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Khizr Khan says 'Donald Trump's temperament and lack of empathy render him unfit to lead the nation'

Loved Ones Search for Answers in Shaylene Graves' Prison Death

Muslim community refuses to bury French priest killer

Refugee Olympic Team arrives in Rio

Syrian activists: US-led coalition strikes kill 28 civilians

No New Charter Schools – NAACP Draws Line in the Sand

Hillary's Convention Con

North Carolina Voter ID Law 'Intentionally Discriminatory' Against African-Americans

California Delegates Walk Off the Floor of DNC in Protest of Hillary Clinton's Nomination

Norway to create world’s first floating underwater tunnel

Bill O'Reilly Claims Enslaved Africans Who Built White House Were "Well Fed"

Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake replace Debbie Wasserman Schultz's at DNC

Michael Eric Dyson vs. Eddie Glaude on Race, Hillary Clinton and the Legacy of Obama's Presidency

US firms dominate global arms market worth $70 billion annually

Danny Glover & Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on Sanders, Clinton and the Long Arch of U.S. Movements

Hundreds of Sanders Delegates Walk Off Convention Floor in Protest of "Rigged" Election

Clinton Becomes First Female Major-Party Presidential Nominee

‘Revitalize economy, prevent WWIII:’ Japanese mass murder suspect reveals motives in warning letter

Remaining charges dropped against police officers in Freddie Gray case

Australia's "Abu Ghraib"-Like Torture of Jailed Children Captured in "Chilling" TV Footage

'Mothers of the Movement' take the stage at the DNC

Palestinian Authority aims to sue Britain for 1917 Balfour Declaration to remove Arabs

Western Canada oil spill poisons drinking water while killing and distressing surrounding wildlife

Julian Assange: Choosing Between Trump or Clinton is Like Picking Between Cholera or Gonorrhea

Debbie Wasserman Schultz booed off stage at Florida delegate meeting

Clinton Running Mate Tim Kaine Supported TPP, Offshore Drilling & Anti-Union Right-to-Work Measures

Florida shooting: 2 confirmed killed, 14-17 injured at Club Blu nightclub in Ft. Myers

DNC chair Schultz resigns following WikiLeaks revelations

We Must Reject Economic Cannibalism

At Least 80 Dead in Kabul After Massive Attack on Peaceful March

More than 170 dead in China flooding; many still missing

Florida judge reassigned after hateful comments about African-Americans and women

Munich shooting not connected to refugees or ISIS, was inspired by Breivik

Austin police body-slam black teacher, tell her blacks have ‘violent tendencies’

Virginia court invalidates Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s order restoring felon voting rights

New DNC email leak reveals anti-Sanders bias, pro-Clinton collusion among top officials

10 Dead in Shooting Rampage in Munich, Police Say

Hillary Clinton picks Tim Kaine, Virginia senator and former governor, as her running mate

Trump and the Enablers of American Authoritarianism

Snowden Designs a Device to Warn if Your iPhone’s Radios Are Snitching

Shooting rampage in Munich: Multiple deaths & attacks reported, gunmen at large

Ex-KKK leader David Duke announces Senate run for La. seat

A Tectonic Shift in Conservative World: Trump Accepts Nomination as Roger Ailes Ousted from Fox News

"Build Bridges, Not Walls": Medea Benjamin on How She Disrupted Donald Trump's Speech

Nixon, Hitler, and Nationalism: Donald Trump's Speech Triggers Alarm Bells

Less than 1% of GOP delegates are African-Americans

US-Led Airstrikes Kill as Many Civilians as Nice Attack–but Get No Front-Page Headlines

Ted Cruz Booed As He Refuses To Endorse Donald Trump at RNC

Former Atlanta cop charged with murder for killing unarmed driver

Unarmed Black man with hands up shot by police while calming autistic patient

CNN's Revolving Door of Political Hackery

Nina Turner on the US Value Gap

The Response to Melania Trump's Plagiarism Is an Example of White Privilege

'France deliberately bombed Syrian civilians after Nice attack’ says Marwa Osman

‘Bloody massacres’: Syria appeals to UN after French & US airstrikes ‘kill over 140 civilians’

Third Officer Acquitted in Freddie Gray Death, But Activists Convicted for Protesting Killing

US-Led Bombings in Syria Kill 77 Civilians, Including Many Children

Navy testing likely caused 3.7 magnitude ‘earthquake’ off Florida

RNC Descends into Chaos as "Never Trump" Movement Attempts Revolt on Convention Floor

Scientists create 'world's smallest hard disk' with 500x more storage space than best hard drive

GOP Delegate & Schoolteacher: Melania Trump Gets a "Zero" for Plagiarizing Michelle Obama Speech

Stephen Colbert: The RNC Is Like Christmas In July

Fox News CEO Roger Ailes sexually harassed Megyn Kelly

Palestinian Boy Killed During Clashes With Israeli Forces

Volkswagen Scandal Reaches All the Way to the Top, Lawsuits Say

Trump Campaign Chair Lays Blame on Melania for Plagiarized Speech

Turkey revokes licenses of 21,000 teachers, orders 1,577 deans to resign in widening post-coup purge

US-led coalition strikes 'kill 56 civilians in Syria'

Ohio congressman says white people did more for civilization than 'any other subgroup'

Dear Steve King: Here are some things not invented by white people

Despite Nationwide Assault on Voting Rights, DOJ Guts Election Observers

Man stabs mom & 3 daughters at French holiday center over shorts and T-shirts

People's Justice and Peace Convention, Protests Mark RNC's Opening Weekend

UK's New PM Theresa May Says She's Prepared to Kill Hundreds of Thousands in Nuke Attack

Trump Resistance Swells at RNC Kickoff

Three Years After Global Garment Industry's Worst Disaster, 38 Indicted for Murder

Following SpaceX Rocket Launch, Musk Returns to Masterplan Part 2

‘He’s a loser’: Over 100 women pose naked against Donald Trump

Taxpayer Groups, Environmentalists, Students Call on Congress to End Oil Industry Subsidies

Dozens of Companies Withdraw Funding from RNC as Trump Headed to Nomination

Five Conspirators in the Eradication of the Middle Class

Cornel West: Justice and Accountability are Necessary to End Tension over Killings by Police

Cornel West: Why I Endorse Green Party's Jill Stein Over "Neoliberal Disaster" Hillary Clinton

Judge Hands Down Another Acquittal for Officer in Freddie Gray Case

Profile of Baton Rouge Police Shooter Begins to Emerge

Continues to Rise: Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

Armed rape suspect in custody after holding hostages at Burger King in Baltimore incl. 7yo girl

After The Police Shooting In Baton Rouge, Alton Sterling’s Aunt Makes An Emotional Plea

Suspect identified in fatal shooting of three police officers in Baton Rouge

The Long-Hidden Saudi-9/11 Trail

Qandeel Baloch's brother confesses 'honour' killing

At least 2 police officers killed in Baton Rouge shooting, gunman at large

Massive Fracking Explosion in New Mexico, 36 Oil Tanks Catch Fire

188 arrest warrants issued for members of Turkey’s supreme courts

Access to air base housing US nukes in Turkey blocked, power cut off

US Navy ordered to protect whales by lowering sonar levels

Eddie Glaude & Son: Leave Ballots Blank, Because Voting for the Status Quo Threatens Our Lives

Ex-Seattle Police Chief Defends Citizens Filming Cops: It's 100% Lawful for an American to Do It

Qandeel Baloch murder highlights how honour killings are still acceptable in Pakistan society

10 powerful quotes by Qandeel Baloch

Turkish forces thwart coup against Erdogan after crowds rally

Jamin Dimon's Self-Congratulatory Pay-Raise Accouncement is Good for Working Women

Theresa May Shuts Climate Change Office

Erdogan lands in Istanbul, giving speech

Ankara chaos: All-out war with helicopters, fighter jets, tanks, casualties reported

How the Catholic Church and Georgetown enriched themselves off African slavery

Secretive GMO food bill passed by congress.

Ex-Seattle Police Chief Condemns Systemic Police Racism Dating Back to Slave Patrols

Three Years After Justice Failed Trayvon Martin

African-American Yale Dishwasher Corey Menafee Smashes Racist Stained-Glass Window

As Bastille Day Attack in France Kills 84, Is the War on Terror a "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy"?

European countries tighten security following Nice terror attack

Bastille Day truck attack Bastille Day truck attack kills 80 people

CIA Chief Who Did Nothing to Stop Waterboarding Now Says He'd Quit if Agency Asked to Resume

NBA Star LeBron James Calls on Athletes to Condemn Violence

Friends say Dylan Noble was a guy who liked tacos, his truck and making people smile

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Slams Donald Trump

Privacy Critics Raise Alarm over Pokémon GO's Collect-It-All Power

In Attempt to Dodge Suit, White House Argues Funding War Makes War Legal

California police killing 19 year-old Dylan Noble prompts claim of 'trigger-happy' officers

Two Years After Eric Garner's Death, Ramsey Orta, Who Filmed Police, Is Only One Heading to Jail

Black cop to racist White cops "take of the uniform and put on KKK hodie"

Police Arrest, Detain Air Force Vet for 26 Hours After He Posted Alton Sterling Shooting Video

The GOP Platform Draft: The Stuff Nightmares are Made Of

Historian: "You Can't Disconnect History of the 2nd Amendment From the History of White Supremacy"

HomeAmerica 'Bernie is a sellout': Sanders supporters blast him for endorsing Hillary Clinton

"Divergent" Star Shailene Woodley on Bernie Sanders, DNC Caravan & Speaking Out in Hollywood

San Francisco May Ban Homeless Encampments and Then Bus Them Out of the City

Sanders Endorses Clinton at Joint 'Stronger Together' Rally in New Hampshire

The Chilcot Report Fails to Speak Plain Truth: Bush Lied, So Did Blair

2 bailiffs, shooter dead after shots fired at Michigan courthouse

Dallas Police Shooting: Blowback from Impunity and Structural Racism

Michele Alexander: Something More is Required of Us

Demonstrations Against Police Violence Occupy Streets in US and UK

Baton Rouge NAACP President Demands Arrest Of Police Officers Who Killed Alton Sterling

Glyphosate Sprayed on GMO Crops Linked to Lake Erie's Toxic Algae Bloom

Attacks in 3 states target cops for 2 days in row

'Something is profoundly wrong,’ Clinton says after high-profile killings of black men

Marc Lamont Hill: Dallas Shootings Can’t Deter Us From Continuing Movement Against State Violence

"They Are Here to Kill Us Because We Are Black": Girlfriend of Philando Castile On Police Shootings

Black Lives Matter Releases Statement Condeming Violence Against Police

Police used 'Killer Robot' in Dallas to kill suspected shooter.

20 veterans committed suicide every day in 2014

Minn. governor says race played role in fatal police shooting during traffic stop

11 officers shot, 5 fatally, by snipers in Dallas during protest over police shootings

Dallas protest turns violent, 3 officers dead

11 Dallas Police and DART Officers Wounded, 3 Fatally, at Rally to Protest Police Shootings

U.S. spending on prisons grew at three times rate of school spending

Protesters mass after another police shooting of black man in U.S

Black man found lynched in Atlanta's Piedmont Park, ruled a suicide by police

Intelligence reports confirm Iraq war created ISIS

1 killed, 4 injured in Tennessee shooting

Marc Lamont Hill & Mychal Denzel Smith: We Must End State Violence Against Black Bodies

Don't Move (Don't F#%king Move)

#PhilandoCastile: Shock & anger as world reacts to black man's killing by police

Smash, bulldoze, erase: ISIS releases new video of Palmyra antiquities’ destruction

‘Abhorrent’: Video of woman brutally beaten by cop in front of young daughter surfaces 2 years on

Murderers With Badges, Licensed to Kill: Nation Reels from Alton Sterling's Death at Hands of Police

Alton Sterling, Father of Five, Murdered by Police Two Months After "Blue Lives Matter" Bill Signed

Livestream of Philando Castile's Death by Police

Tony Blair is a War Criminal for Pushing Us into Illegal War

Rep. Richmond Calls on DOJ to Investigate Alton Sterling Killing

Justice Demanded for Black Man Shot and Killed Point-Blank by Louisiana Police

Money tossed on Senate floor as Vermont’s Sanders and Leahy protest federal GMO bill

Chelsea Manning rushed to hospital, reports claim attempted suicide

Alton Sterling Homocide: Police kill defenseless black man

Clinton and Snowden: Unequal treatment exposes US democracy fraud

Wayne Barrett on Donald Trump's Broken Promises, Tax Returns & Potential VP Pick Chris Christie

As Workers at Trump's Taj Mahal Casino Go on Strike, a Look at Trump's Long History of Labor Abuse

How Donald Trump Threatened an Investigative Reporter, Attempting to Bribe Him with a Free Apartment

Trump's "Greatest Mentor" was Red-Baiting Aide to Joseph McCarthy and Attorney for NYC Mob Families

Thousands of Teachers Across England Go on Strike Against Austerity

Pledging Allegiance to the Denial of the Racist History of America

Put Away the Fireworks... You Don’t Live in a Democracy Anymore

Iraq Mourns After Weekend Bombing Deathtoll Rises Above 200 People

Numbers in Obama’s Drone Deaths Report Just Don’t Add Up

In China, Walmart Retail Workers Walk Out Over Unfair Scheduling

14yo killed by own father at Florida shooting range

Caustic fracking chemical spills in San Antonio train derailment

Spoken Word Legend Saul Williams on Poetry, Art & Resistance

Jesse Williams' Powerful BET Awards Speech: "We're Done Watching Whiteness Use and Abuse Us"

Sanders Blasts "Colonial" Puerto Rico Bill and Wall Street Vulture Funds

Truckload of Dead Bees Delivered to Congress

Two Trans Women Make History as First to Win Major-Party Primary Elections

Nobel Prize Winner and Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel dies at 87

Bomb attack in Baghdad shopping district kills more than 120

Bangladesh garment industry braces for fallout from Dhaka attack

Former US Drone Techs Condemn Inhumanity of Secretive Kill Program

A Sad And Shameful Day For Puerto Rico

Austria’s Far-Right Party Gets Another Shot at the Presidency

Mississippi Hate Bill Smacked Down in 'Blistering Opinion'