Tyler Adams

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Manning Verdict's Consequences For Snowden, Future Whistle-Blowers

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Army Private Bradley Manning was acquitted on charges of aiding the enemy by a military judge at Fort Meade, Maryland on Tuesday. Former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller ex...

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Amazon to Add 7000 Jobs

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Amazon announced it will be adding 7,000 jobs nationwide: 5,000 warehouse positions and 2,000 in customer service. We take a closer look at Amazon—the world's largest online retailer—...

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GOP Divided Over Obamacare

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Congress is at war again, but this time the fighting isn't between Republicans and Democrats. With just a few days to go until August recess, the GOP is deeply divided over whether to...

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The People Behind the Speakers

Monday, July 29, 2013

Imagine there was a voice that could guide you though everyday activities. While this is still an impossibility, Jack Fox and Carolyn Hopkins—the voices of the subway, airport system,...

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Tax Reform Proposals to be Kept Secret for 50 Years

Monday, July 29, 2013

Congress is undertaking broad reform of the tax code—potentially to the tune of trillions of dollars. As Senators prepare their input for tax code reform, they are promised complete c...

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As Bernanke Steps Down, Can Janet Yellen Breakthrough the Glass Ceiling?

Friday, July 26, 2013

Ben Bernanke will be stepping down from the position of Federal Reserve Chairman at the end of his term in January. Janet Yellen is the current Federal Reserve Vice Chairman—despite b...

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Mass Protests Expected in Egypt Today

Friday, July 26, 2013

The military deposed democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi earlier this month. He remains under house arrest. Protesters, both for and against the military, have been filling...

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Ex-FISA Judge Proposes a Better Surveillance Court

Thursday, July 25, 2013

The revelations of NSA mass surveillance projects by Edward Snowden last month, which were authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, raised the question of legitimacy...

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Sen. Coburn Talks Deal to Avoid Higher Student Loan Interest Rates

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Because of Congressional inaction, student loan interest rates doubled in July, from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. A deal made last week would drop student loan rates to 3.85 percent for underg...

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Banks Inflate Prices of Commodities

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Think you've heard it all there about big banks manipulating consumers and markets to make a buck? You might be surprised. Everyday in Detroit, tons of aluminum is moved from one war...

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Detroit Bankruptcy Puts Pensions on the Chopping Block

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Detroit pensions may now be on the chopping block. Money that was supposed to materialize disappeared into thin air—in the lead up to Detroit’s filing for bankruptcy last week, a big ...

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NJ Supreme Court: Warrants Required to Collect Cell Phone Data

Monday, July 22, 2013

It's been more than a month since revelations about the NSA's mass surveillance programs surfaced and it seems that states are pushing back. Last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court ru...

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FBI Review: Exaggerated Evidence in 27 Death Penalty Cases

Friday, July 19, 2013

The FBI and Department of Justice have flagged 27 death penalty convictions for federal review. The review was triggered last year by a Washington Post report and asserts that FBI hai...

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Detroit Files for Bankruptcy, But City Residents Remain Resilient

Friday, July 19, 2013

Yesterday afternoon, it was announced that the city of Detroit would be filing for bankruptcy today. This bankruptcy petition would seek to protect the Motor City from creditors who a...

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Are Congressional Leaders Failing?

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Senate Democrats have been plagued with accusations of ineffectiveness. And the Senate is far from alone on that front—the House of Representatives has been unable to produce any resu...

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California Prison System Sees Scrutiny for Overcrowding, Inhumane Conditions

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

California’s state prison system, one of the country’s largest, is under a great deal of scrutiny these days. A hunger strike by prisoners protesting their long-term solitary confinem...

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Voting Rights Act: Can Congress Act to Save It?

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

In a 5–4 decision yesterday, the Supreme Court struck down Section Four of the Voting Rights Act. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), a Congressional black caucus member from Alabama’s Seventh ...

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NSA Leaker Thomas Drake on Snowden's Case

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

What might have happened if the former defense contractor Ed Snowden had decided to stay here and taken up his complaint within the official chain of command? It's what former Nationa...

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WikiLeaks Supports Snowden

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The case of Edward Snowden, the former Booz Allen Hamilton contractor who leaked classified information on mass NSA surveillance projects, continues to unfold—and grows more complicat...

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Is the U.S. Considering a Prisoner Exchange With the Taliban?

Monday, June 24, 2013

The Taliban has proposed exchanging an American POW for five of its most senior members held at Guantanamo Bay. The Obama administration may be considering this exchange. Could the U....

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