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Reflections on the life of Maya Angelou (1928-2014).
MINNEAPOLIS -- She never attended college as a student, but everyone that acknowledged her happily called her “doctor.” She lived a life marked by heartache, tragedy and grand misjudgment, but her legacy is one of triumph. She was never modest, but she showed the world how to be humble. She bore many lives, had many careers and witnessed the
Whether Snowden is a “hero” or a “traitor” is irrelevant to questions of domestic spying conducted by the U.S. government.
MINNEAPOLIS -- On Wednesday, NBC News aired an interview with National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden. The interview, conducted by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams in a Moscow hotel after months of planning, has been interpreted by many as an attempt to positively spin Snowden’s image. It has also set off a “tit-for-tat” set
Outside spending is likely to hit record levels this midterm election cycle, prompting questions about the plutocratic road American politics are headed toward.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Even by the most modest estimates, the record for outside spending in midterm elections could be broken this year. With Republicans hoping to expand their majority in the House and seize control of the Senate from the Democrats, and with Democrats hoping to minimize their losses prior to the likely Democratic swing in 2016, spending
Despite U.S. and EU sanctions placed on Russia in response to the crisis in Ukraine, Western oil giants are inking deals with Russia’s state-owned oil corporation.
In a move that has drawn criticism from the White House and the international community, Exxon Mobil Corp. and BP -- two of the world’s largest petroleum companies -- have separately signed agreements to strengthen their ties with Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil company. Both agreements were made despite the American and European sanctions
The LulzSec informant’s lenient sentence prompts questions on the government’s use of hacking and the future of Anonymous and other “hacktivists.”
On Tuesday, former LulzSec hacker Hector “Sabu” Monsegur was sentenced to time served plus one year of supervised release with computer logging by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for his involvement in a number of cyberattacks. The attacks “Sabu” has been linked to include thefts of emails from Internet security
With the effects of climate change creeping up faster and stronger than previously thought, how long can climate change deniers — especially those in the political arena — hold their position?
Half of the United States is suffering through drought conditions -- including all of California, which saw huge swathes of the San Diego area swept by raging wildfires this month. In the Midwest, major rainstorms and tornadoes inundated the Mississippi floodplain for days, causing millions of dollars in damage. In Baltimore, hurricane-intensity
The NSA has admitted that it’s having trouble recruiting in a post-Snowden world, but what, exactly, does the agency look for in a potential hire?
Madiha Tahir, a filmmaker and independent journalist who primarily covers Pakistan, attended a National Security Agency recruitment drive held last July at the University of Wisconsin. Tahir, who was taking language courses at the university at the time, opted to pose a few “unconventional” questions to the recruiters, like what countries the
