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NBA Players and Family Demand Justice

#DeleteFacebook? Not in Indian Country

Teacher Protests Against Low Salaries and School Funding Comes to Kentucky

Fox's Ingraham taking vacation as advertisers flee amid controversy

Video shows Palestinian shot dead with back to Israeli snipers

Over 25 million people apply for Indian railway job vacancies

Black Baltimore Responds to Marvel's Black Panther

Palestinian Land Day And Why It Matters Today

Ninety-Nine Bullets and One Dead Teen

Basement schools aid children in Syria's Eastern Ghouta

Dining out associated with increased exposure to harmful phthalate chemicals

Saudi Crown Prince courts right-wing Jewish organisations during ongoing US tour

Israeli army kills 15 Palestinians in Gaza protests

Norway Aims for Electric Planes to Help Slow Climate Change

France to spend $1.8 billion on AI to compete with U.S., China

Oklahoma Teachers Win Pay Raise, But Say Strike Will Proceed to Challenge 'Decade of Neglect'

Facing boycott, Laura Ingraham apologizes for taunting Parkland teen over college rejections

Top DOJ Civil Rights Lawyer Resigns So She Can Battle DOJ's Attack on Civil Rights

Ecuador cuts Julian Assange's internet access at London embassy

Murdered by Police: Family to Bury Stephon Clark as Protests Continue Demanding Justice (VIDEO)

Capitalism Breeds Inequality

Norway Aims for Electric Planes to Help Slow Climate Change

More Than 2,400 Animals Killed by Oil Spill in Colombia

Tunisia: Assembly votes to abolish human rights commission

Are we witnessing a 'new scramble for Africa'?

'Mad as Hell' Cynthia Nixon Calls Out Gov. Cuomo as Fake Progressive and Bully in Fiery Speech

Chelsea Manning on Iraq, Prison & Running for Senate

Puerto Ricans Cultivate Food Sovereignty While FEMA Delivered Skittles & Cheez-Its (VIDEO)

'The Gig Economy' Is the New Term for Serfdom

President Xi Jinping's Indefinite Rule Denounced by Chinese Intellectual

Facebook has been gathering call history and text messages for years

Living in Terror

In Yemen, women say death and destruction stalks every family

The Fearless Young Protesters at the March for Our Lives

Russia blows up Soviet-era landmark in World Cup city

Palestinian singer Rim Banna dies at 51

US approves proposed $1bn arms sale to Saudi Arabia

Journalism of, by and for the Elite

March for Our Lives: hundreds of thousands demand end to gun violence

Water Defenders Mobilize Against Kinder Morgan Pipeline

France: Mass protests against Macron's economic policies

Afghanistan: Deadly car bombing near Helmand stadium

Money Can't Wash Blood Off Hands of Saudi Prince

'Dozens burned to death' in Syria attacks on East Ghouta

John Bolton - War Criminal

Noam Chomsky on the Populist Groundswell, US Elections and the Future of Humanity

Great Pacific Garbage Patch much larger than believed

Citi sets restrictions on gun sales by retail clients

Second police officer in hospital after UK spy poisoning

Boko Haram frees group of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa pardons 3,000 prisoners

15 Years of Mass Destruction in Iraq

Students at Parkland school will only be allowed to carry clear backpacks

Saudi Crown Prince Claims Jared Kushner is 'In His Pocket'

Biden and Trump Exchange Exposes Bipartisan Commitment to Violent Masculinity

Ben Carson's housing agency drops pledge to end housing discrimination

ANC tells white farmers to apologise for taking black land

'Four'easter' storm pounds U.S. East, states declare emergencies

Mercer's Cambridge Analytica 'Utterly Sleazy'

Invasion of Iraq: The original sin of the 21st century

Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism & the Fight for Puerto Rico’s Future (VIDEO)

A Familiar Story About Who Is and Isn't Called a "Terrorist"

Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt dies after blowing himself up

Rep. Keith Ellison: "Why Shouldn't There Be a Maximum Wage?

Facing poverty, teachers turn to sex work and sleeping in cars

First modern Britons had 'dark to black' skin, Cheddar Man DNA analysis reveals

African Continental Free Trade Area: What you need to know

15 Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country

EPA Sued for Removing Independent Scientists from its Advisory Board

Syria's war: 16 children die in Eastern Ghouta school attack

Spencer Haywood says he sees 'tinge of slavery' with treatment of college players

Woman dies in Arizona after being hit by Uber self-driving SUV

How Britain Destroyed the Palestinian Homeland

Russian election follows old Soviet tradition

What Standing Rock Gave the World

Marielle Franco: Protests held across Brazil after Rio councillor shot dead

National Geographic Acknowledges Its Anti-African American Past

Stephen Hawking: Fighter for Progressive Politics

Russia expels 23 UK diplomats in retaliatory move in spy row

Trump's Personal Lawyer Calls on DOJ to Kill Mueller Probe

FBI deputy chief Andrew McCabe fired, says he was being targeted

In Charlottesville DeAndre Harris found not guilty of assault

The Iraq Death Toll 15 Years After the US Invasion

As Haspel Nomination Reopens Dark CIA Chapter, Liz Cheney Leads Pack of Torture Apologists

Senate Expands 'Lobbyist Bill' to Deregulate Real Estate

UN Rapporteur: US Sanctions Cause Death in Venezuela

Israeli Military Strangles Its Own Weapons Manufacturer to Privatize It

A 'long march' by India's farmers forces government to act

The CIA's New Torturer-in-Chief

Not Without Black Women

Ford recalls 1.4 million Fusion and Lincoln MKZ cars, saying steering wheels could fall off

Britain’s presumption of guilt towards Russia invites conflict and chaos

How Stephen Hawking supported the Palestinian cause

A Yemeni's harrowing journey through the 'Gate of Tears'

Democrat Conor Lamb Prevails in District Trump Won by 20

Economic crisis looming? Hungary latest country to repatriate gold

The Walls Are Closing In on Trump

Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology's brightest star, dies aged 76

Bee Sanctuaries in Detroit: Conserving Honeybees on the City's Vacant Lots

Israel Lobby Doesn't Want Al Jazeera to Spill its Secrets

Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites (VIDEO)

#Enough: US students plan mass walkout to call for gun control

Trump fires Tillerson via Twitter

Apparently Trump is Innocent, so says House Intelligence Committee

House Intelligence Committee Shuts Down Its Trump Russia investigation, claiming no evidence of collusion

Marching Backwards for Freedom

Student Debt Cancellation a Viable Option, Economists Say

100 Years of U.S. Meddling & Regime Change (VIDEO)

US Extends Lead in Global Arms Trade

Givenchy, tower of French fashion and tailor to the stars, dies at 91

As Ex-CIA Head Admits to U.S. Meddling in Elections (VIDEO)

Modi, Macron sign defence deal

At least two dead after helicopter crashes in New York City's East River

US Holocaust museum retracts award to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

Gunman holed up at California veterans home with three hostages

In Budget Battle, Pelosi Retreats on DACA and Gun Control

India's Supreme Court allows 'passive euthanasia'

Quebec Doctors Demand Their Pay Raises Go To Nurses

NYC Public Housing Residents Demand Bold Action From Mayor

'Pharma Bro' Shkreli sentenced to seven years for defrauding investors

Saudi Prince Visits UK as Britain Boosts Murderous Arms Sales

Italian election lays bare gaping north-south divide

Elizabeth Warren slams her party leaders for financial collusion

How an education crisis is hurting Morocco's poor

How Did Communist China Become a Capitalist Superpower?

DC Democrats' War on Progressives Backfires in Texas

Dems Team Up with GOP to Weaken Bank Rules

Big Pharma Depends on Our Tax Dollars

In China, retailers cash in on 'she' economy for Women's Day

Ukraine begins seizure of Russian energy giant Gazprom's assets, citing Stockholm court decision

The Zionist Tango: Step Left, Step Right

Strong aftershock kills dozens in Papua New Guinea

Israel passes law to strip residency of Jerusalem's Palestinians

Parkland Student Delivers Powerful Rebuke to NRA

Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education (1/4)

Russian transport plane crashes in Syria killing 39 aboard

BlackBerry sues Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram over patent infringement

Why Is the FDA Banning Kratom?

U.K. University Workers Enter Week 3 of Strike (VIDEO)

Washington Enacts First State Law to Protect Net Neutrality

West Virginia teachers make deal to end nine-day strike

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Faces Native American Resistance

Brazil's Military Takeover in Rio Sparks Authoritarian Fears

West Virginia Teachers Continue Historic Strike into Eighth Day (VIDEO)

The Arctic Is Melting Down as the Antarctic Food Chain Is Breaking

Pakistan's transgender community takes another step forward

Angela Merkel set for 4th term after Social Democrats OK coalition

Honduras arrests 'mastermind' behind Berta Caceres' murder

Big Business Penitentiary: Eddie Conway on the Enterprise of Mass Incarceration

California Dems Reject Sen. Feinstein, Open Path for Progressive Candidate

How the “Black Panther” Film Is “A Defining Moment for Black America” (VIDEO)

Raoul Peck on “The Young Karl Marx,” James Baldwin, U.S. Interventions Abroad & More (VIDEO)

Oakland Mayor Applauded for Warning Community About ICE Raids

Vote in South Africa's parliament moves land reform closer

On the Last Day of Black History Month, Chicago's School Board Votes to Shutter Five Black Schools