“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
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Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home—all for using Twitter.
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Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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IN RECENT DAYS, PUNDITS AND POLLSTER HAVE ASSERTED THAT TODAY WILL SEE ONE OF THE LOWEST VOTER TURNOUTS IN U.S. HISTORY. IN RECENT YEARS, MORE AND MORE AMERICANS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THEIR VOTES DON’T MATTER….THIS LACK OF VOTER PARTICIPATION RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR DEMOCRACY AS WE CROSS THAT BRIDGE TO THE NEXT CENTURY.
THIS PAST SUNDAY, THE CHRISTIAN COALITION DISTRIBUTED MILLIONS OF VOTER GUIDES IN CHURCHES AROUND THE U-S, ENCOURAGING CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS TO GO TO THE POLLS TO HELP KEEP CONGRESS IN REPUBLICAN HANDS. HERE’S CHRISTIAN COALITION DIRECTOR RALPH REED, SPEAKING LAST MONTH AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB IN WASHINGTON D.C.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 18 YEAR OLDS GETTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE. TO MARK THAT OCCASION, WE’VE INVITED THREE FIRST TIME VOTERS INTO THE STUDIO TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TODAY’S ELECTIONS MEAN TO THEM.