* Terrific, terrifying interactive guide to 20 key findings learned from the Senate's torture report. * CIA's torture methods found to be unreliable and inefficient, compared to other methods of obtaining information. * Former Polish president reverses denials, says the country agreed to secret prisons but not torture. * George
Twice the official portraitist of George W. Bush, painter Robert Anderson explains what it’s like to build a relationship with a president, separate the man from the legacy, and struggle with his smirk.
* Marines placed on high alert, anticipating a backlash from today's Senate torture report on the Bush era. * Bush, former CIA officials condemn the torture report. * Related: The report is too little, too late for Obama's record; key aides muddled the approach from the get-go. * ACLU
Paintings made from commercial cassette tape can’t help but embrace a sense of decay that’s inherent to the material.
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* Republican attorneys general in at least a dozen states form secret alliance with Big Energy to fight environmental regulations. * The strange thing about Tony Blair's Christmas card is how the teeth seem to follow you round the room. * Nations track their citizens with third-party surveillance tools, to
* Loretta Lynch to lead inquiry into Eric Garner's death while Republican Senators vet her for attorney general. * Two weeks after the death of Tamir Rice, Justice Department finds pattern of excessive force by Cleveland Police. * De Blasio announces three-day retraining course for 22,000 New York City
Writers who haven’t quit their day jobs, who cram in the writing hours around full-time work, discuss juggling office life, family, and creativity.
* Records of deaths by officers from local police departments are routinely higher than those reported by the FBI. * Following the decision not to indict, Eric Holder announces federal investigation into Eric Garner's chokehold death. * Man who shot the Eric Garner video claims police have been harassing him ever
* Contrary to popular belief, the US divorce rate has been declining over the last 20 years. * A poor Moroccan kid in France is much more likely to move into the middle class than a child born into a poor family in Mississippi. * Britons joining Amazon Anonymous— pledging to enjoy an
