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Without Explanation, Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin Corruption Case

“Today’s decision means that, for now, the people of Wisconsin will not know what special interests are secretly bankrolling their politicians.”

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By Nadia Prupis
Former presidential candidate Scott Walker. Photo: Morry Gash/AP)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal to re-launch a John Doe investigation into Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and conservative organizations in the state. Wisconsin Public Radio writes that the order, quietly issued without explanation, "would seem to mark the end of the road for the case known in Wisconsin as John

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Study Finds Immigrants Don’t Take American Jobs, But Do Help The Economy

The authors of the report said they hoped the findings would ‘be of use to policymakers and the public as they consider this issue’

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By Nadia Prupis
Guest workers harvest an onion field in Lyons, Ga. (Photo: AP)

Migrants in the U.S. do not "take" American jobs or lower working wages, and in fact have had a long-term positive impact on the country's economy, according to a comprehensive study released Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The study analyzes 20 years of economic and demographic data of U.S.

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‘Pardon Snowden’ Campaign Takes Off As Sanders, Ellsberg, And Others Join

‘His bravery was a catalyst for the modern movement to defend democracy,’ said Malkia Cyril of Center for Media Justice

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By Nadia Prupis
Unlike the Green Party’s Jill Stein, not one Republican or Democratic nominee has voiced any support for the NSA whistleblower or shown any willingness to allow him to return to the U.S. as a free man. (Photo: Tony Webster/CC)

Prominent activists, lawmakers, artists, academics, and other leading voices in civil society, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), are joining the campaign to get a pardon for National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden. "The information disclosed by Edward Snowden has allowed Congress and the American people to understand the

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Report: Post 9/11 Wars Have Cost Taxpayers Nearly $5 Trillion And Counting

What’s more, a recent Inspector General audit report found a “jaw-dropping” $6.5 trillion could not be accounted for in Defense spending.

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By Nadia Prupis
In this handout photo released by the U.S. military, Iraqi Army Soldiers of 4th Iraqi Army Division exit a U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter in support of Operation Swarmer in Samarra, Iraq,in this file photo from March 16, 2006. (AP Photo/ U.S. Army, Sgt. 1st Class Antony Joseph,File)

The U.S. military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost taxpayers nearly $5 trillion and counting, according to a new report released to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the attacks. Dr. Neta Crawford, professor of political science at Brown University, released the figures in an independent analysis (pdf) of U.S. Departments of

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Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Protesters With Dogs And Mace

Democracy Now! provides video and photos of a private security team pushing dogs to bite Native American protesters

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By Nadia Prupis
Security guards confront Indigneous protesters with dogs and pepper spray. (Screenshot/Democracy Now!)

The ongoing Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests were hit with violence on Saturday, as private security forces reportedly hired by the pipeline builders descended on the Native American activists with pepper spray and dogs that bit and threatened the protesters. Democracy Now!, which was on the ground at the time, posted several photographs

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15 Years, $70 Billion Later, US Still Struggling To Contain Taliban

Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland said mission would be ‘temporary,’ but would not say how long it would last, citing ‘security reasons.’

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By Nadia Prupis
NATO solders walk towards a Chinook helicopter after a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

More than a hundred U.S. troops were sent to Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan on Monday to continue fighting the Taliban, in the first deployment of forces to the area since the drawdown in 2014—offering another signal that the U.S. military presence there is expanding, not decreasing, as President Barack Obama has promised. The Guardian reports: Since

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Clinton Fundraisers Still Shrouded In Secrecy

Reporters cling to chain-link fences to catch fragments of private speeches to wealthy Provincetown donors.

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By Nadia Prupis
Hillary Clinton at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton spent the weekend fundraising in affluent New England communities, speaking to more than 2,200 donors at private brunches and gatherings in Nantucket and Cape Cod—but what she told them "remains a mystery," the Associated Press reported Monday. The fundraising effort—which follows her campaign's most lucrative month so far with

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