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Pentagon’s Yemen Raid Video Turned Out To Be 10 Yrs Old

Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Defense Department spokesman, stuck by the Pentagon’s main argument: Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula remains dangerous and wants to recruit and train people to attack the West. “Even though the video is old, it shows their intent,” he told reporters.

February 04th, 2017

By National Public Radio

A terrorist video released on Friday by the Pentagon to show what it called intelligence gleaned by the recent raid in Yemen actually was made about 10 years ago, it acknowledged. Defense officials canceled a briefing they had called to discuss the value of the information recovered from Yemen and took the video off the website of the U.S.

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More Than 1 Million ‘Check In’ On Facebook To Support The Standing Rock Sioux

Most of the “visitors” are not actually at the protest camp in North Dakota, where the tribe and its supporters are gathering to oppose the pipeline. The planned route crosses the Missouri River just upstream of the reservation, and the tribe says it could contaminate drinking water and harm sacred lands.

November 02nd, 2016

By National Public Radio

More Than 1 Million ‘Check In’ On Facebook To Support The Standing Rock Sioux

More than 1 million people have "checked in" on Facebook to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation page, in a show of support for the tribe that has been rallying against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Most of the "visitors" are not actually

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Twitter Greenlights Venezuela’s Pro-Opposition Online Blitz – Shuts Down Genuine Opponents

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Conservative Christians Grapple With Whether ‘Religious Freedom’ Includes Muslims

Religious liberty is a rallying cry for many evangelical voters, and it has been popping up repeatedly throughout this presidential campaign. But in the current political climate, some conservative Christians are struggling with how to apply religious freedom to other faiths — like Islam. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz made religious freedom a hallmark of his […]

June 30th, 2016

By National Public Radio

Conservative Christians Grapple With Whether ‘Religious Freedom’ Includes Muslims

Religious liberty is a rallying cry for many evangelical voters, and it has been

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Is Erik Prince Helping China Build Concentration Camps For Muslims?

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Liberate Idlib and Syria: The Martyred of Mhardeh Speak Through the Ones They’ve Left Behind

Muslim and Christian clerics gather inside a tent to express solidarity with Syria’s President Bashar al Assad. Photo | Reuters

Lies About Putin, Syria and the Alawite Alliance: Christians Are Thriving in Syria

U.S. Ranks 41st In Press Freedom Index Thanks To ‘War On Whistleblowers’

Countries ahead of the U.S. in the rankings include Canada (18), Ghana (26), Chile (31) and the U.K. (38). The U.S. is ranked higher than France (45) and Italy (77).

April 21st, 2016

By National Public Radio

U.S. Ranks 41st In Press Freedom Index Thanks To ‘War On Whistleblowers’

The U.S. is ranked 41 out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index, which measures the "level of freedom of information in 180 countries." According to the organization, the U.S. moved from 49 in 2015 to 41 this year, though it warned that the "relative improvement by

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CIA Whistleblower: Brennan and Clapper Should Not Escape Prosecution

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves after greeting supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, May 19, 2017 (AP/Frank Augstein)

In The Western World Truth Is An Endangered Species

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Utah Nearly Abolishes Chronic Homelessness

By implementing a model known as Housing First, Utah has reduced the number of the chronically homeless from nearly 2,000 people in 2005, to fewer than 200 now.

December 11th, 2015

By National Public Radio

Utah Nearly Abolishes Chronic Homelessness

A decade ago, Utah set itself an ambitious goal: end chronic homelessness. As of 2015, the state can just about declare victory: The population of chronically homeless people has dropped by 91 percent. The state's success story has

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Criminalizing Homeless for Sleeping Outside Is Cruel, Federal Appeals Court Rules

A homeless person takes shelter under a bridge in Chicago, January 19, 2016. (Photo: David Wilson/Flickr/cc)

As Chicago Removes More Homeless Residents, a Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Evictions

Homeless tents are dwarfed by skyscrapers in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Despite Optimistic Claims, Brazil’s Amazon Rain Forest Is Disappearing Fast

Brazil is losing about 2,000 square miles of jungle each year.

November 06th, 2015

By National Public Radio

Despite Optimistic Claims, Brazil’s Amazon Rain Forest Is Disappearing Fast

Brazil isn't lying to the world about how bad deforestation is in the Amazon. But it is, according to the very people employed by the government to protect the rainforest, "misleading" the international community. According to the government figures, the rate of deforestation is down dramatically over the past decade. And there's a general

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Amazon Facial Rekognition App Sets Off Alarm Bells

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Saudi Arabia Farming Arizona Land After Depleting Domestic Water Sources

The remarkable thing about Saudi Arabia’s story is that it’d done something similar in the desert until the water ran out. The aquifers essentially went dry. Ancient springs that were mentioned in the Bible began drying up, and the Saudi Arabian government told its dairy companies to start importing their hay and their wheat from other parts of the world.

November 03rd, 2015

By National Public Radio

Saudi Arabia Farming Arizona Land After Depleting Domestic Water Sources

Outside of Phoenix, in the scorching Arizona desert, sits a farm that Saudi Arabia's largest dairy uses to make hay for cows back home. That dairy company, named Almarai, bought the farm last year and has planted thousands of acres of groundwater-guzzling alfalfa to make that hay. Saudi Arabia can't grow its own hay anymore because those crops

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Hope of Hodeida Ceasefire Wanes as Saudis Talks Peace but Bolster Military Presence

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As Yemeni Fishermen Risk Their Lives to Feed Their Nation, Saudis Use Them for Target Practice

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Attack on Iranian Soldiers Coincides with Saudi Crown Prince Visit to Neighboring Pakistan

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