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 Ear to the Ground Study: A Third of College Males Admit Theyd Rape a Woman If They Could Get Away With It A recent study reveals a harrowing figure related to sexual assault on college campuses. Posted on Jan 18, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground Florida Police Caught Using Photos of Black Men for Target Practice Youll never guess how the North Miami Beach Police got found out using mug shots of black citizens to practice their shooting. Posted on Jan 18, 2015 READ MORE |
 Report Here Are 7 Reproductive Rights Issues to Watch in 2015 Changes for abortion, contraception and more top the agendas of Republicans in the majority in Congress and many state legislatures. Posted on Jan 18, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground Guantanamo Diary Reveals Horrors of U.S. Torture Program A harrowing memoir by a current Guantanamo detainee illuminates the U.S. rendition and torture program from the perspective of one of its victims. The authors advocates struggled for six years to get the manuscript declassified. Posted on Jan 17, 2015 READ MORE |
 A/V Booth Left, Right & Center: Paris Reacts, Gay Marriage, Romney Again? Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other Left, Right and Center panelists take stock of Paris one week after horrific attacks on the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, Switzerlands surprise decision to remove the cap on its currency, and the Supreme Courts commitment to deciding whether states must allow same-sex unions. Posted on Jan 17, 2015 READ MORE |
 Report President Hollande: Anti-Muslimism Is as Bad as Anti-Semitism French President Francois Hollande addressed the Institute of the Arab World on Friday, in a bid to reassure French Muslims, who fear being the victims of a collective guilt campaign or reprisals after the attack of radicals on Charlie Hebdo. Posted on Jan 17, 2015 READ MORE |
 Report Top 7 Things to Know About the Belgian Anti-Terror Op That Left 2 Dead Belgian police launched a counter-terrorism operation on Thursday in the eastern city of Verviers near the German border. Posted on Jan 17, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground Watch the Planet Get Hotter and Hotter Last year was the hottest on record. Thats sad. Even sadder, this animation from Bloomberg showing a pretty clear trend from 1880 onward. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground Princeton Study Uses the O Word to Describe American Politics This wont come as a total shock, but theres some new hard data to back up what we already suspect anecdotally: Our democracy is really an oligarchy. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Report MLKs Call for Economic Justice The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.s economic message was fiery and radical. To our societys great shame, it has also proved timeless. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Report Why Violent Extremists Welcome Attacks on Islam Whenever an act of horrific terror enrages the West, a predictable second act ensues. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Arts and Culture: No Simple Highway This excerpt, recounting the media reaction to the death of Jerry Garcia, is from Truthdig contributor Peter Richardsons critically acclaimed new book, No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground Pope Francis Invokes Wife-Beaters Defense Against French Cartoonists? One cannot make fun of faith, Pope Francis said on the day another cartoonist victim of the Charlie Hebdo attacks was buried. Oh yes, you can, replied Polly Toynbee in The Guardian. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Report The Windy Citys New Gift to Big Campaign Donors On its face, Chicagos municipal pension system is an integral part of the Chicago city government. Unless you ask Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground Justice Department Tracked International Calls in Secret The U.S. Justice Department kept a secret database of U.S. calls made to and from foreign countries, a new court filing and officials familiar with the program say. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground Eric Holder Just Ended the Program That Let Police Stop and Rob You Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground Two Killed in Belgian Raids Reportedly Were Part of Plot to Massacre Police A major scheme to kill police officers was foiled in the nick of time, prosecutors said, after counterterrorism raids led to the arrest of 15 suspects in Belgium and France. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Report America Is Open for Business in Iraq In the midst of the December holiday news-dumping zone, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) quietly notified Congress of several pending arms deals for Iraq. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Report The World We are Shaping Is Feeling the Strain The world risks being destabilised by human activity, scientists report, most of it the work of a wealthy minority of us. Posted on Jan 16, 2015 READ MORE |
 Ear to the Ground You Can Now Buy the Historic Charlie Hebdo Issue on Your Phone Charlie Hebdo ordered 5 million copies of its defiant post-massacre issue to be printed, and the first run of 3 million sold out in minutes. For those who want to know what all the fuss is about, the satirical publication is now available on iPhone, Android and Windows Phone. Posted on Jan 15, 2015 READ MORE |
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