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Almost 50% of black males, 40% of white males arrested by the age of 23 - study

Nearly half of the African-American men who grow up in the United States are arrested by the time they hit their 23rd birthday, according to a new landmark study that set out to examine biases ...

Jan 9

Jan 9

NSA refuses to answer whether it spies on Congress

The US National Security Agency sidestepped the issue when a Senator penned a letter to the agency asking if it has conducted surveillance on members of Congress and other American lawmakers, saying

Jan 9

US senators propose bill to shut off NSA's water supply in California

Disgruntled with NSA spying on US citizens, two senators from opposing parties have introduced a bill banning companies in California from providing essential utility services to the agency - ...

Jan 9

Obama didn't believe in his own Afghanistan strategy - former defense sec

Despite an admirable intellect and dedicated support for US military personnel at war, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says President Barack Obama didn't have sufficient faith in the ...

Jan 9

Obama inviting top NSA critics to private meeting at White House

United States President Barack Obama will reportedly hold a closed-door meeting with select officials on Thursday this week to discuss in private the future of the controversial surveillance ...

Jan 9

This Is What The Marijuana Industry Really Looks Like

Pot farmers: They're just like every other small-time farmer. That's the sense you get from looking at the images in H. Lee's , a series of photos depicting everyday life for marijuana growers in ...

Jan 7

13 International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communication Surveillance

Jan 7

'Shocking' Saxo Bank 2014 predictions: How real?

Oil will slump to $80 per barrel, Europe's strongest economy - Germany - will slip into recession - these are some of the 10 predictions for 2014 by Saxo Bank. RT has talked to the bank's CEO Steen

Jan 7