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Victor Hugo: The poet, artist and activist

Moyers & Winship: NRA Issues Call for White Supremacy and Armed Insurrection

Were Voting Machines Actually Breached? DHS Would Rather Not Know

White Supremacy in Action at Facebook: Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men but Not Black Children

Kendall and Kylie Jenner pull 'disgusting' T-shirt line after legal threats

Chinese president swears in new Hong Kong leader amid protests

Turkey urges 'respect of Qatar rights' to end Gulf rift

Gunman dead after Bronx Lebanon hospital shooting

German Nonprofit Creates New Open Source License for Seeds

Oregon Legislature to Prohibit Employers Changing Work Schedules on a Moment's Notice

Trump continues his abusive outbursts against women with no regret and no consequence

As ISIL's 'caliphate' crumbles, its ideology remains

Forcing Canada to Confront Past, First Nations Erect Symbolic Teepee in Nation's Capitol

Qatar to hire Swiss lawyers to sue Gulf blockade states

Six Endangered Whales Found Dead This Month in "Unprecedented Event"

Stamped from the Beginning: Ibram X. Kendi on the History of Racist Ideas in U.S. (VIDEO)

D.C. Police Accused of Using "Rape as Punishment" for Some Arrested During Trump Inauguration (VIDEO)

Black man brutally pulled out of train by inspectors in Munich

Trump Interrupts Call to Irish Leader to [Sexually] Harass Irish Reporter

Google faces years of EU oversight on top of record antitrust fine

Dozens dead in 'US-led strike' in Syria's al-Mayadeen

In 'Remarkable' Rebuke to Monsanto, California Adds Roundup to Cancer Watchlist

Cyber attack sweeps globe, researchers see 'WannaCry' link

The NFL’s Race Problem Is Deeper Than Colin Kaepernick

Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever

Mayor-elect Chokwe Lumumba: I Plan to Build the "Most Radical City on the Planet (VIDEO)

Wall St. Democrats vs. Working Class Democrats

Dozens feared dead after abandoned in Niger desert

From War to Cholera, Yemen Is Facing World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis (VIDEO)

As Yemen War Rages On, Saudi King Elevates the War's Architect—His Own Son—to Be Crown Prince (VIDEO)

Brazil's president Michel Temer charged over alleged corruption

Palestinians in Gaza reflect on 10 years of siege

Support Grows for Single-Payer Medicare-for-All Plan Instead of Massive Cuts to Healthcare (VIDEO)

Migrant Workers Pour Trillions Into World Economy

South Sudan no longer in famine, but situation critical

Hundreds of Boeing and Carrier Workers to Lose Their Jobs

Samuel DuBose shooting: second mistrial declared in officer's murder trial

Congressional Black Caucus refuses to meet with Donald Trump

U.S. Tied to Torture in Network of Secret Yemen Prisons Run by UAE (VIDEO)

Finland tests an unconditional basic income

Universal basic income scheme set for trials in Barcelona, Utrecht and Helsinki

In the fight for $15 minimum wage Seattle’s law lifted restaurant pay without shrinking jobs

London Marchers Denounce 'Corporate Manslaughter' of Grenfell Tower Victims

Seattle's $15 minimum wage hasn't cut jobs

Jon Ossoff Loses Georgia Special Election

Reporters face 70 years in prison over anti-Trump march

Ironworker's Campaign Ad Goes Viral

Will McDonald's customers wait for the new Quarter Pounder?

Kaepernick compares police to runaway-slave patrollers

Ohio college student freed by North Korea in a coma has died

Pregnant woman killed by police in front of other children after reporting theft

Emmanuel Macron plans cabinet reshuffle after parliamentary win

Philando Castile Verdict a Painful Result of Laws Rigged to Protect Cops

U.S. warplane shoots down Syrian jet near Raqqah

Lead Detected In 20% Of Baby Food Samples, Surprising Even Researchers

Finsbury Park mosque: Man dies as van hits worshippers

Muslim girl killed after leaving mosque in Virginia

Mistrial declared in Bill Cosby sexual assault case

US Quietly Removes 17 Sites From UN Biosphere Reserve Network

Standing Rock Sioux Launch Wind & Solar Renewable Energy Projects After Winning Henry Wallace Award (VIDEO)

US Cities and States Line Up to Pledge Compliance With Paris Accords

Keith Ellison: GOP Is Pushing "Tax Cut Wrapped in Veneer of a Healthcare Bill" Under Extreme Secrecy (VIDEO)

Protests Erupt After Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Philando Castile

UK's May rushed from area of London fire after protests

Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods spells more bad news for consumers and local economies

Thousands protest after Minnesota officer acquitted in death of Philando Castile

The verdict in Minnesota: An inexplicable police shooting of Philando Castile

Greg Palast: How Racist Voter Suppression Could Cost Jon Ossoff the Georgia Election (VIDEO)

Male, female or X? Oregon adds third option to driver's licenses

Flint water crisis: Five charged with manslaughter

The Standing Rock Sioux Claim ‘Victory and Vindication’ in Court

Naomi Klein: Any Efforts to Equate Hateful Violence with Trump Resistance 'Are Lies'

Oliver Stone Interviews Putin on U.S.-Russia Relations, 2016 Election, Snowden, NATO & Nuclear Arms

Why Killing Coyotes Doesn't Make Livestock Safer

UN: 'Staggering' civilian deaths in Raqqa offensive

Amid diplomatic crisis Pentagon agrees $12 billion jet deal with Qatar

Cholera Death Toll Tops 859 in War-Torn Yemen as U.S.-Backed Saudi Assault Continues (VIDEO)

At least 2 dead, several hurt in shooting at UPS building in SF

Seven in Ten Smartphone Apps Share Your Data With Third-Party Services

'Reign of Terror': ICE Chief Says Immigrants Should Be Looking Over Their Shoulders

Huge fire engulfs tower block in west London

Top US politician Steve Scalise, aides shot in Virginia

Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.5 B

Naomi Klein on "No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics" (VIDEO)

The Koch Brothers & Trump: The Men Who Sold the World

DR Congo: 11 dead and 900 escape in jail attack

CNN fires Reza Aslan for calling president ‘piece of sh*t’

Arab world tweets: Hamas is resistance, not terrorism

Macron Wins Landslide in French Legislative Elections

UK Labour Leader Corbyn Rides Progressive Tide in Rebuke of PM May (VIDEO)

Batman forever: Original TV Batman Adam West dead at 88

Dozens of US cities brace for anti-Muslim marches

Iran signs final contract to buy 30 Boeing 737 planes

Theresa May’s 2 chiefs of staff resign in wake of disastrous UK election campaign

Lordy! Ex-FBI chief sets Twitter abuzz but @realDonaldTrump is silent

Coalition of 13 states to challenge Trump on vehicle emission standards

Chelsea Manning: Seeing Victims of US War As 'People' – Not 'Statistics' – Compelled Leaks

Stunning blow for Theresa May as UK exit poll points to no clear winner

Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche's friends: 'He's just the best person'

Activists say Capital Pride overtaken by corporations and rich gay white men

Supermarket massacre shooter left chilling online trail

Eric Trump says Washington Democrats "are not even people"

Perpetual Crisis in Public Schools By Design

Opioid Crisis Now Leading Cause of Death for Americans Under 50 (VIDEO)

China's Arrest of Activists Investigating Ivanka Trump-linked Factory Unprecedented (VIDEO)

How Israel profits from the crushing and killing of Palestinians

Iran's revolutionary guards slam Saudis for Tehran attacks

"Battle for the Net" day of global action announced

Bolivian President Warns Trump's America 'Main Threat to Mother Earth and Life Itself'

NSA Contractor Charged for Leak After Intercept Exposé Reveals Russian Cyberattack of 2016 Election

Two Years After Kalief Browder's Suicide, His Brother Recounts Horrifying Ordeal at Rikers (VIDEO)

Africa Drives Global Action Against Mercury Use

Shaun King says "I'm boycotting the NFL because of its blatant bigotry and anti-blackness"

Notre Dame attacker shouted 'this is for Syria' before being shot

France's Macron set for biggest majority since De Gaulle

How Policing Black Boys Leads To The Conditioning Of Black Men

Ramadan in Yemen: Fasting by day, starving by night

Multiple deaths reported in Orlando, Florida shooting

Van 'rams into pedestrians' on London Bridge

Princeton professor cancels Seattle talk after Fox News segment, death threats

Against Strong American Indian Opposition Oil Starts to Flow Through Dakota Access Pipeline (VIDEO)

CIA's 'Dark Prince' tapped to lead charge against Iran

Josephine Baker: The life of an artist and activist

Blackwater Founder Calls for 'American Viceroy' to Rule Afghanistan

Torrey Smith says Colin Kaepernick is being blackballed by NFL and treated more harshly than convicted criminals

Trump Pulling Out of Paris Climate Accord Is "Suicide Note to the World"

More than 40 migrants 'die of thirst' in Niger

America's Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration

Stratolaunch aircraft rolled out for first time

Trump TV, Coming to a Market Near You

Kabul Bomb Blast Kills at Least 90 People. We Need to Know Their Names.

Ben Jealous Enters MD Governor's Race Campaigning for Economic & Social Justice (VIDEO)