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Mexico election: historic landslide victory for leftist AMLO

Maxine Waters Just Tore Up Trump’s Threats in a Fiery Speech at the LA Immigration Rally

Maxine Waters blast Trump and his supporters

Federal Judge Blocks Kentucky's Trump-Backed Medicaid Work Requirements

Jewish extremists taunt ‘Ali’s on the grill’ at slain toddler’s relatives

Ethiopia, Eritrea and the hope for lasting peace

John Lewis gives stunning speech at Atlanta #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch

The Racism of the Supreme Court’s “Janus” Decision

Over 600 Women Face Arrest for Protesting US Immigration Policy

Ocasio-Cortez Explains to Colbert What a 'Moral' Economy Would Look Like

France's plastic revolution

14-year-old boy killed by Israeli forces

Maxine Waters and the trope of the “angry black woman”

Five dead in 'targeted attack' at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis

White Liberals Need to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Explaining Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico’s Next President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Poised to Win Mexico’s Presidency

Michelle Wolf tears into CNN for pretending to be outraged by Trump

New York man charged with hate crime for racist road-rage attack on black family

Turkey's Erdogan Expands Authoritarian Powers with Fascist Coalition Election Victory

“Things That Make White People Uncomfortable”: NFL’s Michael Bennett on Kneeling for Racial Justice (VIDEO)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins Landslide Over Wall Street Favorite Joe Crowley

The History of Race and Labor in the USA

Substandard Medical Care in ICE Detention is Killing Immigrants, Endangering Lives (VIDEO)

Supreme Court Preserves GOP Gerrymanders in Texas and North Carolina

Activists urge Nelson Mandela Foundation to withdraw Obama invite

50 Years After MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign, 2,500+ Arrested Over 6 Weeks Calling for Moral Revival (VIDEO)

A Man Who Went to War and Realized His Side Was the Enemy

Workers paralyse Argentina in third general strike

Algeria abandons 13,000 refugees in the Sahara

Suppressing US War Crimes: The Cold War Denial Machine Lives On

General Motors Held Responsible for Abuses in its Plant in Colombia

Zimbabwe explosion sullies hopes for an election free of tension

Let Them Know: ¡Niños, No Están Solos!

Religion Cannot Be Used to Justify Discriminatory Conduct in the Marketplace

Spain: Almost 800 refugees rescued off southern coast

Poor People's Campaign Caps Off 40 Days of Action

Fox News segment blows up after Trump advisor tells black Democrat he’s ‘out of his cotton-picking mind’

Lawsuit Claims Detained Migrant Children Have Been Forcibly Injected With Powerful Psychiatric Drugs (VIDEO)

Why Is the Anti-War Movement Still so Weak Under Trump?

Billboards celebrate indigenous women's resilience in Canada

Giacometti Institute Opens in Paris with Reconstruction of Artist’s Studio

GOP candidate stands by his claims that some Africans wish they were slaves

Black doctor says man used SUV to keep her out of her community

Ralph Nader Asks Former First Ladies: Why No Concern for Children Killed by Their Husbands' Wars?

31-Car Oil Train Derails Into Iowa Floodwaters

Protestors Join Juneteenth Freedom Parade

Antwon Rose: Hundreds protest police killing of unarmed teen

‘Space Force’, $716B Defense Bill Take Wasteful Military Spending to New Heights

In Addis Ababa an explosion has struck a large rally for Ethiopia's new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

World to Refugees: Go to Hell

Trump Admin has no Plan to Reunite Separated Children of Indefinitely Detain Migrant Families (VIDEO)

'I Refuse to Let This City Sweep My Son's Death Under the Rug'

North Korea Agreed to Denuclearize, but When Will the US?

Virginia probes abuses of migrant children at detention centre

Barbara Lee Urges UN to Probe Trump's Human Rights Abuses at Border as Violation of International Law

Allies line up to impose retaliatory trade tariffs on US

Sign language fluent gorilla Koko dies at 46

An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos by Ralph Nader

NFL Players Coalition writes op-ed piece asking President Trump for policy change

New York Times Hires Michelle Alexander as Full-Time Columnist

Outspoken U.S. Army Lieutenant Resigns Over Capitalism and Empire

Seymour Hersh on Torture at Abu Ghraib & Secret U.S. Assassination Programs (VIDEO)

Canada just legalized marijuana

Bitcoin Does Not Protect Against Fraud

How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country

Deadly flood hits Ivory Coast

Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory

In Germany, a political mutiny over migration

LA Woman’s Building Awarded Cultural Monument Designation

Nebraska Farmers Return Land to Ponca Tribe in Effort to Block Keystone XL

Mega media mergers and the loss of social consensus

How an ancient form of Nigerian boxing swept the internet

The Betrayal by the Black Elite

Georgia County Commissioner Takes Oath on Malcolm X’s Autobiography

Judge Sends Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort to Jail Over Witness Tampering

UK charity Oxfam permanently banned from Haiti

Poverty Wages Make Affordable Housing a Myth

Nicaraguans go on strike to protest Ortega's grip on power

There are no African-Americans for Los Angeles Community College Leadership

Trump’s Made-for-TV Singapore Summit

Maine Voters Demand Ranked-Choice Voting in Statewide Elections...Again

Seattle Lawmakers Repeal Corporate Tax Aimed at Tackling Homelessness

Religious Leaders Shackled, Held in Jail Overnight, After Praying in Protest Outside Supreme Court (VIDEO)

Tulsa's Race Massacre That History Books Turned Into A Race "Riot"

Anthony Bourdain Accused World of Robbing Palestinians of Their Basic Humanity

Morocco helps mitigate Gaza health crisis

Qatar takes UAE to UN's highest court over blockade

Moby compares Morrissey to a ‘weird drunk uncle’

Patti Smith performs a Palestine benefit concert

Austria to shut down seven mosques and expel Turkish-funded imams

From DeNiro's "Fuck Trump" to Parkland's "Seasons of Love": An Inspiring Night at the Tony Awards

Embarrassing Defeat for the U. S. in Its Efforts to Expel Venezuela from the OAS

Italy 'to shut ports' to boat carrying over 600 refugees

Protesters in India Are Massacred as Environmentally Destructive Corporations Have Impunity

The Borderline Personality President: Trump Doubles Down on Reckless Tariffs

Debunking John Oliver on Venezuela

France warns Trump over 'fits of anger' after G7 statement u-turn

Warren and Wyden Call for Insider Trading Probe After Trump's "Reckless" Jobs Report Tweet

Anthony Bourdain: The Last Gasp of CNN's Original Vision

"Money is going to drown our democracy" says Elizabeth Warren

Argentine Soccer Team Cancels Match With Israel Over Gaza Killings

Pope Francis tells oil executives the world must convert to clean fuel

Cutting out the US dollar: Russia & China boost national currencies trade

Morrissey expresses sympathy for jailed EDL founder Tommy Robinson

Bigmouth strikes AGAIN! Morrissey is blasted for defending jailed ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson

Mediterranean could become a 'sea of plastic'

Disputes over trade tariffs, Russia overshadow G7 meeting

ICC overturns war crimes conviction of Jean-Pierre Bemba

Israeli troops kill four Palestinians as Gaza protest resumes

Tributes pour in for celebrity chef and writer Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain, Renegade Chef Who Reported From the World’s Tables, Is Dead at 61

Red Cross Forced to Leave Yemen

A Look at Dinesh D’Souza

Afro-Brazilian Trans Women Fight Pervasive Racialized Misogyny

“The Battle for Paradise”: A New Intercept Film on the Struggle over Puerto Rico’s Future (VIDEO)

The U.S. is in serious violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Report Reveals Rampant Wage Theft Among Top US Corporations

US Just Had Hottest May Ever Recorded

Ethiopia offers an olive branch to Eritrea

Swedish Activist Makes Third Attempt to Break Israel’s Suffocating Gaza Blockade

Paris, A Divided City: What does it mean to be French?

The idea of regime change in Iran is delusional

California Progressive Alison Hartson Challenges Party Elite Dianne Feinstein

UN says scores of Ethiopians drown on boat en route to Yemen

Guatemala's Fuego volcano disaster

Misleading Unemployment Numbers and the Neoliberal Ruse of “Labor Flexibility”

Argentina Calls Off #NotFriendly Soccer Match With Israel

“State-Sponsored Mass Killing” and Disaster Capitalism in Puerto Rico (VIDEO)

The Siege of Qatar

Under Trump, US Contempt for International Law Intensifies

The $2 Billion Bail Industry Is Facing an Existential Crisis

The Taking of Millennial Wealth By Rich White Boomers

How Israel Devoured the Rest of Palestine

Civilians Paid A Very High Price for Raqqa’s Devastating “Liberation” by US-led Forces

Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Refused Cake to Same-Sex Couple (VIDEO)

Grassy Narrows First Nation Afflicted by Mercury Poisoning

A Second American Civil War?

For Minimum Decency, A Maximum Wage

Trump Cancels Eagles White House Visit and Will Host National Anthem Party for Himself Instead

Trump Asserts 'Absolute Right' to Pardon Himself

Young Jews and Blacks demand Palestinian rights

After Gaza Massacre, Has Israel Lost Liberal American Jews?

Jordanians vow to continue protests, demand 'new approach'

Surveillance Program in Yemen Run by Cambridge Analytica Parent Company SCL Group

How West Virginia Became Ground Zero of Opioid Epidemic (VIDEO)