Politics Dec 09 Two military psychologists were paid $81 million to develop the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques Two military psychologists were contracted by the U.S. government for $180 million to develop the enhanced interrogation tactics within the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation and Detention Program, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Executive Summary revealed after it was released Tuesday.
Politics Dec 09 CIA interrogators used rectal feedings to encourage prisoner compliance, report reveals At least five detainees in U.S. custody were given food or liquids through their rectums, according to newly released report about enhanced interrogation tactics from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Arts Dec 04 Nashville photographer’s dreamy snaps expose hidden truths in the Deep South "Southern Route,” a series of photographs by Tamara Reynolds, offers glimpses into the lives of people throughout the Deep South, as if she's capturing something out of the side of her eye. Her images are romantic and nostalgic, but not…
World Dec 02 New report finds China has grown more corrupt Despite China’s public vows to prosecute bribery and shore up government accountability, the nation falls short in its efforts to fight institutionalized corruption, according to Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index released today. For one thing, bribery in China…
World Nov 28 UN condemns U.S. over torture, immigrant detainment and police malpractice After reviewing the recent use of history of torture in the United States, the United Nations Committee Against Torture expressed concern that the United States has not gone far enough in the “absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment” of detainees,"…
Nation Nov 25 What do the newly released witness statements tell us about the Michael Brown shooting? We read more than 500 hundred pages of this witness testimony and compared each statement to the statement given by officer Wilson. Below is a chart comparing several key details of the officer’s report to the statements of the 24…
Nation Nov 24 Demonstrations nationwide planned following grand jury announcement From Boston to Portland, Oregon, social media users in more than 120 cities across the United States and in Canada took to Twitter and Tumblr with details on marches and prayer vigils following the Ferguson grand jury announcement.
World Nov 20 25 percent of people worldwide still get fecally contaminated water Out of the world's population of 7.3 billion people, about one-quarter of them drink water from sources polluted with fecal matter, and one billion people practice open defacation. That number is especially high in rural parts of the world, where…
World Nov 17 UN report: More young people alive today than ever before A United Nations report says that more young people between the ages of 10 and 24 are alive today than ever before, a demographic shift that both poses challenges and offers potential benefits.
Politics Nov 13 Who are the incoming members of Congress? Nearly three-quarters of incoming representatives and about 90 percent of all new senators will be Republican in the 114th Congress. In both the House and the Senate, about 80 percent of newly elected politicians will be men, and the new…