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January 31, 2015
"Vanguard of the Revolution": New Film Chronicles Rise of Black Panthers & FBI’s War Against Them
January 31, 2015
Black Queer and Transgender Supporters Attacked in San Francisco Gay Bar
January 31, 2015
Community-Owned Energy: Nebraska's Public Electricity Grid
January 30, 2015
Can Bolivia Shatter the Vise of Capitalism?
January 30, 2015
Oil Should Stay in the Ground: Robert Redford on Republican Climate Change Deniers and Keystone XL
January 29, 2015
Pennsylvania Bans Fracking on Public Lands
January 29, 2015
Foreign intervention ‘100 times more likely’ in oil-rich states
January 29, 2015
As 18 Die on Anniversary of Revolution, Egypt Intensifies Crackdown
January 28, 2015
"The Hunting Ground": Film Exposes How Colleges Cover Up Sexual Assault and Fail to Protect Students
January 28, 2015
US-India Nuke Deal A Big Win for Corporations
January 28, 2015
‘National moral disgrace’: Over 1 in 5 US children on food stamps & living in poverty
January 27, 2015
"The Power of the People": Selma Director Ava DuVernay on Fight for Civil Rights, Voting Equality
January 27, 2015
Selma Director Ava DuVernay on Hollywood’s Lack of Diversity, Oscar Snub and #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag
January 27, 2015
Koch Bros Vow Nearly $1 Billion for 2016 Elections
January 27, 2015
New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Sworn In to Office
January 27, 2015
Death-Dealing Politics in the Age of Extreme Violence
January 27, 2015
CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Convicted of Espionage
January 27, 2015
CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling found guilty on all counts
January 27, 2015
New Film on Jordan Davis Captures Family’s Struggle to Convict White Vigilante
January 26, 2015
Fired Fox employee kills self at news Corp HQ, says network 'ruined his life'
January 26, 2015
Eighty People Control Half of the World's Wealth and All of the Elected Officials
January 26, 2015
Rejecting the Obama-Cheney Alliance
January 26, 2015
Google Draws Wikileaks' Ire for Secretly Providing Private Email Data to DOJ
January 25, 2015
Roads and Bridges Need $1 Trillion. It Is Time to Rebuild the US
January 25, 2015
Marissa Alexander: Your Home Your Prison
January 25, 2015
Greece 'leaves behind the austerity that ruined it,' party leader vows after vote
January 25, 2015
Greece’s anti-austerity Syriza party officially wins parliamentary elections
January 25, 2015
Terance Walker: Slain man’s family, friends portray him as loving, calm
January 24, 2015
Judge strikes down Alabama gay marriage ban
January 24, 2015
"A Systemic Failure": New Calls for Reform as Feds Rule Out Civil Rights Charges for Darren Wilson
January 24, 2015
My Future in Prison
January 23, 2015
What's safe under Illinois's new eavesdropping law?
January 23, 2015
Remembering Saudi’s King Abdullah: "He Was Not a Benevolent Dictator, He Was a Dictator"
January 23, 2015
Pennsylvania Court Hands Down Big Win for Teachers' Union
January 22, 2015
Inside the U.S. Torture Chambers: Prisoner’s Guantánamo Diary Details 12 Years of Abuse
January 22, 2015
The Leading Cause of Death in Developing Countries Might Surprise You
January 22, 2015
Saudi King Abdullah dead – state TV
January 22, 2015
Scientists and Doctors Sound Alarm Over Health Dangers of Oil Spill Dispersants
January 22, 2015
Journalist Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months in prison
January 21, 2015
Ralph Nader on What was Missing in President Obama’s State of the Union Address
January 21, 2015
The Myth of Obama Moving to the Left
January 21, 2015
Twenty Pounds of BS in a Ten-Pound Bag
January 21, 2015
David Cay Johnston: Class War Is Being Waged by the Rich Against the Poor
January 21, 2015
Rep. Keith Ellison on Obama’s Push to Sign TPP & Seek Authority to Expand War in Iraq & Syria
January 21, 2015
Mike Huckabee's Hashtag Should Be #Hypocrisy
January 21, 2015
No Black or White America says Obama
January 21, 2015
Casey vs. Kyle: On Bloodlust, Loss, and Wars of Choice
January 20, 2015
Fox News Apologizes to Jeremy Scahill on Fake "Terror Experts"
January 20, 2015
Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Saint
January 20, 2015
Americide
January 20, 2015
Richest 1% Percent Have the Same as Rest of Humanity Combined
January 20, 2015
America: The undemocratic ‘democracy’
January 19, 2015
Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa
January 19, 2015
Kenyan Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesting Children
January 19, 2015
Pipeline spills up to 50,000 gallons of oil into Yellowstone River
January 19, 2015
Explosive Rates of Mass Incarceration Called Major 'Civil Rights Issue of Our Time'
January 19, 2015
Martin Luther King, Jr.: All Labor Has Dignity
January 19, 2015
Blood on Their Hands: The Racist History of Modern Police Unions
January 18, 2015
Baltimore Students Stage Die-in to Protest School-to-Prison Pipeline
January 18, 2015
Haiti’s Political Earthquake
January 18, 2015
3 killed as Niger’s anti-Charlie Hebdo protest escalates
January 18, 2015
Majority of US Public School Students Live in Poverty
January 18, 2015
As Nigerian Massacre Evidence Grows, Questions Swirl over Collusion Between Boko Haram & Military
January 18, 2015
Mass extinction for Earth’s oceans probable, comprehensive study says
January 18, 2015
Florida police 'used mug shots of black men' for target practice
January 17, 2015
Pope Francis Plea for Climate Action Revives Concept of "The Commons" to Rethink Economy & Society
January 17, 2015
"Man Has Slapped Nature in the Face": Pope Francis Urges Climate Action in Philippines Visit
January 16, 2015
Homeless cat praised for saving abandoned baby
January 16, 2015
Elk River Chemical Spill One Year Later
January 16, 2015
When religion insulted, freedom of expression not boundless, says Pope
January 16, 2015
CIA Clears Itself of Wrongdoing for Spying on Senate Torture Panel
January 16, 2015
Did Gitmo "Suicides" Cover Up Murder? U.S. Sgt. Speaks Out on Deaths & Prison’s Secret CIA Site
January 16, 2015
Oklahoma executes 1st inmate since botched execution
January 16, 2015
In surprise move, Target exits Canada and takes $5.4 bln loss
January 16, 2015
Two Killed in Belgian “Anti-Terrorism Operation” Reportedly Linked to Paris Attacks
January 15, 2015
Dad Accuses FBI of Setting Up Son in Bomb Plot
January 15, 2015
Monsanto in the Ukraine
January 14, 2015
Five Major Accomplishments Barbara Boxer Achieved During Her Tenure
January 14, 2015
"Eco-Terrorist" Freed 10 Years Early After Feds Withhold Evidence on Informant’s Role
January 14, 2015
After Confronting NYC Mayor, Police Union Leader Faces Mutiny of His Own from Dissident Cops
January 13, 2015
The Methane Monster Roars
January 13, 2015
China and Russia to launch new credit rating agency in 2015
January 13, 2015
Why I Believe New York's Art Scene Is Doomed
January 13, 2015
Army General Martin Dempsey says it's time to close Guantanamo Bay Prison
January 13, 2015
What Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about activism today
January 13, 2015
New edition of Charlie Hebdo has 3 million copies of The Prophet Muhammad in tears
January 13, 2015
Fake Progressives and the Democrat;s "Inaction" Plan
January 13, 2015
From South Africa to the United States: The Continuity of Black Consciousness Movements
January 13, 2015
Charlie Hebdo’s new edition to have Muhammad cartoons
January 13, 2015
New document reveals FBI’s role in NSA surveillance program
January 12, 2015
Jeremy Scahill on Paris Attacks, the al-Qaeda Link & the Secret U.S. War in Yemen
January 12, 2015
"Circus of Hypocrisy": Jeremy Scahill on How World Leaders at Paris March Oppose Press Freedom
January 11, 2015
Monarch butterflies could get endangered species status
January 11, 2015
No One Is Safe From Backlash When Criticizing the Police, Even the Police
January 11, 2015
Gay Corporate Lovefest: Human Rights Campaign Under Fire in LGBT Community
January 11, 2015
Police Corruption Exposed
January 11, 2015
FBI Probes NAACP Office Bombing in Colorado as Act of Domestic Terrorism
January 11, 2015
Zimmerman Unmasked: Man acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin arrested for aggravated assault
January 11, 2015
Three Million in Paris Unity Rally; 'Largest in French History'
January 10, 2015
4 shot dead in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley
January 10, 2015
Multiple shootings reported in Idaho, suspect captured
January 10, 2015
Judge Orders NYPD to Release Records on X-ray Vans
January 10, 2015
Germany: Tens of Thousands Say NO! to Racism, NO! to Xenophobia
January 10, 2015
700,000 rally across France in wake of terror attacks & hostage crises
January 10, 2015
Fight for $15 in ’15
January 10, 2015
Four killed in Paris store hostage crisis, Charlie Hebdo suspects also dead
January 10, 2015
Palestinians to become ICC member from April 1, UN confirms
January 09, 2015
French Muslims Fear Backlash, Increased Islamophobia After Charlie Hebdo Attack
January 09, 2015
Charlie Hebdo suspects killed and several hostages freed in French police raids
January 09, 2015
Tamir Rice video shows police arrest 14 yr old girl for attempting to aid 12 yr old brother, after they shot him
January 09, 2015
Charlie Hebdo, Islamophobia and the Freedom of Expression
January 09, 2015
Sirisena Calls for Peace After Surprise Sri Lanka Victory
January 09, 2015
Vermonters Launch Sit-In At Statehouse Demanding Universal Health Care 'Now!'
January 08, 2015
St. Louis People's Grand Jury Indicts Darren Wilson
January 08, 2015
Shell To Pay $84 Million for Nigerian Oil Spills: 'Inadequate for Damage Done'
January 08, 2015
Towards a Green Economy: Models That Are Working
January 08, 2015
Ferguson Grand Juror Accuses Prosecutor of Mishandling Case and Misleading Public
January 08, 2015
Obamacare is a farce, says healthcare counselor
January 08, 2015
Scale and Consequences of Capital Flight from Africa
January 08, 2015
Scholar Tariq Ramadan, Harper’s Rick MacArthur on Charlie Hebdo Attack & How the West Treats Muslims
January 08, 2015
After Paris Attack, How U.S. Policy in Middle East Helps Fuel Extremism
January 08, 2015
Corporate Fiction in the Age of GMOs
January 08, 2015
Iowa cop shoots woman dead in front of family, while trying to pacify their dog
January 08, 2015
Officer & city employee shot in Paris surburb the day after Charlie Hebdo massacre
January 07, 2015
Deep Questions Arise Over Portland's Corporate Water Takeover
January 07, 2015
Let's Call All Terrorists "Terrorists"
January 07, 2015
Ten Questions for Conservatives
January 07, 2015
Republicans Go After Social Security on Very First Day of New Congress
January 07, 2015
Denmark sets world record in wind energy
January 07, 2015
Twelve dead after gunmen storm offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo
January 07, 2015
How Prisons Ripoff and Exploit the Incarcerated (1/2)
January 06, 2015
Police Violence? Body Cams Are No Solution
January 06, 2015
Elizabeth Warren: Our Populist Agenda - in Her Own Words
January 06, 2015
As Obama Hosts Peña Nieto, Explosive Report Ties Mexican Federal Police to Students’ Disappearance
January 06, 2015
Same-sex marriage legal in part of Florida on Monday, statewide Tuesday
January 06, 2015
Murdered hedge fund founder was a Wall Street wizard
January 06, 2015
Family of 23yo Latino man killed by Kansas officer accuses police of brutality
January 06, 2015
Russia sanctions 'must be lifted now' - Hollande
January 05, 2015
"What Would Jesus Do" Organization Defies City to Feed the Homeless
January 05, 2015
Joseph Stiglitz: Economics Has to Come to Terms With Wealth and Income Inequality
January 05, 2015
Grand Juror Sues Ferguson Prosecutor Over Darren Wilson Moratorium
January 05, 2015
Ferguson grand juror sues prosecutor for right to speak about case
January 05, 2015
From Drone Strikes to Black Sites, How U.S. Foreign Policy Runs Under a Cloak of Secrecy
January 05, 2015
Dow falls over 300 points as oil prices hit new lows
January 04, 2015
Leelah Alcorn's Suicide, Parent's Rights... and Kids' Rights
January 04, 2015
Murdoch, Scaife and CIA Propaganda
January 03, 2015
The Horrifying Reason Why Your Fruit Is Unblemished
January 03, 2015
Bill Moyers' Retirement from Television "Lays Down a Challenge" for Next Generation of Journalists
January 03, 2015
Bill Moyers: The Climate Crusade
January 03, 2015
Obama imposes new sanctions against North Korea in response to Sony hack
January 02, 2015
Tanisha Anderson's death ruled homicide
January 02, 2015
Unarmed mentally ill African-American woman killed by police in Cleveland
January 02, 2015
Former New York Governor, Mario Cuomo Dies at 82
January 02, 2015
Transgender Youth's Tragic Suicide Galvanizes Movement
January 02, 2015
Mike Gravel, former US senator to lead new cannabis company
January 02, 2015
Palestine files ‘Israeli war crimes’ probe request with accession letter to ICC
January 01, 2015
Saudis Plans to Keep Pumping Even at $20 a Barrel
January 01, 2015
Gov. O’Malley to commute sentences of Maryland’s remaining death-row inmates
January 01, 2015
Rocket kills 26 at Afghan wedding party
January 01, 2015
Keep Marching On
January 01, 2015
Matt Taibbi and "The $9 Billion Witness" Who Exposed How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy
January 01, 2015
Who Goes to Jail? Matt Taibbi on "The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap"
January 01, 2015
Florida police engaged in sex sting entrapment scam - report
January 01, 2015
Ten Reasons Why the TPP Must Be Defeated
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