Glenn Greenwald | NYT Trumpets US Restraint Against ISIS, Ignores Hundreds of Civilian Deaths
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "The New York Times this morning has an extraordinary front-page article claiming that the U.S. is being hampered in its war against ISIS because of its extreme - even excessive - concern for civilians."
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Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "The New York Times this morning has an extraordinary front-page article claiming that the U.S. is being hampered in its war against ISIS because of its extreme - even excessive - concern for civilians."
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Cleveland Reaches Settlement With Justice Department Over Police Conduct
Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post
Horwitz writes: "The Justice Department has reached a settlement with the city of Cleveland over the conduct of its police officers, according to a Justice official, the latest case in which the Obama administration has investigated excessive use of force and the violation of constitutional rights by a local department."
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Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post
Horwitz writes: "The Justice Department has reached a settlement with the city of Cleveland over the conduct of its police officers, according to a Justice official, the latest case in which the Obama administration has investigated excessive use of force and the violation of constitutional rights by a local department."
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Congress Pursues Deal on Phone Data Collection in Rare Talks During Recess
Jonathan Weisman, The New York Times
Weisman writes: "Senior lawmakers are scrambling this week in rare recess negotiations to agree on a face-saving change to legislation that would rein in the National Security Agency's dragnet of phone records, with time running out on some of the government's domestic surveillance authority."
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Jonathan Weisman, The New York Times
Weisman writes: "Senior lawmakers are scrambling this week in rare recess negotiations to agree on a face-saving change to legislation that would rein in the National Security Agency's dragnet of phone records, with time running out on some of the government's domestic surveillance authority."
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Oakland Police Arrest Demonstrators Marching Against Protest Clampdown
Associated Press
"Police made arrests as demonstrators marched in downtown Oakland on Sunday, against the city's new get-tough policy for monitoring street protests. It was the second such gathering in as many days."
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Associated Press
"Police made arrests as demonstrators marched in downtown Oakland on Sunday, against the city's new get-tough policy for monitoring street protests. It was the second such gathering in as many days."
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Hip-Hop, and Other Things the Right Blames for Declining Christianity
Amanda Marcotte, Rolling Stone
Marcotte writes: "Christianity's demographic death grip on the United States continues to loosen its hold, new polling data from the Pew Research Center shows."
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Amanda Marcotte, Rolling Stone
Marcotte writes: "Christianity's demographic death grip on the United States continues to loosen its hold, new polling data from the Pew Research Center shows."
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Two Thirds of Yemen Without Clean Water, as Outbreak of Disease Looms, Oxfam Reports
Rori Donaghy, Middle East Eye
Donaghy writes: "Oxfam said on Tuesday that the Saudi-led coalition carrying out airstrikes against Houthi rebels has contributed to an extra three million Yemenis being denied drinking water."
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Rori Donaghy, Middle East Eye
Donaghy writes: "Oxfam said on Tuesday that the Saudi-led coalition carrying out airstrikes against Houthi rebels has contributed to an extra three million Yemenis being denied drinking water."
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Oil Company Bosses' Bonuses Linked to $1tn Spending on Extracting Fossil Fuels
Simon Bowers and Harry Davies, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Bosses at the world's big five oil companies have been showered with bonus payouts linked to a $1tn (£650bn) crescendo of spending on fossil fuel exploration and extraction over nine years, according to Guardian analysis of company reports."
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Simon Bowers and Harry Davies, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Bosses at the world's big five oil companies have been showered with bonus payouts linked to a $1tn (£650bn) crescendo of spending on fossil fuel exploration and extraction over nine years, according to Guardian analysis of company reports."
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