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From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all Tuesday April 24,...

By Penny Coleman, AlterNet Posted on November 26, 2007, Printed on November 27, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/story/68713/ Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments...

By DAVID N. GOODMAN, Associated Press Writer Mon Nov 19, 6:21 AM ET In another blow to the Motor City's tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research group's controversial analysis,...

Soldiers' videos and photos show how obscene games and simulated violent acts became part of everyday life and led to a culture of abuse in Iraq's detention facilities. Tara McKelvey | June 15, 2007 | web only Adapted from Monstering: Inside America's...

NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 2007 (CBS/AP) A United Nations committee said Friday that use of Taser weapons can be a form of torture, in violation of the U.N. Convention Against Torture. Use of the electronic stun devices by police has been marked with a sudden...

By Les Blumenthal | McClatchy Newspapers Mike Siegel / Seattle Times Some Tri-Cities residents want the Hanford nuclear reservation's B Reactor -- the world's first nuclear reactor -- to be preserved as a museum in Hanford, Washington. | View larger image...

MCT Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani | View larger image WASHINGTON — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign was supposed to be toast by now, imploded by his hot temper, autocratic ways, tumultuous personal life and moderate...

By Brian K. Sullivan Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Americans aged 15 to 24 on average spend two hours a day watching TV and only seven minutes on leisure reading, reducing their chances for high-paying jobs and community service, according to a report by the...

By Matthew Bigg ATLANTA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Thousands of people demonstrated outside a big U.S. Army base on Sunday to demand the closure of a defense department training school they say promotes torture and murder in Latin America. Long-shot Democratic...

They were told depleted uranium was not hazardous. Now, 23 years after a US arms plant closed, workers and residents have cancer - and experts say their suffering shows the use of such weapons may be a war crime David Rose in Colonie, New York Sunday...