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After an FBI Agent Checked the Wrong Box, a Woman Was Barred From US Entry for 9 Years

After an FBI Agent Checked the Wrong Box, a Woman Was Barred From US Entry for 9 Years After an FBI Agent Checked the Wrong Box, a Woman Was Barred From US Entry for 9 Years

A federal ruling reveals a wrongly checked box landed Rahinah Ibrahim on the TSA's no-fly list.

Feb 7, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Senators Demand a Vote Before More War in Afghanistan

Senators Demand a Vote Before More War in Afghanistan Senators Demand a Vote Before More War in Afghanistan

A new security agreement could keep US troops in Afghanistan indefinitely.

Feb 6, 2014 / George Zornick

The Third Battle of Falluja

The Third Battle of Falluja The Third Battle of Falluja

The United States is still involved in Iraq, though more quietly.

Feb 6, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters

The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters

It's increasingly clear that the online world is, for both government surveillance types and corporate sellers, a new Wild West where anything goes.

Feb 6, 2014 / Pratap Chatterjee

This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners

This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners

Industrial rock band Skinny Puppy doesn't want its music to be used "as a weapon."

Feb 5, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

The Philippines Raises a Chinese Bogeyman

The Philippines Raises a Chinese Bogeyman The Philippines Raises a Chinese Bogeyman

President Benigno Aquino compares China’s offshore assertiveness to Hitler’s Sudetenland grab.

Feb 5, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

A Rocky Year May Lie Ahead for India-US Ties

A Rocky Year May Lie Ahead for India-US Ties A Rocky Year May Lie Ahead for India-US Ties

On human rights, nuclear energy, climate change and more, the US and India are set to clash. 

Feb 5, 2014 / Barbara Crossette

Bull in China’s Shop

Bull in China’s Shop Bull in China’s Shop

The urbanization of China and infusion of Western forms amounts to a second Cultural Revolution.

Feb 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

Alberta Government Quietly Funded Researchers Behind ‘Independent’ Report Boosting Keystone XL

Alberta Government Quietly Funded Researchers Behind ‘Independent’ Report Boosting Keystone XL Alberta Government Quietly Funded Researchers Behind ‘Independent’ Report Boosting Keystone XL

The Canadian government quietly funded a major report boosting the Keystone XL.

Feb 4, 2014 / Lee Fang

Is Glenn Greenwald a Criminal?

Is Glenn Greenwald a Criminal? Is Glenn Greenwald a Criminal?

The Republican in charge of the House Intelligence Committee says journalists should be prosecuted for reports based on Edward Snowden’s leaks.

Feb 4, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

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