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December 31, 2015
Philanthropy ain't all good
December 30, 2015
Massive Methane Gas Leak in California 'Cannot Be Overstated'
December 30, 2015
California Methane Gas Leak is Worst U.S. Environmental Disaster Since BP Oil Spill
December 30, 2015
"Groundbreaking" Exposé Shows Pentagon Thwarting Obama's Bid to Transfer Guantánamo Prisoners
December 30, 2015
Alarm Spreads in Brazil Over a Virus and a Surge in Malformed Infants
December 30, 2015
Ethan Couch, ‘Affluenza’ Teenager, Granted Delay in Deportation
December 30, 2015
Bill Cosby posts $1-million bail after being charged with sexual assault
December 30, 2015
Nation mourns Tamir Rice case, called a "charade" by Mom of murdered son
December 29, 2015
Five Big Banks Plead Guilty to Rigging Currency Markets and No One Goes to Jail
December 29, 2015
From Drone Technician to Whistleblower
December 29, 2015
Restorative Justice Gives Our Children Dignity in US Schools
December 28, 2015
Syrian journalist & filmmaker who exposed ISIS Aleppo atrocities assassinated in Turkey
December 27, 2015
More Than 100,000 Flee Devastating Floods in South America
December 26, 2015
The Year That Black Lives Mattered
December 26, 2015
Okinawa Sues Tokyo in Effort to Block US Base
December 26, 2015
California wildfire burns 1,200 acres, closes 101 highway
December 26, 2015
Angry Libyans lash out at Obama’s independence congratulations
December 24, 2015
Military Injustice: As Bowe Bergdahl Court-Martialed, Navy SEALs who Torture and Kill, Walk Free
December 24, 2015
Clarence Moses-EL on Ending His 28-Year Prison Nightmare
December 24, 2015
Southern U.S. states clean up after storms kill at least 10
December 24, 2015
In Brazil, Virus-Linked Birth Defect Explodes
December 24, 2015
Sanders Blasts US Mass Incarceration as 'International Embarrassment'
December 24, 2015
NYC grants ANYONE right to use single-sex facility 'consistent with gender identity or expression'
December 23, 2015
Sandra Bland's Family Speaks Out After Grand Fails Accountability
December 23, 2015
Exposing BlackRock: Who's Afraid of Laurence Fink?
December 23, 2015
Federal ban on medical marijuana effectively ends in 2016
December 21, 2015
Bernie Sanders says "CEOs May Like Hillary -- They Ain't Going to Like Me"
December 21, 2015
Activists Manually Halt Flow of Tar Sands Oil Through Canadian Pipeline
December 21, 2015
As Public Funding of Universities Dwindles, Faculty Are Unionizing
December 21, 2015
1 dead, 37 injured as woman plows into crowd near Las Vegas’ Paris Hotel, ‘motive unknown’
December 20, 2015
Many missing after massive landslide in China that crashed multiple buildings
December 18, 2015
DNC penalizes Sanders campaign for improper access of Clinton voter data
December 18, 2015
Tyson Foods' Secret Recipe for Carving Up Workers' Comp
December 18, 2015
Becoming Instantly Disposable in the United States
December 17, 2015
New Orleans City Council Votes to Remove Confederate Monuments
December 17, 2015
With Latest Budget Deal, More Failure By Design
December 17, 2015
San Francisco Becomes a City for the Rich
December 17, 2015
Flint, Michigan: City Declares Water Emergency
December 17, 2015
Justice for Freddie Gray Uncertain as Baltimore Jury Fails to Reach Verdict
December 16, 2015
Hung jury in first Freddie Gray case
December 16, 2015
Like Copenhagen Talks, Paris Climate Negotiations Were Mostly Smoke and Mirrors
December 16, 2015
Police Killing People of Color Is Not New; The Revealing Videos Are
December 16, 2015
All Los Angeles schools closed over terror threat
December 14, 2015
Over 10,000 lone children apprehended crossing Mexico-US border in past 2 months
December 13, 2015
After Paris: The Climate Talks End and the Movement Continues
December 13, 2015
50,000 Hit Streets of Poland to Rally Against 'Creeping Coup d’Etat'
December 13, 2015
Native Americans Warn Native Hawaiians of the Dangers of Federal Recognition
December 10, 2015
Obama Accused of Giving Poor Nations a "Poison Chalice" by Skirting U.S. Climate Responsibility
December 10, 2015
Muhammad Ali takes swing at Trump, calls ISIS ‘misguided murderers’
December 10, 2015
Israel Plays Major Role in Exporting ISIS Oil
December 10, 2015
Twenty Billionaires Own More Than the Bottom Half of Americans
December 10, 2015
Rupert Murdoch's Corporate Dismemberment of Media and Journalism
December 09, 2015
Trump and the GOP: This Is Who They Are
December 09, 2015
A Black Woman's Response to Marginalization at Princeton
December 09, 2015
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel apologizes for Laquan McDonald police shooting, demands changes
December 08, 2015
Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn Died at 69
December 08, 2015
Monsanto-hired panel disputes WHO report on ‘carcinogenic’ herbicide
December 08, 2015
Airstrikes Against Syria are a Trap, Warns Former ISIS Hostage Nicolas Hénin
December 08, 2015
Former ISIS Hostage Nicolas Hénin: Welcoming Refugees is the Best Strategy Against ISIS
December 07, 2015
Fracking Expantion Threatening to Contaminate World's Third-Largest Aquifer
December 06, 2015
Man yells "You ain't no Muslim" at London Underground attacker (VIDEO)
December 06, 2015
Does the Israeli Legal System Provide Justice for Palestinians?
December 06, 2015
Chicago Cover-Up Deepens as 80 Minutes of Footage Confirmed Missing
December 06, 2015
The Genius and Success of the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott
December 06, 2015
Former President Jimmy Carter says cancer gone from brain
December 06, 2015
Finland Champions Universal Basic Income
December 06, 2015
African Women, Hit Hardest by Climate Change, Forge New Solutions Across the Continent
December 06, 2015
Activists Stage Paris Sit-In To Protest Role of Corporate Polluters in Climate Talks
December 06, 2015
U.S. Accused of Shifting Responsibility of Climate Crisis Despite Role as Largest Historic Polluter
December 06, 2015
Marine Le Pen’s National Front leads in first round of French regional elections
December 06, 2015
British strikes in Syria illegal, play into terrorists' hands – Assad
December 04, 2015
Why Coal Mining Outlaw Don Blankenship's Conviction Matters
December 03, 2015
UK Begins Bombing Syria After Pro-War Vote; Cameron Accuses Corbyn of Being “Terrorist Sympathizer”
December 03, 2015
In Spite of Peackeeping Efforts, UK Begins Bombing of Syria
December 03, 2015
Gulf oil spill: Manslaughter charges dropped against BP Deepwater Horizon supervisors
December 02, 2015
Marshall Islands Poet to the U.N. Climate Summit: “Tell Them We Are Nothing Without Our Islands”
December 02, 2015
Russia says Turkey’s Erdogan & family involved in illegal ISIS oil trade
December 02, 2015
San Bernardino Gunmen Kill at Least 14, Wound 17
December 02, 2015
Climate Crusader Bill McKibben Condemns Jailing of Ousted Maldives President, A Hero of Climate Movement
December 02, 2015
America's 20 Richest Own More Than Bottom Half
December 01, 2015
George W. Bush Created a "Sea of Blood"
November 30, 2015
Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting told he faces murder charge
November 30, 2015
Naomi Klein Comments on Obama, Trudeau & Austerity at U.N. Climate Summit
November 30, 2015
Chicago cop free after posting $1.5 million bail in Laquan McDonald's shooting
November 30, 2015
Noam Chomsky | The Hubris of the United States
November 30, 2015
First Freddie Gray trial begins in Baltimore as demoralized police prepare for potential riots
November 30, 2015
French Farmer-Activist José Bové on Paris Protest Ban: "We Are in Prison in Our Own Home"
November 30, 2015
Showdown on the Syrian Border: Vijay Prashad on Turkey’s Downing of Russian Jet
November 30, 2015
Global Protests Demand Climate Justice as World Leaders Open Pivotal Paris Summit
November 29, 2015
Global Climate March: Tens of thousands rally around the world against climate change
November 29, 2015
'Don't Bomb Syria': Protests Across the UK as Syria Vote Looms
November 29, 2015
Four People, Including Two Young Boys, Dead in Louisiana Murder-Suicide
November 29, 2015
Sea Shepherd Blasts Japan's Plan to Slaughter 4,000 Minke Whales
November 29, 2015
Burger King manager says Chicago cops erased shooting video of Laquan McDonald
November 29, 2015
When Surgeons Multitask: The Little-Known Practice of Concurrent Surgeries
November 28, 2015
Openly Gay Imam Creates Online School for LGBTQ-Friendly Islamic Philosophy
November 27, 2015
Forget ISIS: Humanity is at Stake
November 27, 2015
FDA's Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon Based on Bad Science
November 27, 2015
Protesters Disrupt Black Friday to Demand Justice for Laquan McDonald
November 26, 2015
How Thanksgiving Narratives Erase the Genocide of Native Peoples
November 26, 2015
MSF Refutes Pentagon Probe into Hospital Attack
November 24, 2015
The War on Terror Is a War on Youth: Paris and the Impoverishment of the Future
November 24, 2015
Native American Genocide & Survival with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
November 24, 2015
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Elected After Popular Uprising, Defends Local Control of Schools
November 24, 2015
Chinese Textbooks Claim Homosexuality Is Disease; Student Sues
November 24, 2015
5 people shot near Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis
November 24, 2015
But Will Europe Address Muslims in "Marginalized Ghettos"?
November 23, 2015
What's Fueling Boko Haram Attacks in Nigeria?
November 21, 2015
Mali hotel attack: security forces hunt more than three suspects
November 21, 2015
Military Intervention Is the Problem, Not the Solution
November 21, 2015
Nick Turse on How Secret U.S. Drone Outposts Create Ill Will in Countries Across Africa
November 20, 2015
Air Force Whistleblowers Risk Prosecution to Warn Drone War Kills Civilians, Fuels Terror
November 20, 2015
"Numbing & Horrible": Former Drone Operator Brandon Bryant on His Haunting First Kill
November 18, 2015
Paris shootout: 2 dead, incl. female suicide bomber, 7 arrested as police, army hunt suspects
November 18, 2015
America's Empire of African Bases
November 17, 2015
Anonymous 'at war' with Isis, hacktivist group confirms
November 17, 2015
Russia confirms Sinai plane crash was the work of terrorists
November 16, 2015
Sanders Criticizes Clinton Iraq Vote: 2003 Invasion Unraveled Region & Led to Rise of ISIS
November 16, 2015
Paris Reels After 129 Killed in Deadliest Attacks in Decades
November 16, 2015
U.S. firefighter gets world's most extensive face transplant
November 16, 2015
Paris: You Don’t Want to Read This
November 16, 2015
Invasion of Iraq led to current instability, the worst foreign policy blunder, says Bernie Sanders
November 16, 2015
French jets drop 20 bombs in massive anti-ISIS raid in Syria
November 14, 2015
Natural Gas Leak Uncontained Outside Los Angeles for 3 Weeks
November 14, 2015
At least 10 killed as French high-speed train derails & catches fire near Strasbourg
November 14, 2015
Strong 7.0-magnitude quake hits off Japan coast
November 14, 2015
Eiffel Tower Peace Symbol Goes Viral in Wake of Paris Terrorist Attacks
November 13, 2015
General Strike In Greece Reignites Anti-Austerity Battle
November 13, 2015
Portland Oregon: Landmark Resolution Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Adopted
November 13, 2015
Paris rocked by explosions and shootouts leaving more than 140 dead
November 13, 2015
‘Unprecedented terrorist attacks’: French President declares state of emergency, closes borders
November 13, 2015
Fossil Fuel Companies Under Investigation for Role in Climate Change Denial
November 12, 2015
James K. Galbraith on the Human Cost of Inequality in the Neoliberal Age
November 12, 2015
Our Economy Is Not Working: Joseph Stiglitz on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15
November 12, 2015
Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP
November 12, 2015
12-year-old boy among 3 arrested in South San Francisco stabbing
November 11, 2015
Criminalization of Children in the US Police State
November 11, 2015
Spain goes to court to block Catalonia secession bid
November 11, 2015
Monsanto Accused of Knowingly Polluting SF Bay with Toxic PCBs
November 11, 2015
"Another Yale is Possible": Students Confront Racism at Ivy League School
November 11, 2015
Disposable Children
November 10, 2015
Egypt Frees Top Reporter Hossam Bahgat After Chilling Reminder That Crackdown Continues
November 10, 2015
With Mass Civil Disobedience, Young Activists March Against 'Broken System'
November 10, 2015
The Digital Dog Ate Our Civil-Liberties Homework
November 10, 2015
Workers in 200+ cities nationwide rally for higher minimum wage
November 10, 2015
The Most Brazen Corporate Power Grab in American History
November 09, 2015
No Charges for Border Guards in Beating, Taser Death of Mexican Immigrant
November 09, 2015
Demands War Crimes Probe: More Details Emerge of Horrific US Bombing of Afghan Hospital
November 09, 2015
University of Missouri president steps down amidst protests over racial tensions on campus
November 08, 2015
Terrace Farming: An Indigenous Model for Food Security
November 08, 2015
Big Oil Can’t Go On Like This
November 08, 2015
Russia & China are ‘challenging the world order’ – US Defense Sec
November 07, 2015
2 officers arrested in shooting of 6yo autistic boy in Louisiana, accused of 2nd degree murder
November 07, 2015
Internet firms to be banned from offering unbreakable encryption under new laws
November 07, 2015
‘Drone Papers’ Revelations Are a Cry for Ending the Slaughter
November 07, 2015
Obama Rejects Keystone XL: This Is Big.... And Just the Beginning
November 05, 2015
Full Text of TPP Released to Public... And It's Horrible
November 05, 2015
When the Rich Took Over Our Neighborhood
November 05, 2015
Coddled College Kids Aren't the Problem - the Lies About Them Are
November 05, 2015
The Bong Next Door: America's Most Stoned Neighborhoods
November 05, 2015
Berkeley High School students walk out over racist computer message
November 05, 2015
It’s Always the Same War
November 05, 2015
Pentagon gives pro sports millions to honor soldiers at games
November 05, 2015
New MSF Report Details Horrific Carnage as US Bombed Hospital
November 05, 2015
Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canada's new prime minister
November 04, 2015
How Obama Continued Bush's National Security State After Campaigning Against It
November 04, 2015
Election Day 2015: GOP Takes Kentucky, Ohio Rejects Pot Monopoly, and Houston Shuns LGBT Equality
November 04, 2015
UK govt: ‘Significant possibility’ bomb may have downed Russian passenger jet over Sinai
November 04, 2015
Ohio voters reject marijuana legalization
November 03, 2015
Swiss government seeks to prosecute man who exposed thousands of tax evaders
November 03, 2015
How the Myth of the Meritocracy Ruins Students
November 03, 2015
Ahmed Chalabi, Chief Peddler of False Iraq WMD Intelligence, Dies at 71
November 03, 2015
Chelsea Manning pens bill to abolish goverment privacy invasion
November 03, 2015
Hundreds of Women in Immigrant Prison on Hunger Strike for Immediate Release
November 02, 2015
Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense
November 02, 2015
Canada Economic Optimism Hits 1-Year High After Trudeau Victory
November 02, 2015
Millennials Can No Longer Be Silent About Our Broken System
November 02, 2015
Ongoing Wars in Iraq & Syria Continue Decades of Failed U.S. Militarism in Mideast
November 02, 2015
Obama Sends U.S. Forces to Syria, Reversing Pledge of No Boots on the Ground
November 02, 2015
Turkey returns to single-party rule in boost for Erdogan
November 02, 2015
Russian Airliner with 224 Aboard Goes Down Over Egypt
November 02, 2015
NASA releases images of enormous 8,000-year-old sculpted terrestrial formations
October 30, 2015
8-month-old dies from ‘tear gas shot by Israeli forces’
October 29, 2015
Zachary Hammond's family vows to 'keep fighting' for justice after fatal shooting
October 29, 2015
Outrage as New York EMT gets suspended for trying to save girl
October 29, 2015
European Parliament votes in favor of ‘dropping charges’ against Snowden
October 29, 2015
Why Slower Money Is the Key to a Real Economic Recovery
October 29, 2015
Professors in Poverty: A new film by Brave New Films
October 29, 2015
Joseph Stiglitz on "Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy"
October 29, 2015
South Carolina sheriff fires deputy who slammed black student in classroom
October 28, 2015
Criminalizing the Classroom: Inside the School-to-Prison Pipeline
October 28, 2015
Texas Student Spent 52 Days in Coma After Being Tased by Police at School
October 28, 2015
Women Can’t Have It All – Because the Game Is Rigged
October 27, 2015
Yemen hospital hit by Saudi-led airstrikes
October 27, 2015
Standardized Tests are a Form of Racial Profiling
October 27, 2015
Higher Education: Capitalism At Its Most Despicable
October 27, 2015
Pentagon Program Exploited Aid Workers as Covert Spies
October 27, 2015
School officer uses force against black female student, slams her on floor
October 27, 2015
New York City homeless population nears 60,000, over 40% are children
October 26, 2015
The wealthy 1% that care about us all
October 26, 2015
Chris Hedges Calls Out Corporate America for Exploiting Prison Labor
October 26, 2015
Quentin Tarantino, Cornel West, Victims' Families Decry Police Violence
October 25, 2015
The 1965 Immigration Act: Its Legacy and Lessons
October 25, 2015
Pope lectures Catholic elders at closing of synod on family
October 24, 2015
"Everybody is a Suspect
October 24, 2015
1 dead, more than 100 hurt in Bangladesh bomb attacks
October 24, 2015
A high school teacher helps clarify ‘socialism’ for Donald Trump
October 23, 2015
Swedish police say sword-wielding killer sought victims by skin color
October 23, 2015
'Great tragedy:' At least 42, mostly elderly, killed in France bus crash
October 23, 2015
1 killed, 3 wounded in Tennessee State shooting
October 22, 2015
Black Church Burnings Near Ferguson Raise New Hate Crime Fears
October 22, 2015
America’s Civilian Killings Are No Accident
October 22, 2015
Youtube Ad-Free: Google launches paid subscription video service
October 21, 2015
Americans Want to End the Country's Longest War. Why Won't Congress Listen?
October 21, 2015
WikiLeaks Publishes First Round of Hacked CIA Chief Emails
October 21, 2015
‘Jailhouse shakedown:’ ACLU sues Mississippi town that jails poor in debtor’s prison
October 19, 2015
A CIA Tie to JFK Assassination? Book on Ex-Director Allen Dulles Questions Agency's Role
October 19, 2015
Israel-Palestine: Endless Occupation Fuels Vengeful Resistance
October 19, 2015
‘US strike on Afghan hospital no mistake’ – Doctors Without Borders
October 19, 2015
5 people, including a baby and 2 children, drown off the coast of Greece.
October 18, 2015
Typhoon leaves 2 dead, 16,000 displaced in Philippines
October 18, 2015
Does Israel Have a Right to Exist as a Jewish State?
October 18, 2015
Canada Is in a Crisis of Epic Proportions
October 18, 2015
Humanitarian catastrophe: UNICEF says 537,000 Yemeni children at risk of malnutrition
October 17, 2015
Obama extends Afgan war and occupation indefinitely
October 17, 2015
The Sad Fate of America’s Whistleblowers
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