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S.F. has the most overvalued housing market in the country

Gov. Jerry Brown signs laws to toughen laws against rape

ExxonMobil sued for decades-long cover up of climate change

Virginia teen charged with 2 misdemeanors for stealing milk carton, faces trial

Ohio cop shatters windshield of police cruiser with handcuffed man’s face

Wells Fargo Doubles Down on Predatory Banking: Illegally Repossesses Cars of Military Members

The Other Housing Crisis: Finding a Home in Rural America

Ecuador Proposes Worldwide Elimination of Tax Havens

Alabama Guards Stage Work Strike Months After Prisoner Uprising at Overcrowded Holman Facility

Two Hundred Farms in China Breed Tigers for Slaughter for Body Parts, Luxury Goods

9-Year-Old Girl's Testimony About Police Killings in Charlotte Goes Viral

Unprecedented National Prison Strike Enters Third Week

Police Shoot Dead Unarmed African-American Man

Athens passes new austerity measures to get rescue loans from EU

Keith Lamont Scott's Wife is Latest Black Woman Forced to Film State Violence Against a Partner

First Nations Chief Rejects 'Charade' UK-Canada Reconciliation Ceremony

Oh, Say Can You See … The Point of View of This American Male of African Ancestry

Authorities seeking motive in Washington state mall shooting that killed five

Golfing great Arnold Palmer, who led 'Arnie's Army,' dies at 87

1 shot dead, 5 wounded on Illinois University campus, shooter at large

Swedish police lose control amid refugee crisis as number of 'no-go zones' rises to 55

Inside DuPont and Monsanto's Migrant Labor Camps

US Military Uses Skin-Eating White Phosphorus in Iraq, Again

Wells Fargo's Predatory Practices Are More Than Petty Frauds

Time for Congress to Stop Hollering at CEOs and Take Action

Immigrants Don’t Steal Jobs or Wages. Billionaires Do.

Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a 'Moron'

Clinton Proposes Whopping Billionaire Estate Tax

Obama vetoes bill allowing families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia

Trump’s Agenda: A Recipe for Civil Unrest

Brazil's new president, Michel Temer, says Dilma Rousseff was impeached for refusing his economic agenda

Over 1,200 Historians, Archaeologists, Museum Directors Denounce DAPL

US to provide more weapons to Saudia Arabia for slaughter in Yemen and elsewhere

Pesticide companies should "come clean" on mass killing of bees

Pesticide companies should "come clean" on mass killing of bees

Protests Erupt over Police Killings of Terence Crutcher & Keith Lamont Scott in Tulsa & Charlotte

Holocaust Survivor: Trump Jr.'s Skittles Comment Brings Back Dark Images of Children Murdered in WWII

Charlotte faces aftermath of protests ignited by fatal police shooting; 16 officers injured

Clashes, tear gas, cops injured after 'disabled, unarmed' black man shot dead by Charlotte police

Warren Skewers Wells Fargo CEO for Greed and 'Gutless Leadership'

School cafeteria worker quits after ‘lunch shaming’ policy forced her to take hot meal from 1st grad

Terence Crutcher: Civil Rights Groups Demand Justice for Unarmed Black Man Shot and Killed by Tulsa Police

What Amy Goodman’s Arrest Warrant Means for the Dakota Access Pipeline and Free Speech

50 Years After Vehicle Safety Victory, Ralph Nader Talks "Silent Violence" by Corporations

New Research Suggests Medical Marijuana Laws Decrease Opioid Use

Washington Post Calls for Prosecution of Edward Snoden

Inmates Launch Series of Work Stoppages to Protest ‘Slave Labor’

New York Explosion Injures Dozens

Donald Trump Again Alludes to Violence Against Hillary Clinton

Pipeline Explosion Kills 10 in New Mexico

North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism is not a crime

Demonstrators, police clash in Paris over new labor laws

Libyan rebels ‘miss Gaddafi’ after years of chaos created by Western intervention

Police in Ohio shot dead a black 13-year-old boy

Sandra Bland family reaches $1.9mn settlement in wrongful death lawsuit

Columbus police shoot dead 13-year-old boy carrying BB gun

Transgender celebrity Alexis Arquette dies at 47

The Lady Chablis, transgender nightclub star, dies aged 59

Wells Fargo fired 5,300 workers for improper sales push. The executive in charge is retiring with $125 million.

Yes, half of Trump supporters are racist

Black Pastor Cuts Short Donald Trump's Speech

"Pardon Snowden" Campaign Launches, Led by ACLU, Amnesty & Human Rights Watch

Corporate Tax Deserters Shouldn't Get the Benefits of Being American Corporations

Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike as Army OKs 'Vital' Gender Surgery

The Federal Poverty Line is Too Damn Low

ITT Tech Students Launch Debt Strike

9/11 Wars Have Cost Nearly $5 Trillion

North Carolina Sees Economic Fallout from Anti-LGBT Law as NCAA Moves Championships Out of the State

Brazil: Supporters of Dilma Rouseff protest in 40 cities

Facebook and Israeli Government Team Up to Censor the World

Nine dead, including six children, in devastating Memphis fire

American Indian Activist Winona LaDuke at Standing Rock: It's Time to Move On from Fossil Fuels

Protests at 27 state capitals and Washington, D.C. demanding equality and justice for all

With Locked Arms and Raised Fists, NFL Players Show Solidarity With Kaepernick

Largest Corporations Wealthier Than Most Countries

The Surreal Politics of a Billionaire's Tax Loophole

Hillary Clinton diagnosed with pneumonia, put on antibiotics

High School Football Players Take Knee for Anthem Across Country

Alabama pastor and high school football announcer says those not standing for anthem should be shot

Clinton falls ill at 9/11 memorial, later says 'feeling great'

'A Good Day for Elephants': Ban on Domestic Ivory Trade Passes

Arrest Warrant Issued for Amy Goodman in North Dakota After Covering Pipeline Protest

Arrest Warrant Issued for Amy Goodman in North Dakota After Covering Pipeline Protest

Kaepernick anthem protests spark controversy in NHL

Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning begins hunger strike in prison protest

Thousands of Prisoners Strike Against Forced Labor

'A Call to End Slavery': Nationwide Prison Strike Kicks Off

US Government Steps In After Judge Rules Against Standing Rock Sioux

Shooter dead, student & police officer injured at West Texas high school

Activists point fingers at police over suspicious death of Ferguson protester Darren Seals

Tribal Leaders Demand Army Corps Stop Pipeline

Some see anti-women backlash in ouster of Rousseff

Nearly 28 million children are fleeing war and conflict worldwide

Costa Rica Has Been Running on 100 Percent Renewable Energy for Months

Eminent Domain? Iowans Sue to Stop Dakota Access PIpeline, Say It Provides No Public Service

Beyond Apartheid and Genocide -- Justice for the Movement for Black Lives and Palestine

Water Protectors Lock Their Bodies to Machines to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline Construction

Prominent Scholars Decry TPP's "Frontal Attack" on Law and Democracy

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Calls for Investigation of Dog Attacks on Native American Protesters

Canine Expert Decries "Egregious" & "Horrific" Dog Attacks on Native Americans Defending Burial Site

Phyllis Schlafly, Who Opposed Equal Rights Amendment, Dies At 92

ITT Tech announces full closure after sanctions, 40,000 students affected

Palestinian students build solar car to beat Israeli fuel blockade

Black Male Teachers a Dwindling Demographic

"Equal Pay" Is Not So Equal

Latino Advisers to Trump, "We Quit!"

Muslim Migrant Wave Unleashes Danish Tensions Over Identity

An Arkansas Town Appears to be Operating an Illegal Debtors' Prison?

Reagan Sold Your Future, Trump Will Too

Barack Obama 'deliberately snubbed' by Chinese in chaotic arrival at G20

Oklahoma sees dozens of fracking water wells shut down after major earthquake

Mother Teresa declared a saint as Pope Francis lauds her in Vatican ceremony

FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Soaps

New York Times distorted journalism implies Wikileaks bowing to Russia

Millions of Indian workers strike for human decency through better wages and state enfranchisement

Harry Belafonte on Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem Protest: 'It's a Noble Thing That He's Done'

Colin Kaepernick Isn't Unpatriotic, Levi's Is

Protests Erupt in San Juan as Obama Forms Unelected Control Board to Run Puerto Rico

Dilma Rousseff on Ouster: This is a Coup That Will Impact Every Democratic Organization in Brazil

Millions of Honeybees Dead After Zika Pesticide Spraying