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Climate ChangeJuly 26, 2021
Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas
As sea levels rise, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. So why does the federal government have no plan to avoid this looming catastrophe?
Dave Lindorff
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ActivismJuly 2, 2020
Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning
Trump and Barr are turning to the “Occupy model” to crush the current uprising against police brutality.
Dave Lindorff
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Climate ChangeSeptember 19, 2019
The US Navy Has a Water Problem
The Second Fleet was reactivated to patrol the Arctic. Only problem is, the fleet’s home is on the front lines of sea-level rise: Naval Station Norfolk.
Dave Lindorff
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National SecurityAugust 22, 2019
I’m a Journalist. Why Did I End Up on an FBI Terrorist Watch List?
The use of “watch lists” to harass dissidents and journalists—as well as Muslims—appears to be growing, as the author discovered when he recently got caught in the net.
Dave Lindorff
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US Wars and Military ActionNovember 27, 2018
Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed
How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit.
Dave Lindorff
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EconomyMarch 30, 2012
Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default
Already facing crippling debt and a rocky job market, students in default can't even get access to the grades they've already earned.
Dave Lindorff
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GovernmentAugust 30, 2007
NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules
Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rules.
Dave Lindorff
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PoliticsSeptember 21, 2006
War Signals?
As a strike group of six US Naval vessels prepares to deploy to the Persian Gulf, wary critics of the Bush Administration and some members of the military are raising flags that an "October surprise" attack on Iran may be imminent. Others are skeptical.
Dave Lindorff
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Criminal JusticeJanuary 27, 2005
Chertoff and Torture
Back on Friday, June 12, 2002, the Defense Department had a big problem: Its new policy on torture of captives in the "war on terror" was about to be exposed.
Dave Lindorff
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Death PenaltyNovember 26, 2002
Mumia’s Appeal
Mumia's Appeal After decades of legal and political maneuvering, the twenty-year-old death-penalty case of black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal is entering a critical stage.
Dave Lindorff