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'All of these guys belong in prison': CIA torture described in vivid detail by psychologist
May 09, 2022 14:37One of the psychologists paid tens of millions of dollars by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to oversee the interrogation of prisoners in the so-called War on Terror provided new details about the torture of a Guantánamo Bay detainee at CIA "black site" in Thailand.
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Trump defense secretary says I warned US National Guard of possible coup
May 07, 2022 08:47Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper writes in new memoir of how worried he was that President Donald Trump would try to use military to hold on to power.
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The global suicide budget
May 06, 2022 15:17The U.S. dropped 6 million tons of bombs and other ordnance on Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia between 1964 and 1973, along with some 19 million gallons of toxic chemicals, including Agent Orange.
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US sanctions on Afghanistan will starve 97% of its population
May 06, 2022 15:09With the world’s attention focused on Ukraine- Russia crisis— deliberately one might add—the plight of Afghans has fallen off the radar screen. Afghanistan has been and continues to be the victim of Western sanctions and aggression.
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‘US Democrats can’t catch a break’: Election maps setback spells midterms trouble
May 05, 2022 20:21New York ruling that 26 congressional districts were illegally distorted deals major blow to Democratic Party’s quest to retain House of Representatives.
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'This is robbery': Chevron profits quadruple and Exxon's double amid Russia- Ukraine crisis
May 04, 2022 13:40Chevron and ExxonMobil announced Friday that their profits surged during the first quarter of 2022, prompting fresh calls for a windfall tax as the U.S.-based oil giants continue to exploit Russia- Ukraine crisis to hike prices at the pump and lobby for more drilling.
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Evictions are climbing to pre-pandemic levels in cities across the US
May 03, 2022 14:28The number of evictions sought by landlords is climbing back to pre-pandemic levels in cities across the US, as wage growth continues to lag behind inflation and millions of people struggle with the rising cost of basic necessities.
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Seeing inflation as 'opportunity,' US corporations are profiting from price hikes: Analysis
May 03, 2022 14:25New data in the US reveals a massive "transfer of wealth" from the working class, which is paying higher prices as consumers, to the investor class reaping the financial benefits.
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The dire consequences of the US neglecting the ongoing pandemic
May 02, 2022 15:20Someone in the United States dies of this largely preventable disease about every four minutes—equivalent to a deadly disaster on the scale of the 9/11 attacks every eight or nine days.
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Revealed: Top US corporations raising prices on Americans even as profits surge
May 01, 2022 15:57A Guardian analysis uncovers how American companies enriched themselves and their investors while boasting about jacking up prices.