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May 30, 2012
Jimmy Carter on Monitoring Egyptian Elections, U.S.-Egypt Relations, Future of Camp David Accords
May 30, 2012
The War on Gays
May 30, 2012
To avoid counting civilian deaths, Obama re-defined "militant" to mean "all military-age males in a strike zone"
May 29, 2012
Cleveland Occupy Arrests are the Latest in FBI's Pattern of Manipulation
May 29, 2012
Fukushima Radiation Found in Tuna Off California
May 27, 2012
Democrat to Offer a "Lifeline" for Single-Payer Healthcare
May 27, 2012
How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals
May 27, 2012
Lethal Injection the Latest Chapter in America's History of Botched Executions
May 27, 2012
The Rule of Oligarchy Law – From Boris Yeltsin’s Russia to Aubrey McClendon’s Oklahoma
May 27, 2012
A Last Grasp For Bees: New research says farm chemicals put our food system at risk.
May 27, 2012
Afghan authorities say that at least 8 members of a family have been killed from a US-led NATO airstrike
May 27, 2012
Quebec Labor Unions Join Students in Historic Fight Against 'Bill 78'
May 27, 2012
China says US America is lying to itself when referring to itself as the 'land of the free'
May 26, 2012
Obama Administration asks judge to undo ruling against NDAA military detention law
May 26, 2012
It's payback time: don't expect sympathy – Lagarde to Greeks
May 26, 2012
Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the Occupy Movement?
May 26, 2012
This Land Is My Teacher: Preserving Native Agriculture and Traditions
May 26, 2012
Coal Industry Pays Fake Activists $50 to Wear Pro-Coal Shirts at Public Hearing
May 26, 2012
Amazon Indians Can Be Saved
May 26, 2012
Doh! Romney Messes Up, Tells the Truth About Austerity
May 26, 2012
Red Square Revolt | Quebec Students on Strike
May 25, 2012
Occupy Wall Street Librarians Strike Back
May 25, 2012
Sadly Barack Obama, Like Mitt Romney, Is an Apologist for the 1%
May 25, 2012
On Memorial Day Weekend, America Reckons with Torture
May 25, 2012
"Who’s Killing Philly Public Schools?": Daniel Denvir on Plan for School Closings, Privatization
May 25, 2012
As New Jersey OKs NYPD Surveillance, Muslim Groups Continue Challenge to "Unconstitutional" Program
May 25, 2012
Egypt Election: Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Could Face Mubarak’s Ex-Prime Minister in Runoff
May 25, 2012
Obama Ushers in Era of Unprecedented Arctic Drilling
May 25, 2012
Global Protests Against Draconian Education Cuts, Tuition Hikes
May 25, 2012
Quebec's 'Truncheon Law' Richochets as Student Strike Spreads
May 25, 2012
What Started a Mississippi Prison Riot? Depends on Who You Ask
May 25, 2012
Pictures of Second "NATO 5" Informant, "Gloves," Published For First Time on Antiwar.com
May 25, 2012
Cooperative Banking, the Exciting Wave of the Future
May 25, 2012
As Anti-Protest Law Attempts to Stifle Dissent, 400 Students in Quebec Arrested in Mass March
May 25, 2012
Messing With Our Minds: The Ever Finer Line Between News and Advertising
May 24, 2012
Fire on US Nuclear Submarine Injures Seven at Maine Naval Shipyard
May 23, 2012
Anatomy of a conflict after 100 days of student protests
May 23, 2012
Egypt Votes: Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports from Cairo on Historic Post-Mubarak Election
May 23, 2012
Congress 'Un-Declares' War with Iran
May 23, 2012
'Biggest Act of Civil Disobedience in Canadian History'
May 23, 2012
35,948 Arrested Yesterday
May 23, 2012
Google doodle plays tribute to Moog keyboard creator, honoring bithday
May 21, 2012
Occupy Movement Wins Spate of Legal Battles, but Faces New Challenges Ahead as "NATO 3" Face Terrorism Charges
May 20, 2012
NAACP Passes Resolution in Support of Marriage Equality
May 19, 2012
How Twitter Mapped a ‘Covert’ US Drone Operation in Yemen
May 19, 2012
Medical Students Embrace Medicare for All
May 19, 2012
"I Know He Was Scared": Trayvon Martin’s Girlfriend Recounts Phone Call Right Before Fatal Shooting
May 19, 2012
Ben Jealous: "Heartbreaking" Trayvon Tapes Capture Experience of Millions Racially Profiled in U.S.
May 19, 2012
"The Worst Racial Profiling Program in the Country": NAACP President on NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Program
May 19, 2012
All-White Jury Acquits Houston Ex-Police Officer in Videotaped Beating of Black Teen Chad Holley
May 19, 2012
100-Foot Subsea Turbine Successfully Installed
May 19, 2012
Obama's 'Poverty-Relieving' Plan for Africa a Profit Boon for Giant Agribusiness
May 19, 2012
Nurses Gather at NATO Summit to Demand Government Fund Health, Not Death
May 19, 2012
Activists Win Preliminary Injunction Blocking Enforcement of NDAA's Military Detention Provision
May 19, 2012
NATO Protesters Held Without Charge After Raid as Chicago Steps Up Police Activities
May 19, 2012
Vermont first state to ban fracking
May 17, 2012
Disco queen Donna Summer dead at 63
May 17, 2012
"What Have We Been Doing?": Decorated Veteran Aaron Hughes to Return War Medals at Anti-NATO Protest
May 17, 2012
Looting the Poor: How Government and Corporations Use the Poor as Piggy Banks
May 17, 2012
Federal court enjoins NDAA
May 17, 2012
NDAA's 'Indefinite Detention' Provisions Unconstitutional, says Judge
May 17, 2012
Wells Fargo Has Blood on Its Hands: Desperate Man Commits Suicide After Shocking Foreclosure Mistreatment
May 17, 2012
Moscow police raid new Occupy protest site
May 16, 2012
New NYCLU Report Finds NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Ineffective, Reveals Depth of Racial Disparities
May 16, 2012
Chávez's Economics Lesson for Europe
May 16, 2012
New Delay in Opening African Art Museum
May 16, 2012
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Man of Letters, Dies at 83
May 16, 2012
"What Have We Been Doing?": Decorated Veteran Aaron Hughes to Return War Medals at Anti-NATO Protest
May 16, 2012
Double-talk on Pentagon's war against Islam course
May 16, 2012
"Magic Soap" Maker David Bronner on Labeling Genetically Modified Food, Fair Trade, the War on Hemp
May 16, 2012
As Obama OKs Weapons to Bahrain, Neurosurgeon Tortured by Regime Faces Trial for Treating Protesters
May 16, 2012
Ex-Financial Regulator William Black: Austerity is Sinking Economies from Europe to U.S.
May 16, 2012
Austerity Arrives in Califoria: 'You Name It, We've Got To Cut It,' says Governor
May 16, 2012
Julian Assange's The World Tomorrow: Surviving Guantanamo (VIDEO)
May 16, 2012
Egyptians Watch First Ever Presidential Debate
May 16, 2012
François Hollande sworn in as French president
May 16, 2012
Five Reasons Drone Assassinations Are Illegal
May 16, 2012
Why Tibet Matters
May 16, 2012
Over One Million Say Shell No! to Arctic Drilling
May 16, 2012
Anti-Wall Street Protesters Upstage Morgan Stanley
May 14, 2012
George Lucas pushes low-income housing option
May 13, 2012
Obama: Pitchman for Exporting US-Made Weapons
May 13, 2012
Don’t Send Me Roses for Mothers Day
May 13, 2012
Malaysian legal body finds Bush guilty of war crimes
May 13, 2012
Crushing Defeat for Germany's Merkel as Voters Reject Austerity
May 13, 2012
Leaving Wall Street
May 13, 2012
In Search of Stripper Solidarity: Can Professional Dancers Find Workplace Justice?
May 13, 2012
Tim DeChristopher appeal: Oil lease bids stopped greater crime
May 13, 2012
UN Probe: U.S. Should Return Stolen Sacred Land, Including Mt. Rushmore, to Native Americans
May 13, 2012
Sexual Violence and Natural Resource Pillaging Top Hardships Facing Alaskan Natives
May 13, 2012
Stop the Drug War: Mexican Poet Javier Sicilia Condemns U.S. Role in Widening Drug Violence
May 13, 2012
Human Rights Group Condemns Murder of Journalist and LGBTI Activist in Honduras
May 12, 2012
Caught on Tape: Governor Walker Plans for a Single-Party State
May 12, 2012
Spain's indignado protesters face anniversary crackdown
May 11, 2012
Seniors' Social Security Garnished for Student Debts
May 11, 2012
Remembering Chris Drew: Chicago free speech artist and civil rights activist
May 11, 2012
The Austerity Theory is a Big Lie
May 11, 2012
Humor Helps: Top Ten Reasons to Make Gay Marriage Illegal
May 10, 2012
Women Artists Still Face Discrimination
May 10, 2012
Wisconsin Democrats Choose Challenger to Run Against Governor in Recall Race
May 09, 2012
The Greediness of Brain Drain
May 09, 2012
British-born celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon dies
May 09, 2012
Big rise in North Pacific plastic waste
May 09, 2012
After NC Passes Marriage Amendment, Opponents Consider Next Steps
May 09, 2012
Austerity Can't Be Just for Regular People
May 09, 2012
Americans So Concerned About "Preserving Marriage" Ought to Ban Divorce
May 09, 2012
Against War and Austerity, Hollande Is Right and Obama Should Agree
May 08, 2012
Remembering Maurice Sendak
May 08, 2012
The People's Bishop
May 08, 2012
Fire at Tyler Perry's studios limited to backlot facade
May 08, 2012
The French are revolting. The Greeks, too. And it’s about time.
May 08, 2012
Surveillance State democracy
May 06, 2012
François Hollande wins French presidential election
May 06, 2012
U.S. Financed Military Crushes Sit-in
May 06, 2012
The End of Austerity in Europe?
May 06, 2012
Socialists celebrate as French vote nears close
May 06, 2012
Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image
May 06, 2012
Argentina's Model, an Alternative to Austerity
May 05, 2012
Last of Japan’s 50 reactors going offline
May 04, 2012
Bill Marher: Obama to the left of Pat Robinson
May 04, 2012
There Is a Plague Loose Upon the Land
May 04, 2012
Kent State, 40 years on: the shredding of constitutional liberty still goes on
May 04, 2012
Kent State Wounded Want Independent Review of New Evidence
May 04, 2012
"They Can’t Just Kill Us": Kenneth Chamberlain’s Neighbors Speak Out as Police Avoid Charges
May 04, 2012
Kenneth Chamberlain’s Family Seeks Lawsuit, Federal Probe as Grand Jury Rejects Charging Officers
May 04, 2012
As Grand Jury Clears White Plains Police in Kenneth Chamberlain’s Death, New Tape Shows Fatal Raid
May 04, 2012
Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beastie-boys-co-founder-adam-yauch-dead-at-48-20120504#ixzz1tvYQ9kgN
May 03, 2012
Cartagena Beyond The Secret Service Scandal
May 03, 2012
Quebec Students Ignite the Popular Imagination
May 03, 2012
The Ghost of Osama bin Laden
May 03, 2012
Illegal Settlements Bonanza in West Bank
May 03, 2012
Obama's Afghanistan Speech: A Guide for the Perplexed
May 03, 2012
Egyptian Military Rulers Face Growing Unrest as 11 Killed in Pre-Election Clashes
May 03, 2012
Free Press Co-Founder Robert McChesney: Murdoch Hacking Scandal a "Moment of Truth" for U.S. Media
May 03, 2012
Portland’s mayor on building prosperous cities
May 03, 2012
A New Approach to Chicken Farming
May 03, 2012
Courtney Love Loses Rights to Kurt’s Image
May 03, 2012
Making the Cut
May 03, 2012
Should Addicts Be Sterilized?
May 03, 2012
Why Are Universities Buying Up Drones Faster Than Police Departments?
May 03, 2012
Rupert Murdoch in "Unprecedented Firestorm" As U.K. Panel Finds Him Unfit to Run Global Media Empire
May 03, 2012
U.S. Media Giants Reel as FCC Orders Disclosure of Rates for Billion-Dollar TV Campaign Advertising
May 02, 2012
What Did We Get for 381 US Dead Since the Death of bin Laden?
May 02, 2012
Obama's 'Midnight' Deal Will Stretch Afghan War to 2024
May 02, 2012
Tasers Kill
May 01, 2012
Budgets: The Ultimate Lie-Detector
May 01, 2012
May Day
May 01, 2012
Freeing the University: Education Occupation on May Day
May 01, 2012
Why Are We Striking? Or to Put it Another Way – What’s Wrong with the World?
May 01, 2012
US Government Admits to Drone Attacks
May 01, 2012
Rupert Murdoch not fit to run a major company, says a British panel
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