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ObamaCare’s Shameful and Lethal Three-Year History — and Future

Sochi 2014 Flame lit in Olympia kicking off record-breaking torch relay

Greenwald and Scahill Investigating NSA Role in US 'Assassination Program'

Nigerian students shot dead in their beds

Atlanta initiative finds hundreds of homes for homeless

Oh, No, Not Peace!

Jesse Jackson to mediate for U.S. man held captive by Colombian rebels

NSA Collecting Private Data to Socially-Profile Americans

Berlusconi ministerial resignations spark Italy crisis

Syria researcher dismissed for falsifying credentials hired by Senator McCain

Latin American Leaders Denounce US Intervention at UN

Pastor shot, killed in front of congregation during Louisiana church service

Morales: Obama can invade any country for US energy needs

Sen. Ron Wyden: NSA 'Repeatedly Deceived the American People'

Flesh-rotting ‘krokodil’ drug makes it to US, ‘frightens’ Arizona medics

Judge legalizes same-sex marriage in New Jersey; Christie vows to appeal

Eight held over Nairobi mall attack, al Shabaab issues new threat

'Unequivocal' says IPCC: Planet Is Burning, Humans Are Causing It

California Governor Signs Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

Judge orders new trial for Marissa Alexander

NSA Chief: 'Yes' - Our Desire Is To Collect All US Communications

Extent of BP oil spill's damage to sea-floor life "astounding"

Protest or Piracy? Greenpeace Activists Remain Jailed in Russia After Boarding Arctic Oil Rig

North Carolina county board of education bans ‘Invisible Man’ from school libraries

Poachers poison 90 elephants with cyanide in Zimbabwe wildlife park

Senators demand independent review of surveillance programs exposed by Snowden

'My Mother Was Killed by a US Drone'

Anti-GMO Campaigners Claim Victory as 'Monsanto Protection Act' Stripped From Senate Bill

Beyond Savage Politics and Dystopian Nightmares

Chinese doctors grow new nose on man's forehead

The Empire President: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s "Neo-Con" Doctrine

Obama’s Justice Department Trumpets New Victory in War on Freedom of the Press

Pakistani drone victims' lawyer accuses US of blocking his visit to Congress

Ecuadorean Foreign Minister on Latin Resistance to NSA Spying & the Castro-Chávez Legacy

Major Earthquake Rocks Pakistan, Causes 'Island' to Form

Germany's first two black MPs enter parliament

Brazil’s president says cyberspace must not be used as a ‘weapon of war’

Canada Silences Scientists, Targets Environmentalists in Tar Sands Push

Kenyan president says siege of Nairobi mall is over, declares mourning period for the dead

BofA fined $2.2M in racial discrimination case

Bank of America fined $2 million for race discrimination

Conversations on Palestine: The Role and Failure of Journalism

Dozens injured as 200,000 Bangladesh garment workers demand wages of $100 per month

Half Ounce of Pot Gets Louisiana Man Twenty Years in Prison

New video exposes NYPD brutalizing students in protest against Petraeus’ professorship

It's Time to Stand Up With Family Farmers

Iran demands West recognizes its uranium enrichment right

Communities Fight Back Against "Racist" DC School Closures

Guardian UK Editor Alan Rusbridger on the Inside Story of Snowden Leaks

In Chicago and Philadelphia, Closing Schools and Funding Charters

Merkel’s party wins German election with 41.5%, no absolute majority

Student Artists, Activists Aim for Fossil-Free Investment at Washington University

Blast rocks Kenya mall in second day of standoff

Weaponized Profits: The US Health Care System

Israel gets involved in Kenya mall massacre

Elizabeth Warren's Consumer Watchdog Forces JPMorgan to Pay $329 Million

Obama can't fight 'war on coal' by giving industry $8 billion in government subsidies

Debating Capitalism - Redefining Outdated Terms

39 people confirmed dead in hostage standoff at mall in Nairobi, Kenya

BlackBerry to slash 4,500 jobs

Obama's Climate Change Policies Are Imperialistic and Despotic

Conviction Overturned for New Orleans Cops Who Killed Two After Katrina

Counting the Afghan Dead: America's 'Unconscionable Oversight'

"I Am Troy Davis": Supporters of Georgian Man Executed in 2011 Push to End Death Penalty

Beating Swords Into Solar Panels

13 people, including 3-year-old boy, shot at South Side park

Venezuelan president denied travel through US airspace - Caracas

Syrian government says war has reached stalemate

Pope seeks to shift Catholic Church's priority from dogma to mercy

US Needs to Take the Hint from Presidnet Dilma Rousseff's Snub

'Winning the Race to the Bottom': Obama Moves to Fast-Track the Trans Pacific Partnership

Downturn Despair: Suicides Spike in Age of Austerity

Calls to ban Golden Dawn as Greece mourns slain rapper

Iran's President Rouhani: People Should Be 'Completely Free'

Colorado Flooding Sparks 18,000-Gallon Oil Leak

UN Syria Report Confirms Chemical Weapons Used, Culprit Still Not Known

After Occupy Wall Street, a Network of Offshoots Continue Activism for the 99%

Pope Francis: Catholic Church must focus beyond "small-minded rules"

'Unleashed and Unaccountable': FBI's Post-9/11 Abuse of Power

Veggie-Heavy Stress Reduction Regimen Shown to Modify Cell Aging

Native American Tribes Seek Help from UN, World Court

Texas court overturns Tom DeLay conviction

Eiji Toyoda dies at 100; helped family's firm change auto industry

France moves to ban child beauty pageants

Government Hands More Than $1 Trillion to Wealthy While Deficit Is $642 Billion

400 Richest Americans Worth More Than GDP of Canada or Mexico

Russian Coast Guard Turns Guns on Greenpeace Anti-Drilling Activists

Verizon's Plan to Break the Internet

New Jersey fire caused by wires left exposed by Hurricane Sandy

Brazil's president, angry about spying, cancels state visit to U.S.

NSA's phone data collection is legal, does not violate privacy – FISA court

Inside the NYPD’s Secret Spy Unit Targeting Muslims, Activists

Wasted food is a huge climate problem

Colarado's Oil and Gas Infrastructure Drowning in Climate-Driven Floodwaters

Brazil's President Rousseff Cancels US Visit Over NSA Spying

Mexico City Police Violently Crackdown on Occupying Teachers

Navy Yard Gunman Got Security Clearance While Being Treated by VA For Mental Illness

Turkey downs Syrian helicopter, claims it violated airspace

Art Dealer Admits to Role in Fraud

Yesterday's Internment Camp - Today's Labor Camp

"Terrorism is Part of Our History": Angela Davis on ’63 Church Bombing, Growing up in "Bombingham"

Police search for active shooter on grounds of Washington Navy Yard in Southeast D.C.

North Carolina police shoot dead unarmed car crash victim

Triple Play: Sports, Politics & Greed

Prayers, songs and lessons as Alabama church marks 50th anniversary of bombing by KKK

More than 50 dead, 120 wounded as concurrent car-bombs go off across Iraq

'Chemical Brain Drain' Endangers Generations of Children

Internet S.O.S.

Top congressional Democrats, Republicans agree Putin leading on Syria

Lawrence Summers withdraws from consideration to replace Bernanke

Argentina, Brazil agree on cyber-defense alliance against US espionage

Young, black and speaking out after the Trayvon Martin case

In Email, Zimmerman’s Local Police Chief Agrees He’s Another ‘Sandy Hook’ Waiting To Happen

Florida Police Chief believes George Zimmerman is a "ticking time bomb"

Trayvon Martin's Medical Examiner: Prosecution Threw the Case

NSA masqueraded as Google to spy on web users

Russia to expand Mediterranean fleet to 10 warships – Navy chief

Flood-weary Colorado awaits more rain; 172 people missing

U.S., Russia agree on a disposal plan for Syria's chemical weapons

Wall Street Banks Obtain Market Data Ten Minutes Before Everyone Else

Turning to Community, Indian Women Are Organizing to Fight Sexual Violence

Art as Resistance: New York Festival Crosses the Line

Fukushima ‘not under control’ – TEPCO official refutes PM's assurances

Victory: Judge Halts Tar Sands 'Megaloads' Through Nat'l Forest

'Epic Deluge' Ravages Colorado

Inequality for All: Robert Reich Warns Record Income Gap Is Undermining Our Democracy

The Rise of the New New Left

100 Women Arrested in Pro-Immigration Reform Protest

Ethical Fashion: An Interview With HELPSY Founder Rachel Kibbe

Mexico City Erupts Over Neoliberal Education Policies

Fire rages on N.J. boardwalk

Obama’s Humiliating Defeat

AFL-CIO Expands Ranks With Vote to Include Non-Union, Immigrant, Low-Wage Workers

The Prison System Welcomes My Newborn Niece to This World

Florida cops under investigation for violent DUI arrest

NSA 'routinely' shares Americans' data with Israel

Juan González: New York City Poised to Elect Its Most Progressive Government in 50 Years

The CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria

Why doesn’t NSA spy on Wall Street?

Israel pays dead Mossad agent’s family $1mn ‘hush money’

Vladimir Putin: A Plea for Caution From Russia

In NY Times plea, Putin cautions U.S. public against Syria strike

From Hiroshima to Syria, the Enemy Whose Name We Dare Not Speak

Intelligence experts have strong proof images of chemical victims fabricated – Moscow

Despite Big Bank Threats, City Approves 'Eminent Domain for the People'

Russia provides diplomatic way out for an embarrassed US and EU

Shiping Bao, medical examiner in Trayvon Martin case, fired

The New Goliath

Vladimir Putin says Syria chemical arms handover will work only if US calls off military strike

How I Called the Cops and Almost Got Shot

Harvard study reveals that climbing the professional ladder may result in less sleep for blacks

Dallas neighborhood watch volunteer is arrested in serial rapes

As Syria Bows Before UN, US says 'Not Enough'

Shocking increase: UK police Taser use doubles since 2009

UN Inspection a Figleaf to Justify Air Strike on Syria

1 in 10 kids has a liver like an alcoholic's

"Make the Economy Scream": Secret Documents Show Nixon, Kissinger Role In 1973 Chile Coup

Remember When People Had Pensions?

Norway joins European right turn

NYT Rejects Larry Summers As Fed Chair, But Powerful Backers Remain

40 Years After Chile Coup, Family of Slain Singer Víctor Jara Sues Alleged Killer in U.S. Court

Obama's Rogue State Tramples Over Every Law It Demands Others Uphold

Occupy Sandy Builds Worker Power in Far Rockaway

NAACP chief Ben Jealous to resign, cites family reasons

Assad tells Charlie Rose no evidence he is responsible for Syria chemical attack

‘Sept 7 Op’: Brazil protests turn violent as police fire tear gas, rubber bullets

US Attack On Syria Violates International Law

The US has little credibility left: Syria won't change that

Obama's 'common sense' war not resonating with US, global public

Australia election: Tony Abbott defeats Kevin Rudd

"Undermining the Very Fabric of the Internet": Bruce Schneier on NSA’s Secret Online Spying

Prince Bandar Heads Secret Saudi-CIA Effort to Aid Syrian Rebels, Topple Assad

G20 Syria divide: World’s largest nations speak out against US-led strike

Analysis: Obama won't say it, but vote on Syria has high stakes for his presidency

Refugees overcome trauma and find their voice through art (VIDEO)

Mother killed in San Francisco park was Zen monk

Glenn Greenwald on the End of Internet Privacy

Putin calls Kerry a liar on Syria

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

Syria: Russia will stand by Assad over any US strikes, warns Putin

Record Radiation Levels At Fukushima Nuclear Plant

US farmers challenging Monsanto patent claims appeal to Supreme Court

What Happened to the Anti-War Movement?

California prison hunger strike called off

Tens of Thousands March Against Mexico School Privatization

Iranian leader: U.S. will 'definitely suffer' if it leads strike on Syria

US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet

Visual Activism: S.F. bus stop art takes us back in history

US military colonizing African with AFRICOM

Gut Bacteria From Thin Humans Can Slim Mice Down

Walmart workers protest over minimum wage in 15 US cities

US Military Contractors Celebrate Record High Profits and Stock Prices

Obama Cites Intl Law to Justify War, Disregards When It Serves Peace

Elders Urge US to Forego Military Attack on Syria