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Interview With
Chelsea Manning | Why Speaking Out Is Worth the Risk
Amnesty International
Excerpt: "In an ideal world, governments, corporations, and other large institutions would be transparent by default. Unfortunately, the world is not ideal. Many institutions begin a slow creep toward being opaque and we need people who recognize that.'
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Amnesty International
Excerpt: "In an ideal world, governments, corporations, and other large institutions would be transparent by default. Unfortunately, the world is not ideal. Many institutions begin a slow creep toward being opaque and we need people who recognize that.'
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Treasury Fight
Escalates: White House Won't Bow to Progressives on Weiss
Nomination
Ben White, Politico
White writes: "Fresh from quelling the progressive uprising against the 'cromnibus' spending bill, the White House isn't backing down on its other major fight with Democratic progressives: the nomination of a Wall Street banker for a top Treasury job."
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Ben White, Politico
White writes: "Fresh from quelling the progressive uprising against the 'cromnibus' spending bill, the White House isn't backing down on its other major fight with Democratic progressives: the nomination of a Wall Street banker for a top Treasury job."
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Why Won't
Barack Obama Prosecute CIA Torturers?
Raf Sanchez, The Telegraph
Sanchez writes: "The graphic and unsparing report released this week on the CIA's use of torture has prompted widespread calls for criminal charges to be brought against American spies involved in the agency's detention programme. But while the White House has said it condemns the use of so-called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' it is steadfastly refusing to prosecute those who ordered the torture or carried it out."
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Raf Sanchez, The Telegraph
Sanchez writes: "The graphic and unsparing report released this week on the CIA's use of torture has prompted widespread calls for criminal charges to be brought against American spies involved in the agency's detention programme. But while the White House has said it condemns the use of so-called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' it is steadfastly refusing to prosecute those who ordered the torture or carried it out."
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David Sirota |
Kansas Governor Proposes Using Pension Money to Cover Budget Gap Created by His
Tax Cuts
David Sirota, International Business Times
Sirota writes: "In 2012, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a landmark bill that delivered big tax cuts to high income earners and businesses. Less than two years after that tax cut, the state's income tax revenues plummeted by a quarter-billion dollars - and now Brownback is pushing to use money for public employees' pensions to instead cover the state's ensuing budget shortfalls."
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David Sirota, International Business Times
Sirota writes: "In 2012, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a landmark bill that delivered big tax cuts to high income earners and businesses. Less than two years after that tax cut, the state's income tax revenues plummeted by a quarter-billion dollars - and now Brownback is pushing to use money for public employees' pensions to instead cover the state's ensuing budget shortfalls."
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Americans Are
40 Percent Poorer Than Before the Recession
Quentin Fottrell, MarketWatch
Fottrell writes: "The Great Recession is officially over, but Americans are still 40% poorer today than they were in 2007, the year before the global financial crisis."
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Quentin Fottrell, MarketWatch
Fottrell writes: "The Great Recession is officially over, but Americans are still 40% poorer today than they were in 2007, the year before the global financial crisis."
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The West
Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Retreating at a Much Higher Rate Than Previously
Thought
Sarah Jane Keller, VICE News
Keller writes: "The world has a lot at stake in keeping the West Antarctic ice sheet from melting. Should the frozen expanse fully disintegrate, scientists say, it could raise global sea levels by an average of four feet, submerging coastal cities, like Miami, Florida."
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Sarah Jane Keller, VICE News
Keller writes: "The world has a lot at stake in keeping the West Antarctic ice sheet from melting. Should the frozen expanse fully disintegrate, scientists say, it could raise global sea levels by an average of four feet, submerging coastal cities, like Miami, Florida."
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