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from Aljazeera MINNEAPOLIS — It was Sunday, game day, and James Cross turned down the television volume, rose from his armchair and lifted his purple Vikings windbreaker to show off his tattoos. “This is a drive-by scene,” he said as he pointed to the image on his stomach. “I never […]
from The Intercept Jan. 19, 2015 John Kiriakou is the only CIA employee to go to prison in connection with the agency’s torture program. Not because he tortured anyone, but because he revealed information on torture to a reporter. Kiriakou is the Central Intelligence Agency officer who told ABC News in […]
By ANNE BARNARD from the New York Times Jan. 16, 2015 BEIRUT, Lebanon — In the early scenes of the Syrian documentary “Our Terrible Country,” the leftist writer Yassin al-Haj Saleh explores the ruins of a rebellious Damascus suburb, his clean-shaven face, Lenin-style cap and pristine clothes marking him as a […]
—By Rory Fanning. from Mother Jones Jan. 16, 2015 I imagine you’re entering the military for the same reason just about everyone volunteers: it felt like your only option. Maybe it was money, or a judge, or a need for a rite of passage, or the end of athletic stardom. […]
By Eduardo Ritter – Brazilian Journalist and PhD student Hunter S. Thompson. Doctor. Louisville. Kentucky. 2437 Ransdell Avenue. Ron Whitehead. Brazil. Cemetery. 36th Street. Old 502 Winery. Muhammad Ali. Rock ’n Roll. Blues. Poetry. Literature. Journalism. Gonzo Journalism. Kentucky Derby. GonzoFest 2014. All these words, and many others, never leave […]
by Jana Kasperkevic from the guardian Jan. 17, 2015 A new report found that, at 51%, the number of children who qualified for federal programs for free or reduced-price lunches is the highest in at least 50 years,according to the Southern Education Foundation. In other words, in 2013, more than half of […]
from AlJazeera America, Jan. 16, 2015 Israel’s fear that Palestinian recognition by the International Criminal Court would bring unwelcome scrutiny of its military actions took a step closer to fruition on Friday, when the the ICC announced a preliminary probe into possible war crimes committed in occupied territories. Chief […]
from the Guardian, Jan 16, 2015 The groundbreaking memoir of a current Guantánamo inmate that lays bare the harrowing details of the US rendition and torture programme from the perspective of one of its victims is to be published next week after a six-year battle for the manuscript to be […]
from Vice.com Jan 16, 2015 The trial of alleged Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht took an unexpected turn Thursday when his defense team laid the blockbuster claim that Ulbricht was framed by another shadowy Bitcoin heavyweight, Mt. Gox founder Mark Karpeles. In his opening statement Tuesday, defense attorney Joshua Dratel […]
by Anthony Nowicke – originally appeared on Louisville.com May 8, 2014 Hunter S. Thompson was a talent all his own, a breed of genius rarely seen. Tom Wolfe, the godfather of New Journalism, compared Thompson to none other than Mark Twain, calling Thompson “the century’s greatest comic writer.” Thompson grew […]
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