The U.S. Is the Only Country That Routinely Sentences Children to Life in Prison Without Parole
Defying the Supreme Court, some states are still putting minors in prison for life despite mitigating circumstances.
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CIA’s Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care Products That Collect DNA
A company with an innovative line of cosmetic products caught the attention of Oprah’s lifestyle magazine and beauty bloggers. Now the CIA is involved, too.
He Was a Hacker for the NSA and He Was Willing to Talk. I Was Willing to Listen.
Hunting human targets who used Tor, redirecting internet traffic from entire countries — these were among the "ridiculously cool" projects undertaken by an NSA hacker who spoke with <em>The Intercept</em>.
In South Sudan, It's Hard to Tell the Soldiers From the Criminals
It doesn't matter who you are, whether a doctor, teacher or geologist: Violence by police, soldiers and criminals dressed as them can strike anyone in South Sudan.
Racially Charged Testimony Helped Put Duane Buck on Death Row. Will the Supreme Court Step In?
Duane Buck killed two people in 1995 and pleaded guilty. But was it racial bias that put him on death row?
The Inside Story of How Bill Clinton Sacrificed Prisoners’ Rights for Political Gain
White House memos reveal the political cynicism behind President Bill Clinton’s Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
Top GOP Pollster: Young Americans Are Terrifyingly Liberal
Americans 18 to 26 are extremely liberal, so liberal that it's hard not to believe the U.S. is fundamentally changing.
Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy
Western media are depicting street protests as a noble populist uprising. The facts are much more complicated.
I Do Not Care to Finish Reading This Mediocre Kissinger Biography By Niall Ferguson
In his charmless biography of Henry Kissinger, Niall Ferguson fails to make a dishonest argument come out in his own favor.
Complying With Israeli Censorship Order, NYT Conceals Name of Soldier Who Shot Wounded Palestinian
That Israeli courts are protecting a soldier charged with murder by censoring media outlets is disturbing for all sorts of reasons.