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Dog-Training the Press Corps

Ahead of May Day, David Harvey Details Urban Uprisings from Occupy Wall Street to the Paris Commune

Jeremy Scahill: US Has Become 'Nation of Assassins'

Ex-Liberian President Taylor Guilty of War Crimes

Noam Chomsky's "Occupy"

FCC weighs putting political ad data online; broadcasters balk

The Weight

The NSA Is Watching You

Tavis Smiley & Cornel West on "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto"

CeCe McDonald: Transgender African-American Woman Faces Controversial Murder Trial

White House approves broader Yemen drone campaign

Yet Another Big Lie: Mortgage Fraud Investigation Not Staffed

Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle

Can There Be "Good" Corporations?

Bullied Primghar teen couldn't see past his pain, committed suicide

"We Don’t Live in a Free Country": Jacob Appelbaum on Being Target of Widespread Gov’t Surveillance

Exclusive: National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance

Whistleblower: The NSA is Lying–U.S. Government Has Copies of Most of Your Emails

Newest Michigan museum showcases racist artifacts

Drilling in deep Gulf getting busy again

The French Election and the Eurocrisis

Under Nondisclosure Agreements, Companies Like the Washington Post Will Continue to Silence Whistleblowers

Community Radio Poised for a Big Comeback as Activists Free the Airwaves

Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming People Among First, Most Affected by War on Terror's Biometrics Craze

Over 165,000 Students On Strike in Quebec Over Planned Tuition Hikes

Kony 2012: Ugandans Criticize Popular Video for Backing U.S. Military Intervention in Central Africa

Inequality and Instability

A President Who Doesn't Even Try

Union Activists Are Being Murdered

Jeremy Scahill: Who Approves the Drones?

How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe

ALEC Drops Push for Voter ID, Stand Your Ground Laws After Public Outcry Sparks Corporate Exodus

US Troops Posed with Body Parts in Afghanistan

Public Education a National Security Threat?

Did Climate Change Activism Lead to Coup of Island President?

The "Suicidal State" and the War on Youth

45 Days After Killing Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman Finally Charged

America's Prescription Drug Addiction Suggests a Sick Nation

DC Hoodies March Denounces Institutional Racism

Liberals betray Bradley Manning

Debunking Van Jones' Claim

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange: Press Complaints Comission stood by as I was libelled by media

Black in White Plains: The Police Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

"Shouting in the Dark": Film Chronicles Bahrain’s Pro-Democracy Uprising Against U.S.-Backed Rule

Viktor Bout: Merchant of Death

Strip-Searches: Obama Wants You to Bend Over (Or Squat) and Spread ‘Em

Welcome to Poverty

California Students Pepper-Sprayed While Protesting Tuition Hikes Caused by Budget Cuts

Greek Suicide Seen as an Act of Fortitude as Much as One of Despair

The memo Bush tried to destroy

The Fashion Industry's Perfect Storm: Collapsing Workers and Hyperactive Buyers

Black Cop Shot 28 Times by White Cops Charged With Attempted Murder. Really.

5 Ex-Officers Sentenced in Post-Katrina Shootings

Pregnancy, Sexual Congress and the (In)Visibility of Men

Christian College Rampage: Oakland shooting suspect charged with murder