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A police officer throws an object at protestors, Monday, April 27, 2015, following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a Baltimore Police Department van.

New FBI Report Debunks Mythical “War On Police”

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US Plans $1 Billion Annual Hike In Israel Military Aid

Israeli and American teams are putting together a plan to increase annual U.S. military aid to Israel by as much as $1 billion, on top of the current $3.1 billion.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as President Barack Obama speaks during their meeting, Monday, March, 5, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

According to reports in the Israeli press, planned talks between Israel and the US on a one-time, multi-billion dollar military aid package in “compensation” for US approval of the Iran nuclear deal remain on hold, with focus on a planned increase in annual military aid to Israel. The US currently sends Israel $3.1 billion annually in military

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WikiLeaks Publishes First Round Of Hacked CIA Chief Emails

Former CIA Director John Brennan is said to have used the private email account ‘occasionally for several intelligence related projects’

Deirdre Fulton
بواسطة Deirdre Fulton
CIA Director John Brennan

WikiLeaks on Wednesday began releasing documents from one of former CIA chief John Brennan's non-government email accounts, which he is said to have "used occasionally for several intelligence related projects." Earlier this week an individual, claiming to be a teenager, alleged that he and two other people had hacked into Brennan's AOL email

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It’s Not Just Roads And Bridges: US Courthouses Are Crumbling, Too

Much like America’s roads and bridges, which are badly in need of repair, courthouses across the country struggle to rally political support and funding for upgrades and maintenance.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
One of the original courtrooms in the Herman Marion Sweatt courthouse. Alberto Martínez AMERICAN-STATESMAN

AUSTIN, Texas --- Just as many American roads are crumbling and bridges are badly in need of repair, the legal infrastructure of the country -- specifically, its courthouses -- is also endangered by age and overcrowding. Starting this week, early voters in Travis County, Texas, are deciding on a bond that would fund the construction of a new

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Spread The Word: TPP Is Toxic Political Poison That Politicians Should Avoid

At its root, the TPP is about modern colonialism. It is the way that Western governments and their transnational corporations, including Wall Street banks, can dominate the economies of developing nations. And it’s not too late to stop it.

Kevin Zeese
Margaret Flowers
بواسطة Kevin Zeese
و Margaret Flowers
Labor leaders, environmental groups and lawmakers rally against fast-track authority for secretive trade pact

WASHINGTON --- After nearly six years of negotiations, trade ministers recently announced they had reached agreement on the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This does not mean the TPP is a done deal. The next hurdle for this rigged corporate power grab is to convince the participating governments, including Congress, to ratify it. In the

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From Psilocybin To MDMA: Researchers Are In The Throes Of A Psychedelic Revival

A flurry of research is looking past the stigmas on psychedelics to investigate whether some perception-altering compounds might be useful in the treatment of depression, PTSD, anxiety and even addiction.

Derrick Broze
بواسطة Derrick Broze
Psilocybin, more commonly known known as magic mushrooms are seen in a grow room at the Procare farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

NEW YORK --- Research into mind-and perception-altering drugs flourished in the 1950s, then floundered amid an atmosphere of demonization and illegalization in the following decades, particularly under the Nixon and Reagan administrations. Yet researchers are taking up the cause again, exploring the possibility that psychedelic compounds might

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New Canadian PM To Withdraw Canadian Military From US Wars

Outgoing PM Stephen Harper represented an more aggressive Canadian policy, eagerly participating in US-led adventures the world over, while Trudeau favors a return to a more humanitarian focus.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
New Canadian PM Justin Trudeau gives his closing comments to media at the federal Liberal summer caucus meeting in Edmonton on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jason Franson)

Fresh off of his victory in the Canadian elections, Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau has confirmed speaking with President Obama and informing him that he would be going through with a campaign promise to withdraw warplanes from the US-led war against ISIS. Canada had previously committed CF-18 fighter jets to the war through March 2016, and

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