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VOLUNTEER! Call for Image Finders/Editors: Do you have experience with sourcing and editing photos? We need volunteers to help with this. Now Live on WhoWhatWhy United Fruit Company Building. Photo credit: Michael Bentley / Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Why Americans Should Closely Watch Unfolding Events in Guatemala, Part 2 By Edward Curtin This is the backstory to the recent arrest of […]
Boehner is back (maybe), the New Yorker profiles Bernie, and the law that made the Postal Service lose money, and more Picks.
VOLUNTEER! Call for Image Finders/Editors: Do you have experience with sourcing and editing photos? We need volunteers to help with this. Now Live on WhoWhatWhy Otto Perez Molina, former President of Guatemala. Photo credit: Michael Wuertenberg / World Economic Forum / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0) Why Americans Should Closely Watch Unfolding Events in Guatemala, Part 1 By Edward Curtin This […]
TPP benefits the rich — duh, US media thinks US bombing Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan was not a war crime, NASA scientist disappointed with climate change deniers, and more Picks
This is the backstory to the recent arrest of Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina on corruption charges. It details US involvement in the training of Molina and many others in the most effective techniques of torture and killing at the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, GA.
For the umpteenth time, a plan to “get out of Afghanistan” is being thwarted by the Pentagon. What do the generals know that the rest of us don’t.
VOLUNTEER! Call for Image Finders/Editors: Do you have experience with sourcing and editing photos? We need volunteers to help with this. Now Live on WhoWhatWhy Angry faces clash on Hanbury Street. (Photo credit: Alex / Flickr [CC BY 2.0]) Trump’s “Silent Majority” Makes Loud Ugly Noises Online By Klaus Marre After making anti-immigrant remarks, Donald Trump rose to the top of […]
Military sneakily blocks NYT, Pataki vs @Snowden on Twitter, NASA’s filthy robot must stay away from pristine Mars water, and more Picks.
After making anti-immigrant remarks, Donald Trump rose to the top of the polls among Republican presidential candidates. The billionaire claims his supporters are part of a new “silent majority.” How silent are they? An examination of their online comments shows they are anything but silent. They’re also rather shocking in their expressed views.
Now Live on WhoWhatWhy Jonathan Katz, Director of Maryland Cybersecurity Center (photo credit: University of Maryland) Bring Back the Good Old Paper Ballot By Jeff Schechtman Despite technological advances in nearly all areas of life, our elections are still safest when paper ballots are used, the distinguished cybersecurity scholar Jonathan Katz tells WhowhatWhy. In our weekly […]
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