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Bolstering Calls to Stop Arming Saudis, Data Confirms Targeting of Civilian Sites

US to 'Compensate' Family of Italian Drone Victim—Will Non-Western Victims See Same?

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

The Obama administration is reportedly offering a "condolence payment" of $1.32 million to the family of Giovanni Lo Porto, the Italian aid worker killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan last year, renewing questions about the lack of accountability for the U.S. drone program. According to the Guardian on Friday, the $1.32 million "is the first...

Humans Are Overfishing the Oceans Into 'Unprecedented' Mass Extinction

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

People are driving marine ecosystems to "unprecedented" mass extinction,...

Helping to 'Sustain Occupation,' US and Israel to Sign Biggest Military Aid Pact Ever

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The United States and Israel are set to ink on Wednesday a landmark 10-year, $...

'Five-Alarm Threat to Our Food Supply': Monsanto-Bayer Merger Advances

Key Player in Iraq War Credits Brexit for Distracting From Chilcot Inquiry

Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost Nearly $5 Trillion (and Counting): Report

Facebook and Israeli Government Team Up to Censor Posts

'Climate Change Is Here': August Ties July for Hottest Month on Record Books

Bombed: A Potato Chip Factory, a School, a Doctors Without Borders Facility, and Now a Water Well

Human Rights Groups to Launch All-Out 'Pardon Snowden' Campaign

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron Resigns

'Be Afraid': Largest Corporations Wealthier Than Most Countries

'A Good Day for Elephants': Ban on Domestic Ivory Trade Passes

The Death of One of Washington’s Favorite Tyrants

Facebook Under Fire for Censoring One of the Most Iconic War Photos

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"When You Give to Them, They Do Whatever the Hell You Want”

A few journalists actually doing their job have given us a chilling portrait of a post-Citizens-United American democracy where elections and power are won more by corporate cash than political leadership. A Guardian look at sealed documents in the investigation of Scott Walker campaign finance violations, and a Newsweek analysis of murky Trump connections around the world, reveal the pay-to-play democracy - and then some - that Bernie and many more warn us about.