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December 31, 2018
Hilton Hotel fires two employees who called police on black guest
December 31, 2018
Greece child protection services 'disjointed and inadequate'
December 30, 2018
Thailand to Legalize Same-Sex Civil Unions
December 30, 2018
Wells Fargo to pay $575 million in settlement with U.S. states
December 30, 2018
Germany Closes Its Last Black Coal Mine
December 30, 2018
Germany’s Electricity 38% Renewable in 2018, more than Coal for 1st Time
December 29, 2018
Stax Records President Al Bell Honors Aretha Franklin, a Lost Icon in 2018
December 29, 2018
Sex Ed Programs Face Anti-LGBTQ BacklashE
December 29, 2018
School Employee Sues District for Israel Loyalty Oath in Contract
December 29, 2018
Egyptian forces 'kill 40' in response to tourist bus attack
December 28, 2018
Remember: Christ was a Palestinian refugee
December 28, 2018
Richard Wolff: We Need a More Humane Economic System (VIDEO)
December 27, 2018
Cold War Radar System a Trillion Dollar Fraud – Lester Earnest on RAI
December 27, 2018
$800M in Taxpayer Money Went to Funding For-Profit Immigrant Prisons in 2018
December 26, 2018
France World Cup winner donates winnings to charity
December 26, 2018
Japan to Resume Killing Whales, Ignoring International Ban
December 26, 2018
Angela Davis on Running from the FBI, Lessons from Prison and How Aretha Franklin Got Her Free (VIDEO)
December 26, 2018
Doctors' strike continues in Sudan as protests enter eighth day
December 26, 2018
Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat vows to donate his entire fortune
December 26, 2018
Jemele Hill has no regrets about calling Trump a white supremacist
December 26, 2018
The Real Problem Is the US-Saudi Relationship, Not Just Crown Prince MBS
December 25, 2018
We're Learning the Truth About Voter Fraud
December 25, 2018
Italy's Mount Etna erupts, authorities close airport
December 25, 2018
Protesters in France call for closure of Generation Identity bar
December 24, 2018
Noam Chomsky: Social media outlets have 'become major forces for undermining democracy'
December 24, 2018
Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed
December 24, 2018
‘It’s worse than murder’: how rural America became a hospital desert
December 24, 2018
'Then the sea came': Indonesian tsunami survivors recall ordeal
December 24, 2018
New Jersey referee suspended after forcing black wrestler to have haircut
December 24, 2018
SpaceX launches first US national security space mission
December 24, 2018
Iran says US presence in Syria 'wrong' from the start
December 24, 2018
Indigenous Nation Blocks TransCanada Pipeline with New Checkpoint
December 23, 2018
Fighting Rent-to-Own Racism This Christmas
December 23, 2018
Baghdad's Green Zone opens its gates to public after 15 years
December 22, 2018
Audrey Geisel, 97, Dies; Dr. Seuss’s Widow and Keeper of His Flame
December 22, 2018
Time to Get Out of Syria
December 22, 2018
Murder of Honduran teens highlight dangers for refugees at border
December 22, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Furlough of Congressional Pay Next Shutdown
December 22, 2018
Trump Can and Should Be Indicted
December 21, 2018
Hungarians Rise up Against Anti-Worker ‘Slave Law’ and Growing Authoritarianism
December 21, 2018
This isn’t a bear market, we’re in a house of cards that the Fed built, says Peter Schiff
December 21, 2018
U.N. tells UK: Allow Assange to leave Ecuador embassy freely
December 21, 2018
Trump is doing ‘the bidding of Russia’ and Putin is openly thanking him
December 21, 2018
Pentagon chief Mattis quits, cites policy differences with Trump
December 21, 2018
Former Blackwater Security Guard Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder
December 21, 2018
Deadly pesticide found in temple food that killed 15 in India
December 19, 2018
Senate Passes Historic Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
December 18, 2018
Tense calm prevails in Yemen's Hodeidah as ceasefire holds
December 18, 2018
Marc Lamont Hill Speaks Out After CNN Fires Him for Pro-Palestine Speech at U.N. (VIDEO)
December 18, 2018
Why Trump’s Private Transactions Are Terrifying
December 18, 2018
The First Step Act Opens the Door to Digital Incarceration
December 18, 2018
James Comey slams Fox News reporter to her face for spreading Trump’s ‘nonsense’
December 18, 2018
William Blum, US Policy Critic Derided by NYT, Dies at 85
December 18, 2018
Ralph Nader on Single Payer, Climate Devastation, Impeachment & Why Mulvaney Is a “Massive Outlaw” (VIDEO)
December 17, 2018
New York Governor Cuomo aims to legalize recreational marijuana use
December 17, 2018
Ex-FBI chief Comey says Trump undermines rule of law with 'lies'
December 17, 2018
Ex-CIA officer warns Russians aren’t just electing politicians but want to change America itself
December 17, 2018
Trump, the Quintessential American
December 16, 2018
Senate report on Russian meddling in 2016 election shows just how extensive the attack was
December 16, 2018
SNL roasts Trump with parody of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ where he was never president — and everyone is better off
December 16, 2018
George H. W. Bush’s War Crimes, from Iraq’s ‘Highway of Death’ to Panama
December 16, 2018
50,000 LA Teachers, Union Leaders and Students Join Protest, Accusing District of Hoarding Funds
December 16, 2018
Oliver Stone Remembers Anti-Imperialist Journalist William Blum, Chronicler of CIA Crimes
December 16, 2018
Donald Trump Is Under the Bus
December 15, 2018
Somali-American Amazon workers demand better conditions
December 15, 2018
A 'Vertical Forest' in Toronto
December 15, 2018
Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama’s Affordable Care Act as Unconstitutional
December 15, 2018
North Carolina Governor Vetoes Photo ID Bill
December 15, 2018
Why shaming your children on social media may make things worse
December 15, 2018
Oceans of garbage prompt war on plastics
December 15, 2018
Court Throws Out Pipeline Permit and Implores Forest Service to 'Speak for the Trees' Instead of Corporate Polluters
December 14, 2018
Senate Votes to End U.S. Involvement in 'Unauthorized War' in Yemen
December 14, 2018
7-Year-Old Child's 'Horrific' Death in DHS Custody Prompts Outrage
December 13, 2018
North and South Korea to hold rail reconnection ceremony
December 13, 2018
The GOP Tax Bill Is Creating Jobs—Just Not in the U.S.
December 13, 2018
Young Climate Activists Storm Capitol Hill Demanding A Green New Deal
December 13, 2018
Somali Fishermen Struggle to Compete with Foreign Vessels (VIDEO)
December 13, 2018
Yemen's warring parties agree to ceasefire in Hodeidah
December 13, 2018
Maria Butina pleads guilty to US charge of conspiring to act as foreign agent
December 13, 2018
Wisconsin GOP’s power grab is a danger to democracy
December 13, 2018
Spain announces huge minimum wage rise amid Catalonia tensions
December 13, 2018
Fossil-Free Costa Rica: How One Country Is Pursuing Decarbonization Despite Global Inaction (VIDEO)
December 12, 2018
Time Magazine honors Khashoggi and other journalists as Person of the Year
December 12, 2018
Canada’s genocide: The case of the Ahiarmiut
December 12, 2018
Sustainable Tree Farming Helps Heal Kenya
December 12, 2018
Strasbourg shooting: At least three dead, gunman at large
December 12, 2018
Faith Leaders Arrested Demanding Demilitarization of US Border
December 11, 2018
France’s Macron Makes Concessions while ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests Continue
December 10, 2018
Stopping Corporate Exploitation in Prisons
December 10, 2018
Yellow Vests Protests Over Economic Frustration Rage on Across France
December 10, 2018
Cuba defends controversial arts decree but seeks consensus on norms
December 09, 2018
Neo-Nazi James Alex Fields Jr. Convicted of Murder
December 09, 2018
India's polluted air killed 1.24 million in 2017
December 06, 2018
Canada arrests CFO of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei
December 06, 2018
Virginia Tech Students Unveil the House of the Future (VIDEO)
December 06, 2018
6 US senators introduce resolution blaming Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi murder
December 06, 2018
Australian scientists develop '10-minute' cancer test
December 06, 2018
Modi’s India is a living nightmare for Muslims
December 06, 2018
How Would Mother Jones Eulogize George H.W. Bush?
December 06, 2018
Republicans were upset about election fraud — before it threatened their candidate
December 06, 2018
Amazon Robot Sets Off Bear Spray, Sending 24 Workers to Hospital
December 06, 2018
How a North Carolina election fraud investigation is holding up a congressional seat
December 06, 2018
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Defends Amazon Deal at Sanders Event
December 06, 2018
Sean Penn producing 'Khashoggi murder film' in Istanbul
December 06, 2018
Jay-Z’s $200-million clothing battle could be game changer for black lawyers the world over
December 05, 2018
Waymo unveils self-driving taxi service in Arizona for paying customers
December 05, 2018
Museum of Black Civilisations aims to 'decolonise knowledge'
December 05, 2018
The GOP Is Scared of Democracy. Just Look at Wisconsin.
December 05, 2018
France's Yellow Vest movement strikes a victory for working people across the EU
December 05, 2018
Philippines' Duterte: 'Kill those useless bishops'
December 05, 2018
Mexico's Lopez Obrador throws down gauntlet to oil majors
December 05, 2018
Wisconsin GOP Rams Through 'Lame Duck Legislative Coup'
December 05, 2018
Amid Middle East Realignment & Saudi Blockade, Qatar Withdraws from OPEC
December 04, 2018
The Film the Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to See
December 04, 2018
George H.W. Bush Empowered Atrocity Abroad and Fascists at Home
December 04, 2018
'This Is a Coup': Protests Engulf Wisconsin Capitol
December 02, 2018
Senate Advances Bill to End U.S. Support for Illegal War in Yemen (VIDEO)
December 02, 2018
Another 'Violent, Destructive' Assault on Marine Life With Seismic Testing Approval
December 02, 2018
China and Argentina sign currency swap deal after G20 summit
December 02, 2018
New leftist Mexico president slams ‘pillaging’ elites in fiery first speech
December 02, 2018
Stunned Parisians clean up posh central district after worst riots since 1968
December 02, 2018
The US Criminal “Injustice” System
December 02, 2018
Iran says it will continue missile tests after U.S. allegation
December 02, 2018
George H.W. Bush: The Last WASP President
December 02, 2018
Thomas Farr Goes Down After Grassroots Uproar Forces Tim Scott to Reject "Dangerous" Nominee
December 02, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron leads crisis meeting in Paris
December 02, 2018
NAFTA 2.0 Signed: A Deal for 'The Corporate One Percent'
December 02, 2018
CNN fires contributor Marc Lamont Hill for criticising Israel
December 02, 2018
US Bombing Kills 30 Civilians in Afghanistan as US-Led War Enters its 18th Year
December 02, 2018
Cornel West Responds to CNN Firing Marc Lamont Hill
November 28, 2018
Democrats Elect 'Big Money' Centrist Hakeem Jeffries Over Barbara Lee for Caucus Chair
November 28, 2018
How Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition
November 28, 2018
Senate Advances War Powers Resolution to End US Complicity in Saudi Assault on Yemen
November 28, 2018
Moscow & NATO Playing a ‘Dangerous Tit-For-Tat Game’ in the Ukraine
November 27, 2018
Divest to Decolonize
November 27, 2018
Julian Assange sends his cat away to safety with family members
November 27, 2018
Black Pete is 'Dutch racism in full display'
November 27, 2018
When you’re grateful, your brain becomes more charitabl
November 27, 2018
The rise of hipster colonialism
November 27, 2018
U.S. Prisons Have a Mental Health Crisis (VIDEO)
November 27, 2018
'No to the murderer': More protests in Tunisia against MBS visit
November 26, 2018
Soros foundation to close in Turkey after attack by Erdogan
November 26, 2018
Neoliberalism's Dark Path to Fascism
November 26, 2018
Noam Chomsky: Members of Migrant Caravan Are Fleeing from Misery & Horrors Created by the U.S.
November 26, 2018
What Comes After the Tear Gas?
November 26, 2018
Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci dies aged 77
November 24, 2018
Iran's Rouhani calls Israel a 'cancerous tumor', in rare outburst
November 24, 2018
Beyond the Bake Sale: Corporate Tax Cuts Leave Public Schools Desperate
November 24, 2018
More Proud Boys charged for Manhattan riot — including secret unnamed indictments
November 24, 2018
I’ve Been in Prison for 24 Years and I Feel Dead
November 24, 2018
France agrees to return 26 African artworks claimed by Benin
November 23, 2018
Take a Moment to Thank Your Food
November 23, 2018
Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 103
November 23, 2018
French postal workers help lonely older people
November 23, 2018
Wildfire smoke is becoming a nationwide health threat
November 23, 2018
The Doomsday Machine and Nuclear Winter
November 23, 2018
Facebook policy chief admits hiring PR firm to attack George Soros
November 23, 2018
Last survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot — and the first black woman to join the Coast Guard — dies at 103
November 23, 2018
Noam Chomsky scorches ‘criminally insane’ Trump administration
November 23, 2018
Solid State Flight: Ionic Wind Plane Flies 60 Meters With No Moving Parts
November 23, 2018
30,000 casualties take toll on Afghan forces
November 23, 2018
Gerry Adams given permission to appeal against 1970s convictions
November 23, 2018
'We Are Not Robots': Amazon Workers Across Europe Walk Out on Black Friday
November 23, 2018
Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists
November 22, 2018
EU says transparent, credible investigation into Khashoggi killing not completed yet
November 22, 2018
Dolce & Gabbana dumped by Chinese online retailers over racist ads & posts
November 22, 2018
Students Outraged at Confederate Banner at Miami-Dade Charter School
November 22, 2018
Facebook Admits Hiring GOP Operatives to Dig Up Dirt on Critics—Including George Soros
November 22, 2018
Atlanta cops arrest man for crazed anti-Semitic rant on airplane
November 22, 2018
Don't Trash Thanksgiving. Decolonize It
November 22, 2018
Stunning Investigation Exposes Israel’s Secretive Assassination Program (VIDEO)
November 22, 2018
Amazon Gets $3 Billion in NY Tax Breaks While Underfunded Public Transport Enters ‘Death Spiral’
November 22, 2018
Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes ‘reluctantly’ quits after news that FBI considers them ‘extremists’
November 22, 2018
South Korea closes biggest dog slaughterhouse complex
November 22, 2018
Sears Bankruptcy Engineered to Benefit Executives
November 22, 2018
HUD’s Inspection System Fails Low-Income Tenants Nationwide
November 22, 2018
Central Americans with disabilities seek compassion at US border
November 20, 2018
Mohammed bin Salman and a murderous web of lies
November 20, 2018
Two Weeks Later, the Only Black Republican Woman in Congress Loses Her Seat
November 20, 2018
Libya uses tear gas, rubber bullets to force migrants off ship
November 20, 2018
Oregon Officials Call for Changes of Laws on Criminally Insane
November 20, 2018
ICE Holds Record Number of Immigrants, Including 14,000 Children
November 20, 2018
Jar wars: the Italian plot to weaken Nutella
November 20, 2018
Sears Bankruptcy Engineered to Benefit Executives and Stiff Workers
November 20, 2018
How the Incas governed, thrived and fell without alphabetic writing
November 20, 2018
Inside the White Supremacist Movement That Fueled Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting (VIDEO)
November 20, 2018
U.S. judge strikes down Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks
November 20, 2018
Farmer Turns Over 100 Turkeys to Animal Rights Group
November 19, 2018
Thousands evacuated as Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts
November 19, 2018
Five people shot in Downtown Denver — one pronounced dead
November 19, 2018
Stacey Abrams: The Exit Interview
November 19, 2018
Prisoners Are Being Paid $1 an Hour to Battle the Deadly Fires of California
November 19, 2018
‘Insane’ California Air Topped World Health Standard by 60 Times
November 19, 2018
The US Contributes to the Death of Every Child in Yemen': Sen. Chris Murphy
November 17, 2018
French protesters rail against Macron's fuel taxes with road blocks
November 17, 2018
India building city from scratch to challenge Singapore & Hong Kong financial hubs
November 17, 2018
Remembering Stan Lee
November 17, 2018
C.I.A. Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed
November 17, 2018
Chuck Schumer, Feckless Hack
November 17, 2018
Shanghai ‘earthscraper’: World’s 1st underground hotel opens in China inside abandoned quarry
November 17, 2018
Stacey Abrams admits defeat in hard-fought Georgia governor race
November 16, 2018
Nancy Pelosi and Democrats Consider Making Their Own Agenda Impossible to Pass
November 16, 2018
The ‘Blue Wave’ Was Also a ‘Muslim Wave’
November 16, 2018
Month-Long Student Strike Paralyzes Colombia’s Public Universities
November 16, 2018
The ‘Pelosi Problem’ Runs Deep
November 16, 2018
Saudis shield crown prince as death penalty sought over Khashoggi murder
November 16, 2018
Julian Assange has been charged, prosecutors reveal inadvertently in court filing
November 16, 2018
Pelosi’s fate up in the air as band of Democrats push for new speaker
November 16, 2018
Trump-appointed judge forces White House to reinstate press pass of CNN’s Jim Acosta
November 16, 2018
Toxic herbicide found in many Texans' drinking water
November 16, 2018
George W. Bush Accepts Prestigious Liberty Award With Bloody Hands
November 15, 2018
Fox News files amicus brief on behalf of CNN’s Acosta — and calls out ‘antagonistic’ Trump
November 15, 2018
Amazon HQ2 Won’t Improve Quality of Life for New York and Virginia Residents
November 15, 2018
Remembering Jemel Roberson, 26-Year-Old Chicago Security Guard Slain by Police (VIDEO)
November 15, 2018
Sears Is Not a Failure
November 15, 2018
Open Society Denounces Facebook's Dirty Tricks as 'Dangerous' Threat to Democracy
November 15, 2018
'Africa's fastest train' steams ahead in Morocco
November 15, 2018
Beto O’Rourke’s Lasting Legacy
November 15, 2018
How Manhattan Became a Rich Ghost Town
November 15, 2018
California wildfires: 'If this town recovers, it will take years'
November 15, 2018
The $6 Trillion Price Tag of Endless US War
November 15, 2018
Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Isn’t Just Shameful—It Should Be Illegal
November 15, 2018
Federal judge says US election system is “the laughing stock of the world.”
November 15, 2018
General Admits Intimidating Court into Imprisoning Lula da Silva
November 15, 2018
7 resignations and counting: May’s government ‘falling apart before our eyes’ over Brexit deal
November 15, 2018
Pentagon Fails Audit
November 15, 2018
Democrat Jared Golden Is “Apparent Winner” of Maine Congressional Seat
November 14, 2018
Texas education board moves to reinsert Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller into curriculum
November 14, 2018
Thais outraged by child boxer's death in ring
November 14, 2018
White women wear hoodies to prove policy targets black people
November 14, 2018
Firefighters battle blazes on two fronts in California, 50 dead
November 14, 2018
Veterans Resist: Deploying Art to Oppose Militarism
November 14, 2018
Time for Medicare for All
November 14, 2018
Secret CIA Document Shows Plan to Test Drugs on Prisoners
November 14, 2018
Empire Files: Mass Shootings & White Nationalism Share Roots
November 14, 2018
Save Us, Al Gore
November 14, 2018
The Real Florida Recount Fraud
November 14, 2018
Hillary Clinton: Stacey Abrams would've already won ‘if she'd had a fair election'
November 13, 2018
US judge delays certification of Georgia election results
November 13, 2018
Amazon Is Everything That's Wrong With America
November 13, 2018
Physicians Work to Bring Back the Anti-Nuclear Movement
November 13, 2018
Youth Climate Activists Arrested in Pelosi's Office Demanding Democrats Embrace 'Green New Deal'
November 13, 2018
CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta
November 13, 2018
Paradise Lost
November 13, 2018
Crucifying Julian Assange
November 13, 2018
Outrage over Amazon's corporate bribery
November 12, 2018
Why does the language of journalism fail indigenous people?
November 12, 2018
Why is India 'Hinduizing' cities' Muslim names?
November 12, 2018
Stan Lee dies at 95
November 12, 2018
French President Macron Praises Nazi-Collaborating Leader, Whitewashing World War I Bloodbath
November 12, 2018
100 years of women's suffrage in Germany: A long road ahead
November 12, 2018
'Profoundly dismayed': Amnesty strips Suu Kyi of top honour
November 12, 2018
Black security guard stops shooter in a bar — then gets gunned down by cop
November 12, 2018
Italy hosts international Libya summit to end crisis
November 12, 2018
Angela Merkel and the future of the EU
November 12, 2018
From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war traum
November 12, 2018
Republican concedes in Arizona — Dems pick up Jeff Flake’s senate seat
November 12, 2018
Comic book genius Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, dies at 95
November 12, 2018
Here’s Why the Georgia Governor’s Race Is Far From Over
November 12, 2018
Israel kills seven Palestinians in covert Gaza raid
November 11, 2018
Macron Delivers Rebuke to Nationalism as Trump Looks On
November 11, 2018
World's first AI news anchor unveiled in China
November 11, 2018
Are anti-gay witch hunts really protecting 'African values'?
November 11, 2018
Arizona Senate race no longer ‘too close to call’ as Democrat Kyrsten Sinema expands lead to more than 30,000 votes
November 11, 2018
WATCH thousands of far-right marchers light a SEA OF FLARES in Poland as police look on
November 11, 2018
Sam Donaldson unloads on Trump’s ‘small base’: They don’t run this country — ‘and they never will’
November 11, 2018
George W. Bush Started an Immoral War. Now He's Getting the Liberty Medal
November 11, 2018
WTF White Women?
November 10, 2018
Gillum retracts concession in Florida governor's race
November 10, 2018
Florida orders vote recount in Senate, governor races
November 10, 2018
Pro-Putin GOP congressman Dana Rohrabacher officially loses his seat
November 10, 2018
Georgia Voter Purge Victim: “This Was a Strategy From Kemp”
November 10, 2018
Rouhani says new U.S. sanctions have no effect on Iran economy
November 10, 2018
The Senate Is an Institutional Barrier to Democracy
November 10, 2018
US Navy Ignored Sinking Ship as Migrants Drowned and Screamed for Help
November 10, 2018
For Georgia and Florida, Midterm Election Counts Continue
November 10, 2018
Half Million Killed by America's Global War on Terror 'Just Scratches the Surface' of Human Destruction
November 10, 2018
US ends Saudi-UAE refuelling support in Yemen genocide
November 09, 2018
San Francisco homeless tax measure to raise $300 million a year
November 09, 2018
Federal judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline
November 09, 2018
US 'war on terror' has killed over half a million people
November 08, 2018
Louisiana Votes to Eliminate Jim Crow Jury Law
November 08, 2018
Democratic Women Help Seize House & 7 Governorships in Historic Midterm (VIDEO)
November 08, 2018
Fair Voting Results in GOP Losses
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