Top Censored Stories of 2020-2021
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A NOTE ON RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF CENSORED NEWS STORIES
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#25. Abusers Benefiting from International Anti-Abduction Treaty
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#24. Juvenile Justice Reform Remains Elusive
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#23. Coastal Darkening Threatens Ocean Food Chains
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#22. Dataminr Introduces Racial Bias, Stereotypes in Policing of Social Media
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#21. Conservative Christian Groups Spend Globally to Promote Anti-LGBTQ Campaigns
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#20. Proposed Domestic Terrorism Legislation Imperils Civil Liberties
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#19. European Demand for Biomass Energy Propels Destruction of US Forests
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#18. “Collision of Crises” for Black and Brown Survivors of Sexual Violence during COVID-19
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#17. New Wave of Independent News Sources Demonetized by Google-Owned YouTube
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#16. Femicide Census Connects UK Killings with Global Wave of Violence against Women
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#15. Thousands of 5G Satellites Pose Risk of Future Space Wars
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#14. US Factory Farming a Breeding Ground for Next Pandemic
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#13. Corporate Media Sideline Health Experts during Pandemic
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#12. Grave Threats to Amazon Rainforest from Domestic Industries and Global Capital
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#11. Seed Sovereignty Movements Challenge Corporate Monopolies
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#10. Activists Call Out Legacy of Racism and Sexism in Forced Sterilization
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#9. Police Use Dogs as Instruments of Violence, Targeting People of Color
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#8. Pfizer Bullies South American Governments over COVID-19 Vaccine
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#7. Google’s Union-Busting Methods Revealed
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#6. Canary Mission Blacklists Pro-Palestinian Activists, Chilling Free Speech Rights
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#5. Microplastics and Toxic Chemicals Increasingly Prevalent in World’s Oceans
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#4. “Climate Debtor” Nations Have “Colonized” the Atmosphere
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#3. Historic Wave of Wildcat Strikes for Workers’ Rights
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#2. Journalists Investigating Financial Crimes Threatened by Global Elites
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#1. Prescription Drug Costs Set to Become a Leading Cause of Death for Elderly Americans
Top Censored Stories of 2019-2020
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A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
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#25. Studies Document Links between Education, Incarceration, and Recidivism
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#24. Silenced in Savannah: Journalist Abby Martin Challenges Georgia’s BDS “Gag Law”
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#23. “Global Gag Rule” Continues to Compromise Women’s Health around World
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#22. An Emergency Wealth Tax to Confront Coronavirus Pandemic
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#21. The Scourge of Human Trafficking in Yemen
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#20. A Comprehensive Framework for Transforming the Criminal-Legal System
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#19. Antibiotic Abuse: Pharmaceutical Profiteering Accelerates Superbugs
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#18. Trump Labor Board Assaults Workers’ Rights
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#17. International Plasma Market Profits from US and Mexico’s Poorest
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#16. International Law Could Hold US Accountable for Violating Detained Immigrant Children’s Rights
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#15. Indigenous Trauma and Suicide an Enduring Legacy of Colonialism
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#14. The Case for a Public Pharmaceutical System
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#13. Lessons from Colorado’s Voting System
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#12. Police Officers Implicated in Online Hate Groups as Facebook Profits
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#11. New Green Scare: Law Enforcement Crackdown on Environmental Activism
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#10. Revive Journalism with a Stimulus Package and Public Option
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#9. Rising Risks of Nuclear Power Due to Climate Change
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#8. The Public Banking Revolution
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#7. Underreporting of Missing and Victimized Black Women and Girls
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#6. Shadow Network of Conservative Outlets Emerges to Exploit Faith in Local News
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#5. “Inequality Kills”: Gap between Richest and Poorest Americans Largest in 50 Years
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4. Congressional Investments and Conflicts of Interest
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#3. US Military—A Massive, Hidden Contributor to Climate Crisis
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#2. Monsanto “Intelligence Center” Targeted Journalists and Activists
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#1. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Top Censored Stories of 2018-2019
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A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
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1. Justice Department’s Secret FISA Rules for Targeting Journalists
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2. Think Tank Partnerships Establish Facebook as Tool of US Foreign Policy
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3. Indigenous Groups from Amazon Propose Creation of Largest Protected Area on Earth
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4. US Oil and Gas Industry Set to Unleash 120 Billion Tons of New Carbon Emissions
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5. “Modern Slavery” in the United States and around the World
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6. Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking Criminalized for Self-Defense
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7. Flawed Investigations of Sexual Assaults in Children’s Immigrant Shelters
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8. US Women Face Prison Sentences for Miscarriages
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9. Developing Countries’ Medical Needs Unfulfilled by Big Pharma
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10. Pentagon Aims to Surveil Social Media to Predict Domestic Protests
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11. Ukrainian Fascists Trained US White Supremacists
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12. New 5G Network Spurs Health Concerns
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13. Corporate Food Brands Drive Massive Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
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14. FBI Surveilled Peaceful Climate Change Protesters
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15. Trump Administration Threatens Endangered Species Act
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16. Underwater Avalanches Heighten Risks of Oil Catastrophes
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17. More Than 25 Percent of Formerly Incarcerated People are Unemployed
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18. Humanitarian Groups Promote Solutions to Extreme Violence in West Africa
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19. Censorship of Al Jazeera Documentary Exposes Influence of Pro-Israel Lobby
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20. Scientists Accelerate Coral Reef Regrowth with Electricity
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21. Court Ruling Provides “Blueprint” to Reform Excessive, Discriminatory Policing in Schools
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22. Violence Rises after End of Mandated Monitoring in California’s Juvenile Detention Centers
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23. New Programs Make School Food Systems More Equitable
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24. Class Explains Millennials’ “Stunted” Economic Lives
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25. Google Screenwise: Consenting to Surveillance Capitalism
Top Censored Stories of 2017-2018
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A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
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25 Sheriffs Using Iris Recognition Technology along US–Mexico Border
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24 More Than 80,000 Stolen Guns Worsen Crime in Florida
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23 New Restrictions on Prisoners’ First Amendment Rights
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22 Big Pharma’s Biostitutes: Corporate Media Ignore Root Cause of Opioid Crisis
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21 Parkland Shooter’s JROTC Connections Spotlight Militarization of Schools
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20 Extravagant Hospital Waste of Unused Medical Supplies
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19 People Bussed across US to Cut Cities’ Homeless Populations
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18 Adoption Agencies a Gateway for Child Exploitation
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17 “Model” Mississippi Curriculum Omits Civil Rights Movement from School Textbooks
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16 $21 Trillion in Unaccounted-for Government Spending from 1998 to 2015
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15 Digital Justice: Internet Co-ops Resist Net Neutrality Rollbacks
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14 FBI Paid Geek Squad Employees as “Confidential Human Source” Informants
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13 The Limits of Negative News and Importance of Constructive Media
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12 ICE Intends to Destroy Records of Inhumane Treatment of Immigrants
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11 US Air Force Seeks to Control Seventy Percent of Nevada’s Desert National Wildlife Refuge
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10 FBI Racially Profiling “Black Identity Extremists”
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9 Indigenous Communities around World Helping to Win Legal Rights of Nature
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8 Congress Passes Intrusive Data Sharing Law under Cover of Spending Bill
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7 Regenerative Agriculture as “Next Stage” of Civilization
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6 Russiagate: Two-Headed Monster of Propaganda and Censorship
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5 Washington Post Bans Employees from Using Social Media to Criticize Sponsors
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4 How Big Wireless Convinced Us Cell Phones and Wi-Fi are Safe
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3 World’s Richest One Percent Continue to Become Wealthier
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2 “Open-Source” Intelligence Secrets Sold to Highest Bidders
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1 Global Decline in Rule of Law as Basic Human Rights Diminish
Top Censored Stories of 2016-2017
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A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
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#25 Juvenile Court Fees Punish Children for Their Families’ Poverty
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#24 Eight Use of Force Policies to Prevent Killings by Police
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#23 Facebook Buys Sensitive User Data to Offer Marketers Targeted Advertising
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#22 Lawsuit against Illinois Department of Corrections Exposes Militarization of Law Enforcement inside Prisons
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#21 Fossil Fuel Industry “Colonizing” US Universities
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#20 Seattle Activist Group Leads First Successful Campaign to Defund Police
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#19 Inmates and Activists Protest Chemical Weapons in US Prisons and Jails
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#18 Rise in Number of Transgender People Murdered
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#17 Young Plaintiffs Invoke Constitutional Grounds for Climate Protection
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#16 “Resilient” Indian Communities Struggle to Cope with Impacts of Climate Change
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#15 Shell Understood Climate Change as Early as 1991—and Ignored It
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#14 Judges across US Using Racially Biased Software to Assess Defendants’ Risk of Committing Future Crimes
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#13 Right-Wing Money Promotes Model Legislation to Restrict Free Speech on University Campuses
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#12 US Quietly Established New “Anti-Propaganda” Center
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#11 Law Enforcement Surveillance of Phone Records
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#10 2016: A Record Year for Global Internet Shutdowns
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#9 DNC Claims Right to Select Presidential Candidate
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#8 Maternal Mortality a Growing Threat in the US
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#7 The Toll of US Navy Training on Wildlife in the North Pacific
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#6 Antibiotic Resistant “Superbugs” Threaten Health and Foundations of Modern Medicine
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#5 Big Data and Dark Money behind the 2016 Election
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#4 Voter Suppression in the 2016 Presidential Election
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#3 Pentagon Paid UK PR Firm for Fake Al-Qaeda Videos
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#2 Over Six Trillion Dollars in Unaccountable Army Spending
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#1 Widespread Lead Contamination Threatens Children’s Health, and Could Triple Household Water Bills
Top Censored Stories of 2015-2016
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A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
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25. NYPD Editing Wikipedia on Police Brutality
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24. India’s Solar Plans Blocked by US Interests, WTO
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23. Modern-Day Child Slavery: Sex Trafficking of Underage Girls in the US
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22. Department of Education Cooperates with ALEC to Privatize Education
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21. Little Guantanamos: Secretive “Communication Management Units” in the US
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20. The Walmarting of American Education
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19. Global Epidemic of Electronic Waste
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18. Women’s Movements Offer Global Paradigm Shift toward Social Justice
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17. Deadly Medical Neglect for Immigrants in Privatized US Jails
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16. Over Three-Quarters of Freedom of Information Act Requests Not Fully Answered
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15. Understanding Climate Change and Gender Inequality
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14. FBI’s New Plan to Spy on High School Students across the Country
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13. US “Vaccine Court” Has Paid over Three Billion Dollars to Vaccine-Injured Families
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12. Why Our Lives Depend on Keeping 80 Percent of Fossil Fuels in the Ground
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11. CIA Warned Bush Administration of Terrorist Attack Prior to 9/11
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10. CISA: The Internet Surveillance Act No One is Discussing
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9. Big Pharma Political Lobbying Not Limited to Presidential Campaigns
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8. Syria’s War Spurred by Contest for Gas Delivery to Europe, Not Muslim Sectarianism
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7. No End in Sight for Fukushima Disaster
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6. Over 1.5 Million American Families Live on Two Dollars Per Person Per Day
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5. Corporate Exploitation of Global Refugee Crisis Masked as Humanitarianism
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4. Search Engine Algorithms and Electronic Voting Machines Could Swing 2016 Election
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3. Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Threaten to Permanently Disrupt Vital Ocean Bacteria
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2. Crisis in Evidence-Based Medicine
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1. US Military Forces Deployed in Seventy Percent of World’s Nations
Top Censored Stories of 2014-2015
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A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
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#25 Greenland’s Meltwater Contributes to Rising Sea Levels
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#24 NSA’s AURORAGOLD Program Hacks Cell Phones around World
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#23 Unprocessed Rape Kits
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#22 Global Killing of Environmentalists Rises Drastically
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#21 The New Amazon of the North: Canadian Deforestation
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#20 FBI Seeks Backdoors in New Communications Technology
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#19 “Most Comprehensive” Assessment Yet Warns against Geoengineering Risks
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#18 ICREACH: The NSA’s Secret Search Engine
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#17 Media “Whitewash” Senate’s CIA Torture Report
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#16 US Military Sexual Assault of Colombian Children
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#15 Big Sugar Borrowing Tactics from Big Tobacco
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#14 Global Forced Displacement Tops Fifty Million
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#13 Pentagon and NATO Encircle Russia and China
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#12 Seeds of Doubt: USDA Ignores Popular Critiques of New Pesticide-Resistant Genetically Modified Crops
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#11 Pesticide Manufacturers Spend Millions on PR Response to Declining Bee Populations
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#10 Costa Rica Setting the Standard on Renewable Energy
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#9 Millions in Poverty Get Less Media Coverage Than Billionaires Do
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#8 Who Dies at the Hands of US Police—and How Often
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#7 Fear of Government Spying is “Chilling” Writers’ Freedom of Expression
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#6 Methane and Arctic Warming’s Global Impacts
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#5 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Deepens
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#4 Popular Resistance to Corporate Water Grabbing
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#3 89 Percent of Pakistani Drone Victims Not Identifiable as Militants
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#2 Oil Industry Illegally Dumps Fracking Wastewater
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#1 Half of Global Wealth Owned by the 1 Percent
Top Censored Stories of 2013-2014
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A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
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Censored 2015 Honorable Mentions
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25. “Chaptered Out”: US Military Seeks to Balance Budget on Backs of Disabled Veterans
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24. Restorative Justice Turns Violent Schools Around
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23. Number of US Prison Inmates Serving Life Sentences Hits New Record
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22. Corporate News Media Understate Rape, Sexual Violence
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21. Questioning the Charter School Hype
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20. Estonia a Global Example of E-Government, Digital Freedom, Privacy, and Security
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19. Agribusiness Giants Attempt to Silence and Discredit Scientists Whose Research Reveals Herbicides’ Health Threats
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18. National Database of Police Killings Aims for Accountability
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17. 2016 Will Find Gaza out of Drinking Water
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16. The Beef Industry’s “Feedlot Feedback Loop”
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15. Reporting Miscarriages, Criminalizing Pregnant Women’s Bodies
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14. Accumulating Evidence of Ongoing Wireless Technology Health Hazards
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13. Lawsuit Challenges Nuclear Power Industry Immunity from Liability in Nuclear Accidents
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12. Pentagon Awash in Money Despite Serious Audit Problems
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11. Wealthy Donors and Corporations Set Think Tanks’ Agendas
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10. World Health Organization Suppresses Report on Iraqi Cancers and Birth Defects
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9. US Media Hypocrisy in Covering Ukraine Crisis
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8. Corporate News Ignores Connections Between Extreme Weather and Global Warming
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7. FBI Dismisses Murder Plot against Occupy Leaders as NSA and Big Business Cracks Down on Dissent
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6. The Deep State: Government “without Reference to the Consent of the Governed”
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5. Bankers Back on Wall Street Despite Major Crimes
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4. Corporate Internet Providers Threaten Net Neutrality
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3. WikiLeaks Revelations on Trans-Pacific Partnership Ignored by Corporate Media
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2. Top Ten US Aid Recipients All Practice Torture
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1. Ocean Acidification Increasing at Unprecedented Rate
Top Censored Stories of 2013
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25. Evidence Points to Guantánamo Dryboarding
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24. Alabama Farmers Look to Replace Migrants with Prisoners
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23. US Covers up Afghan Massacre
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22. Wachovia Bank Laundered Money for Latin American Drug Cartels
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21. Conservatives Attack US Post Office to Break the Union and Privatize Postal Services
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20. Stealing from Public Education to Feed the Prison-Industrial Complex
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19. New York Police Plant Drugs on Innocent People to Meet Arrest Quotas
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18. Palestinian Women Prisoners Shackled during Childbirth
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17. Students Crushed By One Trillion Dollars in Student Loans
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16. Sexual Violence against Women Soldiers on the Rise and under Wraps
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15. Dangers of Everyday Technology
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14. Who Are the Top 1 Percent and How Do They Earn a Living?
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13. Education “Reform” a Trojan Horse for Privatization
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12. US Joins Forces with al-Qaeda in Syria
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11. Members of Congress Grow Wealthier Despite Recession
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10. HR 347 Would Make Many Forms of Nonviolent Protest Illegal
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9. Prison Slavery in Today’s USA
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8. NATO War Crimes in Libya
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7. 2012: The International Year of Cooperatives
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6. Small Network of Corporations Run the Global Economy
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5. First Federal Reserve Audit Reveals Trillions Loaned to Major Banks
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4. FBI Agents Responsible for Majority of Terrorist Plots in the United States
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3. Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Worse than Anticipated
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2. Oceans in Peril
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1. Signs of an Emerging Police State
Top Censored Stories of 2012-2013
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25. Israel Gave Birth Control to Ethiopian Immigrants Without Their Consent
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24. Widespread GMO Contamination: Did Monsanto Plant GMOs Before USDA Approval?
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23. Transaction Tax Helps Civilize Wall Street and Lower the National Debt
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22. Pennsylvania Law Gags Doctors to Protect Big Oil’s “Proprietary Secrets”
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21. Monsanto and India’s “Suicide Economy”
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20. Israel Counted Minimum Calorie Needs in Gaza Blockade
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19. The Power of Peaceful Revolution in Iceland
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18. Fracking Our Food Supply
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17. The Creative Commons Celebrates Ten Years of Sharing and Cultural Creation
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16. Journalism Under Attack Around the Globe
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15. Food Riots: The New Normal?
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14. Wireless Technology a Looming Health Crisis
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13. A Fifth of Americans Go Hungry
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12. The US Has Left Iraq with an Epidemic of Cancers and Birth Defects
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11. Bush Blocked Iran Nuclear Deal
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10. A “Culture of Cruelty” along Mexico–US Border
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9. Icelanders Vote to Include Commons in Their Constitution
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8. Bank Interests Inflate Global Prices by 35 to 40 Percent
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7. Merchants of Death and Nuclear Weapons
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6. Billionaires’ Rising Wealth Intensifies Poverty and Inequality
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5. Hate Groups and Antigovernment Groups on Rise across US
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4. Obama’s War on Whistleblowers
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3. Trans-Pacific Partnership Threatens a Regime of Corporate Global Governance
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2. Richest Global 1 Percent Hide Trillions in Tax Havens
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1. Bradley Manning and the Failure of Corporate Media
Top Censored Stories of 2012
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1. More US Soldiers Committed Suicide Than Died in Combat
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2. US Military Manipulates the Social Media
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3. Obama Authorizes International Assassination Campaign
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4. Global Food Crisis Expands
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5. Private Prison Companies Fund Anti–Immigrant Legislation
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6. Google Spying?
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7. U.S. Army and Psychology’s Largest Experiment–Ever
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8. The Fairytale of Clean and Safe Nuclear Power
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9. Government Sponsored Technologies for Weather Modification
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10. Real Unemployment: One Out of Five in US
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11. Trafficking of Iraqi Women Rampant
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12. Pacific Garbage Dump—Did You Really Think Your Plastic Was Being Recycled?
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13. Will a State of Emergency Be Used to Supersede Our Constitution?
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14. Family Pressure on Young Girls for Genitalia Mutilation Continues in Kenya
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15. Big Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight
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16. Sweatshops in China Are Making Your iPods While Workers Suffer
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17. Superbug Bacteria Spreading Worldwide
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18. Monsanto Tries to Benefit from Haiti’s Earthquake
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19. Oxfam Exposes How Aid Is Used for Political Purposes
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20. US Agencies Trying to Outlaw GMO Food Labelling
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21: Lyme Disease: An Emerging Epidemic
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22. Participatory Budgeting – A Method to Empower Local Citizens & Communities
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23. Worldwide Movement To Ban or Charge Fees For Plastic Bags
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24. South Dakota Takes Extreme Measures to Be the Top Anti–Abortion State
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25. Extension of DU to Libya
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