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Andrea Germanos

United States Doesn’t Even Make Top 20 on Global Democracy Index

With a final score of 7.96, the U.S. earned the “flawed democracy” label.

January 16th, 2019

By Andrea Germanos

United States Doesn’t Even Make Top 20 on Global Democracy Index

A new index released this week offers a sobering look at how democracy is faring in the United States. According to the 2018 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, the U.S. doesn't even make the list of top 20—its demonstrably "flawed democracy" notching it the 25th

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Sorry Chris Murphy, GOP Rejects Call to Curb US Funding for ‘Slaughter of Yemeni Kids’

Republicans objected to the Senate’s “big chance to slam on the brakes and stop our role in enabling the suffering in Yemen.”

August 22nd, 2018

By Andrea Germanos

Sorry Chris Murphy, GOP Rejects Call to Curb US Funding for ‘Slaughter of Yemeni Kids’

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday denounced as "mind blowing" the decision to "continue to willingly participate in the slaughter of Yemeni kids" after Republicans objected to his amendment to the Defense Appropriation bill that would have put key

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Google is Tracking You Even When Your Phone’s ‘Location History’ is Off

New investigation by Associated Press shows how iPhone and Android users’ location data is still recorded even when they have been misled to believe it isn’t.

August 13th, 2018

By Andrea Germanos

Google is Tracking You Even When Your Phone’s ‘Location History’ is Off

Android and iPhone users may be under the impression that Google is not tracking their location data if they've turned off "Location History" on their devices. After all, the Google support page says, "With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored." But a new 

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Crime Against Humanity: 99-Year-Old Nuremberg Prosecutor Calls Out Trump’s Detention of Children

Ferencz also denounced the ongoing “glorification of war-making.” He said, “The capacity to kill human beings has grown faster than our capacity to meet their vital and justified needs,” noting, “Nobody wins in war; the only winner is death.”

August 09th, 2018

By Andrea Germanos

Crime Against Humanity: 99-Year-Old Nuremberg Prosecutor Calls Out Trump’s Detention of Children

The last surviving prosecutor at the Nazi Nuremberg trials just offered harsh criticism for the Trump administration's family separation crisis resulting from its cruel immigration policies, calling it "a crime against humanity." Ninety-nine year old Ben Ferencz made the comments in a recent lengthy interview with United Nations High

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Amnesty Demands Independent Probe of Civilians Massacred During US Annihilation of Raqqa

“How can the coalition avoid inflicting high civilian death tolls in the future without accounting for what went wrong in Raqqa?”

August 07th, 2018

By Andrea Germanos

Amnesty Demands Independent Probe of Civilians Massacred During US Annihilation of Raqqa

Amnesty International on Monday is urging the U.S.-led military coalition targeting the Islamic State in Syria to launch an independent investigation into the full scale of civilian carnage it may have caused in its brutal Raqqa

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Why No “Heartfelt Concern” From Former First Ladies for Children Killed or Maimed by Their Husbands?

Consumer advocate puts check on Laura Bush and Michelle Obama for selective criticism when it comes to kids harmed by brutal U.S. policies.

June 25th, 2018

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Why No “Heartfelt Concern” From Former First Ladies for Children Killed or Maimed by Their Husbands?

Noted consumer advocate and author Ralph Nader on Friday offered a sharp retort to Laura Bush and Michelle Obama in response to the former first ladies levied criticism at the Trump administration's 

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Survivors of Domestic and Gang Violence Will No Longer Qualify for Asylum

“In what world does the United States turn its back on people who have suffered persecution, trauma, and extreme distress from domestic or gang violence?”

June 12th, 2018

By Andrea Germanos and
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Survivors of Domestic and Gang Violence Will No Longer Qualify for Asylum

In just the latest addition to the Trump administration's mounting collection of "cruel" policies aimed at closing off the nation to refugees and asylum-seekers, Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a new

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