do Xingó no Rio São Francisco, em operação desde 1994. O ator Domingos Montagner morreu afogado na última quinta-feira, quando mergulhou… Read More ›
Retiring NYPD Commissioner William Bratton Claims Police Will Reform From Within. Why Haven’t They?
On his last day at the helm of the largest police force in the country, Commissioner William Bratton ended his 46 years as a police officer with a parting thought: police reform will happen from within. His words, coming at… Read More ›
Former Prisoners Are Leading the Fight Against Mass Incarceration
Tina Glasgow will never forget one letter she received from her son, Kenny, when he was in an Alabama prison. It was 1994, the year of the crime bill, and Democrats and Republicans were outdoing each other to prove how… Read More ›
Reporters Know They Are Being Conned By Donald Trump, But Not What to Do About It
Just seconds after Donald Trump appeared at his new hotel in Washington on Friday, it dawned on many of the reporters in the room and others watching the live coverage on every cable news channel that they had been conned…. Read More ›
Donald Trump Keeps Using His Campaign to Market His Own Businesses
Donald Trump’s Friday campaign event in Washington, D.C., at the Trump International Hotel was only the latest of many examples of Trump using his campaign and ability to get attention from the media to pitch his own products and market his… Read More ›
FEC Republicans Kill Attempt to Block Foreign Money in U.S. Elections
A proposal to begin writing new regulations to staunch the flow of money from foreign-owned corporations into U.S. elections is the latest victim of the Federal Election Commission’s chronic deadlock when it comes to anything remotely like a reform measure. The… Read More ›
Family of Italian Killed in Drone Strike Gets More Than $1 Million Payment From U.S.
The United States paid over a million euros to the the family of Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian aid worker killed in a U.S. drone strike in January of last year, according to newly released documents. The 37-year-old Lo Porto died… Read More ›
New Film Tells the Story of Edward Snowden; Here Are the Surveillance Programs He Helped Expose
Oliver Stone’s latest film, “Snowden,” bills itself as a dramatized version of the life of Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who revealed the global extent of U.S. surveillance capabilities. Stone’s rendering of Snowden’s life combines facts with Hollywood invention, covering… Read More ›
Indústria de bebidas alcoólicas financia oposição à legalização da maconha nos EUA
A luta contra a legalização da maconha vem sendo fortemente bancada pela setor farmacêutico e de bebidas alcoólicas, que temem possíveis perda de mercado para a erva. Logo após um dossiê publicado na semana passada, que mostrava a fabricante de… Read More ›