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California Governor Jerry Brown Endorses Hillary Clinton

Walmart, Gap, H&M Called Out for Global Worker Exploitation and Abuse

From U.S. Ally to Convicted War Criminal: Inside Chad's Hissène Habré's Close Ties to President Reagan

18 women allegedly sexually assaulted at Germany music festival, 3 refugees arrested

Brazil: Minister Steps Down after Leak Hints Impeachment Plot

Used and Betrayed: 100 Years of US Troops as Lab Rats

In Oil-Soaked Niger Delta, 'Avengers' Bombing Pipelines in Struggle for Compensation

Over 700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks, UN says

Over 70 Prominent Scholars and Activists Call on Obama to Take Concrete Action in Hiroshima

After Six-Week Strike, Verizon Workers Claim Major Victory as Deal Reached

Granddaughter of Exxon Scientist Confronts CEO over Oil Giant’s Decision to Fund Climate Lies

Keep Oil in the Soil: Bill McKibben on Being Named by Sanders to DNC Platform Committee

The Funny Business of Farm Credit

Major US study finds link between cancer and cellphone radiation

Neck-and-Neck in California as Sanders Virtually Erases 50-Point Deficit

A Colonial Takeover: Proposed Puerto Rican Debt Bill to Give "Dictatorial Powers" to Unelected Board

Holocaust Survivor and Human Rights Activist Hedy Epstein Dies at 91

Texas and 10 Other States Escalate Attacks on Trans People with "Political Stunt" Bathroom Lawsuit

Obama offers Hiroshima victims cynicism instead of justice

Guardian admits its reporter fabricated interviews

2 officers in Freddie Gray case sue prosecutor for defamation over their arrests

Will Sanders Appointees Shake Up the Convention?

What Bernie Sanders’s new endorsements say about his future plans

Protesters Blockade Planned Pipeline Site Near Nuclear Plant Outside NYC

Legalization of Industrial Hemp in the US Is a No-Brainer

US Veterans lost benefits after VA declared them deceased

11 states file lawsuit challenging Obama’s transgender directive

39,000 Verizon Workers Mark Six Weeks on Strike in Biggest U.S. Labor Action in Years

Coup Attempt Exposed: Brazil Crisis Deepens as Evidence Mounts of Plot to Oust Dilma Rousseff

Bernie Sanders Makes Bold Progressive Picks to Shape DNC Platform

Acquittal in Freddie Gray Case Highlights Deep Distrust in Legal System in Black Community

Baltimore police officer acquitted in Freddie Gray death

Austria narrowly escapes electing far-right nationalist president

Despite great opposition and unpopularity Obama continues push for TTP

Seeds of Suicide

High-Ranking Official Reveals How Pentagon Punishes Whistleblowers

Inside source says FBI whistleblower program is not to be trusted

One of the Inventors of Superdelagates Explains Their Purpose

Voters in Oregon Defeat Nestlé's Attempt to Privatize Their Water

Activists, Farmers, Indigenous People Rise Up to March Against Monsanto

Indigenous & Black Lives Matter Activists Unite to Protest Violence & Neglect

'Democracy in the US is a fraud’: Left Forum debates next steps for Sanders movement

Pro-Clinton Democrats Fight to Defeat 'Medicare-for-All' in Colorado

BP-Sponsored 'Sunken Cities' Show Provokes Museum-Climbing Climate Protest BP is funding British Museu

Dilma Rousseff: Old Brazilian oligarchy behind ‘coup’ (VIDEO)

Brazil’s Neighbors Warn of President’s ‘Dangerous’ Ouster–but US Press Isn’t Listening

Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after two years as Boko Haram captive

Paris Goes Car-Free First Sunday of Every Month

6 in 10 Americans Living on the Financial Edge

Four Teenagers Win in Massachusetts Climate Change Lawsuit

John Ross Remembered in New Book on Independent Journalism

Rekia Boyd's Killer Resigns as Activists Call for End to "Reign of Terror" by Chicago Police

Why Do We Keep Learning New Secrets About 9/11?

Disabled inmate who stole $5 in snacks ‘starved to death’ in Virginia prison – lawsuit

2 powerful earthquakes rock Ecuador within 24hrs, 1 dead

Pope Francis criticizes Western interference in Middle East, Africa

Another massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico renews calls to ban offshore drilling

Noam Chomsky: Today's Republican Party is a Candidate for Most Dangerous Organization in Human History

Noam Chomsky: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff "Impeached by a Gang of Thieves"

Nebraska Farmers Sue Monsanto Alleging Roundup Gave Them Cancer

Trump Card: The Bully Who Exposes Our Bully Nation

Medical Professionals and the Death Penalty

Very close ally to Donald Trump says President Obama should be murdered

Germany moving closer to 100% renewable energy

With Rousseff Out, Brazil's Interim President Installs Conservative All-White, All-Male Cabinet

US Army Chaplain Resigns in Protest Over Drones, 'Policy of Unaccountable Killing'

Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Speaks from Behind Bars: We Are Engaged in a Struggle for Our Lives

Burning cars, tear gas: France hit by violent anti-labor reform rallies

As Wealthy Surge, U.S. Poor and Middle Class Incomes Have Gone Backward

$12 Trillion Looted from Developing Countries and Hidden Offshore

Washington’s Military Addiction and the Ruins Still to Come

Quiet War, Sleeping Nation

Suing Dictators Around the World: A Look at How Michael Ratner Helped Reshape Human Rights Law

Julian Assange: Michael Ratner was a "Campaigner for Justice" from Guatemala to Palestine

West Point 'Fists-Up' Photo Is About Unity and Pride, Not Political Affiliation

Bee genocide: Nearly half of US honey hives collapsed in past 12 months

Three deaths linked to recent Navy SEAL training classes

Neocons and Neolibs: How Dead Ideas Kill

Brazil Senate Votes for Impeachment Trial as Rousseff Vows to Fight 'Coup'

Israeli General Compares Modern Israel to 1930s Germany

Washington Post Squeezes Four Anti-Sanders Stories Out of One Tax Study Over Seven Hours

Michael Ratner, Radical Attorney & Human Rights Crusader, Dies at 72

Bernie Sanders Keeps Winning Primaries and Keeps Shaping the Anti-Trump Agenda

Fire Remains Hot as Bernie Takes West Virginia

Trump Picks White Supremacist Leader as California Delegate, Then Blames Selection on Database Error

Obama to Make History with Hiroshima Visit, as U.S. Quietly Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal

Tortured, Killed & Driven to Suicide: Whistleblower Exposes Abuse of Mentally Ill in Florida Prison

San Francisco sheriff’s deputies charged in connection with November beating

Ten Ways Israel is Just Like Saudi Arabia

Praying for Palmyra: Russian maestro leads orchestra in ruins of ancient city

Glenn Greenwald on Brazil: Goal of Rousseff Impeachment is to Boost Neoliberals & Protect Corruption

Ralph Nader: Sanders Should Stay in Democratic Race, Is Only Losing Due to Anti-Democratic System

First Nation Wins Historic Victory Over Mammoth Coal Export Terminal

Driscoll's Workers Call for Global Boycott over Alleged Abuses at World's Biggest Berry Distributor

Firm that bought Keurig, Peet's to acquire Krispy Kreme

After riots and accusations of institutuional racism, Ferguson, Missouri swears in African-American police chief

"One of the Great Revolutionaries": Daniel Berrigan Remembered as Hundreds Gather for Funeral

The Collapse of the Middle-Class Job

143 NYC salons ordered to pay $2 million in back wages

Panama Papers Goes Live with Searchable Database of Tax Evaders

Donald Trump Protesters Lock Themselves to Ladders to Block Traffic Outside Rally in Washington

Deptment of Justice Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against North Carolina for 'State-Sanctioned Discrimination'

The Police Killing of Dion Avila Damon

The Media Myth of the Working-Class Reagan Democrats

‘Frisco Five’ continue hunger strike

Tar Sands Boomtown Blaze Still 'Burning Out of Control'

Sanders Fans Debate Whether to Vote for Clinton If She is Democratic Nominee

FCC Officially Approves $90 Billion Telecom Merger

Panama Papers 'John Doe' Steps Out of Shadows

London Elects First-Ever Muslim Mayor

'All You See is Red Flames': State of Emergency as Wildfire Rages in Alberta

Monster haul of 71mn-yr-old dinosaur fossils unearthed in Antarctic

Tar sands sparks epic wildfire and threatens to engulf Canadian city as 88,000 flee

Donald Trump Set to Be GOP Nominee Despite Links to Organized Crime

Inequality Will Get Worse Until There’s a Revolution

Cruz Folds as Trumps Vows to Show U.S. How to "Win Bigly" Once Again

Mass Evacuation as 'Apocalyptic' Inferno Engulfs Canadian Tar Sands City

Italian Court Rules Stealing Food is Not a Crime If You are Poor and Hungry

"The Assassination Complex": Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Probe Secret US Drone Wars in New Book

Bernie Sanders Wins Indiana – And The Political Debate

Lakota Lead the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline

The Trump Test Before Us

20 tasings in 30 mins: No charges for police officers over the electrocution of black man in handcuffs

Jeremy Scahill Remembers His Longtime Friend, Father Daniel Berrigan

Drones will stay in the air for weeks, track whole populations – Snowden

Italian Court Rules Stealing Food is Not a Crime If You are Poor and Hungry

Whistleblowing Is Not Just Leaking — It’s an Act of Political Resistance

The Pentagon Shouldn’t Get to Absolve Itself for Bombing a Hospital

Detroit Schools Shuttered as Lawmakers 'Illegally' Withhold Teacher Pay

May Day Rallies Worldwide Demand Workers' Rights

Daniel Berrigan Dead at 94

Friends Remember Fr. Dan Berrigan: "He Said He Didn't Believe in Heroes, He Believed in Community"

RIP Father Daniel Berrigan: Remembering the Life and Legacy of the Antiwar Priest & Poet

The War on Drugs Failed, So Why Isn't It Over?

Smearing Three Dead Teenagers

Italy to localize production in Russia to avoid food embargo

Australia rejects large land sale to China