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Calif. legislature will consider health coverage for undocumented

December 12, 2014 By Marilyn Bechtel

A bill to extend health coverage to all Californians regardless of their immigration status will be among items California's new legislature will consider.

The CIA backstory needs to be remembered

December 12, 2014 By Emile Schepers

As the debate on the Feinstein Committee's torture report continues, we need to remember the "backstory."

UN officials demand prosecutions for U.S. torture

December 11, 2014 By John Heilprin

All senior U.S. officials and CIA agents who authorized or carried out torture like waterboarding must be prosecuted, top U.N. officials said Wednesday.

Foreign policy intrigue: Why Obama got rid of Chuck Hagel

December 10, 2014 By Susan Webb

If you haven't been following the news, Hagel announced his resignation from the top civilian Pentagon post on Nov. 24, reportedly at Obama's request.

“I can’t breathe” march on Washington to protest police killings

December 9, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

The storm will hit this week when eight mothers of unarmed Black men killed by police will testify Dec. 10 in a House hearing sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.