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Nora Ephron Remembered By Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman

African-American prisoner dies after nurse turns ambulance away

Xavius Scullark-Johnson dies in prison after being denied medical care

Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney?

The Jerry Sandusky Trial and Child Sexual Abuse's Walking Wounded

Albert Einstein: Radical Citizen and Scientist

Veterans Forced to Attend Anti-Union Meetings on Army Base

Kansas Board of Health Revokes License of Doctor for Not Forcing Ten-Year-Olds to Give Birth

Prominent Americans urge Ecuador to accept Julian Assange's asylum request

Germany Swaps Nuclear for Solar and Wind Power

Clean Air Win: Court Upholds EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules

Small-Town Cops Pile Up on Useless Military Gear

Economic War Against Iran Continues; Still No Evidence of a Weapons Program

Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Seeks Asylum in Ecuador in Attempt to Avoid Extradition to U.S.

David Suzuki on Rio+20, "Green Economy" & Why Planet’s Survival Requires Undoing Its Economic Model

Teachers In Crosshairs

America: A Fire Sale to Foreign Corporations

Ramarley Graham’s Mother Speaks Out: NYPD Cop Who Killed My Son Should Be Charged with Murder

Capitalism In Spain: A Successful Alternative to Greed

Killer Drone Attacks Illegal, Counter-Productive

Collapsing U.S. credibility

Jimmy Carter: United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights

Supreme Court Extends Power of Corporations to Buy Elections

Yes, Barack Obama Thinks We're Stupid: Are We?

New LGBT Politics in the South and Midwest

Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egyptian Presidential Election

Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith on the Follies of Big Banks and Government

Sincere Ignorance and Consciencious Stupidity

Dick Gregory, Legendary Comedian and Activist, Condemns Routine Targeting of Black Youth by NYPD

Thousands Hold Silent March to Mayor Bloomberg’s Home in Protest of NYPD’s "Stop-and-Frisk"

What the JCPenney Dad Got for Father's Day

Poorer Nations Push for Universal Health Coverage as U.S. Squabbles

Disenchanted Egyptians Spoil Their Ballots

Eight Defendants Found Guilty in Occupy Trespass Case

How Can Labor Combat Obama's Secret "NAFTA of the Pacific"?

Mom-Turned-Activist Launches National Movement to Boycott GMOs

Department of Justice Accused of Undermining FOIA Ombudsman

Michigan Lawmaker Banned From Speaking After Saying 'Vagina' in Abortion Legislation Debate

Egypt Moves Towards Outright Dictatorshi

Seven More States May Legalize Medical Marijuana in 2012

Revealed: 64 Drone Bases on American Soil

Egyptian Men and Women Protest Sexual Harassment

An Open Thank You Letter to Teachers

Police Raid Anti-Fracking Encampment in Pennsylvania

Nader on 2012 Race, Wisconsin Recall, Attack on Pensions & the Supreme Court

The New Obama Doctrine, A Six-Point Plan for Global War

Revolution is the Only Way to Save Egypt

Egypt's Judicial Coup: Muslim Brotherhood-Run Parliament Dissolved, Military Gains Power

Military Suicide Epidemic: More U.S. Soldiers Have Killed Themselves Than Died on Battlefield in 2012

US Drone Wars Fuels Global Dismay with Obama Presidency

Japan State-Wide Nuclear Restart on the Horizon

America has an Industrial Policy - It's Run by the Pentagon

90,000 protest upcoming election in Mexico

Mariela Castro, Daughter of Cuban President, Helps Lead Struggle for LGBTQ Rights in Changing Cuba

Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up: Saul Landau on U.S.-Aided Anti-Castro Militants & the Cuban 5

Dear Bank of America, We're Not Leaving Our Homes

Spain's Bailout Prompts Greek Fury

Recovery? What Recovery?

New Media—but Familiar Lack of Diversity

Canadian Pipeline Spills Crude Oil into Major River

Judge Allows 'Vague' Bradley Manning Charges to Stand

Turkish Court Indicts Senior Israeli Military Officials in Murders on Gaza Flotilla

Ahead of September Trial, Bradley Manning Seeks Withheld Gov’t Evidence and Dismissal of 10 Charges

Obama 2012: The Lesser Evil?

Speaking Truth to Chevron: An Interview With Nigerian Eco-Feminist Emem Okon

Suicides Outpacing War Deaths for Troops

States to Residents: Forget Promises to Restore School Funding

Why I Returned My Medals

Nuns On The Bus: Don't Mess With the Sisters

Greek far-right Golden Dawn Mp slaps another member in LIVE Tv (with English subtitles)

Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional

Resistance to NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Comes to D.C. as Lawmakers, Groups Urge Justice Dept. Probe

Muslim Group Files Landmark Suit Challenging NYPD Surveillance in Northeast

Five Broken Cameras: Home Videos Evolve into Stirring Film on Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Wall

House Democrats Propose Increasing Minimum Wage to $10

UN backs probe into US drone civilian casualties

IPV6 Launched Today

The new, larger version of the Internet: IPv6

Walker Wins Recall, Democrats Win Control of the Senate Halting Right-Wing Agenda

Afghan Children Dead After US Air Assault: Report

Election Countdown 2012: In Quebec, It's Not the Fees, It's the Debt

Colin Powell: Another War Criminal Cashes In

Greece and the Euro: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover

The Myth of Opportunity

Russia: Reject Restrictions on Peaceful Assembly

Wisconsin: Walker Recal FAIL

Stop gay cure therapy insurance, says Netherlands Health Minister

BP accused of attack on academic freedoms after scientists subpoenaed

BP: Science out of context

Senate Fails Women on Equal Pay

As U.S. Escalates Pakistan Drone Strikes, Expansive "Kill List" Stirs Fears of Worse Civilian Toll

Bloomberg Backs Plan to Limit Arrests for Marijuana

The Transparently Secretive Chamber of Commerce

A $1 Cigarette Tax Starts a $47 Million Brawl in California

Ending Lockout, Teamsters Wrap Agreement With Sotheby’s

Israel Reneges on Hunger Strike Agreement, Palestinian Prisoners May Renew Strike

Round 2: Egypt protesters maintain occupation of Tahrir; demands, strategy still in process

Thousands Continue Protest in Montreal after Government, Student Talks Fail

All 67 Florida Election Supervisors Suspend Governor Rick Scott's Voter Purge

"No Matter What the Result, We Will Continue to Resist," Says Mexican Electrical Workers Union Leader

The Occupied Amendment: Rep. Ted Deutch on Banning Corporate Campaign Money

Somebody Else's Atrocities

Microphone Grabbed Out of Hands of Reporter Questioning Honeywell CEO

n Victory for Marriage Equality, Appeals Court Rules DOMA Discriminates Against Same-Sex Couples

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak gets life sentence

Mubarak Sentenced to Life in Prison for Protester Deaths

"Inside Job" Director Charles Ferguson: Where Are the Criminal Prosecutions for Financial Crisis?

George Zimmerman's bond revoked as judge rules he 'deceived' court

Judge revokes bail for George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin case

Obama At Large: Where Are The Lawyers?

Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran

US To Heavily Increase Warships in Asia

‘Green Economy’: New Disguise for Global Capitalism's Old Tricks?

The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum: The High Price of Education Reform (Episode I)

Quebec Government Walks Out on Student Negotiations

John Edwards...not guilty

MLK Centre: Building Social Networks in Cuba for 25 Years

Canada Drops Opposition to Water as Human Right

Greek Leftists Lead Poll; Vow to Kill Bailout, Nationalize Banks

Britian's High Court Denies Assange Extradition Appeal