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Here’s Why Conservative Hopeful Ben Carson Couldn’t Be More Wrong On Islam

Tragically, Dr. Carson and a large segment of the conservative movement would prefer to demonize Muslims as a collective, rather than encouraging Muslims to embrace the liberty-affirming aspects of their religious legacy.

William N. Grigg | Free Thought Project
بواسطة William N. Grigg | Free Thought Project
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks in town hall meeting in Baltimore, Thursday May 7, 2015.

Dr. Ben Carson’s statement that Islam is “inconsistent with the values and principles of America” exhilarated the GOP’s conservative base while infuriating American Muslims and advocates of inter-faith outreach. The former commended Carson for taking a forthright stand against the supposed menace of “creeping Sharia”; the latter condemned him for

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5 US Government Conspiracy Theories That Were Totally Real

From poisoning drinkers during Prohibition to deliberately allowing syphilis to ravage the minds and bodies of black men for 40 years, the U.S. government has targeted the citizens it’s meant to govern and protect on more than one occasion.

Mint Press News Desk
بواسطة Mint Press News Desk

MINNEAPOLIS --- While it can be easy to dismiss some of the more outlandish conspiracy theories floating around on the Internet, it’s important not to lose sight of the fact that the U.S. government has conspired against its own citizens on more than one occasion. It’s well known that the U.S. government has targeted its own citizens for

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A Group Of Chicago ‘Israelites’ Fought For Acceptance From The Israeli Government

It took decades for this group to receive acceptance in Israel, and their oppression contributed to Israel’s policy of racial profiling against black visitors to the country.

Mint Press News Desk
بواسطة Mint Press News Desk

DIMONA, Israel --- In the 1960s, as black Americans struggled for civil rights and a stronger sense of cultural identity, some turned to the Torah and the Bible, and what they believed was their ancestral home in modern-day Israel. Today, a few thousand of these Hebrew Israelites live there, where they continue to struggle for acceptance and

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IDF Shoots 18-Year-Old Palestinian Woman 10 Times, Lets Her Die In Street

IDF soldiers did not let paramedics approach the teenager, who the Israelis claimed had tried to stab one of them. Photos posted online, however, appear to contradict the accusation.

RT
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An 18-year-old Palestinian girl was shot by Israeli troops at a Hebron checkpoint for allegedly refusing to show her purse or face and “trying to attack” a soldier. She died of multiple wounds in a hospital after bleeding in the street for 30 minutes. Hadil Hashlamoun was shot 10 times by Israeli Defense Forces at an Israeli checkpoint in Hebron

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Inspector General Urged To Investigate Justice Department For Ignoring CIA Torture

Enforced disappearances took place in violation of treaties the U.S. is bound to follow. Victims of torture have a right to reparations or remedies for the treatment they suffered.

Kevin Gosztola
بواسطة Kevin Gosztola
CIA

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Amnesty International USA urged the inspector general for the Justice Department to investigate why the department has failed to examine human rights violations documented in the Senate report on CIA torture. In a letter dated September 21 [PDF], AIUSA alleges the Justice Department failed to review

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Noam Chomsky: The United States, Not Iran, Poses Greatest Threat To World Peace

“The former Republican Party has now become a “radical insurgency” that’s abandoned parliamentary politics.”

Democracy Now
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Noam Chomsky arrives to a conference at the Islamic University in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2012. Photo: Hatem Moussa/AP

In a speech Saturday at The New School in New York, Noam Chomsky explained why he believes the U.S. poses the greatest threat to world peace. "[The United States] is a rogue state, indifferent to international law and conventions, entitled to resort to violence at will. … Take, for example, the Clinton Doctrine—namely, the United States is free to

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