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Bernie Sanders: Corporate Media is a Threat to Democracy

Three weeks after the election of Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia as part of his "Our Revolution" book tour. He spoke harshly about the

December 26, 2016
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Category: Media

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U.N. Declares Israeli Settlements Illegal; Netanyahu Vows to Retaliate After U.S. Abstains from Vote

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Israeli officials are vowing to build thousands of new settlement homes on occupied Palestinian land, in defiance of a United Nations resolution passed Friday condemning such construction as a "flagrant violation under

December 27, 2016
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Category: Justice

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What Will Happen When Donald Trump Takes Over U.S. Drone & Targeted Assassination Program?

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In Syracuse, New York, four people were arrested outside the Hancock Air National Guard Base on Friday at a nonviolent protest against the U.S. drone assassination program. Demonstrators marked the Christmas holiday

December 27, 2016
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Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything it Really Knows About Them

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The site shows users how Facebook categorizes them. It doesn’t reveal the data it is buying about their offline lives.

December 27, 2016
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New Study 'Sounds Alarm' on Another Climate Feedback Loop

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"What we know from this study is that warming will result in the loss of stored carbon in a wide variety of ecosystems—and that has potentially harmful effects in terms of future global warming."

December 26, 2016
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Category: Environment

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Top 5 Threats to Transparency: 2016 in Review

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As we approach the end of 2016, it’s disturbing to note the wide variety of ways in which government transparency has languished—even under an administration rhetorically committed to it.