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September 30, 2016

Wells Fargo Doubles Down on Predatory Banking: Illegally Repossesses Cars of Military Members

September 30, 2016

The Other Housing Crisis: Finding a Home in Rural America

September 29, 2016

Ecuador Proposes Worldwide Elimination of Tax Havens

September 29, 2016

Alabama Guards Stage Work Strike Months After Prisoner Uprising at Overcrowded Holman Facility

September 29, 2016

Two Hundred Farms in China Breed Tigers for Slaughter for Body Parts, Luxury Goods

September 28, 2016

9-Year-Old Girl's Testimony About Police Killings in Charlotte Goes Viral

September 28, 2016

Unprecedented National Prison Strike Enters Third Week

September 28, 2016

Police Shoot Dead Unarmed African-American Man

September 28, 2016

Athens passes new austerity measures to get rescue loans from EU

September 26, 2016

Keith Lamont Scott's Wife is Latest Black Woman Forced to Film State Violence Against a Partner

September 26, 2016

First Nations Chief Rejects 'Charade' UK-Canada Reconciliation Ceremony

September 26, 2016

Oh, Say Can You See … The Point of View of This American Male of African Ancestry

September 26, 2016

Authorities seeking motive in Washington state mall shooting that killed five

September 26, 2016

Golfing great Arnold Palmer, who led 'Arnie's Army,' dies at 87

September 26, 2016

1 shot dead, 5 wounded on Illinois University campus, shooter at large

September 26, 2016

Swedish police lose control amid refugee crisis as number of 'no-go zones' rises to 55

September 25, 2016

Inside DuPont and Monsanto's Migrant Labor Camps

September 25, 2016

US Military Uses Skin-Eating White Phosphorus in Iraq, Again

September 25, 2016

Wells Fargo's Predatory Practices Are More Than Petty Frauds

September 25, 2016

Time for Congress to Stop Hollering at CEOs and Take Action

September 25, 2016

Immigrants Don’t Steal Jobs or Wages. Billionaires Do.

September 24, 2016

Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a 'Moron'

September 24, 2016

Clinton Proposes Whopping Billionaire Estate Tax

September 23, 2016

Obama vetoes bill allowing families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia

September 23, 2016

Trump’s Agenda: A Recipe for Civil Unrest

September 23, 2016

Brazil's new president, Michel Temer, says Dilma Rousseff was impeached for refusing his economic agenda

September 22, 2016

Over 1,200 Historians, Archaeologists, Museum Directors Denounce DAPL

September 22, 2016

US to provide more weapons to Saudia Arabia for slaughter in Yemen and elsewhere

September 22, 2016

Pesticide companies should "come clean" on mass killing of bees

September 22, 2016

Pesticide companies should "come clean" on mass killing of bees

September 21, 2016

Protests Erupt over Police Killings of Terence Crutcher & Keith Lamont Scott in Tulsa & Charlotte

September 21, 2016

Holocaust Survivor: Trump Jr.'s Skittles Comment Brings Back Dark Images of Children Murdered in WWII

September 21, 2016

Charlotte faces aftermath of protests ignited by fatal police shooting; 16 officers injured

September 21, 2016

Clashes, tear gas, cops injured after 'disabled, unarmed' black man shot dead by Charlotte police

September 21, 2016

Warren Skewers Wells Fargo CEO for Greed and 'Gutless Leadership'

September 20, 2016

School cafeteria worker quits after ‘lunch shaming’ policy forced her to take hot meal from 1st grad

September 20, 2016

Terence Crutcher: Civil Rights Groups Demand Justice for Unarmed Black Man Shot and Killed by Tulsa Police

September 19, 2016

What Amy Goodman’s Arrest Warrant Means for the Dakota Access Pipeline and Free Speech

September 19, 2016

50 Years After Vehicle Safety Victory, Ralph Nader Talks "Silent Violence" by Corporations

September 18, 2016

New Research Suggests Medical Marijuana Laws Decrease Opioid Use

September 18, 2016

Washington Post Calls for Prosecution of Edward Snoden

September 18, 2016

Inmates Launch Series of Work Stoppages to Protest ‘Slave Labor’

September 18, 2016

New York Explosion Injures Dozens

September 17, 2016

Donald Trump Again Alludes to Violence Against Hillary Clinton

September 17, 2016

Pipeline Explosion Kills 10 in New Mexico

September 16, 2016

North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism is not a crime

September 16, 2016

Demonstrators, police clash in Paris over new labor laws

September 16, 2016

Libyan rebels ‘miss Gaddafi’ after years of chaos created by Western intervention

September 16, 2016

Police in Ohio shot dead a black 13-year-old boy

September 15, 2016

Sandra Bland family reaches $1.9mn settlement in wrongful death lawsuit

September 15, 2016

Columbus police shoot dead 13-year-old boy carrying BB gun

September 15, 2016

Transgender celebrity Alexis Arquette dies at 47

September 15, 2016

The Lady Chablis, transgender nightclub star, dies aged 59

September 14, 2016

Wells Fargo fired 5,300 workers for improper sales push. The executive in charge is retiring with $125 million.

September 14, 2016

Yes, half of Trump supporters are racist

September 14, 2016

Black Pastor Cuts Short Donald Trump's Speech

September 14, 2016

"Pardon Snowden" Campaign Launches, Led by ACLU, Amnesty & Human Rights Watch

September 14, 2016

Corporate Tax Deserters Shouldn't Get the Benefits of Being American Corporations

September 14, 2016

Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike as Army OKs 'Vital' Gender Surgery

September 14, 2016

The Federal Poverty Line is Too Damn Low

September 14, 2016

ITT Tech Students Launch Debt Strike

September 14, 2016

9/11 Wars Have Cost Nearly $5 Trillion

September 14, 2016

North Carolina Sees Economic Fallout from Anti-LGBT Law as NCAA Moves Championships Out of the State

September 13, 2016

Brazil: Supporters of Dilma Rouseff protest in 40 cities

September 13, 2016

Facebook and Israeli Government Team Up to Censor the World

September 12, 2016

Nine dead, including six children, in devastating Memphis fire

September 12, 2016

American Indian Activist Winona LaDuke at Standing Rock: It's Time to Move On from Fossil Fuels

September 12, 2016

Protests at 27 state capitals and Washington, D.C. demanding equality and justice for all

September 12, 2016

With Locked Arms and Raised Fists, NFL Players Show Solidarity With Kaepernick

September 12, 2016

Largest Corporations Wealthier Than Most Countries

September 12, 2016

The Surreal Politics of a Billionaire's Tax Loophole

September 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia, put on antibiotics

September 11, 2016

High School Football Players Take Knee for Anthem Across Country

September 11, 2016

Alabama pastor and high school football announcer says those not standing for anthem should be shot

September 11, 2016

Clinton falls ill at 9/11 memorial, later says 'feeling great'

September 11, 2016

'A Good Day for Elephants': Ban on Domestic Ivory Trade Passes

September 11, 2016

Arrest Warrant Issued for Amy Goodman in North Dakota After Covering Pipeline Protest

September 11, 2016

Arrest Warrant Issued for Amy Goodman in North Dakota After Covering Pipeline Protest

September 09, 2016

Kaepernick anthem protests spark controversy in NHL

September 09, 2016

Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning begins hunger strike in prison protest

September 09, 2016

Thousands of Prisoners Strike Against Forced Labor

September 09, 2016

'A Call to End Slavery': Nationwide Prison Strike Kicks Off

September 09, 2016

US Government Steps In After Judge Rules Against Standing Rock Sioux

September 08, 2016

Shooter dead, student & police officer injured at West Texas high school

September 08, 2016

Activists point fingers at police over suspicious death of Ferguson protester Darren Seals

September 08, 2016

Tribal Leaders Demand Army Corps Stop Pipeline

September 07, 2016

Some see anti-women backlash in ouster of Rousseff

September 07, 2016

Nearly 28 million children are fleeing war and conflict worldwide

September 07, 2016

Costa Rica Has Been Running on 100 Percent Renewable Energy for Months

September 07, 2016

Eminent Domain? Iowans Sue to Stop Dakota Access PIpeline, Say It Provides No Public Service

September 07, 2016

Beyond Apartheid and Genocide -- Justice for the Movement for Black Lives and Palestine

September 07, 2016

Water Protectors Lock Their Bodies to Machines to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline Construction

September 07, 2016

Prominent Scholars Decry TPP's "Frontal Attack" on Law and Democracy

September 06, 2016

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Calls for Investigation of Dog Attacks on Native American Protesters

September 06, 2016

Canine Expert Decries "Egregious" & "Horrific" Dog Attacks on Native Americans Defending Burial Site

September 06, 2016

Phyllis Schlafly, Who Opposed Equal Rights Amendment, Dies At 92

September 06, 2016

ITT Tech announces full closure after sanctions, 40,000 students affected

September 06, 2016

Palestinian students build solar car to beat Israeli fuel blockade

September 06, 2016

Black Male Teachers a Dwindling Demographic

September 06, 2016

"Equal Pay" Is Not So Equal

September 05, 2016

Latino Advisers to Trump, "We Quit!"

September 05, 2016

Muslim Migrant Wave Unleashes Danish Tensions Over Identity

September 04, 2016

An Arkansas Town Appears to be Operating an Illegal Debtors' Prison?

September 04, 2016

Reagan Sold Your Future, Trump Will Too

September 04, 2016

Barack Obama 'deliberately snubbed' by Chinese in chaotic arrival at G20

September 04, 2016

Oklahoma sees dozens of fracking water wells shut down after major earthquake

September 04, 2016

Mother Teresa declared a saint as Pope Francis lauds her in Vatican ceremony

September 04, 2016

FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Soaps

September 03, 2016

New York Times distorted journalism implies Wikileaks bowing to Russia

September 03, 2016

Millions of Indian workers strike for human decency through better wages and state enfranchisement

September 01, 2016

Harry Belafonte on Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem Protest: 'It's a Noble Thing That He's Done'

September 01, 2016

Colin Kaepernick Isn't Unpatriotic, Levi's Is

September 01, 2016

Protests Erupt in San Juan as Obama Forms Unelected Control Board to Run Puerto Rico

September 01, 2016

Dilma Rousseff on Ouster: This is a Coup That Will Impact Every Democratic Organization in Brazil

September 01, 2016