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Almost Impossible to Indict a Cop

Ferguson protesters march to governor’s mansion

Egyptian court dismisses charges against Mubarak

Citizens' Ballot Initiative Another Casualty of Citizens United Decision

Arrests, protests & 'Xmas carols': Ferguson unrest enters fifth day

#BlackOutBlackFriday Protests Connect Ferguson with Consumer Boycott

Isabel Allende on Her Literary Career and Memories of Chile During the CIA-Backed Coup

Laying the Foundations of a World Citizens Movement

Assange and Chomsky Appear Arm-In-Arm at Ecuadorian Embassy

Killing Black Men: Two More 'Police Incidents,' Shrouded in Media Euphemism

Shaking the Heavens in Ferguson

'Love Each Other': Support Floods in for Ferguson Public Library

Whitewashing White Power: Unorthodox police procedures emerge in grand jury documents

"I Didn’t Know What the Sky Looked Like Any More": Ricky Jackson Exonerated After 39 Years in Jail

Donation of Prize Money by Canadian Activist Spurs Flood of Dollars to Tar Sands Fight

No Justice in Ferguson

Egypt apartment collapse kills 17 amid concerns over poor construction

After Vowing to End Combat Mission in Afghanistan, Obama Secretly Extends America’s Longest War

12yo boy carrying toy gun shot dead by Cleveland police

‘Abused, tasered’: Watchdog says Met Police racially-profiled black firefighter

Ferguson burning: Torched cars, tear gas, clashes in massive night riots

Black Lives Matter: Ferguson Erupts After Grand Jury Clears Officer in Michael Brown Killing

Brown's mother screams, sobs over grand jury decision

After Michael Brown verdict "It is Officially Open Season on Black Folks" says legal expert

Sanders Joins Warren in Opposing Obama's Wall Street Nominee for Treasury

Longest-Serving U.S. Prisoner in Solitary Ordered Free Again, But State Obstruction Bars His Release

Progressive Election Strategy and the Norman Solomon Campaign

The Poor Suffer From Hunger - Not the Munchies

Scholarship, Mentor Program Helps Children of Incarcerated Parents Go to College

US Defense Sec. Hagel resigns over apparent disagreements with White House

Big Pharma—Crony Capitalism Out of Control

In a Shift, Obama Extends U.S. Role in Afghan Combat

White House Simply Doesn't "Want Public to Know" Scope of CIA Torture

New Film Tracks How Immokalee Workers Won Fair Wages

The Strict Father Is at the Core of Conservative Ideology and Values

The “Urbee” 3D-Printed Car: Coast to Coast on 10 Gallons?

Viggo Mortensen Helps Mark 10 Years of Howard Zinn’s "Voices of a People’s History"

Despite Senate Vote on Keystone XL, Tar Sands Oil Will Still Reach the Gulf

Arts Students Are Motivated More by Love of Subject Than Money or Future Careers

Anti-Barbie goes on sale – complete with acne, cellulite and stretch marks

California Robocop replace human security guards in Silicone Valley

From Hottest October to Coldest November, Is Climate Change Behind the Extreme Weather?

Prison Reform & Why the Opposite of Poverty is Justice

Dutch government refuses to reveal ‘secret deal’ into MH17 crash probe

As Sioux Tribe Calls Keystone XL an "Act of War", TransCanada Hires PR Firm to Probe Critics

The Siege of Julian Assange Is a Farce

Gunman shoots 3 students at Florida State, is killed

How GOP Operatives Clandestinely Used Twitter to Bypass Election Laws

More Homeless Children Now Than Any Point in US History

California Tells Court It Can’t Release Inmates Early Because It Would Lose Cheap Prison Labor

In NYC, once a payphone, soon a superfast Wi-Fi hub

$4.3 Billion Fine for Fraud in Exchange Market Manipulations is Pittance for Major Banks

Shell Oil Loses Arctic Drilling Lawsuit

The Super-Rich and Sordid Tales of Selfishness

James Risen: The Profiteers of Endless War

Cops burst into school, weapons drawn, in surprise ‘active shooter drill’

Changing the Priorities of a 'Prison-Happy Country'

Most People in the US Aren't Even Aware of the Nation's Unending Wars

Russell Brand on Revolution, Fighting Inequality, Addiction, Militarized Policing & Noam Chomsky

Assassinated Psychologist - Ignored by US Psychologists - Is Being Honored

Net Neutrality Stands in the Way of Larger Corporate Profits

Wall Street Takes Over More Statehouses

Missouri KKK: We will use ‘lethal force’ against Ferguson protesters

JP Morgan Chase wistleblower says "Occupy made it possible"

The Obama Administration.... Standing Up For Poor and Working People Since... Never

How the US Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today

Student loans are a bridge to nowhere

Mexico Burns as Outrage over Student Disappearances Sparks Protests Against State-Backed Violence

Capitalism's Stunning Contradiction

Tiny spacecraft lands on comet 300M miles away

Same sex marriage now legal in Kansas and South Carolina

Russia ends dollar/euro currency peg, moves to free float

Journalists Silenced as Killers Walk Free

Legendary Talk Show Host Phil Donahue on the Silencing of Antiwar Voices in U.S. Media

Paralyzed Iraq War Vet Turned Peace Activist Tomas Young Dies on Eve of Veterans Day

Why Innocent People Plead Guilty

A Soldier Speaks Out on Hidden Costs of War from PTSD to Suicide

Mexican Protesters Decry Years of Impunity After Apparent Massacre of 43 Students

Money, Politics, and Poverty: Ready for a Paradigm Shift

Matt Taibbi and Bank Whistleblower on How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy, Avoid Prosecution

The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare

After 13 Years Imprisoned Without Charge, Man Released From Guantanamo

International Criminal Court Capitulates to Israel by Overlooking Acknowledged War Crimes

Midterm Voters Reject U.S. Drug War with Victories for Marijuana Legalization & Sentencing Reform

Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder on Knowing Your GMOs: Changing a Label Costs "Essentially Nothing"

In Paris, students protest police brutality

The Mass Shooting in Mexico

Tense stand-off between Million Mask March protesters and police in London

Harvard University offers students ‘Anal Sex 101’ class

Californians Vote to Weaken Mass Incarceration

"Prison Inflicts Mass Violence": Bill Ayers Interviews Maya Schenwar

Voters Reject Oil Titan Chevron, Elect Progressive Bloc in Richmond, California

Hawaiians Win Community GMO Victory Over Monsanto

US Elections: Theater with Deadly Consequences

‘Worked to death’: Japanese restaurant pays out $500,000 after manager commits suicide

An Election - and a Nation - Lost in Afghanistan and Vietnam

"Poverty isn’t about how hard you work...it’s about how much money you make"

Pay Rent or Drink Water: The Human Rights Crisis in Detroit Escalates

Assigning a Cost to BP's Gulf Oil Spill: Four Years On, Debate Continues

If you threaten US interests, you may be destroyed – ex-London mayor Livingstone

Angélique Kidjo: Don’t Let the Ebola Crisis Dehumanize Africa and Don’t Let Hate Consume America

Jim Crow Returns: Interstate "Crosscheck" Program Could Strip Millions of the Right to Vote

Computerized Vote Rigging Is Still the Unseen Threat to US Democracy:

You Just Got "Richsplained"

Public Prisons, Private Profits

Ebola: A Disease of Extraordinary Poverty

‘Women and children dumped in a well’: ISIS massacres 322 Sunni tribesmen in west Iraq

Thousands Protest Racist Washington "Redskins" Football Team

Gubernatorial Candidate Howie Hawkins Calls for a "Green New Deal for New York"