"US Marines identify 'urination' troops"

 We see here a clear case of dehumanizing enemy combatants. There is no particular need for me to say what's wrong with this, but what I will point out is that this kind of behaviour is encouraged by the fact that to kill someone they need to be treated as out-group members (others). After the fact condemnation of such acts is meaningless when these acts are encouraged by how those in the military are required to think to do their jobs. Demilitarization is needed to prevent such acts.

Also worth noting that NPR is NOT reporting this when everyone else is

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-12/mounting-anger-over-marines-video/3770306
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16538159
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/01/2012112135558618227.html

"Michele Bachmann: Her rise to political stardom"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13932701

"N.C. Considers Paying Forced Sterilization Victims"

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137347548/n-c-considers-paying-forced-sterilization-victims

not quite contemporary- although the acknowledgement is. I hope that America confronts this part of its past.

"South Korea digging for evidence in Agent Orange probe"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13598247

"WikiLeaks reveals Guantanamo blunders"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/26/3200408.htm

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/04/201142561524783918.html

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135690396/detainees-transferred-or-freed-despite-high-risk

news from the USA of course focusing on those who were released after being identified as dangerous

"Wikileaks: Many at Guantanamo 'not dangerous'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13184845

"Former bank boss Lee Farkas guilty of fraud in US"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13139151

1 down...

"Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%"

on American Plutocracy

http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105?currentPage=all

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/04/20114391843209245.html

" Republican legislators in New Hampshire propose taking the vote away from college students and say straight out that they want to do it because students are known to be liberal."

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/were-all-badgers-now/?hp

" By Colorado's own estimate, 37 per cent of the prisoners in its isolation units are mentally ill."

and that's just one failure...

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/03/201137125936219469.html

"Google says China disrupting e-mail service"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12802914

and some follow up

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2011/03/23/china-and-google-detailed-look

"Utah designates Browning M1911 official state firearm"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12792633

good thing that's not creepy

"Guatemalans sue US over syphilis tests"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12739793

I know the actual act isn't all that contemporary, but the lack of compensation is.

"Cuba jails US aid worker Alan Gross"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12724632

"Musharraf 'not told of UK's disapproval of torture'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12716033

"Wis. Assembly Cuts Public Worker Bargaining Rights"

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/10/134419331/protests-swell-after-wis-senate-curbs-union-rights

"Wisconsin: Republicans pass public-sector union curbs"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12695313

"US accused of Yemen proxy detention"

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/2010/09/2010917195419241717.html

"Union Changes Make Headway In Ohio"

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/07/134331339/union-changes-make-headway-in-ohio

"Hate Comes to Orange County"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NutFkykjmbM&feature=player_embedded

fuck