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October 31, 2012
From MI6 Al Qaeda Plot to Kill Gaddafi to Spying on Domestic Dissent: An MI5 Whistle Blowers Story
October 31, 2012
Climate Change, Hurricanes and the Fate of America’s Coastal Cities
October 31, 2012
Jill Stein Arrested 'Connecting the Dots' at Keystone Site
October 31, 2012
Struggle, Loss, Ruin in Sandy's Wake
October 31, 2012
Greg Palast: Easy Ways to Steal an Election
October 31, 2012
Global Warming and Sandy: Heating of the Oceans Fuels Record Storm, Leaving Millions Without Power
October 31, 2012
Bainport Day 50: Workers at Bain-Owned Plant Ask Romney to Save Their Jobs from Going to China
October 31, 2012
Why Chavez Won Again
October 30, 2012
Survival and Dignity in an Afghan Winter
October 30, 2012
The Great Betrayal – and the Cynicism of Calling it a Grand Bargain
October 30, 2012
Support for California GMO Labeling Proposal Drops Following Industry-Funded Ad Blitz
October 30, 2012
Industrial 'Ocean Grabbing' Causes Untold Damage, Food-Insecurity: UN
October 30, 2012
Reflections on Occupy Baltimore
October 29, 2012
US Detention of Imran Khan Part of Trend to Harass Anti-Drone Advocates
October 29, 2012
Refugees March to Berlin Demanding Full Human Rights
October 29, 2012
Bill McKibben on Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change: "If There Was Ever a Wake-up Call, This Is It"
October 29, 2012
10 Filthy-Rich, Tax-Dodging Hypocrites Pushing Disastrous Austerity on America
October 29, 2012
Manufacturing Corporate-Friendly State Legislation
October 29, 2012
Marijuana on the Ballot 2012
October 29, 2012
The Supreme Court and the Death of Progress
October 28, 2012
Gaddafi and 66 Others Murdered After Capture - Human Rights Watch
October 28, 2012
Tens of Thousands Protest Against Austerity in Rome
October 28, 2012
The Happy Hero: An Interview With Paul Buhle About Robin Hood
October 28, 2012
How Wall Street Won the Election Long Before the First Vote Was Cast
October 27, 2012
Imran Khan Detained on US Flight over Anti-Drone Activism
October 27, 2012
Paying Taxes to Your Boss: A Step Toward 21st Century Feudalism
October 27, 2012
Candidates Flee East Coast as Frankenstorm Takes Revenge for their Ignoring Climate Change
October 26, 2012
Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers, from Climate Change to Nuclear Weapons
October 26, 2012
Greece’s New Americanized Health Care System
October 26, 2012
Capitol Hill’s Rabid, Ravaging Republicans
October 26, 2012
Chevron Gives $2.5 Million to Conservative Super PAC
October 26, 2012
US base has 'crowded the skies over the Horn of Africa' with drones
October 26, 2012
"Citizens" United: Bain Capital, Clear Channel and Those Voter Fraud Billboards
October 26, 2012
Lies of Plutocracy: Exploding Five Myths that Dehumanize the Poor
October 26, 2012
Colin Powell endorses President Obama's reelection
October 25, 2012
Prop 34: Ex-San Quentin Prison Warden Jeanne Woodford Backs California Measure to End Death Penalty
October 25, 2012
Paul Wellstone's Legacy
October 25, 2012
Paul Wellstone, We Miss You
October 25, 2012
Valeria "Munique" Tachiquin: U.S. Agent Kills Young Mother of 5 in Latest of Growing Border Deaths
October 25, 2012
With Beyond Silver Gelatin, collage art goes digital
October 25, 2012
Why I Cannot Support the Nobel Prize for the EU
October 25, 2012
WikiLeaks Reveals 'Systematized Human Rights Abuses' at US Detention Facilities
October 24, 2012
Obama Moves to Make the 'War on Terror' Permanent
October 24, 2012
Ex-CIA Officer, Torture Whistleblower to Be Sentenced for Leak
October 24, 2012
ood Fight: Debating Prop 37, California’s Landmark Initiative to Label GMO Food
October 24, 2012
Michael Pollan: From GMOs to NYC’s Soda Ban, Local Efforts Challenge Agri-Giants’ National Control
October 24, 2012
Does the Romney Family Now Own Your e-Vote?
October 23, 2012
Exclusive: As Obama and Romney Agree on Afghan War, Israel and Syria, Third Parties Give Alternative
October 23, 2012
Senator George McGovern: 1922-2012
October 23, 2012
McGovern: He Never Sold His Soul
October 23, 2012
George McGovern: Touchstone of Liberalism
October 23, 2012
At Oakland's Abandoned Army Base, a Jobs Plan Brings Hope to Locals
October 23, 2012
Poverty: The Election Issue That Dare Not Speak Its Name
October 23, 2012
Employees of Romney Family's Secret Bank Tied to Fraud, Money Laundering and Drug Cartels
October 23, 2012
Immigrants and Unions Work To Oust Notorious Arizona Sheriff
October 22, 2012
Men tell of sexual abuse by scoutmaster decades ago
October 22, 2012
Four dead in salon shooting in suburban Milwaukee (VIDEO)
October 22, 2012
Triple killing at spa stuns Milwaukee suburb
October 22, 2012
American Bombing of Iraq Left Legacy of Deformed Babies
October 22, 2012
Over 100,000 March in London for 'A Future That Works'
October 19, 2012
Proposition 36 Promises an End to California's Punitive 3 Strikes Law
October 19, 2012
If the "War On Drugs" has Failed, is Legalization the Answer?
October 19, 2012
Food, beverage industry pays for seat at health-policy table
October 19, 2012
Noam Chomsky makes first Gaza visit
October 19, 2012
Fracking Poisoning Families at Alarming Rate: Report
October 19, 2012
Greek Society Unravels Under Austerity Measures
October 19, 2012
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down DOMA: Defense of Marriage Act
October 19, 2012
Dark Days: Life in Crack City
October 19, 2012
Scenes of 'Dust Bowl Days' Return As Oklahoma Storm Causes Highway Pileup
October 19, 2012
As Sen. McGovern Nears Death, How the Antiwar Candidate Challenged Vietnam and Inspired a Generation
October 19, 2012
Greg Palast: "Mitt Romney’s Bailout Bonanza: How He Made Millions from the Rescue of Detroit"
October 18, 2012
Sold Into "a Piece of Hell:" A Death of Innocence at Gitmo
October 18, 2012
The Nobel Peace Prize for War
October 18, 2012
Greg Palast on "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps"
October 17, 2012
Truthout Files FOIA Lawsuit Against Department of Justice/FBI for Occupy Wall Street Documents
October 17, 2012
Green Party Candidates Arrested, Shackled to Chairs For 8 Hours After Trying to Enter Hofstra Debate
October 17, 2012
Over Half of All Wetlands on Earth 'Destroyed' in Last 100 Years
October 17, 2012
Bill Black and Glen Ford on Presidential Debate #2
October 17, 2012
Why I'm Standing Up to TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline in East Texas
October 17, 2012
Green Party Ticket Arrested at Presidential Debate
October 16, 2012
Koch Brothers Among U.S. Billionaires Pressuring Thousands of Employees to Vote GOP on Election Day
October 16, 2012
Texas Landowners Join Environmentalists for Historic Blockade of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
October 16, 2012
US Joins Israel in Blockading Education to Students in Gaza
October 16, 2012
EU Support for Israeli Crimes Makes It Unworthy of Nobel Peace Prize
October 16, 2012
Humanitarian Aid Blocked As UN Imposes New Iran Sanctions
October 15, 2012
Arlen Specter, Longtime GOP Senate Moderate, Dies at 82
October 15, 2012
Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate?
October 13, 2012
Microbuses set ablaze near Tahrir, Brotherhood members chased from square
October 13, 2012
European Union Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Despite Ties to NATO, Crippling Austerity Cuts
October 13, 2012
Pinkwashing Fracking? How the Komen Board Is Cashing in on Shale Gas
October 13, 2012
Only Organics Can Feed the Hungry World: Here's Why
October 13, 2012
The Internet as Political Lie Detector
October 13, 2012
Israel Threatens Force Against Aid Boat to Gaza
October 12, 2012
Paul Wellstone: 10 Years After His Death, He Still Sets the Bar for a Politics of Conviction
October 12, 2012
"Is This a Joke?" Critics Slam Decision to Award EU Nobel Peace Prize
October 12, 2012
Sanctions Against Iranian Banks is Economic Warfare
October 12, 2012
California Food Fight: Just Say No to GMOs
October 12, 2012
BP Amnesia: Life and Death After the Spill
October 10, 2012
The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Policy
October 10, 2012
Ghost of the New Deal Haunts Democrats' Agenda, but It's Time to Summon FDR
October 10, 2012
As Millions Buy iPhone 5, Chinese Workers at Apple Plant Foxconn Protest Workplace Conditions
October 10, 2012
Big Coal Wins Latest Battle to Blast Historic Blair Mountain
October 10, 2012
Immunity Sealed: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Telecom Spying
October 10, 2012
How Speculating on Prisons Leads to Mass Incarceration
October 09, 2012
Lakota: The Revitalization of Language and the Persistence of Spirit
October 09, 2012
Coal Workers Say Murray Energy "Coerces" Them to Make GOP Donations
October 09, 2012
UN changes stats for malnutrition
October 09, 2012
Election Year Garbage
October 08, 2012
On Columbus Day, Indigenous Urge Celebration of Native Culture & Teaching of the Americas’ Genocide
October 08, 2012
Nearly Two Weeks After Chemical Spill, South Korea Declares Disaster Zone
October 08, 2012
GOP Congressman: Evolution a Lie 'Straight From Hell'
October 08, 2012
Chávez Victory Affirms Left Still Thriving in Latin America
October 08, 2012
‘There will be no more professional writers in the future’
October 08, 2012
Reflections on "Columbus" Day
October 08, 2012
The US Presidential Debates' Illusion of Political Choice
October 08, 2012
Anti-Drone Rally Held Despite Military Blockade
October 08, 2012
Chávez Wins New Term in Venezuela
October 08, 2012
PTSD Counselors Forced to Attend Anti-Union Meetings on Army Base
October 05, 2012
On Afghan War 11th Anniversary, Vets Confront Mental Health Crisis, Soldier Suicides and Violence
October 05, 2012
Living with Death by Drone
October 05, 2012
Honduras ‘Model City’ Plan in the Spotlight
October 05, 2012
Breastfeeding Moms Boot Nestlé from Maternity Wards
October 05, 2012
For Obama, No More Excuses
October 04, 2012
America's Duopoly of Money in Politics and Manipulation of Public Opinion
October 04, 2012
No to NY Fracking: 'Will Not Compromise On the Health of Our Families'
October 04, 2012
Same Love: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis make compelling LGBTQ music video
October 04, 2012
The Obama Romney Debate: A Sorry Affair
October 04, 2012
A Nationally-Televised Presidential Fail
October 03, 2012
Assange Speaks to UN
October 03, 2012
On Media Bias in Venezuela
October 03, 2012
As U.S. Death Toll in Afghanistan Passes 2,000 Mark, Phyllis Bennis on America’s Longest War
October 03, 2012
On the Anniversary of the Va. Tech Massacre, Nikki Giovanni says "Guns are and Idea Whose Time has Passed"
October 03, 2012
Back to $chool: College Is the Past, Prison Is the Future
October 03, 2012
The Betrayal of America's Middle Class Was a Choice, Not an Accident
October 02, 2012
Detroit Workers Fight Back Against 'Union Busting,' Privatization Plans
October 02, 2012
Venezuelan Barrios Vote for Chavez and Participatory Democracy
October 02, 2012
The True Reason US Fears Iranian Nukes: They Can Deter US Attacks
October 02, 2012
'Intimidation, Threats, and Lawyers': The Great American Gas Fracking 'Land Grab'
October 02, 2012
irginia Residents Fight Back Against Nuclear Industry Effort to Lift Ban on Uranium Mining
October 02, 2012
Jerry Brown Vetoes Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights
October 02, 2012
Why Don't Americans Care About Democracy at Home?
October 01, 2012
Organic Farming: Resilience in the Time of Drought
October 01, 2012
Anti-Drone Protesters Gather for Weekend March into Waziristan
October 01, 2012
"Democratic Womanism": Poet and Activist Alice Walker on Women Rising, Obama and the 2012 Election
October 01, 2012
Palestine Conditions "More Brutal" Than in U.S. South of 50 Years Ago, Says Author Alice Walker
October 01, 2012
Alice Walker on 30th Anniv. of "The Color Purple": Racism, Violence Against Women Are Global Issues
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