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You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History

You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History You Can Be Prosecuted for Clearing Your Browser History

Khairullozhori Matanov, a friend of the Boston bomber, is being sentenced under a law whose purview is growing disturbingly wide.

Jun 2, 2015 / Juliana DeVries

A Q&A With Opal Tometi, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter

A Q&A With Opal Tometi, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter A Q&A With Opal Tometi, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter

A conversation about building an inclusive movement, the importance of identity, and how to shift the narrative of justice away from jailing killer cops.

Jun 2, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

The Dangerous ‘Red-State Model’

The Dangerous ‘Red-State Model’ The Dangerous ‘Red-State Model’

Kansas's red-state experiment speaks bigger truths about the reality of the GOP.

Jun 2, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How the Retail Industry Keeps People of Color in Poverty

How the Retail Industry Keeps People of Color in Poverty How the Retail Industry Keeps People of Color in Poverty

Bad retail jobs compound the deeper economic and social barriers that disproportionately affect blacks and Latinos.

Jun 2, 2015 / Michelle Chen

June 2, 1924: Calvin Coolidge Signs the Indian Citizenship Act

June 2, 1924: Calvin Coolidge Signs the Indian Citizenship Act June 2, 1924: Calvin Coolidge Signs the Indian Citizenship Act

"America is a reckless squanderer where small racial units are concerned, and the cause of any Indian race seems a priori a lost cause."

Jun 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

The Privacy Talk

The Privacy Talk The Privacy Talk

Hey Kids! It's time for the privacy talk with your host: The Anonymous Silicon Valley Tycoon.

Jun 2, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It

The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It

Anthony Russo, the “other conspirator” of the Pentagon Papers, shouldn't be left in history’s trash bin. 

Jun 1, 2015 / Barbara Myers

The Underrated List

The Underrated List The Underrated List

Sometimes the best things are the least appreciated.

Jun 1, 2015 / Eric Alterman

NSA Reform? No Way! Scott Walker Wants ‘Something Closer to the Patriot Act’

NSA Reform? No Way! Scott Walker Wants ‘Something Closer to the Patriot Act’ NSA Reform? No Way! Scott Walker Wants ‘Something Closer to the Patriot Act’

The Wisconsin governor positions himself as the exact opposite of Rand Paul—and privacy advocates in both parties.

Jun 1, 2015 / John Nichols

June 1, 1968: Helen Keller Dies

June 1, 1968: Helen Keller Dies June 1, 1968: Helen Keller Dies

“Perhaps the best thing about it all is that Miss Keller has come through to middle age a liberal in spirit. The injustices of our society weigh heavily upon her.”

Jun 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

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