<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/gp04iqj_banner.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 321px;" title="The cove of Lake Conway which Exxon claimed was “oil-free”. (Photo: Greenpeace)" /><span class="caption">The cove of Lake Conway which Exxon claimed was “oil-free”.

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Elected tribal leaders in Canada and the US are governing authorities, but their authority is not exclusive. While their authority extends to matters delineated by Ottawa and Washington, the traditional governing authorities of tribes trace their...

<div class='node-body'><p>Saying the Obama administration &quot;has gone overboard in its zeal to find and muzzle insiders,&quot; the <em>New York Times</em> editorial board on Wednesday added its voice to the growing chorus of media outlets, journalists, and First Amendment advocates who say the White House is engaged in an assault on press freedom and investigative journalism itself.</p>

<div class='node-body'><p>A team of researchers <a href="http://www.therenditionproject.org.uk/global-rendition/index.html" target="_blank">are illuminating some of the shadowy details</a> behind the US government&#39;s vast kidnapping and rendition program from the post 9/11 era with a new interactive online project, which sheds &quot;unprecedented light on one of the most controversial secret op

<div class='node-body'><p>The people have spoken and they overwhelmingly want Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn <em>Citizens United. </em></p>

<p>Alexei Gaskarov, a Russian social activist and economist, was arrested in Moscow on April 27, 2013.