Overseer Of US Victim Funds Says Work Wrenching

Massachusetts lawyer Kenneth Feinberg has been near the heart of some of the worst catastrophes, dealing with people who’ve faced profound loss after 9/1l, the BP oil spill, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the Colorado movie theater ambush. Now, he’s adding the Boston Marathon bombings to his workload, managing a victims’ compensation fund as he […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Massachusetts lawyer Kenneth Feinberg has been near the heart of some of the worst catastrophes, dealing with people who've faced profound loss after 9/1l, the BP oil spill, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the Colorado movie theater ambush. Now, he's adding the Boston Marathon bombings to his workload, managing a victims' compensation fund as

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Contaminated Nation: Inhuman Radiation Experiments

It’s the 20th anniversary of the declassification of studies, done over a period of 60 years, where the U.S. conducted 2,000 radiation experiments 20,000 vulnerable U.S. citizens.

John LaForge
By John LaForge

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the declassification of top secret studies, done over a period of 60 years, in which the U.S. conducted 2,000 radiation experiments on as many as 20,000 vulnerable U.S. citizens. Victims included civilians, prison inmates, federal workers, hospital patients, pregnant women, infants, developmentally

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Obama’s 2014 Drug Policy Offers More Access To Rehab, Less Assurances Of Legalization

President Obama’s newest strategy of fighting the so-called “war on drugs” was revealed Wednesday by the director of the National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, at the John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. The new policy will place a greater emphasis diverting non-violent drug offenders into substance abuse rehabilitation instead of prisons and on […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

President Obama’s newest strategy of fighting the so-called “war on drugs" was revealed Wednesday by the director of the National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, at the John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. The new policy will place a greater emphasis diverting non-violent drug offenders into substance abuse rehabilitation instead of

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ALEC Bill To Deem Undercover Factory Farm Investigators ‘Terrorists’

Trisha Marczak Legislation aimed at cracking down on the animal rights industry is all the rage in state legislatures around the nation, with some bills deeming those who secretly film acts of animal abuse at factory farms “terrorists.” While touting the bill as one that seeks to protect animals living in factory farms, animal rights […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

Trisha MarczakLegislation aimed at cracking down on the animal rights industry is all the rage in state legislatures around the nation, with some bills deeming those who secretly film acts of animal abuse at factory farms “terrorists.”While touting the bill as one that seeks to protect animals living in factory farms, animal rights groups say it

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Upcoming Aaron Swartz Biopic Offers Rare Glimpse Of Hactivist Community

Martin Michaels Director Brian Knappenberger has raised more than $43,000 from more than 642 contributors to fund a documentary about the life of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide in January after an intense police investigation into his online activities. Utilizing online crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, the director seeks to raise an additional $32,000 in […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

Martin Michaels Director Brian Knappenberger has raised more than $43,000 from more than 642 contributors to fund a documentary about the life of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide in January after an intense police investigation into his online activities. Utilizing online crowdfunding site, Kickstarter, the director seeks to

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Indonesians Sue ExxonMobil In US Court Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses

LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh — Syukri A-Wahap still bears scars from the two days he spent tied to a chair at a military checkpoint here in northern Indonesia in 2003. Indonesian soldiers who suspected he was aiding separatist rebels used their guns to try and beat a confession out of him. With the butt of an SS1 rifle they […]

Sara Schonhardt
By Sara Schonhardt

LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh — Syukri A-Wahap still bears scars from the two days he spent tied to a chair at a military checkpoint here in northern Indonesia in 2003. Indonesian soldiers who suspected he was aiding separatist rebels used their guns to try and beat a confession out of him. With the butt of an SS1 rifle they cracked his skull and busted his

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