The GMO Debate Heats Up (Again)
Courts. Federal, state, and local laws. It's difficult to keep up with all of the developments around genetically modified foods.
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IRS Steals $107,000 From Convenience Store Owner, Violating Its Own 'Structuring' Policy
The deposits were too small, so the government cleaned out his bank account.
Cops Visit Parents After Boy, 4, Takes Off Clothes and Runs Outside
Cops promise "further action" if it happens again
Baltimore Police Union Open Letter to State's Attorney: 'Not one of the officers involved are responsible for the death of Mr. Gray'
Union wants independent prosecutor, cites relationships with lawyers associated with the defense, as well as husband's seat on the city council
Where Were You in 1995, When the Internet Was Privatized?
Watch the first-ever event devoted to "Internet Independence Day," when the government got out of the business of running the Internet backbone.
Legislators Rebuke Officials Who Complain About Encryption
"Just follow the damn Constitution," Ted Lieu suggests.
Police K-9 Attacks Man's Face After Neighbor Calls 911 Over Christmas Tree Burning in Barrel
He had his hands up but couldn't get off the couch, because he had his hands up.
Ronald Bailey Argues that Gene-Editing Human Embryos Is Ethical
And that bioethicists and scientists who say otherwise are wrong.
Report: C.I.A. Torture Program was Aided by American Psychological Association
The A.P.A. is accused of allowing Bush administration officials "to actually help write the association's policies."
HUCKABEE. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN.
The former Arkansas governor prepares to enter the presidential race.
Why Hillary Clinton Lacks Credibility on Criminal Justice Reform
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee promoted the overincarceration she now condemns.
The Impossibility of Gun Control, In One Image
In California, one gun was sold for every 39 state residents just last year.
Begging to Die
The curiously circumscribed suicide right recognized by Canada's Supreme Court.
Friday A/V Club: I'm So Old, I Remember When Liberals Protested Military Exercises Conducted on U.S. Soil
From Operation Urban Warrior to Jade Helm 15
DOJ Announces Funds for Police Body Cameras, but Keep an Eye on the Rules Cities Implement
New rules in Los Angeles give officers opportunity to review evidence in advance.
Freddie Gray Death Ruled Homicide: All Cops Involved Being Charged, Still Drawing Paychecks
State's attorney announced charges this morning.
Gene-Editing Human Embryos Is Ethical
Bioethicists and scientists who say otherwise are wrong.
The Baltimore Police: More Equal Than Others
The special rights that police have written for themselves embolden abusers.
New Theory: Freddie Gray's Head Hit Bolt in Van. Doesn't Matter, Police Issues the Same.
No matter what happened to Freddie Gray government can't afford to afford police the privileges it does.
Kurt Loder Reviews Avengers: Age of Ultron
Joss Whedon, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and company versus the looming Marvel mothership.
Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron Is Fun, But Crowded
Joss Whedon, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and company versus the looming Marvel mothership.
Nationwide Drop in Crime Offers Hope of Cost Cuts
Continued puzzling drop could yield a domestic 'peace dividend'
145 Intellectuals Agree: Dead Cartoonists Aren't Worthy of Free-Speech Award if Their Murderers Come From a Disadvantaged Minority
Charlie Hebdo's posthumous critics pen an authoritarian anti-speech manifesto
Of Course Democrats Deserve the Blame for What's Happening in Baltimore
It's been a one-party city for at least half a century but Obama still managed to blame Republicans
Bill Bennett's Pot Prevarications
A former drug czar's dazed and confused defense of marijuana prohibition
Student Loan Deja Vu
Student loan schemes originally proposed by the Clinton administration have proven as ruinous as expected once adopted by the Obama administration
