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Historic Fast Food Strike in NYC Fights CEO's for Living Wages

Part 2: Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West Call on Obama to Host a White House Conf. on Ending Poverty

Smoke Signals: Martin Lee on Growing U.S. Movement to Legalize Marijuana

Fiscal Cliff An Artificial Crisis

Hostess Failure Not Union's Fault

The Missing Living Wage Agenda

Over 100 Workers Killed in Bangladesh Sweatshop Fire

The Naked Truth about San Francisco's Nudity Ban

Tipping Point on Same-Sex Marriage

A Night in Gaza Under the Bombs

When It Comes to Gaza, Don’t Let Obama Speak for Black Americans

Oliver Stone on the Untold U.S. History from the Atomic Age to Vietnam to Obama’s Drone Wars

As Bus Bomb Hits Tel Aviv, Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Egypt’s Mediator Role and Gaza’s Ongoing Torment

Occupy Sandy Serves 10,000 Thanksgiving Meals

In Gaza, It’s the Occupation, Stupid

Israel, Gaza Ceasefire Reached after Week of Israeli Terror

Senseless Death of Irish Woman Exposes Grim Reality for Women

Anatomy of the Walmart Strike: Walking Out, One Day at a Time

The Revolving Door from the Pentagon to the Private Sector

From Syria to Gaza: The West’s Humanitarian Double Standards Exposed

Walmart Strike: Why the Black Friday Protests Matter to the Future of US Jobs

I Lost My Daughters in Gaza Last Time. Surely the Bloodshed Has to End

Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams on Gaza: "We Can’t Support Punishing an Entire Population"

Beleaguered Europe, Back in the Spotlight

BP Will "Kill Again," Former EPA Officials, Attorney Warn

An Outgunned Hamas Tries to Tap Islamists’ Growing Clout

Glenn Greenwald: Starting with Fiscal Cliff, Obama’s 2nd Term Rests on Organizing, Not Cheerleading

'All Options on the Table' as Israel Launches 'Operation Pillar of Cloud'

Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant, records show

When a Celebrated Activist Turns Out To Be an FBI Informant

Liberals and Progressives Happy but Not Elated About Obama's Re-Election

Next Steps for the Occupy Movement: The Tenderloin Today Project

Drums Beating to Privatize Social Security

Iran Warns US Against Airspace Violation

As US states Legalize Marijuana, Is This the End of the War on Drugs?

Grinning 'Kibitan' Teaching Fukushima Children How to Avoid Radiation

After Historic Votes Legalizing Marijuana, Colorado & Washington Prepare for Federal Gov’t Showdown

Tavis Smiley, Cornel West on the 2012 Election & Why Calling Obama "Progressive" Ignores His Record

Public School Teachers Spend Billions of Their Own Funds on Student Needs

Sandy Sweeps Away New York City's Only Day Laborer Center

Citizens United Rebuked

Noam Chomsky: My Visit to Gaza, the World's Largest Open-Air Prison

Obama Must Rewrite His Foreign Policy Legacy

Venezuela’s Chavez: Obama Should Govern His Own Country and not “Invade” Others

Google disrupted in China, once again

CIA Director General Petraeus Resigns

Massachusetts voters approve ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana

Maryland voters approve gay marriage, Maine poised to also

Democrats Grab Senate Seats in Massachusetts and Indiana

Americans hand Obama a second term, challenges await

Justicia: Spain Upholds Gay Marriage Law

Elizabeth Warren beats Scott Brown in Massachusetts Senate race

In Ohio, African-American Turnout Threatened by Reduced Early Voting and Faulty Ballots

Study: Predicted 6ÂșC Rise by 2100 Should End "Business as Usual"

Medical Marijuana: Obama Administration Continues Reefer Madness

"We Need Help": Battered by Sandy, Desperate Residents of New York’s Far Rockaways Plead for Aid

Gimme Shelter: Government Policies Fail Homeless Mothers and Kids

The Great Betrayal – and the Cynicism of Calling it a Grand Bargain

'Blackout' imposed as George W. Bush speaks at Cayman Islands investment conference

San Francisco: Zero Waste by 2020

California's Prop 35: Targeting the Wrong People for the Wrong Reasons

The Antidote to Ayn Rand

How Hollywood Helps to Obscure the Ugly Truth about American Militarism

Outside Election Spending Up 400% Since 2008

Haiti Still Reeling From Disaster Upon Disaster

"It’s Global Warming, Stupid": As Bloomberg Backs Obama, News Media Ends Silence on Climate Change

The Battle Against Big Energy's Rush to Ruin Our Planet

Progressives Need to Use Language That Reflects Moral Values

Obama's strategy of silence on climate change

David Rohde: Superstorm Sandy Has Exposed New York City’s "Hideous Inequality"

Without Power and Aid, Low-Income Residents of NYC’s Lower East Side Struggle in Storm’s Aftermath