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New Snowden Docs Reveal Wider Net of NATO 'Kill List' Targets | Andrea Germanos
Reporting by Der Spiegel shows low-level suspected Taliban, drug traffickers targeted for killing Apache helicopters flying in Afghanistan in 2011. (Photo: DVIDSHUB/flickr/cc) Dec. 29, 2014 (Common D ...
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Citing Next Generations, Lawsuits Demand Courts Recognize 'Mind-Blowing' Climate Impacts | Deirdre Fulton
"There are laws of nature that we have to comply with," says legal scholar on final episode of Moyers & Company. "And those laws are supreme." "Climate is not just an environmental issue," professor ...
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Transgender Youth's Tragic Suicide Galvanizes Movement | Deirdre Fulton
On her Tumblr page, Leelah Alcorn pleaded with those who read her suicide note to 'Fix society. Please.' Leelah Alcorn, 17, was struck by a tractor-trailer on Sunday, about four miles from her home n ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Jan. 2, 2014 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Jan. 2, 2014 Jan. 6 Noon, Congress convenes. Jan. 8 4:30 p.m., Brad Hammitt, National Nuclear Security Administration, "WMD Terrorism and ...
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ACLU Calls Out NSA's Christmas Eve Document Dump | Deirdre Fulton
Reports on compliance violations were published "when basically no one would be paying attention to the internet or in the mood to think about unchecked government snooping for at least the next 30 h ...
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Sen. Sanders Slams GOP For Maneuvering to Slash Social Security and Medicare | Sarah Lazare
Tom Price (R-Ga.), incoming Chairman of the House Budget Committee, has vowed to gut 'mandatory spending' on entitlement programs Dec. 19, 2014 (Common Dreams) -- U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sla ...
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Senate CIA Torture Report Details 'Ruthless' Brutality of Bush Era | Jon Queally
Senate Intelligence Committee's report says CIA abuse violated 'U.S. law, treaty obligations, and our values.' Journalists, experts and human rights advocates say that torture program under the Bush ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- November 20, 2014 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- November 20, 2014 -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Nov. 3-Dec. 9 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization conducts a full-scale simulation of an on-site inspection, ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- October 13, 2014 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 13, 2014 Friends Committee on National Legislation Sept. 19-Nov. 11 House and Senate Election Day recess. Oct. 7-15 General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and Intern ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- August 15, 2014 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- August 15, 2014 -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Aug. 2-Sept. 7 House of Representatives and Senate summer recesses. Aug. 11-22 U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs, me ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- July 21, 2014 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- July 21, 2014 -- Friends Committee on National Legislation July 21 Noon-1:15 p.m., Robert Litwak, Wilson Center; Mitchell Reiss, Washington College; and David Sanger, New York Tim ...
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